Fairlight-CMI

Hi Guys,

 A big thanks for CMI explorer. I am installing Virtual PC on my Apple
Powerbook later today. I will try and mount/browse my CMI 3 hard disks.
Hopefully it should work! I am using a PCMIA card which allows me to connect
50 pin SCSI devices to the Powerbook. I will be running Windows XP Pro on
the Mac which is running OSX 10.3.5.
 Is CMI Explorer proving pretty reliable now Rob on the PC ?

Regards,


James Thomson

Magic Audio Co.
The Studio
West Hampstead
London NW2 3RJ
U.K.

James,

I have been using CMIExplorer since Rob sent me a copy at the 
beginning of the year.

As I couldn't get my Series III to format either of my spare 4GB SCSI 
drives (with reference to my previous threads) I pulled the system 
disk out of my III backed it up in my PC using CMI explorer.

The software is, in a word, brilliant. Now that I have backed-up my 
disk, I mainly use it for auditioning sounds, for which it it much, 
much faster than using the Series III.   

Regards,
Chris. 

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, James Thomson 
<jamesthomson@m...> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
>  A big thanks for CMI explorer. I am installing Virtual PC on my 
Apple
> Powerbook later today. I will try and mount/browse my CMI 3 hard 
disks.
> Hopefully it should work! I am using a PCMIA card which allows me 
to connect
> 50 pin SCSI devices to the Powerbook. I will be running Windows XP 
Pro on

> the Mac which is running OSX 10.3.5.
>  Is CMI Explorer proving pretty reliable now Rob on the PC ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> James Thomson
> 
> Magic Audio Co.
> The Studio
> West Hampstead
> London NW2 3RJ
> U.K.

It's last version is good, as I think I've sufficiently tested all 
of the file system functions provided. Auditioning sounds can crash 
very occasionally since the code to extract samples doesn't handle 
badly-formed .VC files but I'm working on this. I've been thinking 
of a public release (finally!) now I have a bit more free time.

Regards,
-Rob

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, James Thomson 
<jamesthomson@m...> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
>  A big thanks for CMI explorer. I am installing Virtual PC on my 
Apple
> Powerbook later today. I will try and mount/browse my CMI 3 hard 
disks.
> Hopefully it should work! I am using a PCMIA card which allows me 
to connect
> 50 pin SCSI devices to the Powerbook. I will be running Windows XP 
Pro on

> the Mac which is running OSX 10.3.5.
>  Is CMI Explorer proving pretty reliable now Rob on the PC ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> James Thomson
> 
> Magic Audio Co.
> The Studio
> West Hampstead
> London NW2 3RJ
> U.K.

Chris -
didn't you get a copy of the 11.39 OS floppy to
resolve your 4GB format commands issues ?   
I seem to recall your thread on the topic and we discussed 
what was needed to do it.  I formatted 4 external SCSI 4GB
HD's when I booted my 9.34 CMI with the 11.39 boot floppy.

for backups & auditioning, I agree CMI Explorer is great !
I'm glad Rob is still around and updating it !  Still
looking for that .WAV import feature :-)  then I'll still haggle
with him for .WAV export, but one thing at a time :-)

cheers
David



--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "chaworth012000" 
<christopher.haworth@u...> wrote:
> 
> James,
> 
> I have been using CMIExplorer since Rob sent me a copy at the 
> beginning of the year.
> 
> As I couldn't get my Series III to format either of my spare 4GB 
SCSI 
> drives (with reference to my previous threads) I pulled the system 
> disk out of my III backed it up in my PC using CMI explorer.
> 
> The software is, in a word, brilliant. Now that I have backed-up my 
> disk, I mainly use it for auditioning sounds, for which it it much, 
> much faster than using the Series III.   
> 
> Regards,
> Chris. 
> 
> --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, James Thomson 
> <jamesthomson@m...> wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> > 
> >  A big thanks for CMI explorer. I am installing Virtual PC on my 
> Apple
> > Powerbook later today. I will try and mount/browse my CMI 3 hard 
> disks.
> > Hopefully it should work! I am using a PCMIA card which allows me 
> to connect
> > 50 pin SCSI devices to the Powerbook. I will be running Windows 
XP 

> Pro on
> > the Mac which is running OSX 10.3.5.
> >  Is CMI Explorer proving pretty reliable now Rob on the PC ?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > 
> > James Thomson
> > 
> > Magic Audio Co.
> > The Studio
> > West Hampstead
> > London NW2 3RJ
> > U.K.

Hi David,

 I am surprised to hear that a 9.34 CMI would boot with an 11.39 system
disk. Can you actually run your CMI with OS 11.39 or do you have to reboot
into 9.34 ?
 I hope all is well!

Regards,


James Thomson

Magic Audio Co.
The Studio
West Hampstead
London NW2 3RJ
U.K.

On 3/11/04 7:51 pm, "David J. Wilson" <jeepcherokee_10@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> Chris -
> didn't you get a copy of the 11.39 OS floppy to
> resolve your 4GB format commands issues ?
> I seem to recall your thread on the topic and we discussed
> what was needed to do it.  I formatted 4 external SCSI 4GB
> HD's when I booted my 9.34 CMI with the 11.39 boot floppy.
> 
> for backups & auditioning, I agree CMI Explorer is great !
> I'm glad Rob is still around and updating it !  Still
> looking for that .WAV import feature :-)  then I'll still haggle
> with him for .WAV export, but one thing at a time :-)
> 
> cheers
> David

hi David,
In answer to your question, no I did't get a copy of the 11.39 boot 
floppy. If you (or anyone else for that matter) has a spare that they 
could lend me / sell me I would be most obliged.

I too have been discussing enhancements to CMI Explorer with Rob. Top 
of my wish list is the ability to write an image file back to disk. 
Hopefully he will get the time to imcorporate this feature at some 
point soon.

Cheers,
chris.


--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "David J. Wilson" 
<jeepcherokee_10@y...> wrote:
> 
> Chris -
> didn't you get a copy of the 11.39 OS floppy to
> resolve your 4GB format commands issues ?   
> I seem to recall your thread on the topic and we discussed 
> what was needed to do it.  I formatted 4 external SCSI 4GB
> HD's when I booted my 9.34 CMI with the 11.39 boot floppy.
> 
> for backups & auditioning, I agree CMI Explorer is great !
> I'm glad Rob is still around and updating it !  Still
> looking for that .WAV import feature :-)  then I'll still haggle
> with him for .WAV export, but one thing at a time :-)
> 
> cheers
> David
> 
> 
> 
> --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "chaworth012000" 
> <christopher.haworth@u...> wrote:
> > 
> > James,
> > 
> > I have been using CMIExplorer since Rob sent me a copy at the 
> > beginning of the year.
> > 
> > As I couldn't get my Series III to format either of my spare 4GB 
> SCSI 
> > drives (with reference to my previous threads) I pulled the 
system 
> > disk out of my III backed it up in my PC using CMI explorer.
> > 
> > The software is, in a word, brilliant. Now that I have backed-up 
my 
> > disk, I mainly use it for auditioning sounds, for which it it 
much, 
> > much faster than using the Series III.   
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Chris. 
> > 
> > --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, James Thomson 
> > <jamesthomson@m...> wrote:
> > > Hi Guys,
> > > 
> > >  A big thanks for CMI explorer. I am installing Virtual PC on 
my 
> > Apple
> > > Powerbook later today. I will try and mount/browse my CMI 3 
hard 
> > disks.
> > > Hopefully it should work! I am using a PCMIA card which allows 
me 

> > to connect
> > > 50 pin SCSI devices to the Powerbook. I will be running Windows 
> XP 
> > Pro on
> > > the Mac which is running OSX 10.3.5.
> > >  Is CMI Explorer proving pretty reliable now Rob on the PC ?
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > James Thomson
> > > 
> > > Magic Audio Co.
> > > The Studio
> > > West Hampstead
> > > London NW2 3RJ
> > > U.K.

James -
yes, a 9.34 CMI can boot from an 11.39 /K0 boot floppy, you get
an 11.39 OS9 shell prompt.  Keep in mind you are not going to be 
running the entire 11.39 CMI software (e.g. the typcial CMI screens)
just a limited 11.39 OS9 shell.  It is the 11.39 shell that you can 
type in the typical disk setup commands to partition your SCSI drives.
I have the commands that I use written down at home (at work now).

Also,  11.39 was designed for colour graphics card usage, so
when you boot a 9.34 CMI with original monochrome graphics VDU
like mine) with 11.39 floppy, the screen resolution is a little funny 
looking.  But it's fine enough to use the shell and type commands
for formatting/partitioning. Once done with formatting, etc.  Reboot 
the CMI into 9.34 as usual.

Peter Wielk told me about the ability to do this and I got my 11.39
/K0 floppy from him.

cheers,
David

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, James Thomson 
<jamesthomson@m...> wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
>  I am surprised to hear that a 9.34 CMI would boot with an 11.39 
system
> disk. Can you actually run your CMI with OS 11.39 or do you have to 
reboot

> into 9.34 ?
>  I hope all is well!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> James Thomson
> 
> Magic Audio Co.
> The Studio
> West Hampstead
> London NW2 3RJ
> U.K.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/11/04 7:51 pm, "David J. Wilson" <jeepcherokee_10@y...> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Chris -
> > didn't you get a copy of the 11.39 OS floppy to
> > resolve your 4GB format commands issues ?
> > I seem to recall your thread on the topic and we discussed
> > what was needed to do it.  I formatted 4 external SCSI 4GB
> > HD's when I booted my 9.34 CMI with the 11.39 boot floppy.
> > 
> > for backups & auditioning, I agree CMI Explorer is great !
> > I'm glad Rob is still around and updating it !  Still
> > looking for that .WAV import feature :-)  then I'll still haggle
> > with him for .WAV export, but one thing at a time :-)
> > 
> > cheers
> > David