Here's a thing, I recently picked up an "untested" Commodore Amiga CD32, it was just the console, so I have no way of testing it until I either acquire or make a power supply, and then there's the controllers to think about
I had promised myself I would go easy on the retro hardware purchasing for a couple of months, but as always something comes up that's too good to miss out on, so I failed myself miserably
The top of the unit proudly exclaims it's "32bit", and as it's really an Amiga 1200 with an extra chip inside, that's pretty accurate. Operational controls include a reset button, and a volume slider for the headphone output, there is a power LED and a disc access LED as well. The lid just lifts up with a spring to keep it either closed or open, there's no lock or release mechanism
The bottom has the model labels and serial number, plus all the usual warnings about lasers you find on CD players, it does look like there was some kind of optional extra that clipped onto the bottom. Also the rear feet are not rubber, just raised bits of plastic
Close up of the controls and with the lid open
The front of the console has the indented bit to lift up the CD door
The rear of the unit is mostly taken up by the expansion bus, then a power switch, power socket which is different to a normal Amiga socket, although the voltages are the same, so an adaptor shouldn't be too hard to make. RF out with frequency adjust and sound carrier selection, then a S-Video out port, and finally composite video and stereo audio out
Close up of the RF out, there is a switch in there even though it doesn't show up that well in the photo. In the UK (and Europe?) it was commonly used to switch the sound carrier between PAL-I and PAL-BG standards
The left side of the console contains the controller ports, the CD32 came with multi button controller pads that are quite hard to get hold of, I have no idea if normal Atari standard joysticks will work, there is also an AUX port, is this for a keyboard?
This is the expansion bay with the cover removed
And finally a close-up of the laser assembly. Because, why not?
So all I need now is an CD32 power supply, and a controller, and maybe a recap of the board. Wish me luck
Update
I recently found out a power supply from the 1541-II can boot a CD32, it can't supply enough current to power it fully, but it will boot
I have one of those, so it may have took me a while, but I got there with the idea to try it out
So, lets give it a go...
On power up the light comes on dim, then goes bright, like normal, then the disc access light turns on and the CD laser assembly resets to the centre of the disc where the table of contents is
Then the console starts up to the boot animation
I don't have a CD32 controller to try it with, so had to use a normal Atari standard joystick, the fire button takes you to the NVRAM screen, which is still full of game saves, all you can do is lock or unlock them. I couldn't find any audio CD's (and I don't have any CD32 Games) to try, so all I had to hand was some DVD's, which do spin briefly but can't be read
I do have some blank CD's, so may have to burn some disc images very soon...
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