kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) (04/13/91)
cleland@sdbio2.ucsd.edu (Thomas Cleland) writes: > [someone wrote]: >>Oh, one other curious note: CDTV does not have an electronic motor-driven >>eject of the disc and its "caddy". It has a mechanical pushbutton next >>to the CD slot. For a thousand dollar unit I was kind of surprised at >>this. PUsh that button too briskly and the caddy comes flying out the >>slot and onto the floor. > >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. > >Is this true? What say the Wise Ones? Well, I also first replied that caddies were standard for CDROM drives. Seems that's not always the case. From an email from a CD-I developer: "BTW the evil CD sleeve cases are NOT a CD-I standard as someone stated on the NET. The reason the sleeves have shown up on CD-I players is all players thus far have been industrial things. Meant for use in industrial settings. In that context, the sleeves make sense. For home use they would be a real pain. It takes about 3 hands to open/close them. The consumer player will have a standard slide tray, just like a CD player." Sorry for the temporary confusion. - kev <kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu>