Fairlight-CMI

Hi all,

I've woken my IIx from its peaceful slumber just a few weeks ago and 
luckily it's in good working order. Now that it's back in the studio 
setup again I would like to dig in again. 
 
- As the IIx is supposed to be able to boot OS-9 does anyone have 
this on 8"? I'm specifically looking for assembler/compiler stuff to 
really dig into the machine. The service manual mentions a QDOS 
version but that one seems to be even more rare. I've contacted Blue 
Weaver (most probably the original owner of my machine) and he 
mentioned he used to program it using OS9. And Greg Holmes mentions 
on his pages that he spent time disassembling, so something must be 
out there. 

- Has anyone ever seen the Q077/Q087 harddisk controller? Someone 
mentioned that the Q777 SCSI would also work. Has anyone ever tried 
this?

- Has anyone got 2 Q256 cards in their IIx? If so, what does it do? 
Does it expand sequence memory?

Cheers, 
Patrick

Hi,

> I've woken my IIx from its peaceful slumber just a few weeks ago and
> luckily it's in good working order. Now that it's back in the studio
> setup again I would like to dig in again.
> 
> - As the IIx is supposed to be able to boot OS-9 does anyone have
> this on 8"? I'm specifically looking for assembler/compiler stuff to
> really dig into the machine. The service manual mentions a QDOS
> version but that one seems to be even more rare. I've contacted Blue
> Weaver (most probably the original owner of my machine) and he
> mentioned he used to program it using OS9. And Greg Holmes mentions
> on his pages that he spent time disassembling, so something must be
> out there.
Yes, CMI IIx work fine witdh OS-9 (the same for CMI III)...
I have assembler for under Qdos and other tools.
My last version of QDos is 5.09, witdh HardDrive drivers !

The Qdos are Fairlight light custom from Motorola MDOS...
See this : http://www.exorciser.net/excorciser_en.htm


> - Has anyone ever seen the Q077/Q087 harddisk controller? Someone
> mentioned that the Q777 SCSI would also work. Has anyone ever tried
> this?
Not, but if have time a test this ;)

> - Has anyone got 2 Q256 cards in their IIx? If so, what does it do?
> Does it expand sequence memory?
Yes, more memory are only form external bank memory...
OS-9 work better with it ;)

JB

Hi JB, 

Good to hear from you. 
Did you ever get around to finishing that USB thingy?

> Yes, CMI IIx work fine witdh OS-9 (the same for CMI III)...
> I have assembler for under Qdos and other tools.
> My last version of QDos is 5.09, witdh HardDrive drivers !

Would it be possible for me to get a copy on 8" floppys?

> The Qdos are Fairlight light custom from Motorola MDOS...
> See this : http://www.exorciser.net/excorciser_en.htm
Tnx!!!! MDOS manual :-) 
 
> > - Has anyone ever seen the Q077/Q087 harddisk controller? Someone
> > mentioned that the Q777 SCSI would also work. Has anyone ever tried
> > this?
> Not, but if have time a test this ;)

In the message archive over here Peter Wielk mentioned he got the
hardware side working, but QDOS wasn't able to see the drives.

> > - Has anyone got 2 Q256 cards in their IIx? If so, what does it do?
> > Does it expand sequence memory?
> Yes, more memory are only form external bank memory...
> OS-9 work better with it ;)

> JB
>

Cheers,
Patrick

Tnx JB, sent you a mail.

Cheers
Patrick

> Good to hear from you.
> Did you ever get around to finishing that USB thingy?
Haaa,  some part of this project work, but not all...
Waiting...

>  > Yes, CMI IIx work fine witdh OS-9 (the same for CMI III)...
>  > I have assembler for under Qdos and other tools.
>  > My last version of QDos is 5.09, witdh HardDrive drivers !
> Would it be possible for me to get a copy on 8" floppys?
Yes, it's possible ;)

>  > The Qdos are Fairlight light custom from Motorola MDOS...
>  > See this : http://www.exorciser.net/excorciser_en.htm 
> <http://www.exorciser.net/excorciser_en.htm>
> Tnx!!!! MDOS manual :-)
Yes, absolutely !

>  > > - Has anyone ever seen the Q077/Q087 harddisk controller? Someone
>  > > mentioned that the Q777 SCSI would also work. Has anyone ever tried
>  > > this?
>  > Not, but if have time a test this ;)
> In the message archive over here Peter Wielk mentioned he got the
> hardware side working, but QDOS wasn't able to see the drives.
I think, Qdos work witdh it, but the Fairlight CMI software NOT :(


JB