New subject: Amiga in the back

8 Jul 1997

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 From: 	Daniel A.
 Seagraves[SMTP:dseagrav@bsdserver.tek-star.net]
 I was reading some old videogame magazines for console games, and
 found 
 an ad for something from Commodore called the Amiga32.  It's a 
 nice-looking unit, with a CD-ROM on top.  Anyone know what it is?
  It's called a CD32.  It's basically an Amiga 600 minus keyboard, in a
one-piece unit similar to a PlayStation/Saturn.  It was intended to
compete with those entertainment consoles.  Not a bad concept; there was
a lot of Amiga game software available and it was simple to port to CD32
-- just remove any dependency on a full keyboard.  Unfortunately it came
along just before Commodore went under, and was never really marketed in
the US.  It was a decent success in Europe.

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  PS:  There's some amiga in the junk-parts section
of our place here.
 I'm 
 gonna snag it given the first chance.  But it has no disks or power 
 supply.  There's a 3 1/2 in the side of it.  All that's there is the
 unit 
 itself.  Would it be worth it?  And would it need a bootdisk?
  Sounds like an Amiga 500.  You'd need a power supply and boot disk.  The
Amiga 500 power supply looks just like a Commodore 128 power supply,
except the Amiga version has an on/off switch.  It can use a TV as a
monitor, but only in B&W.  An RGB monitor is required for color. 

Amiga 500's go for surprisingly little money -- like $75 for a complete
system -- so don't spend much on a PS.

If it turns out to be dead, I need an internal floppy drive for mine...

Kai

Amiga32? What's this?