Fairlight-CMI

Hi guys,

well, if you watch the picture of the opened mainframe then you can 
see that there is one card for the lightpen and another card for the 
video monitor. So this is an old 6800 system with the new series II 
voice cards. (The words "old" and "new" have a funny meaning in this 
context ;-)  )

INHO the price is too high for a non working system. They say that 
the PSU is broken but you never know what is behind that. Nobody 
tells you how many voice cards are not working and if the monitor, 
lightpen, etc. is OK. So, pretty much risk for that price.

If it was working, the Series II would be fun, too. So, thank you 
Hans for that link! :-)

Cheers,
Alexander

I can tell one is missing in the mainframe ...

    Laurent.


Quoting Alexander Guelfenburg <vmebay@aon.at>:

> ... Nobody tells you how many voice cards are not working ...
>

Yes, one is missing.

But, there is included one card "extra". Read the description.

If it's a series II/ IIx, why are there tapes included?

> This extra card is a series I card, since it has only one trim pot. 
> It is the most left card in the spare parts picture. The series 
> II/IIX cards have got 7 pots.

Does anybody have a description of what these 7 pots actually do? I've
got a download of the service manual, but the channel card chapter is
left out. 

I've got some minor differences in channel volume, which I attributed
to the fact that I got a mish mash of versions in there. I wonder if
it's possible to do something with the trimming.

B.t.w. finally got around to removing the infamous battery. It wasn't
as bad as I thought it would be.

Greetz,
Patrick

Looking at the pictures of the Fairlight at VEMIA I see an XLR-output at the back labelled 
Sampling Filter Out. 

What's the purpose of that output?

David
http://dvdborn.blogspot.com

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "dvdborn" <dvdborn@...> wrote:
>
> Looking at the pictures of the Fairlight at VEMIA I see an
XLR-output at the back labelled 
> Sampling Filter Out. 
> 
> What's the purpose of that output?
> 
> David
> http://dvdborn.blogspot.com
>

Hi David!
I believe it is just for monitoring the sample through the sampling
circuitry (as in you can hear what it will sound like when sampled)
Been a long time, so I could be wrong!