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EII4ever
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« on: July 15, 2017, 02:32:56 AM »

I've followed this thread (http://eiiiforum.com/index.php?topic=3090.0) in which I'm in the same position as seamonkey. I've an EII+HD which I'm thinking of upgrading with HxC or a SCSI2SD but apparently the EII+HD is not SCSI.

I've found this EPROM on eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Emu-E-mu-Emulator-II-HD-SCSI-Version-2-6-firmware-OS-update-EPROM-/162346653454?hash=item25cc9d570e:g:eEoAAOSwjDZYbdx-) which states that it's an SCSI EPROM Upgrade (Emu E-mu Emulator II HD SCSI Version 2.6 firmware OS update EPROM).

So my questions are:

1.) if the EII+HD is not SCSI would it be possible to convert it to SCSI to implement the SCSI2SD or any other solution apart from HxC

2.) would the SCSI2SD be loading faster emulating a HD instead of the HxC which emulates the floppy drive?

Any help would be very much appreciated
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Wolfram
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« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2017, 10:40:24 AM »

The EII has a non standard SCSI interface. It is similar to SCSI but not exact the same.

Loading a bank from a HD taks 4 sec.
Loading a bank from Floppy takes 30sec.
Reciving a bank by the EMuSer takes 15 sec.
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EII4ever
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« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2017, 11:33:33 AM »

Thanks Wolfram! Do you know if it's possible to replace the HD with either a SCSI2SD or something similar instead of HxC?

Regards
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« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2017, 12:36:14 PM »

As I saved it is not SCSI so it is not compatible.
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EII4ever
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« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2017, 01:25:41 PM »

So even not the external CD-ROM is not standard SCSI?

Basically the only options are HxC and EMuSer?
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« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2017, 01:36:20 PM »

No, the external 25 pin connector is a RS422 interface.
The best thing you can do is build a EMuSer and send the Sounds from your Computer to the EII.
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EII4ever
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« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2017, 01:44:50 PM »

Thanks for that
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« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2017, 03:21:08 PM »

Not anymore! -> http://eiiiforum.com/index.php?topic=3147.0
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« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2017, 08:08:00 AM »

I've just found out about something new (at least to me) for all Emulator II+HD owners that would like to have a solution to emulate the HDD rather than a FDD with HxC. Check out: https://www.drem.info/

Apparently it has been tested with the Emu II+HD

... mind you it's not as cheap as a SCSI2SD.
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« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2017, 03:06:13 PM »

SCSI2SD is very limited , 6 image disks and will never work with an Emu II anyway.
DREM has an UNLIMITED image disks, you can select them with a small screen that is now inside the Emu II.
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« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2017, 01:34:00 AM »

Hi FrancoisR,

I've seen your video on FB and it looks impressive. Well done! Without the monitor & keyboard can you swap between disk images?
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