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Note about floppy disks: The 8" floppies for Series II/IIx must be double-sided, double-density, soft sectored, 256 byte record length. The Series II only requires single-density, but double-density seems better. On the soft sectored disks there is a small hole in the jacket, which reveals a hole in the media itself once per revolution. This acts as a tachometer to the drive, or as an index of sector 0. The hard sectored discs have two such 'windows' in the jacket which reveal a polar array of holes (possibly 32). The extra holes confuse the Fairlight drive.

Note that Fairlight in Australia no longer manufactures the CMI Series II and III, but they do have a number of newer products that grew from the Series III. My web site is not affiliated with Fairlight Australia.

Update: In order to keep things relevant on this page, postings older than 3 years will be automatically removed unless I am notified otherwise.

Over the last few years, this Swap Shop page has helped to sell more than 42 Fairlight CMIs plus other equipment to people all over the world. These machines are very well built, but be sure to ask lots of questions, whether buying or selling, and give them a good home! I am looking forward to helping Fairlight owners, both new and old, for a long time to come.

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