Fairlight-CMI

Hi Peter,

   I hope all is well in Sydney.  Perhaps you could find the time to  
tell us how to run our 9.34 CMI series 3 systems from compact flash ?   
Many thanks.

Cheers,

James


On 24 Nov 2010, at 13:49, horiprod wrote:

> Hi Peter
>
> There is a solution to the problem of future-proofing old series III  
> files on old (revision 5) machines, however it requires a relatively  
> extensive hardware upgrade. Once a system is upgraded to the "last"  
> revision 9.34, very many SCSI devices of up to 4 Gbytes can be used  
> as storage. One can then archive from streamer or 140 Mbyte hard  
> disc onto 4 Gbyte hard drives, or even Compact Flash cards both of  
> which cost only a few dollars each...
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter Wielk
>
> Horizontal Production in sunny Sydney
>
>>
>> Isn't this actually the same problem people have with their series  
>> I, II and IIx?
>> Archiving sounds and data...............
>> Replacing the drives with 3.5" ones is an option, but we could do  
>> WAY better. Come on guys, it's 2010, almost 2011.
>>
>> The upgrade for the lightpen and monitor is fantastic. (Not that I  
>> need it, but surely in the future I or the next owner will be very  
>> happy with it.)
>>
>> So, once again I call for help: "HELP". Please someone build a  
>> modern storage solution.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Peter Kersten.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> Carpe Ductum ! - (Seize the tape !)
>>
>>
>> From: Gordon JC Pearce
>> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 8:54 AM
>> To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: RE: [Fairlight-CMI] What company brand is the streaming  
>> tape drive in the III?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 10:11 +0800, David Crocombe wrote:
>>> Emulex was the controller / adapter board from SCSI to QUIC24.
>>> My tape drive was an Archive with a QIC24 interface.
>>>
>>> Be very careful about the tapes.
>>> It may be a tape issue and not a drive issue.
>>> Old data tapes can get the tape layer stuck together etc.
>>>
>>> I've spoken to a data recovery place here in Australia.
>>> They advise that they bake the tapes before data recovery to stop
>>> oxide shedding.
>>> They also change the rubber drive band inside the data cartridge
>>> itself before running it.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> David Crocombe.
>>
>> This is a recurring theme on the Classic Computer mailing list,  
>> too ;-)
>>
>> Check out the archives on http://www.classiccmp.org/lists.html and
>> search back through them. It might be worth contacting some of the
>> people on the list that have had problems with QIC tapes to see how  
>> they
>> solved them.
>>
>> Gordon MM0YEQ
>>
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