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bitrate
10-16-2009, 02:53 AM
Thought I would add some pics and info about the Panasonic/Matsushita FZ-55. It seems to be quite a bit more obscure when compared with its cousin the FZ-35S.

Like the FZ-35S, the FZ-55 was a Point of Sale/Interest media kiosk endowed with the M2 chipset. Also like the FZ-35S, the FZ-55 was available in different configurations. Some options included CD drive or DVD drive, and with or without IDE hard disk. The front panel interface also offered different hardware options. I will update this post a little later with pictures of the different "models" of FZ-55.


Those people without software for their FZ-35S should recognize the following two images.


http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u49/bitrate_photos/DSC03534_30.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u49/bitrate_photos/DSC03532_30.jpg



Some input/output options...


http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u49/bitrate_photos/DSC03518_30.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u49/bitrate_photos/DSC03526_30.jpg



Pictures of the back of the unit with and without plastic shell...


http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u49/bitrate_photos/DSC03507_30.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u49/bitrate_photos/DSC03489_30.jpg



Here is the chipset...


http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u49/bitrate_photos/DSC03472_30.jpg
Borman
10-16-2009, 07:22 AM
Awesome, I think most people (including myself) forget about that unit, so its great to see.
3do
10-17-2009, 05:44 AM
Ah, been trying to remember the name of this unit for months but never could i kept thinking FZ-35 but hats a different unit.

Only saw this once or twice so nice pictures and thanks for sharing them.
awbacon
01-03-2010, 01:28 PM
Coffee machine kiosk goodness. I had the pleasure of ordering a coffee off an M2 in Asia. Coffee sucked (so did the UI as well...I wish I knew it was actually M2 hardware when I bought the coffee)
ASSEMbler
01-04-2010, 12:28 AM
You know that board layout is damn close to retail
madhatter256
01-06-2010, 04:43 PM
I remember seeing that stuff over in russian websites. Also advertised as POS and even ATM systems.
awbacon
01-06-2010, 07:15 PM
anyone else find it interesting the 3DO was huge in Russia?
ASSEMbler
01-06-2010, 07:41 PM
Russia = dumping ground for failed Japanese hardware.
Mezonin
07-20-2010, 11:57 AM
3DO Community in Russia is very huge XD Not long ago was anounced IDE adapter for 3DO FZ10 - now we can use PC CD\DVD-rom for playing games on FZ-10.

madhatter256 - you saw it on Russian site, where that topic was made by bitrate ;)