I felt the CDTV was the coolest looking PC of the time. Compare
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Quite beautiful. A guy who is into retro gaming that I know, has one, but he never showed it to camera, what I loved about it was the MIDI sound coming from it.FM Towns was hotter
if that's the root of this thread I wonder if you unconsciously are making a case for Scorpio being a PC like machine, because that looks very much like a bit more well designed PC.That's cool. Japan only (which is why I'd never seen it before). No good for a console design either - too big. And it doesn't have a display on the front.
Edit: well this post makes no sense now the new thread's been spawned. The topic was about Scorpio console design options and on-case displays.
The suggestion is Scorpio looking like a bit of AV tech rather than a games machine. PC functionality would be great for users but suicide for MS's financials, as discussed elsewhere.if that's the root of this thread I wonder if you unconsciously are making a case for Scorpio being a PC like machine.
pure filth, but as an Amiga fan, I am biased.I felt the CDTV was the coolest looking PC of the time. Compare
Q: How many Amiga users does it take to change a light bulb ?but as an Amiga fan
ok to even the score
Q: How many Windows users does it take to change a light bulb ?
A: None, microsoft just declares darkness the standard
FM Towns was hotter
That seems designed by Ikea. It has floppys left and right. Could the CPU keep up with loading 2 floppy disks at the same time?remember this
You wouldn't necessarily load from two sources at the same time. Amiga supported up to 4 floppy drives. For some games you really wanted to avoid disk swapping by having the disks all accessible.That seems designed by Ikea. It has floppys left and right. Could the CPU keep up with loading 2 floppy disks at the same time?
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juasjuasjuas, how could that happen? Did the CPU survive for more than one day?A friend had one like this, but not sure if it were a regular "desktop" case instead.
The 6x CD-ROM drive was impressive.
It was the hottest PC ever, because there was an Intel P75 with no heatsink in there. That didn't put much heat into the PC, but the CPU was burning hot to the touch. I don't know if the OEM did that or whether there was another reason. Since them my hobby is to touch heatsinks and stuff : I can figure out stuff at 60°C and stuff at 80°C. At 100°C there's a nice smell of hot.