CD32

[4pLaY]

Ive been going trough a bit of my gear lately and discovered what seems to be a proto or developer version of the CD32! the mobo says revision 2! does anyone know anymore about this one?.

[Matt_H]

I'm always up for a bit of research on prototypes.  :-)

I've only cracked open my CD32 once, but I don't remember what the motherboard revision was.

Can you provide more details as to what this unit looks like?  

[MikeB]

There was 3 revisions made, seeing you have revision 2 it was not the last revision.

I've got a couple of CD32's laying around here... They were floating around on the attic at some of Norways biggest Amiga-shops in the early 90's. I got them for cleaning up the attic :-) Don't know the revision though.
I also found a delivery ticket on a cardboardbox wich had Petro's name on it :-)

2 4pLaY: Collecting is cool, right? :-)

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2 Escom Amiga 4000T. Os3.9BB2
11 Amiga 4000 Os3.1
1 Amiga3000
3 Amiga 1200 030, 030, 040. Os3.1
1 Amiga 2000 with beta kickstart
1 Amiga 600 with Viper 030 Os3.1
Numerous Amiga 500's
1 CDTV
2 CD32

(Most of the Amigas are running Infochannel IC500
for presentation purposes).
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[carls]

@shamron
13 A4000s?
Please give one of them to me. It's only fair. :-)

@carls

I know.. what is unfair, is that they stopped producing them... sooner or later i will need more of them as i'm renting out infochannel systems.

Most of them have old batteries that leaked acid, so i removed them. Buying new batteries on monday.

If you really need a 4000, i could sell you one, but i guess there's 4000's for sale in Sweden as well..?
Just let me know :-)

[4pLaY]

Been digging on the web a bit and it seems i have the early version of CD32s that was only given to a few registered Commodore developers =) a nice gem to have!

@shamron

Hehe yeah i have a ####load of gear here now myself .

[Paul_Gadd]

Not got a CD32 anymore but still have 2 of those FMV carts somewhere knocking about.

[gnarly]

You actually have FMV carts!?!?!?!?!

They were near-mythical!

[vortexau]

I had to search-out for my FMV as far away as Perth WA.

The trouble is its output degenerated into RED-tinted video.
The Demo Disc 2, which come with the FMV, is a worthy CD to own.

The other of my two CD32s is presently doing duty as an Audio CD Player.

[Paul_Gadd]

You actually have FMV carts!?!?!?!?!

Yes, just a correction i have 1 cart and the original box which was empty when i looked  :-)

I am going to keep it until someone else on Amibench wants one and will offer a high price.

[Stedy]

As stated previously, the rev 2 PCB was for developers and was the first one to work without the debug board.

The rev 3 PCB was the general release PCB for PAL/NTSC markets and is the most common type. The Rev 4 PCB was for the French SECAM TV system, the only change being the video encoder.

I may have a list fo changes from Rev 2-3 somewhere. If it works fine, be happy.

[MikeB]

I'm actually selling an FMV card on ebay and a SX32PRO which are hard to find.

I use to own the following then sold them all to staying with an A4000T.

CD32/FMV/SX32PRO
A1000
A500 (1.2)
A1200
A1200T
A2000
A3000T
A4000 040
A1500
B2000
CDTV

I happy to say that i will always keep my C64, thats staying forever!

[lempkee]

cd32 and FMV is not mystical, it was commonly sold here, i have had 2 ..now i have 1 (sold 1 on ebay) , i use my cd32 almost everyday ...for playing games and old demos that wont work on my 060 ppc setup, i have a Sx1 and mb fast and a 20gb hdd in it...and a floppy drive , a puzastick (8button JOYSTICK) and lots and lots of games for it (95% of every cubo and cd32/cdtv title ever released....boxed and good ofcourse

but my gf play rodland too much on it...so i cant use as much as i want,....and ofcourse deluxe galaga she plays on it...hehe

cheers