WTD: CDTV brick-ettes.

[tapir]

I've just picked up a CDTV for my collection and have discovered that it doesn't take the standard DIN-9 joysticks (should read up better beforehand, I suppose).

Does anybody have/know where to get a couple of brick-ettes (adapters for the joystick/mouse ports)?

[alexh]

You can get the wireless controllers brand new for almost nothing.

http://www.vesalia.de/e_cdtvremote.htm

[amigakit]

We also have new CDTV Remotes in stock now at lowest price:

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=296

[tapir]

Thanks for your suggestions - I actually have one of them already. I'm hoping to use the CDTV as my main 1.3-era box, as it looks so much cooler and works well with the 28" LCD screen that it's connected to

Are there also infrared joysticks that work the same as a cabled one?

Come to think of it - is there an easy way to make an adapter to plug an A4000 keyboard into a CDTV? I've got one, but the plug is a little different.

[Phantom]

I'm hoping to use the CDTV as my main 1.3-era box, as it looks so much cooler and works well with the 28" LCD screen that it's connected to

Have you tried on a 50" LCD TV? It's marvellous. ;-)

Are there also infrared joysticks that work the same as a cabled one?

Never heard of any, but I'm searching one of those, if they exist. :-D

Come to think of it - is there an easy way to make an adapter to plug an A4000 keyboard into a CDTV? I've got one, but the plug is a little different.

CDTV keyboards, have different pin outs. I got mine in good condition from efunzine.com for about 25 euros. It's the original black CDTV keyboard. 8-)

[tapir]

Haha! made a discovery whilst cleaning up my desk... the trackball unit has two joystick ports on the back of it I've only just bought the CDTV, so I've never used the trackball before.

All I need is a SVHS cable to plug it in to CDTV and I'm set Well, that and a keyboard now:)

Anybody got a CDTV keyboard for sale/for trade for my A4000 keyboard? Failing that, how to make an adapter for the A4000 keyboard?

[tapir]

Phantom wrote:

I'm hoping to use the CDTV as my main 1.3-era box, as it looks so much cooler and works well with the 28" LCD screen that it's connected to

Have you tried on a 50" LCD TV? It's marvellous. ;-)

I'm serious - it looks pretty good. Sure, it's a bit blocky, but the colour reproduction is great and unlike some other old stuff that I've plugged in, there isn't any compression distortion (like a badly-compressed jpg, for want of a better description). Sure, it doesn't look like a 1084, but it's much larger