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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Lightpen for IIx?

2005-09-26 by Jean-Bernard EMOND

Nice work René-Yves ;)

Le 27 sept. 05, à 01:14, RY Stroh a écrit :

> Hi every one
>
> for those looking for a solution to their lightpen /monitor
> problems...there are some alternate solutions....
>
> I have adapted a standard lightpen and VDU for the CMI some years ago
> You will find some pics and a small demo AVI (low quality , sorry )
> on the following page ( low quality web page also ;-) )
>
> http://cmi2x.ifrance.com/
>
> Cheers
>
> R-Y
>
> --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Harald Feldmann" <feldmann@x>
> wrote:
>> Hi Scott,
>>
>> Congratulations on your IIx, I take it you negotiated a good price
> with
>> the seller. I got Al's series III, which turned out to be a
> revision 8
>> unit with router card.
>>
>> I guess you've received a question from the seller already
> regarding the
>> cables for the series III, I'm missing mine in the shipment that
> came from
>> Texas.
>>
>> Did you receive the diskettes in the plastic boxes ?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Harald.
>>
>>> It is indeed Al's IIx. I've lusted after that very machine for
> nearly
>>> 20 years, so it's kind of like fulfilling a long dream. My plan
> is to
>>> slightly restore it. If you've seen the unit, you know that it was
>>> covered in duct tape and was part of their live set in the late
> 80s,
>>> so it's seen its share of abuse. But I'd like to keep some of the
>>> 'patina' intact. I haven't gone through the entire disk library
> yet,
>>> just enough to make sure that the drives worked and that the
> system
>>> disks were intact and bootable. But if something cool does arise,
>>> I'll make sure to post my findings to the group!
>>>
>>> Thanks for the comments on the light pen. I've put a call into the
>>> vendor that was recommended and hope that works out.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On Sep 12, 2005, at 10:59 AM, lairdfairlight wrote:
>>>
>>>> Did you get "Big Al's" IIx?? If so tell us about it!! Any cool
>>>> ministry sounds??
>>>> I hardly ever use the light pen on my IIx. Since my monitor isn't
>>>> burned in I keep it pretty dim to conserve it..and when it's
> turned
>>>> down the light pen won't work well anyway.
>>>> Congrats on getting a IIx! You'll love it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, Scott Kozicki
> <flynn23@y...>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hello Planet Fairlight!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm the new and very excited owner of a IIx system that's
> missing a
>>>>> lightpen. I've looked through the archives and checked around
> the
>>>>> Interwebnet and have not been able to find a source for either
> a
>>>> full
>>>>> on lightpen replacement or schematics to have one built. Is
> there
>>>>> anyone on this list who can provide some direction or
> assistance?
>>>>> Much appreciation in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Scott
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