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Amiga CDTV

Producer: Amiga - Category: Game Console

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Photo 1: Esocop
Photo 2: Audrey & Max, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Commodore CDTV.jpg)
Photo 3: CDTV_CD32_Goldstar_3DO.jpg: Andrea & Stefan Modifications: Ubcule, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Commodore CDTV Setup.jpg)
Photo 4: Mia Jaap, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (CDTV Remote (cropped).jpg)

Multimedia player, 1991, Commodore. The CDTV (Commodore Dynamic Total Vision) is an Amiga 500 in a black hi-fi style case with a CD-ROM drive and an infrared remote control, launched in April 1991 as a multimedia appliance for the living room, before the concept had a market; with keyboard, mouse and floppy drive it becomes a full Amiga.

YearsApril 1991 to 1993
ManufacturerCommodore International
ProcessorMotorola 68000 at 7.09 MHz (PAL) or 7.16 MHz (NTSC)
RAM1 MB chip RAM, 2 KB non-volatile memory for saved data, expandable with the internal memory card
ROM512 KB Kickstart 1.3 and 256 KB CDTV firmware
GraphicsOriginal Chip Set (OCS), later ECS, 32 colours from 4096, HAM
SoundPaula, 4 channels of 8 bit PCM in stereo, CD audio
Mediasingle speed CD-ROM with caddy, also plays audio CDs and CD+G
Portsinfrared receiver, 2 controller ports, serial, parallel, external floppy, RGB video, composite and S-Video, RF modulator, MIDI in and out, keyboard, stereo audio, rear expansion, front memory card slot
Operating systemAmigaOS 1.3 with CDTV extensions
Dimensions430 (W) x 340 (D) x 95 (H) mm
Price (1991)US$999

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