<s>
The	O
Tandy	O
Memorex	O
Video	O
Information	O
System	O
(	O
VIS	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
,	O
multimedia	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
player	I-Device
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Tandy	O
Corporation	O
starting	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
function	O
to	O
the	O
Philips	B-Device
CD-i	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	B-Device
CDTV	I-Device
systems	O
(	O
particularly	O
the	O
CDTV	B-Device
,	O
since	O
both	O
the	O
VIS	O
and	O
CDTV	B-Device
were	O
adaptations	O
of	O
existing	O
computer	O
platforms	O
and	O
operating	O
systems	O
to	O
the	O
set-top-box	O
design	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modular	O
Windows	O
is	O
a	O
special	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
3.1	I-Application
,	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
Tandy	O
Video	O
Information	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
intended	O
Modular	O
Windows	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
embedded	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
for	O
various	O
devices	O
,	O
especially	O
those	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
televisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	O
XP	O
Embedded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VIS	O
applications	O
could	O
be	O
written	O
using	O
tools	O
and	O
techniques	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
used	O
to	O
write	O
software	O
for	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatible	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
running	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
concept	O
was	O
carried	O
forward	O
in	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Xbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-General_Concept
80286	I-General_Concept
processor	O
on	O
a	O
local	O
bus	O
(	O
not	O
ISA	O
)	O
running	O
at	O
12MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mitsumi	O
1×	O
(	O
150KB/s	O
)	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drive	O
with	O
16-bit	O
interface	O
,	O
800ms	O
access	O
,	O
1300ms	O
worst	O
case	O
access	O
,	O
CD+G	O
capable	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
Photo-CD	O
.	O
</s>
