Fairlight-CMI

It's an open door and often asked before. But is there anyone who 
wants to sell a lightpen for the IIx broken or working? If not, does 
anybody know the brand/type of the connector which connects the cable 
to the monitor?

Thanks in advance

Hans

Hi Hans,

I don't know the brand off-hand, but it may be listed in the technical
service manual for the II(x). If it then cannot be found anymore, you
might consider replacing it with anything that has enough pins. I recall
you currently have no pen at all ?

Regards,\
Harald.

> It's an open door and often asked before. But is there anyone who
> wants to sell a lightpen for the IIx broken or working? If not, does
> anybody know the brand/type of the connector which connects the cable
> to the monitor?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Hans
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I have a CMI sitting in my junk pile. Its complete but will not boot up. I 
suspect the disc drives are 60Hz and I am in Europe with 50Hz AC.
Does anybody know if there is a database of CMI serial numbers available on 
the web?

AndyL

I don't know anyplace to buy a new lightpen, but I do know where to
find the connector used on the cable/monitor.

It's made by Viking, and is called a Thorkom Circular Connector. 
Here's a link to the PDF catalog:

http://www.vikingconnectors.com/images/thorkomcatalog.pdf

You can also find a list of distributors on Viking's "Manufacturer's
Reps" page:

http://www.vikingconnectors.com/Distributors.html

Hope that helps.
Joe


--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Hans Nijhof" <hansensandra@...>
wrote:

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> It's an open door and often asked before. But is there anyone who 
> wants to sell a lightpen for the IIx broken or working? If not, does 
> anybody know the brand/type of the connector which connects the cable 
> to the monitor?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Hans
>

Hans,

The answer to your question is in this forum message #1888 from Egrefin.

Best regards.

     Laurent.

Hi Andy,

I presume you want to look up who owned the unit based on the serialnumber
? Alas, I do not know of such a list. There is however a list of current
owners in this forum. Check the 'database' and 'polls' section.

If you can find replacement 50Hz drives it should work just fine.
Are you sure they are 60Hz ?

Regards,
Harald.

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> I have a CMI sitting in my junk pile. Its complete but will not boot up. I
> suspect the disc drives are 60Hz and I am in Europe with 50Hz AC.
> Does anybody know if there is a database of CMI serial numbers available
> on
> the web?
>
> AndyL

Hi Hans -

The connector is a Viking Thorkom model TKP-7. As for the backshell (in the 
monitor itself), I'm not sure about. More info here:

http://www.vikingconnectors.com/images/thorkomcatalog.pdf

Hope this helps.

Best -

Frank

>From: "Hans Nijhof" <hansensandra@home.nl>
>Reply-To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
>To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Lightpen for IIx wanted
>Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 10:59:55 -0000
>
>It's an open door and often asked before. But is there anyone who
>wants to sell a lightpen for the IIx broken or working? If not, does
>anybody know the brand/type of the connector which connects the cable
>to the monitor?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Hans
>

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Hans Nijhof" <hansensandra@...> 
wrote:
>
> It's an open door and often asked before. But is there anyone who 
> wants to sell a lightpen for the IIx broken or working? If not, does 
> anybody know the brand/type of the connector which connects the 
cable 
> to the monitor?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Hans
>
Hi Hans
I had the same last year and the address in LA (see last answer from 
Laurent)was not responding anymore. with my tech we have decide to buy 
a medical lightpen that was near the same as the IIx and to customize 
it. It's now working fine. So just in case you have no other solution, 
I can maybe ask him to create antother lightpen if needed.
Cheers
Pascal

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Hans Nijhof" <hansensandra@...> 
wrote:
>
> It's an open door and often asked before. But is there anyone who 
> wants to sell a lightpen for the IIx broken or working? If not, does 
> anybody know the brand/type of the connector which connects the 
cable 
> to the monitor?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Hans
>
Hi Hans
I had the same last year and the address in LA (see last answer from 
Laurent)was not responding anymore. with my tech we have decide to buy 
a medical lightpen that was near the same as the IIx and to customize 
it. It's now working fine. So just in case you have no other solution, 
I can maybe ask him to create antother lightpen if needed.
Cheers
Pascal