Fairlight-CMI

Cool ! I have big hope that you will succeed :)

WT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jean-Bernard EMOND" <jbemond@free.fr>
To: <Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: "CMI Plug" 4 Gbyte bootable drive on a SCSI 
connector!


> hi,
>
> I test the HxC (remove from my Emulator II) and work fine in my IIx, but
> now just for read sounds disk... not booting at this time, I work with
> JF Del Nero for the full working ;)
>
> JB
>
>
> Le 28/08/2012 16:22, Howard Smith a écrit :
>> Hi Peter
>>
>> Thank you for the info - Yes I would be very interested in being part of 
>> this. I can easily sort the front plate out.
>> Please keep me in the loop.
>> many thanks
>> Howard
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Peter K." <synthserv@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm not the Peter you ment, but I can answer this question: This is a 
>>> replacement for a harddisk. A CMI IIx does not support a harddisk, so 
>>> the answer is: no.
>>> What you need is this: 
>>> http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/index.html#SDCARDFloppyemulator
>>>
>>> According to the latest news it should now be able to read AND write CMI 
>>> images. Only problem is you need to make a sort of converter for the 
>>> connector.
>>>
>>> Info: http://users.bart.nl/users/pb0aia/cm/8-525.html and 
>>> http://nemesis.lonestar.org/computers/tandy/hardware/model16_6000/floppyfix.html
>>>
>>> Also you need a frontplate that can be placed in your mainframe and 
>>> holds the new "drives". I.m thinking about removing one of the 8" drives 
>>> and place 2 of the HxC's in that place..
>>>
>>> If anyone is planning to do this, please let us know. Perhaps we could 
>>> save some work by working together.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Peter Kersten.
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>> Carpe Ductum ! - (Seize the tape !)
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Howard Smith
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 8:31 PM
>>> To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
>>> Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: "CMI Plug" 4 Gbyte bootable drive on a SCSI 
>>> connector!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Peter
>>>
>>> How are you?
>>>
>>> This looks Wonderful - would it work with a llx?
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>> Howard
>>>
>>> --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "horiprod" 
>>> <horizontal_productions@> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi All. I thought you might be amused with a recent development of 
>>>> mine. It's a 4 Gbyte solid state drive mounted on a SCSI connector, 
>>>> from which it draws its power. You can think of it in the same way as a 
>>>> memory stick for computers. It has software partitions, so is bootable 
>>>> and very fast. The green LED is power, the red, "disk" access. Check 
>>>> the images I posted in the photos section. This is a prototype, I hope 
>>>> to have something more professional looking soon.
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Peter Wielk in sunny Sydney
>>>>
>>>
>>
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