Fairlight-CMI

Last time I asked, I was told that a Fairlight could read from it, but writing was not possible (yet).

It should also be adapted.
My wish: When the 8" floppy has no floppy in it (there is a signal that indicates this situation) the CF card should be accessed.
There should be a selector of 3 digits, so you can select out of 1000 disks. (0-999) Those 1000 disks can easily be stored on 1 CF card.
There can be a simpler version for the 8" with OS.
I hope that there will be a working solution soon................

As for scsi to CF card HD replacement: At the moment I'm busy replacing the HD from the E-MU EIII, using a scsi to IDE converter and than a IDE CF-card adaptor. This method should work for the CMI III too.

Regards,

Peter Kersten.

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, fabio delben <memestudio@...> wrote:
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> A good solution for replace the floppy drive? http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/pictures/index.html
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> --- Mer 10/2/10, horiprod <horizontal_productions@...> ha scritto:
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> Da: horiprod <horizontal_productions@...>
> Oggetto: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Series III and CF cards *UPDATE*
> A: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
> Data: Mercoledì 10 febbraio 2010, 04:38
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> Hi All.
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> I can also confirm the ultra-cheap SCSI-IDE bridge and CF card reader works a treat with 4Gbyte cards, looking EXACTLY like a hard disc, and bootable. My friend and some-times partner-in-crime Joe Sleator made an image of a hard drive on his PC, and transferred this to the CF card. 
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> Incidentally, I mounted all this gubbins on an old unpopulated CMI card, which I then placed in space in the digital card cage left by having a single 32Mbyte RAM card. Just one small 50-way ribbon then connects to the WS or Turbo_SCSI. No heat, no noise - neat! 
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> I'll take a picture when I get the machine back - at the moment it's with Fairlight Australia having it's DNA analysed for PVs new CMI-30A..
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> Regards,
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> Peter Wielk
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