CDTV - 01 |
The Commodore Amiga CDTV is, in a way, the ancestor of the Amiga CD32 game console. Basically, it is an Amiga 500 with a CDROM drive. It was sold without keyboard or mouse, but it was possible to connect them to the CDTV. A 3.5" floppy disk drive (800 KB), was developped for this computer. It was designed to be a home enternainment device but it was too expensive and only very few softwares and applications were developped for this machine (Psygnosis made almost all softwares for CDTV). In fact, Phillips succeded here with its CD-I few time later where Commodore failed. There was two CDTV models : the CDTV-1 used the Amiga 500 hardware and the CDTV-2 used the Amiga 500+ hardware. There even has been a prototype developed in 1992 called "CDTV-CR" (for Cost Reduced). Unlike other Amiga CR revisions, the CDTV CR was completely redesigned, utilizing the updated Amiga 600 technology. (www.old-computers.com) |
Manufacturer | Commodore | Name | CDTV (Model CD 1000) |
Type | Home Computer | Origin | USA |
Introduction Date | 1990 | End of production | 1995 |
Built in Language | ??? | Keyboard | optional full-stroke professional keyboard |
CPU | Motorola MC 68000 | Speed | 7.14 |
Coprocessor | Denise (8373 SuperDenise), Paula, Agnus, Gary | Amount of Ram | 512 KB (later expanded to 1Mb Chip RAM) |
Vram | ??? | Rom | 192 KB |
Text Modes | 60 x 32 / 80 x 32 | Graphic Modes | several graphic modes, most used : 320 x 240 (32 colors) / 640 x 240 (16 colors) |
Colors | 4096 | Sound | four 8 bit PCM voices |
Size / Weight | 430mm w. x 330mm d. x 95mm h. | Built in Media | Single speed CDROM (with caddy) |
I/O Ports | One credit card type slot (to save games scores) , 1 video slot, 1 DMA extension, Mouse & infrared joystick, Parallel, Serial, 15Khz RGB video, External floppy, Stereo RCA Audio jacks (16 bit), Colour composite Video output, MIDI In/Out, Headphone Jack | OS | AMIGA DOS, Kickstart: 1.3 (+ additional CD support) |
Power Supply | Internal | Introduction Price | 699£ (1990, UK) |
Sold | ??? | Serial Number | Serial No. N1051KD0169 (Made in Japan) |
Other Extras | 5 CD's | Bought Where | Sint-Genesius-Rode |
Bought When | July 07, 2002 | Condition | Excellent |
Price Paid | 50 € | Specs of my Model | ??? |
Setup Today | ??? |
CDTV-01: Bought via auction site in Sint-Genesius-Rode (Brussels) on 24/07/2002 for 50€ Came with 5 CD's: Sim City, Fractal Universe, The Hutchinson Encyclopedia, Psygnosis Demo, Bienvenue dans l'univers du CDTV. |