Questions about CDI 660
Good morning all !
After a short moment of absence on the site, I finally come back! And after my last acquisition I have a few questions!
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On the internet you can read (in different places) that the CDI 660 has a floppy drive. But I can't find anything when I read the documentation, or when I look at my CDI. There is a cache (on the right of the drive) where other CDI drives have a floppy drive.
Is this place a cache that I couldn't have removed? Or is it really a model without a floppy drive?
Thank you all and see you soon for more questions on this model !!!!
Mini
Franch (native language)
Bonjour à tous !
Après un petit moment d'absence sur le site, je reviens enfin ! Et après ma dernière aquisition j'ai quelques questions !
Sur internet on peut lire (à différent endroits) que le CDI 660 possède un lecteur de disquette. Mais je ne trouve rien quand je lis la documentation, ni quand je regarde mon CDI. Il y'a bien un cache (sur la droite du lecteur) là où d'autres lecteur CDI ont un lecteur de disquette.
Cet endroit est-il un cache que je n'aurais pas su enlever ? Ou alors est vraiment un modèle sans lecteur disquette ?
Merci à tous et à très bientôt pour d'autres questions sur ce modèle !!!!
Mini
Hey Mini!
So happy to see you back!
The CD-i 660 and 670 don't have any floppy disk support. 615 player does have.
The 660, 670 and 615 are using the same mold, just with a different colour. So, yes, the right side socket can be removed and used for the 615.
I jump into this topic, my 660 and 670 have issue reading Cd-i discs.
Some will play flawlessly other after a few trys and some won't be read at all. But when I use my 450 I have no issue at all.
Any ideas ?
How is you timekeeper? Time and saved games are ok? Dead timekeeper may do this kind of issues.
My 660 wasn't spinning discs. The CD holder was stuck.
Also, check this for deeper diagnostics (the players have almost the same monoboard and disc drive): https://retrostuff.org/2019/12/23/philips-cdi470-diagnosis-and-repair/
Quote from omegalfa on 25/02/2020, 18:12Hey Mini!
So happy to see you back!
The CD-i 660 and 670 don't have any floppy disk support. 615 player does have.
The 660, 670 and 615 are using the same mold, just with a different colour. So, yes, the right side socket can be removed and used for the 615.
Sorry, I didn't understand your answer. you mean i can possibly add a floppy drive in my CDI 660?
Mini
No,
I mean, Philips used the same front panel model for different players.
That is why you saw one very similar similar woth a floppy drive, but it wasn't a 660.
Nobody has seen a CDI615 from the inside yet, so we don't know yet how the FDD is connected.
Even though there are some unpopulated areas on the CDI660 Mono IV board, it is probably not enough to connect a FDD and all the extra ports on the back. I suspect that this is done similar to the CDI605 with a riser card in the extension connector.
Quote from omegalfa on 25/02/2020, 20:30No,
I mean, Philips used the same front panel model for different players.
That is why you saw one very similar similar woth a floppy drive, but it wasn't a 660.
Well, I'm sad about this news ...
Can I still connect it to a computer? or is it not possible with the CDI 660 either? ^^
Mini
All CD-i players can be connected to PC using a Null-Modem cable and connected to Input 2, for different reasons.
- Backup your saved games (before removing a still working Timekeeper).
- Make a Low Level Test (Rosewood from Retrostuff wrote a great article about that).
Only few examples.
okay, I have to look at how to do it, and if I can do it!
I would love to learn how to develop on CDI, it could be really fun as an experience! but first I will have to do some research on how it goes!
Mini
Do you know C or 68000 language?
You will need it, and we need people who know.
I don't have any particular skills, but when you have fun developing, you can learn hard, I think;)
Mini