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Re: re: CD I

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From: rcisnet2unknownoriginscottamendo...
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1993 15:33
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E> > Does anyone know what kind of expansion is available behind that
E> > plate at the back?  If it where possible to add a keyboard/disk
E> > drive (and maybe a hard drive? SCSI?), think about that...
E>
E>    I have a Magnavoc CD-I player, and it has 2 serial-ports which
E>can be used to hook up a keyboard/miceoller-controller's.
E>
E>    the expansion-slot on the back appears to be just a card-edge
E>socket (like the CoCo has, only bigger)...so I wouldn't think there
E>would be any problem interfacing a disk-drive to that connector.


As I understand it, that card slot is for the digital video option.

How do you like your CD-I anyway.... was it worth it  ?

If that can expand it to a fully functional PC, I would have bought one, I
checked with them and it can not. At least not officially. They should have
thought ahead.

If not actually spending the bucks to sell complete PC systems they could have
at least thought of putting in extra slots and sockets so the user wouldn't
feel so boxed in.


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