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RE: [Fairlight-CMI] General questions

2004-03-12 by Peter Connelly (Core Design Ltd.)

1) Roll on CMI Explorer

3) I simply opened my pen, blew in it and screwed it back together. It now works fine :-D

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From: Eight to Infinity (Arron) [mailto:arron@8inf.com]
Sent: 12 March 2004 10:01
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] General questions

Actually, while Im in a posting mood, I was wondering if I could ask
a few questions to the group.....

1) I want a nice way to backup to voice files. I had heard I think
that some people had got scsi zip drives working with their series
3's. Is this a good way to do it ? WHat device do I need ?

2) I changed my processor card, and now have a fault whereby all of
the 2mb memory boards cause digital distortion accross, the system
when plugged in. I also have 3 x 8 mb cards. Running with just the
8mb cards, the system runs perfectly. Has anyone come accross this
issue and knows anything about it ?

3) My pen pointer skips around the screen a bit. Sometimes its OK,
and sometimes not. I thought I had fixed it by plugging the alpha
keyboard directly into the mainframe, instead of chaining through the
music keyboard, but it still happens every now and again. Any ideas
on how to resolve this one ?

Cheers,

Arron

RE: [Fairlight-CMI] General questions

2004-03-12 by feldmann@xs4all.nl

Hello everyone,

> 1) I want a nice way to backup to voice files. I had heard I think
> that some people had got scsi zip drives working with their series
> 3's. Is this a good way to do it ? WHat device do I need ?

> 1) Roll on CMI Explorer

In fact, I have not tried to connect my SCSI ZIP and SCSI JAZ drives to
the series III, but would it work without any modification on a software
version 6.03 unit ?

> 2) I changed my processor card, and now have a fault whereby all of
> the 2mb memory boards cause digital distortion accross, the system
> when plugged in. I also have 3  x 8 mb cards. Running with just the
> 8mb cards, the system runs perfectly. Has anyone come accross this
> issue and knows anything about it ?

Alas, unknown to me (yet), but it sounds like a timing problem with the
memory chips (which hold the wave data). It is unclear whether the problem
arises with ONLY the 2Mb cards or with ANY of the 2Mb card combined with
the 8 Mb cards. In the latter case, it definitely sounds like a timing
problem to me. Try running with only the 2Mb cards as a test. If there is
no problem, timing differences are most likely to be the cause.

Regards,
Harald.