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Restoring a Series IIx - Some help needed

2008-02-23 by dvdborn

After having rebuilt the CPU Controller Card I went to pick up the rest of the Series IIx.

It's only now that I've got the complete system and that I can see what else is wrong with 
it.

First thing that I'll be doing before I power it up is to see if the power supply outputs the 
correct voltages and if there are some caps that need to be replaced.

The system contains the following cards:
CMI02, CMI08, CMI01 - CMI08, Q256, Q133, Q209, Q219, QFC9

1. Is it normal that there's only one Q256 card? I notice that there are 2 slots for Q256 
cards.

2. Here's a picture of all the cards with all the connectors connected: 
http://kunst.phl.be/~dvdborn/fairlight/cardcage1.JPG
Is it normal that the CPU controller card Q133 has 1 port that's not connected? I didn't find 
a connector loose that would fit on that port.

3. The light pen connectors are gone. Here's a picture of the monitor with the missing 
connector:
http://kunst.phl.be/~dvdborn/fairlight/Monitor_lightpencon.JPG
And here's the light pen:
http://kunst.phl.be/~dvdborn/fairlight/Lightpen.JPG

I received a light pen with the system but I'm not sure that it's the original one. Can 
anyone confirm this? Also, the wires of the light pen and the wires that come out of the 
monitor have different colors. Does anybody know which color should connected to which 
color, if this is indeed the original light pen? 

4. There's a loose wire on the CPU Controller card. One side is connected but I need to 
know at which IC/pin I need to connect the other end. 
Here's a picture of the restored CPU controller card:
http://kunst.phl.be/~dvdborn/fairlight/restoredcard.JPG

Lots of questions but I hope that some of you can help me out. Thanks in advance.

Best,
David

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