Can CD32 Connect to Internet?

[agami]

Let's just leave the CD32 as a Games Console then.

And why would we do that? Certainly we haven't explored all the possible options with the world's first CD-based 32-bit gaming console. After all, by basing it on the A1200 Commodore released a machine with so much latent power we would be fools not to exploit it:

- Can we upgrade the CD drive to a CD burner and attach it to another computer for burning tasks?
- Can we upgrade the CD drive to a DVD drive and play movies?
- Can we replace the CD drive with a 3.5" floppy drive to play floppy-based games?
- Can we run ShapeShifter on it and turn into a Pippin?
- Can we get AROS 68k on there and move all the screen drawing routines through the Akiko chip for a 3D user interface?
- Can we use the the DSP logic in the Akiko chip to play SACDs?
- Can we boost the CD laser so the CD32 can be turned into a cost-effective laser lithography 3D printer?

The questions are almost endless, but invariably the answer will be No to every one of them.
The CD32 is not even all that good at being a games console. About the only thing it does well is play music CDs.

[agami]

In all seriousness though, the best thing that could happen to the CD32 hardware today is that someone designs and manufactures an adapter board that converts the CD32 (male) expansion port to an A1200 trapdor (male) expansion port. That way we could use any of the existing boards in circulation. Even a Mediator board.

Also, it would be cool if when the Apollo Team is done with the A1200, A2000, A3000, and A4000 FPGA expansions they design and manufacture an FPGA expansion for the CD32. Then potentially one could load many types of cores and play NES/SNES, Master System/Mega Drive (Genesis), and games from other classic systems.