RE: [Fairlight-CMI] Racked Series III
2005-07-18 by linear226@excite.com
Hi john, When i bought my series 3 it was also a rev5. the problem with the old winchester drives(i think the 140 meg one) is that the arm with the heads on it gets stuck. you might think this is silly but if you give it kick (or nudge!) it will free the arm up. i had to do it several times before i replaced the drive. Peter Weilk at horizontal productions can help with the drives, speak to him if your having problems. Also pull the cards out of the system and push the roms and other chips back into their seats youll here them crack into place. cheers Tony --- On Tue 07/12, john945277 < john.hopkins2@btinternet.com > wrote:
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From: john945277 [mailto: john.hopkins2@btinternet.com] To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:57:40 -0000 Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Racked Series III <html><body> <tt> Hi Guys,<BR> ����������� I bought the racked Fairlight series III from Chris Hughes<BR> & Ross Cullum.<BR> As you might expect I'm having a few problems (It is at least� 18<BR> years old & has not been used for a long time.)<BR> <BR> Here are some pics please take a look.<BR> <a href="http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/john.hopkins2@btinternet.com">http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/john.hopkins2@btinternet.com</a><BR> <BR> Software Version is 5.4a<BR> <BR> Internally it is very dusty, music keyboard is a little scraped &<BR> chipped but does power up, only one sticky key. I had to make a cable<BR> for the DC power to the keyboard. The calc keypad works, LED display<BR> also works. The Alphanumeric keyboard works fine just a little<BR> yellowed with age, the graphics pen is in one piece & the<BR> monitor works.����� ����� ����� ����� ����� ����� ����� ����� <BR> <BR> ����� When I first got the machine & powered it up the HDD was very noisy<BR> The machine did boot to the point where it said on the screen "Do you<BR> want the page Accelerator?" Then it would load various files into<BR> memory. Then the prompt would say "Do you really want to run the CMI?<BR> Y/N"� when I selected� the screen would clear the HDD would access &<BR> then the cursor would disappear. The machine then just sat there doing<BR> nothing no HDD activity. However long I left it it would not time out.<BR> If I selected no it would go into OS9 from which I could browse the<BR> files on the hard disk etc. When browsing the HDD I checked that the<BR> Fairlight files existed.<BR> <BR> I have also noticed that the 8 cards in the mainframe on the left hand<BR> side (Voice channel cards?) have a Red LED on them. These do not<BR> illuminate.<BR> <BR> Also I think there may be a missing 10 way ribbon cable� please see<BR> pics Missing Ribbon cable 1? & Missing Ribbon cable 2? from the card<BR> cage to the front panel. Could this be why the CMI did not load<BR> <BR> ����� Anyway I decided to reseat the ROM's on the cards in the mainframe,<BR> although I did not do the channel voice cards. Unfortunately since<BR> then when I boot the machine now I just get a fatal system error. HDD<BR> spins & I can hear the heads access the disk HDD LED lights up.<BR> Unfortunately as I do not have a bootable floppy disk or operating<BR> system etc.� I'm not even sure the FDD works<BR> .<BR> Did I damage the SCSI boot card (Q777?) card on the far left hand<BR> side. Was it just a coincidence or did a file get corrupted when I was<BR> power cycling the machine or has the HDD died?<BR> When I disconnect the HDD the error message is Boot disk faulty.<BR> <BR> It would be a shame if I had to format the HDD as when I was browsing<BR> it I noticed that there where some sounds on it. I would have liked to<BR> try these.<BR> <BR> Sorry about the long post. Can anybody help me please?� <BR> ����������� <BR> �������������������������������������������������������������������� <BR> ����������������������� Cheers John.<BR> <BR> PS�� Does anybody know what�� WOOLHALL 11/10/91 might refer to.<BR> PSS� If you look closly at the user manual you can just make out the<BR> name Blue Weaver that has been scribbled over. Heard of him? What<BR> might his connection be to this machine or manual.<BR> PPPS� What was or is Datehurst Ltd ?<BR> <BR> <BR> </tt> <?---- LSpots keywords ?> <?---- HM ADS ?> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <br> <div style="text-align:center; color:#909090; width:500px;"> <hr style="border-bottom:1px; width:500px; text-align:left;"> <tt>YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS</tt> </div> <br> <ul> <tt><li type=square>�Visit your group "<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fairlight-CMI">Fairlight-CMI</a>" on the web.<br>�</tt> <tt><li type=square>�To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:<br>�<a href="mailto:Fairlight-CMI-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe">Fairlight-CMI-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com</a><br>�</tt> <tt><li type=square>�Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the <a href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/">Yahoo! Terms of Service</a>.</tt> </ul> <br> <div style="text-align:center; color:#909090; width:500px;"> <hr style="border-bottom:1px; width:500px; text-align:left;"> </div> </br> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> </body></html> <p> _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!