Fairlight-CMI

Hi Andy,

 

I might be interested. Unfortunately, I haven't been following the
thread. I see the unit has older disk drives, but what else is wrong
with it? Will the OS come up and will disk operations load and save
properly?

 

Thanks,

 

Bob Coover

 

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From: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy L
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 4:29 AM
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Floppy drive frequency.........

 

At 11:18 17/05/2007, you wrote:
>At 00:29 17/05/2007, you wrote:
> >Hi Guys.
> >
> >Only the very early full width (approx 12cm) drives used the mains
> >frequency to determine disk rotation speed. These drives look very
> >different from all others. The CMI on this sites home page has the
big
> >ugly old drives, whereas all newer drives are half width (approx
6cm),
> >and black, not beige (although there is a beige sheetmetal surround).
>
>Peter.
>You are correct. I should have specified that the model I am dealing
with
>is an early Mk1 and has 12cm floppy drives.
>If I remember correctly each floppy disc has a storage capacity of 600
Kb.

If anybody is interested in parts from this machine or the whole machine

please let know . The serial number is SNA148069.
Pictures at http://www.millhouse.co.uk/fairlight/.
<http://www.millhouse.co.uk/fairlight/>  Like wise the Prophet 5 
and Linn Drum Machine in these pictures.

Regards
Andy Ledbetter

> >By the way, are you the same Andy Ledbetter that worked in Argents
> >keyboard store in Soho in the 1980s ?????
>
>Very probably. I worked at Argents from its inception in July 1978
until
>May 1979.
>Its sounds as though I should know you, but my memories from that time
are
>a little blurred.
>
>Regards
>Andy
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