Fairlight-CMI

just sent Peter V. a personal e-mail,
all I can say is "wow" !  :-)

great to have him here ...
thanks Peter C. for pointing him here.

David



--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, Peter Vogel <peter.vogel@i...>
wrote:
> 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@i...