29 Sep
2009
29 Sep
'09
6:58 a.m.
Being a vintage computer and synthesiser fan, I'd love
to get a Fairlight CMI for restoration/care/actual use
so if anyone has any Fairlight CMI model they would like
to either sell or trade let me know. Can be EU or US.
Cheers
Ian
29 Sep
29 Sep
9:58 a.m.
On Sep 29, 2009, at 6:58 AM, silvercreekvalley wrote:
Being a vintage computer and synthesiser fan, I'd
love
to get a Fairlight CMI for restoration/care/actual use
so if anyone has any Fairlight CMI model they would like
to either sell or trade let me know. Can be EU or US.
There have been several on eBay in the last nine months, ranging from
$4500 to $12500. The most recent two have not sold yet.
ok
bear
11:20 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of William Donzelli
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:23 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Fairlight CMI
Yes, it's nowhere near as robust as, say, a PDP-11/70. :-)
There have been several on eBay in the last nine
months, ranging from
$4500
to $12500. The most recent two have not sold yet.
And remember, CMI fans, that is a big hunk of money for a synth that
will give you maintenance headaches on a weekly basis.
--
Will 
10:10 a.m.
On Sep 29, 2009, at 9:58 AM, silvercreekvalley wrote:
Being a vintage computer and synthesiser fan, I'd
love
to get a Fairlight CMI for restoration/care/actual use
so if anyone has any Fairlight CMI model they would like
to either sell or trade let me know. Can be EU or US.
Mmmmm, Fairlight.
Years ago (1988 or so?) my friend Mike in Delaware had a
Synclavier II. That thing was damn impressive. Sadly he no longer
has it. Unless I'm mistaken, there's a MicroVAX-II in there!
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
30 Sep
30 Sep
3:10 p.m.
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Dave McGuire wrote:
On Sep 29, 2009, at 9:58 AM, silvercreekvalley wrote:
There's been earlier discussion on this list, but short answer is that you
are mistaken :-). The Synclavier was built around New England Digital's
own bit-slice CPU originally developed for their ABEL minicomputer system.
Probably based on AMD 29xx parts, although I do not know that for sure.
A company I ran in the 80s did a lot of audio systems contracting work
with NED and I recall seeing terminals all over the place that were logged
on to the in-house ABEL system. I think they used it for inventory,
billing, etc. All the support software was developed in the ABEL
environment AFAIK.
Steve
--
Being a vintage computer and synthesiser fan,
I'd love
to get a Fairlight CMI for restoration/care/actual use
so if anyone has any Fairlight CMI model they would like
to either sell or trade let me know. Can be EU or US.
Mmmmm, Fairlight.
Years ago (1988 or so?) my friend Mike in Delaware had a Synclavier II.
That thing was damn impressive. Sadly he no longer has it. Unless I'm
mistaken, there's a MicroVAX-II in there!
1 Oct
1 Oct
9:21 a.m.
On Sep 30, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Steven Hirsch wrote:
There's been earlier discussion on this list, but short answer is
that you are mistaken :-). The Synclavier was built around New
England Digital's own bit-slice CPU originally developed for their
ABEL minicomputer system. Probably based on AMD 29xx parts,
although I do not know that for sure.
Really? I was actually pretty sure about that. I never saw the
innards of the machine myself, but I will happily stand corrected!
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Being a vintage computer and synthesiser fan, I'd
love
to get a Fairlight CMI for restoration/care/actual use
so if anyone has any Fairlight CMI model they would like
to either sell or trade let me know. Can be EU or US.
Mmmmm, Fairlight.
Years ago (1988 or so?) my friend Mike in Delaware had a
Synclavier II. That thing was damn impressive. Sadly he no longer
has it. Unless I'm mistaken, there's a MicroVAX-II in there! A company I ran in the 80s did a lot of audio systems
contracting
work with NED and I recall seeing terminals all over the place that
were logged on to the in-house ABEL system. I think they used it
for inventory, billing, etc. All the support software was
developed in the ABEL environment AFAIK.
I've gotta assume this is different from the ABEL PLD design
language. I've never heard of it, what is it?
-Dave
6:44 p.m.
On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Dave McGuire wrote:
On Sep 30, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Steven Hirsch wrote:
There's been earlier discussion on this list, but short answer is that you
are mistaken :-). The Synclavier was built around New England Digital's
own bit-slice CPU originally developed for their ABEL minicomputer system.
Probably based on AMD 29xx parts, although I do not know that for sure.
Really? I was actually pretty sure about that. I never saw the innards of
the machine myself, but I will happily stand corrected!
I forget what the acronym means, but it has nothing to do with the ABEL
PLD language. NED was started by a couple of folks from Dartmouth
College, Sidney Alonzo and Cameron Jones. A mutual friend at the time
described Cameron as "capable of scrolling code on the inside of his
eyelids" :-).
I suspect they produced the ABEL minicomputer to get some cash-flow coming
in while the Synclavier was being productized. The work on the
synthesizer started at Dartmouth. During the heyday of NED, they endowed
the college with the slickest electronic music studio you ever laid eyes
on. An entire lab full of Synclavier keyboards and terminals running
time-shared off a greatly expanded CPU.
My company also did a lot of work for Dartmouth and it was always a gas to
be in that room! From memory, I think we installed a bunch of audio
patchbays and multi-core trunk cables, but that was almost 25 years ago
and things are a bit vague.
--
Being a vintage computer and synthesiser fan, I'd
love
to get a Fairlight CMI for restoration/care/actual use
so if anyone has any Fairlight CMI model they would like
to either sell or trade let me know. Can be EU or US.
Mmmmm, Fairlight.
Years ago (1988 or so?) my friend Mike in Delaware had a Synclavier II.
That thing was damn impressive. Sadly he no longer has it. Unless I'm
mistaken, there's a MicroVAX-II in there! A company I ran in the 80s did a lot of audio
systems contracting work with
NED and I recall seeing terminals all over the place that were logged on to
the in-house ABEL system. I think they used it for inventory, billing,
etc. All the support software was developed in the ABEL environment AFAIK.
I've gotta assume this is different from the ABEL PLD design language. I've
never heard of it, what is it?
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