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Sony Cdi on ebay
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:17 pm
by highlandcattle
Pretty interesting , I wonder how high it will fetch:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Portable-CD-I- ... dZViewItem
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:21 pm
by Devin
Already got one of those!
What I'm really looking for is
the early versions which actually came with the logo 'Intelligent Discman', later revisions simply come with the standard 'CD Interactive' as is the case in this auction. It's a nice player with button battery NV-RAM backup so no fear of the old memory death.
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:14 am
by Bas
or the digital video prototype
Oh the Sony CD-i is such a remarkable piece of history, I'd like some pics of the OS shell in high-res! Devin, you think something like that is possible...?
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:47 pm
by highlandcattle
insertcredit.com reported on it. Thanks to a forum post where I got it too.
Today I went to a flea market bought Little Devil and Daems (VCD) for 0.50 euro a piece.
Hooray
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:29 pm
by WindowsKiller
Very nice unit! I never knew that there were other portable players than the 3xx series. Was that "Intelligent Discman" equipped with a DVC?
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:04 pm
by Bas
No, it was a base case system, though a proto version with DVC capabilities is
rumoured (Like my hint was about
)
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:26 pm
by Devin
At the last CGEXPO I spoke to a chap that was very articulate about CD-i and had a great understanding of the system. So when he said at some swap meet (or something similar!) he met an ex-employee that actually had a SONY Portable complete with DVC capabilities I was rather shocked! Apparently it was only used within SONY so we're not sure if it was ever intended for a commercial release. This chap wanted to buy and knew how important/valuable it would be but unfortunately it wasn't for sale!