Fairlight-CMI

Come to think of it, it might also be possible to "abuse" the midi
interface for this purpose. Then no hardware would be required. 
Just have to find the MDOS entry point for  it, and it would only work
for IIx with a midi interface I guess.

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, Glenn <glenn234@...> wrote:
>
> Sounds cool. Wonder too if  anyone been using CMI explorer or CMI os
(different programs?), which SCSI adapters have worked well with, the
SCSI Compact flash interface, the series III alphe keyboard
workaround, adapted lightpens on a IIx, etc and willing to talk about
their experiences, parts/model numbers, plans??
>   
> 
> pstnotpd <psm@...> wrote:
>           I had to do a lot of soldering during education, so I know
I'm not
> really good at it ;-)
> 
> PIA or ACIA are for periphiral interfaces. I'd prefer the ACIA (rs232)
> but for now I read in the service manual that one of the ribbon plugs
> on te Q133 should be connected to a spare PIA.
> 
> It's rather preliminary, but if I'm correct it should be possible to
> rig a plug to a PC com port and do file transfers from and to MDOS
> diskettes. The goal is to offload my rather precious sound library to
> a more reliable storage medium, and to facilitate exchange of files,
> for instance through this forum.
>