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« on: April 22, 2019, 05:02:47 AM »
Hi Emus

I've just finished installing a Drem and its now working like a dream. Nice, silent and fast.

I have skipped the part that makes the EII boot from the Drem as it required soldering on the mainboard of the EII. Instead I boot the EII in HD OS 3.1 from the Lotharek HxC drive. Once the EII has finished booting the Drem gets in action.

I can recommend doing the upgrade as the original EII HD is at the end of its life.

Best regards

Brian
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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2019, 09:38:48 AM »
Nice.  How did you format the HD images?  Another post (http://eiiiforum.com/index.php?topic=3147.msg11839#msg11839) indicated this was tricky because of the need for a defect sector list.  Did you run to any problems?
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2019, 01:31:49 PM »
Hi PatPend

First of all I had to set the R-PU jumper on the ACB4000A MFM controller to disable the write precompensation. On the Drem SD card Theres a .cfg and .dsk file for the EII HD. I enabled those files in the Drem. Booted up the EII from the Lotharek HxC with the HD OS 3.1 and initiated the format routine. After a short while the virtual HD was ready to access and store banks on.

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Brian
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« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2019, 02:11:38 AM »
Quote from: brian_ronn on April 22, 2019, 01:31:49 PM
Hi PatPend

First of all I had to set the R-PU jumper on the ACB4000A MFM controller to disable the defective listing. On the Drem SD card Theres a .cfg and .dsk file for the EII HD. I enabled those files in the Drem. Booted up the EII from the Lotharek HxC with the HD OS 3.1 and initiated the format routine. After a short while the virtual HD was ready to access and store banks on.

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Brian
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A correction of the above is in order: The R-PU jumper on the ACB4000A has to do with disabling the write precompensation.
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« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2019, 08:31:01 AM »
Quote from: brian_ronn on April 22, 2019, 01:31:49 PM
Hi PatPend

First of all I had to set the R-PU jumper on the ACB4000A MFM controller to disable the write precompensation. On the Drem SD card Theres a .cfg and .dsk file for the EII HD. I enabled those files in the Drem. Booted up the EII from the Lotharek HxC with the HD OS 3.1 and initiated the format routine. After a short while the virtual HD was ready to access and store banks on.

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Brian
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Thank you for this information.
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« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2019, 12:27:04 AM »
Hi again PatPend

Now you can use Emxp v3.09.1 from www.emxp.net to create the .dsk and .cfg files and store EII banks onto the .dsk files.

This is a very nice feature/enhancement provided by Esynthesist.

Best regards Brian
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« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2019, 01:35:56 PM »
Quote from: brian_ronn on July 03, 2019, 12:27:04 AM
Hi again PatPend

Now you can use Emxp v3.09.1 from www.emxp.net to create the .dsk and .cfg files and store EII banks onto the .dsk files.

This is a very nice feature/enhancement provided by Esynthesist.

Best regards Brian

Yes I've been using it and it's glorious.  Awesome work by Esynthesist!
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« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2020, 06:32:08 PM »
How long does it take the Drem to be up and running after power on?
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« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2020, 01:02:13 AM »
Hi Dfiorucci

The Drem takes approx. 7 to 8 seconds to boot up.

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Brian
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« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2020, 01:39:23 AM »
Very Cool
So you could load a blank operating disk with the HXC in 3 seconds and be ready to boot into the drem within 7 seconds.
That is so cool
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