Fairlight-CMI

Hi Guys,


 I thought it would be good to bring the subject of the CMI 11X ExtOdy USB
solution up again ! The following was posted by JB Edmond a few months ago.
Nothing has been said about this development since. Firsty, let me say that
I will gladly pay 760 euros for this significant 11x development. JB posted
the following:

<
<
For several years, I have always worked on my rack of ExtOdy extension.
This rack will manage an USB interface and IDE periphericals (Hard-Disk,
CD-Rom Drive).  
So there will be a possible permanent connection between the  rack and a PC
or Mac (via the USB) in order to make transfers. 
This rack is designed to be interfaced between  QFC9 card and the 8" floppy
drive. There is no modification of the CMI, it is significant for  the users
who are collectors too! 
As there does not have enough place in the CMI to put the hard disk, the
power and additional electronics, these elements will be in a rack in the
vicinity!  
I have quite advanced in the development of this rack. 
I acknowledge that since the first schematic design of 1999-2000, I changed
much things at the electronic level. 
With final, I chose an interface which should not exceed a cost of 760
Euros.
<
<

  I would love to know what the latest news is on the ExtOdy USB extension
for the 11X. JB, it would be great if you could keep all CMI 11X users
informed. When do you think this will be available ? Can we finally forget
about having mountains of 8" disks ? For me, the CMI 11X is such a great
instrument. The fact that there hasn't been an alternative yet to 8" disks
as a storage medium is a real shame. I believe that the 11X will work with
an MFX-2 QFC-9 floppy card with 3.5" floppy drives. Peter Wielk reckons it
will work, yet no one had done this yet either. There has also been talk of
a sample dump solution via midi but still nothing has been done with this
yet.
 Surely, sometime soon there will be a storage solution for the CMI 11X. JB
Edmond's ExtOdy USB system is the most exciting development I have heard of
yet for the CMI.I am sure many of us would buy this solution.
 It would be great if the CMI group could be informed of the latest news
regarding this. Thanks.

Regards,


James Thomson

Magic Audio Co.
The Studio
West Hampstead
London NW2 3RJ
U.K.

Hey all,

please let me know the good word if the CMI 11x ExtOdy
USB extension becomes available.

can't wait!

-John Blackford

Hi
Anybody out there know the best way to clean the drives in a IIx? Is 
there any head cleaning disks available?
bye for now
Gerald

Hi there,

A can of aeroduster worked for me when my drives started acting up. 
Only watch out that it doesn't ice up in your drives.

Cheers,
Patrick

> Hi
> Anybody out there know the best way to clean the drives in a IIx? 
Is 

> there any head cleaning disks available?
> bye for now
> Gerald