Fairlight-CMI

IS there enough information on the mod to enable others to get it 
done?  


--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, Malte Rogacki <gacki@g...> 
wrote:
>
> >  would you mind telling us more about this 2x with 3 1/2" 
drives? Where was
> > it and who owned this system ? Did it work well? Many thanks,
> 
> The IIx had two additional drives "sandwiched" between the 8" 
drives.
> Detailed operation escapes me; this has been roughly ten years 
ago. I
> believe if a floppy was present in the target 3.5 drive it was 
used; if not
> the 8" drive had priority (this is strictly from memory).
> The mod itself worked very well; copying and working with the 3.5 
floppies
> worked like a charm and everything was very quiet.
> I don't recall which way the floppies were formatted but I believe 
it was
> not a standard 1.44 MByte format.
> The modification consisted of the floppies and an additional board 
with
> various chips on it; but the chip labels were scratched off or 
painted over
> (can't remember) for obvious reasons. I'm trying to recall who did 
the
> modification.
> 
> -- 
> Malte Rogacki gacki@g...
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