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- From: phister@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ben Phister - CATS)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
- Subject: Re: CDTV??
- Message-ID: <33830@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 17:15:06 GMT
- References: <27160001@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM> <151nu8INNasg@early-bird.think.com> <33770@cbmvax.commodore.com> <kdarling.712448388@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu>
- Reply-To: phister@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ben Phister - CATS)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <kdarling.712448388@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu> kdarling@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes:
- >>
- >>A minor clarification: there are models of CD-I systems that include
- >>keyboards, floppies, etc. However, the standard consumer CD-I unit
- >>(the one you see in Radio Shack, Circuit City, etc.) can NOT be expanded
- >>into a computer -- no way to add a keyboard or floppy. [...]
- >
- >The current consumer CD-I units (including the Philips color LCD portable
- >due out in a few months) _could_ be expanded since they do have a bus slot
- >(meant for the MPEG decoder board) and even a port usable for a keyboard.
- >I know of several companies besides Philips who're thinking of selling
- >an inexpensive memory/floppy/SCSI card, but no firm plans yet.
- >
- >However, probably few future models will include an expansion slot: MPEG
- >will become standard, and handheld players simply won't have the space.
- >
- >kevin <kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu> <76703.4227@compuserve.com>
-
- I stand corrected.
-
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- Benjamin Phister, Commodore CATS
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