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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] IIx Front panel circuit board connections please and some help!

2006-01-04 by Harald Feldmann

Hi Tony,

The bottom connector is not in use afaik.

Good luck with the card.

Best regards,
Harald.


> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to revive a Series IIx that had previously been missing
> the front panel and has sat idle for many years.  I managed to get a
> new panel made several years ago and had the circuit board but I
> dont have details of how this board connects to the other cards in
> the mainframe.  I can see that it should possibly connect via a 20
> pin connector, the one on the side of the board, to the CPU control
> card but I'm at a loss where the bottom connector goes too. Is it
> there for test purposes only or does it link to another card.   I've
> had a look at the IIx Service Manual but this doesn't realy help.
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> Ideally a picture of the front panel opened up would be a great help.
>
> Apart from this I also have a problem with the CMI-02 card which
> prevents the system from running and causes a series of vertical
> lines on the monitor.  It was working before but I think I made a
> bad connection while trying to sort out the front panel! If the card
> is removed the system will start to boot a system disk (stops
> because the CMI-02 card isn't there so there is no music system!) or
> fully boot an OS disk.  Anybody got any tips what to look for on the
> board?
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> Thanks in advance.
>
> Tony
>
> P.S. if you have a photo please send it to my main email address
> twharleyman@tiscali.co.uk
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