CDTV 2

[Guy]

I have a few questions for the group:

First, I have one of the six or seven original prototype CDTV 2's in existance (as far as I know). It's in mint condition and I was wondering what people thought it might be worth.

Second, I'm assuming that if someone was interested it would probably be someone in Europe so it would have to be shipped from the U.S. - how much would it cost to ship a CDTV (by slow boat I assume).

Finally, I've got a lot of rare Amiga and CDTV stuff (developer manuals for CDTV, Commodore trinkets, manuals - even original drafts of manuals, CDTV sweatshirt, prototype discs, ancient kickstart disks, etc.) and wondered if it would be worth trying to sell them or is there a museam of Commodore stuff where it could find a good home?

Thanks,

Guy Wright

[Damion]

Well I live in the US and definately would
be interested! Unfortunately resources
are a bit tight now...

Check out this link though, apparently these
things have sold anywhere from $199-1000 USD
on ebay, so that may be a good option for
fetching a decent profit.

http://amiga.emugaming.com/prototypes/cdtvcr.html

[Markus_Bieler]

Finally, I've got a lot of rare Amiga and CDTV stuff (developer manuals for CDTV, Commodore trinkets, manuals - even original drafts of manuals, CDTV sweatshirt, prototype discs, ancient kickstart disks, etc.) and wondered if it would be worth trying to sell them or is there a museam of Commodore stuff where it could find a good home?

If some disks of kickstart are labeld something like flashkick for cdtv then i'm highly interested. The same counts for documents about flashing the earlier CDTVs.

I would bit on a CDTV II  but I think it will be out of my financial background possibilities. I guess you will make about 800 too 1000 bucks.

Markus

[odin]

@guy:

You're gonna make soooo much money with that! Wish I had a spare grand lying around :-/.

[Oli_hd]

Hi,

First, I have one of the six or seven original prototype CDTV 2's in existance (as far as I know). It's in mint condition and I was wondering what people thought it might be worth.

I would bet around $750 US, I paid £200 for a CR which was very ill. (now almost dead, stuck in reset)
But on Ebay one did go for $1000 to a real Commodore collector (Zimmer) and as there hasnt been a good prototype on Ebay your CR could make the same, specially with some of the docs and CR welcome disc you have.

Second, I'm assuming that if someone was interested it would probably be someone in Europe so it would have to be shipped from the U.S. - how much would it cost to ship a CDTV (by slow boat I assume).

hmm, I would bet on an American buying it actually, dunno how much it cost me to bring my CR over.. best thing is to use an online calculator like on UPS's website?
A few months ago a lot of PAL CR vid cards came up on auction (I bought two) so maybe you could sell one of the people who bought the card the full units? you never know.  :-)

Finally, I've got a lot of rare Amiga and CDTV stuff (developer manuals for CDTV, Commodore trinkets, manuals - even original drafts of manuals, CDTV sweatshirt, prototype discs, ancient kickstart disks, etc.) and wondered if it would be worth trying to sell them or is there a museam of Commodore stuff where it could find a good home?

Well I would be interested in anything CDTV and CDTV CR relaited. (PS: I run www.cdtv.org.uk although it hasnt looked right since the last update I will make it look right soon)
As for other people, well you would get a lot of people wanting to buy bits of Amiga history, Merlancia bid on lots of things, dont know if they go through with it though.  ;-)

[Oli_hd]

Oh, and on a less obsessive note:

even original drafts of manuals, CDTV sweatshirt, prototype discs, ancient kickstart disks, etc.)

You should contact  Greg donner about anything Workbench relaited, he runs a great website about the Amiga's OS and its versions. you can e-mail him at:  gregdonner at earthlink dot net