User manual E-MU E5000

[. . . ] Contents Contents Safety Instructions Grounding Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Instructions de Sécurité Importantes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Interférences Radio et Télévision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Main Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Primarily, the floppy drive is a convenient way to update the operating system software. As new enhancements are developed, the new software is distributed on floppy disks. This software can be copied into Flash RAM and made a permanent part of your E5000. v 1. 2. To Update Ultra's EOS Software Turn off power to the unit. Insert the floppy disk into the drive with the label side towards the center of the unit. When the software update has finished, the display will inform you. 3. 5. O IDE Drives: Ultra Series Emulators can use an internal IDE hard disk. IDE drives have several advantages such as low cost, high capacity, low noise and they don't use up a precious SCSI ID number. This kit includes everything necessary except the IDE drive. Internal Hard Disk Drive: A hard disk provides the advantages of much higher memory capacity and far faster access time. However, an internal hard disk cannot be removed and its data must be backed up to another medium for safekeeping. External Drives E5000 contains a SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface) connector on the rear panel. This interface is commonly used in the computer industry, so many devices made to work with computers--particularly mass storage devices--will also work with Ultra. Here are some of the types of mass storage devices that can plug into the SCSI connectors. 24 E-MU Systems Connections Disk Drive Options Hard Disk Drive: A hard disk provides the advantages of much higher memory capacity and far faster access time. However, you cannot remove a hard disk and replace it with another one--the disk is a permanent part of the drive. There are three main cautions involved with hard disks: 1. Hard disks are sensitive to extreme mechanical shocks. If your hard disk falls off a keyboard stand, chances are the hard disk will be damaged. Make sure power is not interrupted when you write data to the hard disk. However, they can fail from time to time (as can any part of a computer), so any data should be backed up periodically on some other medium. 2. 3. Removable-media Hard Disk Drives: These are similar to normal hard disk drives except that the disk itself can be removed and replaced with another disk. Disk densities can range from 44 Mbytes to well over 1 Gigabyte per platter. Removable-media hard disk drives allow you to build a sound library of unlimited size and are quite handy for transferring sounds between machines. They're also perfect for backups. CD-ROM Drive: A CD-ROM is a playback-only (data cannot be written to it) mass storage memory device whose capacity is approximately 660 Megabytes. Quality CD-ROM libraries are available from several companies (E-MU, InVision, Northstar, Q-Up Arts). These can be loaded into the bank as easily as you would load from a hard disk. Magneto-Optical Drive: Basically a read/writable CD, these high speed, high density storage devices are great for storing large amounts of sound data. [. . . ] 3 M B RA M A RO M RO 0 M 1 Sound RAM Memory Expansion 14. _ A Word of Warning. . . Now that you know how to get into the hidden diagnostics, DO NOT run the Automatic or Hard Disk tests which could erase your hard disk! 15. CPU memory will be tested first (cRAM). Allow this test to run through at least four complete cycles or longer if you want. (This time will vary with the amount of RAM installed. ) Press EXIT to abort the test. [. . . ]