Earlier this month we shared a story about the Healthcare Advisor: A customized build of the CD-i 450 with a durable metal casing and advertising on it, so it could withstand the public in dentistry offices and so it was approved to be allowed in other healthcare related environment. The unit is now property of CD-i member xsuicidesn0wmanx and we were very interesting to look inside this unit. CD-i member xsuicidesn0wmanx:"I initially said I had no plans to open this thing up. Unfortunately, there's a small plunger that tells the system the lid is closed but has fallen out. So... since it's already open while I fish this part out, I took some pics for @Interact_Dreams. Everything appears to work just fine. If you look closely you can see that this actually has the bottom half of a 450 inside the metal casing, while stuff like AV inputs have extensions from the exterior shell to the interior machine. Close up of the av cabling, the digital video card and printer/controller port, and the plunger that fell out. I'll get more pics when we take off the cd drive to reinstall the plunger." I'm wondering where all the wires from the printer port go to. I was expecting to see 5 wires going to a port splitter; but here, all wires are connected. "Looks like it goes to the same spot as the controller port. On this machine the controller was moved to the back."
"Here's a closer look at the new console I revealed at the end of my stream last night. It's a repurposed CD-i that was used in doctors offices. It still plays all the games and includes a digital video card. It's basically a 450 with a few minor modifications. Controller port moved to the back and a printer port was added. I didn't get any discs with it, just a 4 button game pad(like the gravis pad) and that's all. No idea what software was played on this, I assume it was probably just video on a loop. I believe this CD-i player was salvaged from the supplier who was supposed to destroy them."
This custom built CD-i player was one of a serie of 150 units that developer Independent Interactive bought from Philips Interactive Media of America, after they closed its business in 1995. Independent Interactive was active in several hospitals and believed in the potential to use these players in healthcare courses. To use a consumer CD-i player in a medical environment, the approbation needed to be done again and some design changes were needed. In this case the player shell was not suitable enough, it was not strong to withstand long travel conditions, but it was not dust-tight as well.
[Thanks, CD-i member xsuicidesn0wmanx]