Fairlight-CMI

On 12 juil. 05, at 20:57, john945277 wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>              I bought the racked Fairlight series III from Chris Hughes
>  & Ross Cullum.
>  As you might expect I'm having a few problems (It is at least  18
>  years old & has not been used for a long time.)
>
>  Here are some pics please take a look.
> http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/john.hopkins2@btinternet.com
>
>  Software Version is 5.4a
>
>  Internally it is very dusty, music keyboard is a little scraped &
>  chipped but does power up, only one sticky key. I had to make a cable
>  for the DC power to the keyboard. The calc keypad works, LED display
>  also works. The Alphanumeric keyboard works fine just a little
>  yellowed with age, the graphics pen is in one piece & the
>  monitor works.                                               
>
>        When I first got the machine & powered it up the HDD was very 
> noisy
>  The machine did boot to the point where it said on the screen "Do you
>  want the page Accelerator?" Then it would load various files into
>  memory. Then the prompt would say "Do you really want to run the CMI?
>  Y/N"  when I selected  the screen would clear the HDD would access &
>  then the cursor would disappear. The machine then just sat there doing
>  nothing no HDD activity. However long I left it it would not time out.
>  If I selected no it would go into OS9 from which I could browse the
>  files on the hard disk etc. When browsing the HDD I checked that the
>  Fairlight files existed.
>
>  I have also noticed that the 8 cards in the mainframe on the left hand
>  side (Voice channel cards?) have a Red LED on them. These do not
>  illuminate.
>
>  Also I think there may be a missing 10 way ribbon cable  please see
>  pics Missing Ribbon cable 1? & Missing Ribbon cable 2? from the card
>  cage to the front panel. Could this be why the CMI did not load
>
>        Anyway I decided to reseat the ROM's on the cards in the 
> mainframe,
>  although I did not do the channel voice cards. Unfortunately since
>  then when I boot the machine now I just get a fatal system error. HDD
>  spins & I can hear the heads access the disk HDD LED lights up.
>  Unfortunately as I do not have a bootable floppy disk or operating
>  system etc.  I'm not even sure the FDD works
>  .
>  Did I damage the SCSI boot card (Q777?) card on the far left hand
>  side. Was it just a coincidence or did a file get corrupted when I was
>  power cycling the machine or has the HDD died?
>  When I disconnect the HDD the error message is Boot disk faulty.
>
>  It would be a shame if I had to format the HDD as when I was browsing
>  it I noticed that there where some sounds on it. I would have liked to
>  try these.
>
>  Sorry about the long post. Can anybody help me please? 
>             
>                                                                      
>                          Cheers John.
>
>  PS   Does anybody know what   WOOLHALL 11/10/91 might refer to.
>  PSS  If you look closly at the user manual you can just make out the
>  name Blue Weaver that has been scribbled over. Heard of him? What
>  might his connection be to this machine or manual.
>  PPPS  What was or is Datehurst Ltd ?
>
>
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----- Original Message -----

From: john945277

To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 6:57 AM

Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Racked Series III

Hi Guys,
I bought the racked Fairlight series III from Chris Hughes
& Ross Cullum.
As you might expect I'm having a few problems (It is at least 18
years old & has not been used for a long time.)

Here are some pics please take a look.
http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/john.hopkins2@btinternet.com

Software Version is 5.4a

Internally it is very dusty, music keyboard is a little scraped &
chipped but does power up, only one sticky key. I had to make a cable
for the DC power to the keyboard. The calc keypad works, LED display
also works. The Alphanumeric keyboard works fine just a little
yellowed with age, the graphics pen is in one piece & the
monitor works.

When I first got the machine & powered it up the HDD was very noisy
The machine did boot to the point where it said on the screen "Do you
want the page Accelerator?" Then it would load various files into
memory. Then the prompt would say "Do you really want to run the CMI?
Y/N" when I selected the screen would clear the HDD would access &
then the cursor would disappear. The machine then just sat there doing
nothing no HDD activity. However long I left it it would not time out.
If I selected no it would go into OS9 from which I could browse the
files on the hard disk etc. When browsing the HDD I checked that the
Fairlight files existed.

I have also noticed that the 8 cards in the mainframe on the left hand
side (Voice channel cards?) have a Red LED on them. These do not
illuminate.

Also I think there may be a missing 10 way ribbon cable please see
pics Missing Ribbon cable 1? & Missing Ribbon cable 2? from the card
cage to the front panel. Could this be why the CMI did not load

Anyway I decided to reseat the ROM's on the cards in the mainframe,
although I did not do the channel voice cards. Unfortunately since
then when I boot the machine now I just get a fatal system error. HDD
spins & I can hear the heads access the disk HDD LED lights up.
Unfortunately as I do not have a bootable floppy disk or operating
system etc. I'm not even sure the FDD works
.
Did I damage the SCSI boot card (Q777?) card on the far left hand
side. Was it just a coincidence or did a file get corrupted when I was
power cycling the machine or has the HDD died?
When I disconnect the HDD the error message is Boot disk faulty.

It would be a shame if I had to format the HDD as when I was browsing
it I noticed that there where some sounds on it. I would have liked to
try these.

Sorry about the long post. Can anybody help me please?


Cheers John.

PS Does anybody know what WOOLHALL 11/10/91 might refer to.
PSS If you look closly at the user manual you can just make out the
name Blue Weaver that has been scribbled over. Heard of him? What
might his connection be to this machine or manual.
PPPS What was or is Datehurst Ltd ?

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