There is always a need for a serial terminal (VT100 compatible) to debug Philips CD-i players and other old units with a serial port. Even though an old laptop with Windows 98 and HyperTerminal works fine, I was looking for something more portable. The Atari Portfolio with Serial Interface add-on is a good choice.
First of all, we need to transfer the terminal software to the Portfolio. It is possible via the serial port, but I had to back-up some data from the old memory cards too, so I hooked up the Atari Card Drive HPC-301:

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