Thrilled to discover this group which Peter Connolly introduced me to. I'm amazed there's still so many Fairlight CMIs operating! I never did own one, although I have some interesting memorabilia in my attic. I have the one and only prototype of a product called "Lightwriter" which was the CMI processor and graphics boards jammed into a case wwith the CRT and lightpen, dual 8" floppies and word processing software. I don't dare plug it in. The power supply is a separate box you can hardly lift (I think it was a 50 amps 5V linear supply). I also have one of the few Voicetrackers made. Does anyone else have one of them? I think there's a source of pdfed user manuals and service manuals out there, but if not, I have one of each for the Series III, the service manual in particular would be very useful if anyone's trying to fix a board or build a substitute. And to answer an old thread from a couple of years ago: yes, the QDOS operating system was derived from the Exorciser, licensed from Motorola. Any obscure historial questions, I'll try and remember.... Peter Vogel ICE Personal Digital Television 30 Adeline St, Faulconbridge 2776 Australia Tel: 02 4751 8735 Mob: 0410 192 006 Fax: 02 4751 2601 email: peter.vogel@icetv.info
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2005-03-01 by Peter Vogel
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