Bizarre CD32 floppy drive for sale on eBay

[AJCopland]

Then make one.

[Louis Dias]

JJ wrote:
@ lou

Why bother it will only take a few days to port OS4 to gamecube or wii  :-D

You are probably right.  :-P

@AJCopeland
Don't know how.

However there plenty of CD32s around (100,000) to make it a viable OS4 for Classic target.  The included CD-ROM eliminates the need for the boot floppy.  The CD32 expansion bus has everything the 1200's expansion does and more.

I was running the SX-1 and 3.1 before the harddrive started dying and I built my first Windows box.

[amiga_3k]

Those openings in the top of the CD32, where this floppy unit is mounted over, aren't they meant for letting the hot-air out of the CD32? (not that a lot of heat is produced by the CD32 but still.... )

[alexh]

lou_dias wrote:
However there plenty of CD32s around (100,000)

Where did you get that figure?

Sound like total crap to me.

I doubt there are 100,000 Amiga classic users in whole world let alone CD32 owning ones.

[amiga_3k]

alexh wrote:

lou_dias wrote:
However there plenty of CD32s around (100,000)

Where did you get that figure from cos it's crap. I doubt there is half that in the total Amiga classic community.

I know mine is eating dust in pieces waiting for me to pick-up the gauntlet and replace its laser-unit (for some reason the CD-audio out doesn't work).

[alexh]

Damn, caught editing ;-)

[Louis Dias]

100,000 is the official # quoted from Dave Haynie and other sources that were produced for sale.

About a year later, lots of spare parts, including replacement drives showed up on the market.

I still have mine and it works, though I have to put a weight on the lid to make it close all the way and read a CD.