Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!taco!hobbes!kdarling From: kdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDTV's are here. Message-ID: <1991Apr9.092207.6845@ncsu.edu> Date: 9 Apr 91 09:22:07 GMT References: <2240@swrinde.nde.swri.edu> <9746@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <8441@crash.cts.com> <1991Apr8.042803.11141@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <18107@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: na Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 13 cleland@sdbio2.ucsd.edu (Thomas Cleland) writes: >I wondered why that cartridge deal was there in the first place, >rather than a regular CD-player style drawer. I was told that >the cartridge system adheres to the CD-I standard, such as it >is, presumably with intent to make CDTV compatible with CD-I >whenever the latter should see fit to exist. I think the caddies are standard fair for CDROM drives. The mechanical pushbutton arrangement sure sounds weird tho. Surely an electronic eject button could also reset the computer. kev