Found CDTV-CR (aka CDTV II)
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@alexh are you saying the site is dead or that Oliver past away or both? or did he just get board of the site?Also, one of the members here got one from Carl himself at Ami-west 2010 I believe there is a thread in the photobooth
It was/is illy5603. but I think I read his thread at EAB, because I can't find it here.
It was/is illy5603. but I think I read his thread at EAB, because I can't find it here.
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The site is dead. (Hence the Way-back link)
Could be. His nick was Oli-HD though.
Hi guys,
thanks for all the hints and feedback. Amibay really rocks!
Yes, IIRC there were only 6 complete CDTV-CR (but I'm glad to stand corrected!) and just few more mobos.
Only 3 are known to work: Oliver's, Carl's (now Illy's) plus one sold on eBay in Dec 2008 (can't recall the buyer).
So there should be 3 more on the planet, hidden in some treasure chest, in undetermined working condition.
I don't think Oli or Illy will ever consider separating from their precious, and they probably already get tons of requests, so might look impolite to keep hammering there.
The chase goes on ;-)
Thanks,
-max
thanks for all the hints and feedback. Amibay really rocks!
Yes, IIRC there were only 6 complete CDTV-CR (but I'm glad to stand corrected!) and just few more mobos.
Only 3 are known to work: Oliver's, Carl's (now Illy's) plus one sold on eBay in Dec 2008 (can't recall the buyer).
So there should be 3 more on the planet, hidden in some treasure chest, in undetermined working condition.
I don't think Oli or Illy will ever consider separating from their precious, and they probably already get tons of requests, so might look impolite to keep hammering there.
The chase goes on ;-)
Thanks,
-max
JerryH
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I am one of the people who worked on the CDTV-CR (wrote all the embedded software). Somebody contacted me asking if I had one. I do, but decided to do some research to try and figure out what the thing is worth when I stumbled across your post. I believe there were probably less than a dozen made (and assembled) probably a few more in parts were created but I recall seeing them in a pile and I'm betting they were thrown out. I think I only saw maybe 6 in existence. Mine actually works!
If you're still interested let me know (I see that your post was in 2012).
Thanks,
Jerry
If you're still interested let me know (I see that your post was in 2012).
Thanks,
Jerry
JerryH
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I don't know why they haven't been approved yet. I guess I'll have to try again.
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For full disclosure, obviously this will be sold as-is, and here are some things you should know about this CDTV-CR.
This is probably one of the rarest consumer electronics products in history let alone computer products or even Commodore products. From what I can remember there were only a handful of these made -- maybe 6 or so, but I can't say for sure. I was surprised to hear that Carl Sassenrath actually had one of these (apparently sold years ago) because he was involved in the original CDTV project and had very little involvement in the CDTV-CR project. The fact that he had one is the only reason that might lead me to believe there may be a couple more units than I thought than the 3 or so units I witnessed to exist.
I was hired by C= from ICD (not sure if anyone remembers that company -- made Atari/Amiga/Mac peripherals) specifically for the CDTV-CR project. Hedley Davis was the hardware engineer that designed the CDTV-CR hardware (very talented), and I was the software engineer. I wrote the embedded software for the 4510 controller that controls, among other things, the IR receiver, vacuum florescent display, front panel buttons, and the communication bridge between the A600 and the Chinon CD-ROM drive that was custom developed by Chinon for this product. I don't know if Chinon actually got paid for their efforts before C= went bankrupt.
The device I have was used by me to help develop the software. As a result, the screws are missing that hold the cover in place (5 screws total). Other than this, there are two issues this unit has: 1) When the device is plugged in cold, I believe the watchdog timer in the 4510 keeps resetting until the unit warms up a bit. It does this for about 30 seconds and then the unit stabilizes. If you leave it plugged in this condition doesn't repeat. That issue is not particularly inconvenient. 2) The CD tray wants to close immediately after you open it. It did not used to do that and I don't know why it now does, but if you press the eject button as soon as the tray tries to close again the tray will reverse and you can keep it open as long as you keep hitting the eject button.
Other than those two issues, the device works well as you can see in the video.
My plan was to auction this off on ebay, but I do want to make sure this goes to a good home -- preferably in some sort of museum. Feel free to send me a PM for those who are interested while I try and figure out the best way to proceed.
Here is the video:
[video]https://www.dropbox.com/s/t941rrcqmhrp8wr/2014-07-11%2013.30.40.mp4[/video]
Please feel free to distribute the above video. This is currently in my dropbox and at some point I will remove this link.
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For full disclosure, obviously this will be sold as-is, and here are some things you should know about this CDTV-CR.
This is probably one of the rarest consumer electronics products in history let alone computer products or even Commodore products. From what I can remember there were only a handful of these made -- maybe 6 or so, but I can't say for sure. I was surprised to hear that Carl Sassenrath actually had one of these (apparently sold years ago) because he was involved in the original CDTV project and had very little involvement in the CDTV-CR project. The fact that he had one is the only reason that might lead me to believe there may be a couple more units than I thought than the 3 or so units I witnessed to exist.
I was hired by C= from ICD (not sure if anyone remembers that company -- made Atari/Amiga/Mac peripherals) specifically for the CDTV-CR project. Hedley Davis was the hardware engineer that designed the CDTV-CR hardware (very talented), and I was the software engineer. I wrote the embedded software for the 4510 controller that controls, among other things, the IR receiver, vacuum florescent display, front panel buttons, and the communication bridge between the A600 and the Chinon CD-ROM drive that was custom developed by Chinon for this product. I don't know if Chinon actually got paid for their efforts before C= went bankrupt.
The device I have was used by me to help develop the software. As a result, the screws are missing that hold the cover in place (5 screws total). Other than this, there are two issues this unit has: 1) When the device is plugged in cold, I believe the watchdog timer in the 4510 keeps resetting until the unit warms up a bit. It does this for about 30 seconds and then the unit stabilizes. If you leave it plugged in this condition doesn't repeat. That issue is not particularly inconvenient. 2) The CD tray wants to close immediately after you open it. It did not used to do that and I don't know why it now does, but if you press the eject button as soon as the tray tries to close again the tray will reverse and you can keep it open as long as you keep hitting the eject button.
Other than those two issues, the device works well as you can see in the video.
My plan was to auction this off on ebay, but I do want to make sure this goes to a good home -- preferably in some sort of museum. Feel free to send me a PM for those who are interested while I try and figure out the best way to proceed.
Here is the video:
[video]https://www.dropbox.com/s/t941rrcqmhrp8wr/2014-07-11%2013.30.40.mp4[/video]
Please feel free to distribute the above video. This is currently in my dropbox and at some point I will remove this link.
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