On Tue, 17 Apr 101 g.baltissen@hccnet.nl wrote: > Hallo allemaal, > > I received a Commodore CDTV for free this afternoon. I only got the black > metal case. "only" because the front says "Remote" so I presume there > should be a remote conrol with it, and the back has a PS/2 like input for a > keyboard. > > I know you can put CD's in it and that's all I know. I opened it and saw > familiar IC's like the 68000, 8520 and 6526. A 6526? odd ;) I didnt think those were fast enough for an amiga. What you have is basically an A500+cd-rom ;) > > Some questions: > - What exactly is it? > - What kind if CD's must be put in it? It's more than happy to play your audio CDs provided you load it with a caddy. > - The keyboard input misses one hole. I haven't the specs by hand so I > cannot tell if this pin is not used with a real PS/2 keyboard. What > keyboard can I attach? A CDTV keyboard, or a standard keyboard for the amiga if you biuld an adaptor. > - Has it some value, I mean as collector item? It's fairly rare, but it can be a pita if you try to use it for more than simple gaming and cd audio ;) I have one myself, and am rather pleased with it.Z I love the way ti blends perfectly with my stereo system ;) - This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tml.hut.fi.
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