Here is the Sanyo TRY demonstration unit that was on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in June, 1994. This is about 5 months after Sanyo announced they had a licensing deal with 3DO, and about 4 months before they hit store shelves. In the pictures below, the regular retail unit is on the left while the CES demo unit is on the right (pictures are labeled on top right corner too). ---------- Pictured below is the front of the two units. The CES demo unit on the right has a different badge under the CD tray. Where the retail unit gives the model name of "TRY", the demo unit reads "Interactive Multiplayer". The model numbers also differ. ---------- Here are pictures of the bottom of the two units. The demo unit is missing the model specifications label. ---------- The next two pictures below show the respective motherboards of the two units. It may not be obvious at first, but there are quite a few differences between the two units. There are some significant changes to the board layout, post-fab rework, etc. ---------- The following two pictures show a closeup of the BIOS section of the motherboard. The demo unit is clearly missing the Kanji font rom and is also endowed with ribbon connectors for BIOS updates/overrides. ---------- Madam and CLIO ASIC's for both units are pictured below. ---------- Finally, here is the BIOS splashscreen for the CES demo unit. You can see that it is running an alpha BIOS stated: "Sanyo HC-21 alpha ROM 3/21/94"
Indeed. I am always looking everywhere for 3DO / M2 items and have been doing so for about 10 years now. The unit was not functioning when I received it, and from what I'm told, was not working at the 1994 CES showing either. The unit was working at the lab, and after having been shipped to CES it no longer functioned, so it sat on display but wasn't playing any software. After troubleshooting for a while, I found a short from a small solder ball underneath the laser controller IC. After removing the short, it fired right up for the first time in over 16 years.
If you know where I can find one I'll make it worth your while The Samsung unit would be nice too :crying:
Very nice find! as a 3DO fan myself I am jelous and thankfull to get to see this! Now I am waiting for the Samsung unit to show up
While looking at old CES vids on YouTube I happened across the following link. This video is from the very CES summer show that the unit I have pictured above is from. :Rock: It may even be the same unit pictured in the video, as with these types of kiosks the software displayed on screen was sometimes being run from hardware hidden out of sight. The Sanyo TRY can be seen at around the 30 second mark, and at the 35 second mark the early design front "model designation" (shown in the pictures of my first post) badge is visible. CES Summer 1994 Video Link
sanyo 3do try dead my console sanyo 3do try does not work, the plug LED lights only a few seconds, then shuts down without giving picture or audio. As you can help me with this problem?
This is a surprise? Lately tons of people have been bumping threads as old as 2004. They seem to be completely unaware of what they're doing.
