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Emax Owners Manual
© 1986 E-mu Systems, Inc. Enhanced by The Emulator Archive 2001 Page 38
4 DISK HANDLING
Disks represent the sum total of your experience with Emax, and should be handled with care.
Common courtesy for disks
Disks should never be:
•
Bent or sat on
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Exposed to strong magnetic fields (TVs, speakers, etc.)
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Subjected to temperature extremes
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Left out in the sun
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Used for coasters or frisbees.
Disks should always be:
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Kept away from dust, dirt, and smoke
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Treated carefully and gently.
Disk type
Emax requires double-sided, double-density (DS/DD) 3.5-inch microfloppy disks. In some cases the
less expensive single-density or single-sided disks will work with Emax, but we do not recommend
using these except for non-critical applications.
The disk drive
Before transporting Emax (even it it’s only across the room), always insert either the original packing
material (see
INSTANT GRATIFICATION
in the introduction) or a “scrap” disk into each drive. This
protects the drive from vibration. Do not use a good disk, as it could become damaged during transit.
When active, the drive’s LED will light. Do not try to operate Emax when the LED is on. The
mechanism will occasionally make “clunking” sounds; these are normal.
Labeling disks
Write on an adhesive label, which you then attach to the disk. Always label your disks so that you
don’t confuse blank and recorded disks.
Write-protecting disks
Write-protecting a disk turns oft the disk drive’s ability to record on to the disk, thus preventing
accidental erasure. To write-protect a disk, open the write-protect “switch” in the corner of the
disk. To
write-enable the disk, close the “switch” so that there is no visible hole in the disk case.
(Fig.
GENINS-1
).
If you try to write on a disk that is write-protected, the Emax display will say, “Disk is Write Protected”.
Inserting the disk in the drive
Referring to Fig.
GENINS-2,
insert the disk into the drive label-side up, with the metal disk protector
flap going in first. Gently push the disk in as far as it will go, until you hear a solid click that indicates
the disk is seated in the drive.
Always have a disk in the drive!
Because Emax disks contain Operating System software, which is occasionally referenced by the
computer, there must always be a disk in the drive.
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