
- PHILIPS CDI EMULATOR DIGITAL VIDEO CARTRIDGE MANUAL IN THE
- PHILIPS CDI EMULATOR DIGITAL VIDEO CARTRIDGE TRIAL EDITION AVAILABLE
It was created to provide more functionality than an audio CD player or game console, but at a lower price than a personal computer with a CD-ROM drive at the time. Kyocera of Japan was a partner of Philips in the.The Philips CD-i (an abbreviation of Compact Disc Interactive) is an interactive multimedia CD player developed and marketed by Royal Philips Electronics N.V., who supported it from December 1991 into the late 1990s. The first Philips CD-i player, released in 1991 and initially priced around US700, was capable of playing interactive CD-i discs, Audio CDs, CD+G (CD+Graphics), Karaoke CDs, Photo CDs and Video CDs (VCDs), though the latter required an optional 'Digital Video Card' to provide MPEG-1 decoding.This page describes additions and changes that were made to this website.It did not have a digital video cartridge and it was released in 1992, we believe for the professional market.

Philips Cdi Emulator Digital Video Cartridge Manual In The
Added picture of Panasonic player to The Complete CD-i Players Overview section. Added HAL90 manual in the Authoring Manuals section. Added TN #41, #46, #47, #49, #57.1, #62, #85.1, #87, #89, #91, #99, #100, #101 to the CD-i Technical Documentation / PIM Technical Notes section.
Added note that the CDI 660/670 Keydisc is also usable with the CDI 490 player in the CD-i Disc Images Downloads and CD-i FAQ 2020 sections. Fixed link to OS-9 Internet Software Reference Manual in Microware OS-9 Documentation section. Added MAME and CeDImu emulators to The Complete CD-i Players Overview section. Added Super Quartet and CeDImu GitHub projects to the CD-i Links section.

Updated the CD-i Technical Information / System section, adding information about CD-i Keyboards, CD-i Picture Quality and a Full-Motion Video announcement. Added new Authoring Book(lets) section with general books and booklets about CD-i authoring, for now with just The Producers Handbook for multimedia authoring on CD-i. Added new Philips CD-i authoring products subsection to the Philips Media Brochures section with overviews and price lists for Authoring and CD Bridge system products. Added CDI 180 / 181 / 182 Installation and Operation manuals and the CDI 18x Autostart function Leaflet to the CD-i Technical Documentation section. Added Video-CD on CD-i release 3.11 document and Video-CD on CD-i sample disc inlay to the Technical Documentation / Software section, also added thumbnails. Added several Full Motion Video (FMV) and Video-CD booklets to Authoring Book(lets) section.
Added Home Computer Museum to the CD-i Links section. Incorporated updated ICDIA CD-i Software Archive section by Jorg Kennis. Added technical documentation for the M68000, SCC68070 and TMP683xx processors in the CD-i Technical Documentation / System section. Fixed links to CDinteractive forums in the FAQ and E-mail & Contact sections. Added NIRD User Guide to Authoring Manuals section.
Added CD-i disc images for the Final Production Delivery Specification and CD-i Full Motion Video Technical Aspects discs to the CD-i Disc Images Downloads section. Added Interactive Dreams and CD-i Bits to the CD-i Links section and renamed/removed links to changed or defunct sites. Added new CD-i Technical Documentation section with technical documentation for various professional and authoring player models. Added CDI 660 / CDI 670 Technical documentation to the CD-i Technical Documentation section also added thumbnails for all documents in this section. Added CD-i/PC (ISA) brochure to the Philips Media Brochures | Philips professional CD-i players section also added thumbnails for all documents in this section. Added thumbnails for all documents in the Philips Media Brochures sections.
Added disc image of CDISC 4 Freeware disc to CD-i Downloads section containing a wealth of tools and information for CD-i developers. Added OS-9 Version 2.4 Release Notes to the Microware OS-9 Documentation section. Added Cross C Compiler Installation Manual and Release Notes to the Microware OS-9 Documentation section. Added disc building and emulation documents to the Authoring Manual section. Added The World of CD-i to the CD-i Links section and removed links to defunct sites.

Technical Note #061, titled Software Sprites in CD-i has been included in the Philips Interactive Media Technical Notes section. The previously unreleased document Mono II Player Status has been included under the CD-i Technical Documentation / System section. It can be found in the Philips Interactive Media Technical Notes section. Included Technical Note #076 titled Differences between the Philips 18x and 605 Development Platforms. Added section containing CD-i Full Functional Specification (Green Book) documents under the heading CD-i Documentation.
Philips Cdi Emulator Digital Video Cartridge Trial Edition Available
The full unlimited CD-i Emulator is available for an initial payment of 25 Euros with free future updates on the base case version. CD-i Fan has released his CD-i Emulator version 0.5.2 from the official cdiemu.org website with a time limited trial edition available for free download. Containing a brief description of the first serious attempt at CD-i emulation in CD-iCE and the newly released and active project CD-i Emulator. The Complete CD-i Players Overview section has been updated with information concerning CD-i Emulation. Included the first document designated Technical Note #069, titled Technical Status of the Philips 910 CD-i Player.
Craig Elliott has released documentation and files on his project to create an adapter to convert a serical PC mouse for use on a CD-i player. Made an addition of a disclaimer to the CD-i Homebrew Downloads section. Available in the new CD-i Homebrew Downloads section. Craig Elliott has released documentation and files on an extension to his previous project to create an adapter to convert a PS/2 PC mouse for use on a CD-i player.
Source files have been included in a seperate file available from the same section. Updated the CD-i Disc Image Downloads section with the CD-i Stub also developed by CD-i Fan which some players require to initiate the CD-i Link program. Available through the PC/Windows section in a new CD-i communication tools archive. CD-i Fan released a new version of the CD-i Link program which allows you to communicate with a CD-i player through your PC using a nullmodem cable.
It will remain available online for archival purposes. Put announcement on front page, explaining that this site is no longer maintained or updated. The ICDIA will be maintained on-line for archival purposes and will now receive updates when new resources become available. Since the expiration of the icdia.org website hosting has now transferred to icdia.co.uk under the CDinteractive network for CD-i related websites.
Changed some entries in the FAQ to reflect current CD-i situation (mainly by removing referrals to never completed CD-i emulator and links to companies which formerly sold CD-i equipment).
