A prototype CD drive for a500.

Smiley · 18 March 2005, 22:43

Hey check out this 'prototype' cd rom drive. Produced by commodore.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...177184648&rd=1

Info on the cd-rom drive.

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showha...i?HARDID=533m/

If anyone here buys it feedback to us about it

Looks quite cool

18 March 2005, 23:35

An a570 isn't unheard of. I doubt this is really a prototype since the text is a direct copy paste from amiga-hardware.com

Amiga1992 · 19 March 2005, 00:14

Prototype my arse, some of these DID go to the streets with the A690 badger on them I think.

Quote:

I have had this device connected to my own Amiga 500. I did NOT manage to get anything other than my Kickstart 1.3 screen. Therefore this device is being sold as defective.

Seems like someone can get a bargain out of the guy's Amiga ignorance... Bid ahead!

tin · 19 March 2005, 10:32

HMMM. looks like it might just qualify as a proto...

http://amiga.emugaming.com/prototypes/a690.html

DopPie · 19 March 2005, 13:22

That has to be a proto. Otherwise; what is up with all the patching cables?

Smiley · 19 March 2005, 15:02

It is a kind of prototype. It was an early a570. The a570 and a690 are virtually identical. According to one website only a few a690's were given out.

19 March 2005, 15:25

Then we've seen so many lies on ebay that we didn't believe even if it's fact this time!

lloyd · 19 March 2005, 15:38

I've got one of them A570's in my garden shed! Used to work, stopped one day so got stored. By no means rare are they?

Amiga1992 · 19 March 2005, 17:39

In any case the bargin is cheap. The drive surely works but the guy doesn't know how to get it going, as I quoted above.

So get it now!

18 March 2005, 22:43	#1
Smiley Amiga-less! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,350	A prototype CD drive for a500. Hey check out this 'prototype' cd rom drive. Produced by commodore. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...177184648&rd=1 Info on the cd-rom drive. http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showha...i?HARDID=533m/ If anyone here buys it feedback to us about it Looks quite cool

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18 March 2005, 23:35	#2
oldpx Posts: n/a	An a570 isn't unheard of. I doubt this is really a prototype since the text is a direct copy paste from amiga-hardware.com

19 March 2005, 10:32	#4
tin Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: chester Posts: 415	HMMM. looks like it might just qualify as a proto... http://amiga.emugaming.com/prototypes/a690.html

19 March 2005, 13:22	#5
DopPie Zone Friend Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Den Hoorn, NL Age: 44 Posts: 259	That has to be a proto. Otherwise; what is up with all the patching cables?

19 March 2005, 15:02	#6
Smiley Amiga-less! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,350	It is a kind of prototype. It was an early a570. The a570 and a690 are virtually identical. According to one website only a few a690's were given out.

19 March 2005, 15:25	#7
oldpx Posts: n/a	Then we've seen so many lies on ebay that we didn't believe even if it's fact this time!

19 March 2005, 15:38	#8
lloyd Mehh :D Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bristol, SW UK Age: 61 Posts: 242	I've got one of them A570's in my garden shed! Used to work, stopped one day so got stored. By no means rare are they?

19 March 2005, 17:39	#9
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	In any case the bargin is cheap. The drive surely works but the guy doesn't know how to get it going, as I quoted above. So get it now!

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