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Title: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: redrumloa on November 09, 2008, 11:38:24 PM
Here on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120331588148)  :-o  :-o
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Post by: Lorraine on November 09, 2008, 11:41:31 PM
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Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: redrumloa on November 10, 2008, 12:14:43 AM
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Lorraine wrote:
Couldn't even attempt to predict how high this one will go.


No bids yet, still at $0.01. Take a shot! :-)
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Post by: Lorraine on November 10, 2008, 12:18:42 AM
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Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: jimbo100 on November 10, 2008, 09:43:14 AM
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Lorraine wrote:
Couldn't even attempt to predict how high this one will go.


Up to $325 already.  Watch all the Amiga nuffy's come out of the woodwork trying to get this device....
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: billt on November 10, 2008, 03:08:44 PM
How does one go about getting a CD drive aligned?
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: chiark on November 10, 2008, 05:20:06 PM
One takes a hammer... ;)
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: redrumloa on November 10, 2008, 05:40:04 PM
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billt wrote:
How does one go about getting a CD drive aligned?


That is a good question. If you see the pictures, one picture shows potentiometers on the side of the CD drive. I'd guess someone could determine the drive manufacturer and get information to go from there.
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: AmigaHeretic on November 10, 2008, 05:43:57 PM
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billt wrote:
How does one go about getting a CD drive aligned?


You take it to the GeekSquad at Bestbuy.  Just tell them you have a "Service Plan".  ;-)


No, in one of the pictures on the side of the cd drive you can see 4 plastic screw type adjustemnts.  You use those.

Here are instructions for aligning the CD drive on a CD32.  Might work for the CDTV or you can probably find specs for the drive.
Amiga CD32 CD-ROM Lens alignment (http://www.ianstedman.co.uk/Amiga/Page19902/CD32_Info/index/index.html)
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: redrumloa on November 10, 2008, 07:58:27 PM
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AmigaHeretic wrote:
No, in one of the pictures on the side of the cd drive you can see 4 plastic screw type adjustemnts.  You use those.

Here are instructions for aligning the CD drive on a CD32.  Might work for the CDTV or you can probably find specs for the drive.
Amiga CD32 CD-ROM Lens alignment (http://www.ianstedman.co.uk/Amiga/Page19902/CD32_Info/index/index.html)


Exactly my thoughts.
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Post by: Lorraine on November 10, 2008, 10:50:44 PM
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Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: AmigaHeretic on November 11, 2008, 12:15:25 AM
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Lorraine wrote:
Just wondering, how did you play floppy games without keyboard or mouse? (Or did you just boot them)


I'm sure Red will answer, but remembering from my CDTV days, the wireless controller you see pictured there functions just like a joystick.  So he probably just used that.  That aside, I thought it has a keyboard port right there in the front right corner? There's a little cover that flips up and down I believe. (I think you can use a wireless keyboard as well)
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: redrumloa on November 11, 2008, 01:01:48 AM
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AmigaHeretic wrote:
I'm sure Red will answer, but remembering from my CDTV days, the wireless controller you see pictured there functions just like a joystick.  So he probably just used that.  


Correct, the controller can function like a joystick.
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: redrumloa on November 16, 2008, 05:16:43 AM
eBay user 0ldsk00lgamer is now added to my blocked buyers list. High bids retraced within 24 hours of auction close rewards you with a ban :furious:
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: CLS2086 on November 16, 2008, 03:03:19 PM
Hi,
if the Laser Pickup get unaniligned, this means that it's dying.
As i can see, it looks like a Sony KSS 210 series or JVC optima 1 or 3.
Both are avaible at low price on the net.

@Red : can you tell us which information you can found on the laser pickup sticker ? (sometimes it's under..).
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: odin on November 16, 2008, 06:38:45 PM
Funny to see the old-fashioned Commodore logo on the orange FCC warning sticker. They probably had a pile of leftovers from the 8-bit days =).
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: weirdami on November 16, 2008, 07:16:15 PM
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redrumloa wrote:
eBay user 0ldsk00lgamer is now added to my blocked buyers list. High bids retraced within 24 hours of auction close rewards you with a ban :furious:


I didn't know you could retract a bid. That's lame. That's unauctionlike. :-( :madashell: I know that one time I bid on something and decided later that I really didn't want it, but I just hoped that someone would outbid me. I was glad that someone eventually did, but I would have paid for it anyway if they hadn't because that's how an auction works.
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: tribz on November 16, 2008, 07:42:26 PM
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weirdami wrote:
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redrumloa wrote:
eBay user 0ldsk00lgamer is now added to my blocked buyers list. High bids retraced within 24 hours of auction close rewards you with a ban :furious:


I didn't know you could retract a bid. That's lame. That's unauctionlike. :-( :madashell: I know that one time I bid on something and decided later that I really didn't want it, but I just hoped that someone would outbid me. I was glad that someone eventually did, but I would have paid for it anyway if they hadn't because that's how an auction works.


I dont see what the problem is? If eBay provides a mechanism for retracting bids, whats the problem? And red, does it warrant a post here just to tell all and sundry that this particular eBayer has joined your block list??
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: dannyp1 on November 16, 2008, 07:58:06 PM
Yeah, I see a problem with bidding and then retracting.  If nothing else it violates the spirit of an auction.  Many people could look at an item and decide the price was already too high for them and not look again at the item.  Later bids are retracted which changes the price but the lower price may not be seen by people who have already bypassed the item.  I truly believe the system to retract bids is there for honest mistakes such as bidding $2000 instead of $200, or mistype and put a comma in the number instead of a period to seperate dollars and cents and see what happens.  I did that once.  It is not a wrong amount entered, as most people use for a reason, when you retract the bid and don't enter another one.  If you don't think EBay frowns on retractions go read the retraction guidelines.

Dan    :madashell:
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: tribz on November 16, 2008, 08:00:41 PM
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dannyp1 wrote:
Yeah, I see a problem with bidding and then retracting.  If nothing else it violates the spirit of an auction.  Many people could look at an item and decide the price was already too high for them and not look again at the item.  Later bids are retracted which changes the price but the lower price may not be seen by people who have already bypassed the item.  I truly believe the system to retract bids is there for honest mistakes such as bidding $2000 instead of $200, or mistype and put a comma in the number instead of a period to seperate dollars and cents and see what happens.  I did that once.  It is not a wrong amount entered, as most people use for a reason, when you retract the bid and don't enter another one.  If you don't think EBay frowns on retractions go read the retraction guidelines.

Dan    :madashell:


Maybe thats why the bid was retracted, all we know is that *the ban* is mentioned here for some reason but I agree in principle that is why the mechanism exists.
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: alexh on November 16, 2008, 09:43:36 PM
Before you let it go are you going to be able to dump the ROM contents for poor Oli_HD who has one but with possibly faulty ROMS?

Go on, be a sport.
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: bloodline on November 16, 2008, 10:01:32 PM
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alexh wrote:
Before you let it go are you going to be able to dump the ROM contents for poor Oli_HD who has one but with possibly faulty ROMS?

Go on, be a sport.


That would seem like the most reasonable thing to do!!!
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: redrumloa on November 16, 2008, 10:04:27 PM
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tribz wrote:
Maybe thats why the bid was retracted, all we know is that *the ban* is mentioned here for some reason but I agree in principle that is why the mechanism exists.


No, dannyp1 has it dead on. The high bid that was retracted was $600 which is no accident. That is not the intention of eBay's retraction system and it is a possible serious impediment to the auction process. We are not talking about a small ticket item, dannyp1 is correct in the fact that many a possible bidder could be put off by a bogus bid.
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: redrumloa on November 16, 2008, 10:09:06 PM
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alexh wrote:
Before you let it go are you going to be able to dump the ROM contents for poor Oli_HD who has one but with possibly faulty ROMS?

Go on, be a sport.


If it was an easy process, no problem. However, I don't have a system set up in place to create a floppy fron an ADF atm. My workshop is filled with diescted computers atm.

I wish some asked earlier.. Maybe I can dig out a A4000...
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: Oli_hd on November 16, 2008, 10:09:18 PM
Naa no need. Another CDTV CR owner sent me a copy of one rom Im yet to burn Ive yet to try. (The main PROM on the CR at the front)
Ive also got the cdtv rom grab I did for someone that damaged the rom in the first place. (Not sure if its the PROM or the two flash chips on the IDE board)
I havent had a lot of time to look at it.

Good luck to whoever is bidding, its at $610. Im thinking I wont bid as Ive got enough miggy stuff at the mo.
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: redrumloa on November 16, 2008, 10:12:21 PM
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Oli_hd wrote:
Naa no need. Another CDTV CR owner sent me a copy of one rom Im yet to burn Ive yet to try. (The main PROM on the CR at the front)
Ive also got the cdtv rom grab I did for someone that damaged the rom in the first place. (Not sure if its the PROM or the two flash chips on the IDE board)
I havent had a lot of time to look at it.


Thanks for the reply on this, I was just about to dig out a A4k from the pile. Saves me some time :-)
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: beller on November 17, 2008, 12:34:29 AM
OMG...I just saw the final bid for this!  $2,010!!


Next round is on Red!
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: redrumloa on November 17, 2008, 01:19:41 AM
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beller wrote:
OMG...I just saw the final bid for this!  $2,010!!


Next round is on Red!


Not too shabby, not too shabby at all. If I ever meet you guys at a show, I'll happily buy you a pint. :pint:
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: raketa on November 17, 2008, 02:02:12 AM
are you planning to buy an island Red?  :lol:
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: redrumloa on November 17, 2008, 02:09:18 AM
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raketa wrote:
are you planning to buy an island Red?  :lol:


 :lol:
Naah, I won't get rich. All profit will go to bills, debt and hopefully put a little back in savings. The last couple years has been brutal on my savings account, probably like most. Getting a little back will be comforting, especially since my (newish) day job is starting to look not so secure once again.
Title: Re: CDTV-II up for auction @ $0.01 with no reserve!
Post by: weirdami on November 17, 2008, 04:51:10 AM
Hopefully that "(private)" bidder pays up. :nervous: