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Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-17 by dvdborn

Me too!

David
http://dvdborn.blogspot.com


--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "WT" <waveterm@...> wrote:
>
> I´m in !
> 
> WT
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter K." <synthserv@...>
> To: <Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 5:42 PM
> Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement
> 
> 
> First of all: Thanks very much Joe for your help. . I read on the HxC forum 
> that problems with image seem to be solved. 
> (http://torlus.com/floppy/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=118&p=6950#p6950)
> 
> Next step would be creating a frontplate, same size as one floppydrive, 
> holding two HxC "floppydrives" and one switch, so one of the HxC 
> "floppydrives" can be switched with the remaining, original floppydrive, so 
> 8" discs can be copied to the HxC "floppydrive".
> 
> Perhaps we can do this as a group in order to keep costs down?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Peter Kersten.
> 
> From: Gordon JC Pearce
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 8:18 PM
> To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: "CMI Plug" 4 Gbyte bootable drive on a SCSI 
> connector!
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/09/12 18:59, James Thomson wrote:
> > Hi Joe,
> >
> > Thanks for all of your hard work in bringing such exciting
> > developments for the CMI 2X. You first gave us the USB mouse and TFT
> > monitor adaptor and now it looks like we will soon be able to use a
> > modern storage solution ! Please keep us up to date. Thanks !
> >
> 
> I reckon you're all thinking too small and too expensive.
> 
> *Everyone* who uses a sampler with SCSI runs into this bother. The E-mu
> ESI list (before the moderator stopped approving posts) had a couple of
> people a month looking for something like this - and that's just one
> make and model, with the people who knew what they wanted to ask for.
> 
> Pump them out to everyone that uses SCSI samplers, and even old
> computers with SCSI disks. You'll get your volumes up and your prices
> down. Everyone wins.
> 
> -- 
> Gordon JC Pearce MM0YEQ
>

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