Fairlight-CMI

Good news about that wire, I think. On mine, the same
chip, 74LS14, that pin is unused: not connected to a
trace in any way. I was going to suggest using an
ohmmeter to see if maybe whomever put that there was
trying to just bridge a short but when I looked that
pin is unused. You can see by looking for traces
leading away from it (lines) and there aren't any. You
can hold it up to the light and feel certain. At least
if yours is like mine. My guess is you can clip that
wire off and put it out of your mind safely.

Missing battery on CPU controller card (the one inch
circle)  is tadiran  TL-5135 3.6 volt lithium,
orderable
here:http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?name=439-1024-ND

the leads are shorter but still okay just have to use
a solder sucker and get the holes empty first and hold
it in place at least till one lead's set.. Tadiran has
not made the ones will really long leads for so many
years that if one did find the long lead version of
the battery, it would work for 6 months or
something.(Just so  you don't waste time looking for
them)  These are new and should be good for at least
10 years.

Best Regards,

Glenn

p.s. I have a composite monitor connection not a
fairlight monitor on IIx but no pen at all, if anyone
could share how to successfuly acquire/ rig a lightpen
 I'd be most greatful.



--- Jean-Bernard EMOND <jbemond@free.fr> wrote:

> Hi David,
> 
> Le 23 févr. 08 à 21:12, dvdborn a écrit :
> > 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.
> >
> Yes is normal... the second Q256 is optional...
> 
> > 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.
> >
> Its normal !
> 
> > 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
> >
> Ouuppsss...
> 
> But mine is modified too and work...
> If I have time I send to you my schematics...
> 
> > 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
> >
> Nice work !
> 
> Open front picture of my CMI IIx :
> 
> http://jbemond.free.fr/Fairlight/DSC05872p.jpg
> http://jbemond.free.fr/Fairlight/DSC05873p.jpg
> 
> JB
> > Lots of questions but I hope that some of you can
> help me out.  
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Best,
> > David
>