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Megatouch Emerald 2 Image Question

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Rolges:
That's actually quite interesting, that's why everytime I shut it down the Harddrive klicks the head in it's resting position.
Well, I guess that's the end of the HD, I definetly have to switch to SSD

Is there anything I need to know on those Sata to IDE Adapters ? Slave/Master/ACD ?

mahkeymike:

--- Quote from: Rolges on June 21, 2021, 11:39:18 am ---That's actually quite interesting, that's why everytime I shut it down the Harddrive klicks the head in it's resting position.
Well, I guess that's the end of the HD, I definetly have to switch to SSD

Is there anything I need to know on those Sata to IDE Adapters ? Slave/Master/ACD ?

--- End quote ---

You might be better off buying a cheap SSD IDE drive if you dont have a ssd or sata to ide adapter on hand.

Spank:
I have used one of these before https://www.ebay.com/itm/223052804133 plugs right onto the motherboard.
Emerald was the last dos version, Ruby and later are linux based.

Rolges:
I was wondering about that because it looked alot like DOS.

I ordered a 128GB Sata SSD and a IDE converter Card.
Excuse me for this "stupid" question but I never worked with Merit Games before. I'm going to install the SSD and try to boot it via an external Disc Drive and the 2 files I have.
I got those two iso files but they are only about 600kb each, how does this work with the original data being somewhere aroung 6GB. Something doesn't match up in my opinion.

Sorry for those questions, I was like 6 years old when the machine came out. This old system is pretty "new" for me  :laugh2:

regards,
Rolf

mahkeymike:
Thats definitely wrong. If they are iso files, they should be at least 600mb each, not 600kb. So maybe you are mistaken on that? Also, and i could be wrong..., but there is some trickery needed to be done with the old Maxx DOS versions to get them to run off a non official HDD. You might need to look into how to patch that. Theres a few members here that can help you with that, but most of my lnowledge is Force/Ion/ML-1.

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