Re: Tandy's new multimedia machine

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From: Neal Wickham
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:21

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In article <jonathan.725703131@author.ecn.purdue.edu> jonathan@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Jonathan L Neuenschwander) writes:
>
>I've been hearing for sometime about Tandy's new multimedia box, that it
>would run a simplified version of Windows that would be capable of running
>MPC CDs.  I glanced one over today, and it looks to me like it runs software
>that, well, maybe not exactly propietary, but it doesn't look like it would
>be runnable elsewhere, nor does it look like it can run MPC stuff.  
>
>So does anyone know what the deal with this is?
>
>Jonathan
>
>

I think they have two seperate systems.  One is VIS which is like a CD-I
or CDTV player.  The other is the "Sensation" which is a 486sx with MPC.
I think the Sensation is just Windows and MPC.  VIS probably has its own
OS, though I haven't heard much about it.  VIS is meant to be displayed
on a TV and is operated through a remote like CD-I or CDTV.

                                    NCW

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