Re: I have laser disc player for game?
- From: MegaBob <bulkrc-mega@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:25:26 -0700 (PDT)
It was made by Matrox, and weighs an obnoxious 43 pounds. Label says
it's to be "lifted by two people".
I would think finding the original software laser discs that were made
for on this thing would be next to impossible,
but I'm sure it would play movies.
I tried emailing Matrox about getting a remote...as it just has power,
eject, pause/play, and (I think) stop buttons only on the laser player
part. But the turkeys never responded. I'm guessing a Universal remote
might work, but I never got around to testing that out.
I was thinking of parting it put for the black 3.5 floppy drive, 80MB
SCSI drive (to use with Atari ST computers), and the BIG case fan as a
fan replacement for the ms-pacman "cabinet from hell" that currently
sounds like a loud vacuum cleaner.
The laser player itself which is mounted top side, and as I remember
has some sort of proprietary power connector that you can see if you
remove a cover in the back. I think it could easily be converted to a
standard power cord or whatever. I thought as such, it would work in
somebody's laser disc arcade game if they needed a replacement player.
Here's some info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_disc
"Under contract from the U.S. Military, Matrox produced a combination
computer laserdisc player for instructional purposes. The computer was
a 286, the laserdisc player only capable of reading the analog audio
tracks. Together they weighed 43 pounds and sturdy handles were
provided in case 2 people were required to lift the unit. The computer
controlled the player via a 25-pin serial port at the back of the
player and a ribbon cable connected to a proprietary port on the
motherboard. Many of these were sold as surplus by the military during
the 90s, often without the controller software. It is nevertheless
possible to control the unit by removing the ribbon cable and
connecting a serial cable directly from the computer's serial port to
the port on the laserdisc player"
Here's some good and humorous info in the following links.
Also programs this guy wrote to control the player with a joystick.
Not sure if mine is the Mark 1 or 2.
I do not believe this one was the Military model either as it was from
a school.
I don't think it has the morse code training software as it is (I
think) a school model.
http://www.ovalgon.com/gh/Matrox/what.htm
http://www.ovalgon.com/gh/Matrox/me.htm
http://www.ovalgon.com/gh/Matrox/fool.htm
http://www.ovalgon.com/gh/Matrox/index.htm
Give me a day or so and I can get a model name/number.
BTW, what's this "convention's collection"?
Bob
Chuck Whitby wrote:
MegaBob <bulkrc-mega@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:57498dc9-8bcd-4742-b31e-.
a943974c602b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
I got a thing which was supposed to be an interactive educational tool
for schools.
It's a box with a 286 computer and a laser disc player in it.
I openned up the case and the laser player part of the unit has a
counter that says it has been used zero hours.
I'd like to part this thing out to clear some shelf space in the
garage,
and thought the laser disc player part might be useful to somebody
here?
I'd might be interested in it for something to have in the convention's
collection. Got any more info on it, like a name, or a manufacturer or
anything like that?
--
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Chuck Whitby
Too Many Games
"Let us Play"
www.toomanygames.com
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