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Re: CDTV - is it worth getting one?
« on: August 06, 2008, 04:11:36 AM »
@ AmigaDave

I've read that the CDTV and the A570 coupled with an A500 were virtually the same.  I had great dreams of expanding my A570 system.  It works well with Supra's RX500 fast ram expansion and with 2 megs of chip on the 500 motherboard.  It also works great with SCSI-TV by Amitrix Development (the same SCSI interface add-on for the CDTV).  

I could never get it to work reliably with any accelerator.  I tried mTec's 020, ICD's Adspeed, and Supra's Turbo 28Mhz.  The Addspeed appeared to work for a week but then destroyed the A570.  Commodore replaced it under warranty.  When the second A570 began displaying the same symptoms, I popped the Addspeed out.  It seems that the special CD interface and rom are sensitive to CPU timing signals.

If you try the MegaMidget, be cautious.