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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: risky purchase the fairlight?... Floppy Drives replacement

2010-07-15 by Peter K.

Here are some links I collected during the years:
http://users.bart.nl/users/pb0aia/cm/8-525.html
http://nemesis.lonestar.org/computers/tandy/hardware/model16_6000/floppyfix.html
http://www.dbit.com/fdadap.html
http://www.umich.edu/~archive/apollo/flp-info
http://www.tim-mann.org/trs80/1793.txt
Replacing with 3.5" drives would be great, but still some kind of solid state memory, like CF etc, would be best............
They are at it, but so sloooooowly..........
http://www.torlus.com/floppy/index.php?News
Regards,
Peter Kersten.

From: dvdborn
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 11:37 PM
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: risky purchase the fairlight?

I would guess that the 8-inch floppy drives are the rarest components. Or am I wrong?

I know that some IIx machines have been fitted with 3.5-inch drives but I don't know if this is an easy fix.

David
http://dvdborn.blogspot.com

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, blixton wrote:
>
> Does the fairlight IIx contain chips and other components that can not
> be sourced or may not be in the near future if they were to fail?
>
> tTHanks
>

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