Fairlight-CMI

external SCSI drive bays with power supply and the old Centronics
SCSI connectors on the back are very cheap to pick up on Ebay or
many computer surplus parts web sites.  I think I paid $20 for one.
a few weeks ago.

so if you still have your CMI's internal tape drive laying around, 
you can pop it in one of these external SCSI drive bays and be up
and running in 5 minutes.  (provided your tape drive is still
overall operationally sound, obviously).

you just cable it up with a Centronics SCSI cable,
to the external SCSI connector on the rear of your CMI with an 
external SCSI terminator at the end of the chain, at the external 
drive bay.

even quicker, pull off the black faceplate on the CMI front panel
and sit the tape drive in there with the internal SCSI drive cable's
2nd connector plugged into the tape drive.

copy the tapes to your CMI hard drive, then use CMI Explorer
to copy onto your PC drive, then burn a DVD !  voila !


David



--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Colin Ross" 
<colin.a.ross@b...> wrote:
> Hi Jean Bernard
> I have a proper full Sevice Manual for the Series III I will trade 
> if you
> have an external SCSI Tape Drive for the III. I have 200 tapes full 
> off
> sounds from all top artists / producers of the day. they have RS 
etc 
> but
> need an external drive to get to them. I will give you a full copy 
> off all
> 200 tapes also for the drive. there are numerious hits on these 
> tapes but I
> removed my tape streamer when upgrading my series III. Can you come 
> back to me when it suits for all the French crew for the 2004 
> meeting I want you all there. then I can name the meeting place in 
> London. I need the external tape streamer so we can all trade 
> sounds. It will be one of the largest database available. If anyone 
> will even lend me a external tape streamer that works, so that I 
can 
> get the sounds off, I will give them a full copy of these tapes. WOW
> regards
> Colin