Fairlight-CMI

would it be possible to copy our 8" disks direct to the cf card using the drive select signal switches ?

would be a great way to preserve our libraries if one could make the transfer to img on the cmi itself.

cheers,
DD

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "tama_rat" <britt@...> wrote:
>
> Right.  You don't need 2 HxC emulators -- each one can look like 2 drives.
> 
> I want to have a couple of switches to choose whether each drive select signal goes to the HxC or the old 8" drive.
> 
> In my setup now I have both 8" drives disconnected and the HxC is emulating both the left and right drives.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Peter K." <synthserv@> wrote:
> >
> > The HxC emulates 2 drives. Doesn't that meen they act as 2 seperate drives?
> > 
> > Peter Kersten.
> > 
> > 
> > From: WT 
> > Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 4:26 PM
> > To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com 
> > Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > Yeah, two cardreaders is what I´d go for.
> > 
> > WT
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "kirk_keyes" <Kirk@>
> > To: <Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 3:47 PM
> > Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement
> > 
> > The actual time to load off the HxC SD card should be the same time as 
> > loading off a floppy. At least that's how it is on my Emulator II with the 
> > HxC.
> > 
> > Wouldn't people want to have two HxC on a Fairlight - one with the OS disk 
> > on it, and then the second with the sound library on it? Otherwise you'll 
> > have to be navagating around on the HxC every time you need to access the 
> > OS.
> > 
> > Kirk
> > 
> > --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "WT" <waveterm@> wrote:
> > >
> > > It wouldn´t be any different to using actual floppies except for the 
> > > loading
> > > time.
> > >
> > > WT
> > >
> >
>