What Makes The Amiga CD32 The Best Amiga?

[Gilbert]

Originally Posted by mcgeezer

Karma police
Arrest this man
He talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge
He's like a detuned radio

Come on I can't be expected to answer all those questions, most of which were clearly designed to cause arguments. I answered all his serious ones

[IanS]

Originally Posted by Gilbert

Come on I can't be expected to answer all those questions, most of which were clearly designed to cause arguments. I answered all his serious ones

You are extremely amusing, trolling to extremes like that. If you're not trolling... you need to spend some time with a mental health professional. People have explained to you the misconceptions and factual errors in your arguments.

[skan]

Originally Posted by Gilbert

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Lets be honest - Frontier is just shovel-ware. They didn't even enhance it much for the CD-32 hardware. CD32 is capable of much more.
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Also having 32-bit written on the console really advertises how it the first ever 32 bit CD system in the West and it's superiority to the 16 bit consoles and all previous Amigas (althought they are good too guys!). It's a beautiful thing

Troll-o-meter: 110%

[Bren McGuire]

I will add that a lot of units do S-Video via a SCART connector. Gotta love SCART.

If your TV does RGB via SCART chances are it can probably also do S-Video.

Originally Posted by FOL

Completely incorrect. JVC, Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony all used them. They were common up until hdmi cam along.
These days your just stuck with composite on a jack, as an alternative. My current LG 42" does have all inputs including S-Video.

Maybe you didn't see them, as alot stuck them on the front, under the flap. As they used more for camcorders.

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[Retro-Nerd]

If your TV does RGB via SCART chances are it can probably also do S-Video.

But only if your TV had 2 Scart sockets. Usually Scart 1 was RGB+Composite and Scart 2 was for S-Video+Composite. It was extremly rare that TVs combined everything in one socket. But in Europe RGB was much more common in cheaper and midprice range TVs around 1990-95. Later S-Video was a bit more common generally. And honestly, it was never a good compromise for the Amiga. RGB wins hands down in picture quality.

[lilwshu]

Originally Posted by Bren McGuire

I will add that a lot of units do S-Video via a SCART connector. Gotta love SCART.

If your TV does RGB via SCART chances are it can probably also do S-Video.

I'm pretty sure one of the RGB pins in the SCART connector conflicts with the chroma or luma pin, so if your TV only has one SCART socket it will not also do s-video on the same socket.

[FOL]

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

But only if your TV had 2 Scart sockets. Usually Scart 1 was RGB+Composite and Scart 2 was for S-Video+Composite. It was extremly rare that TVs combined everything in one socket. But in Europe RGB was much more common in cheaper and midprice range TVs around 1990-95. Later S-Video was a bit more common generally. And honestly, it was never a good compromise for the Amiga. RGB wins hands down in picture quality.

It is a good compomise compared to Composite.

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[Gilbert]

Originally Posted by IanS

You are extremely amusing, trolling to extremes like that. If you're not trolling... you need to spend some time with a mental health professional. People have explained to you the misconceptions and factual errors in your arguments.

No they haven't - they just ignored them. Why can't the AUX port be used for saving games then? It's a serial port. Which you would have seen if you had clicked on the link I gave

The Amiga CD32 keyboard connector also includes a serialport.

I don't think I need to visit a mental health professional (bit extreme !) for liking the CD32 or for stating that Frontier was ported across from other Amigas (obviously a quick job). You actually think it was made specifically for the CD32 ?? It's a one floppy disc game. Most of the CD32 games were shovelware. Because it was cost effective for developers to port existing games across with very few and sometimes zero changes.

Shovelware = "software or online content that has been added to a CD or placed on the internet without having been altered so as to suit the new medium."

Originally Posted by skan

Troll-o-meter: 110%

You have obviously never seen a Megadrive (there's a reason they put "16 bit" on the casing) and/or don't know anything about the development of Frontier. Maybe both!

[skan]

Originally Posted by Gilbert

You have obviously never seen a Megadrive and/or don't know anything about the development of Frontier. Maybe both!

We're so lucky and privileged to have your infinite knowledge here among us mere mortals!

[Gilbert]

Originally Posted by skan

We're so lucky and privileged to have your infinite knowledge here among us mere mortals!

You're welcome but I don't know everything which is why I asked the question about the AUX port. I'm guessing now tho, from the fact that the tech people avoided answering it - that I was right

That's like when I pointed out the CD32 had a massive advantage by being able to stream from it's CD while running a program - people went very quiet.

People are now starting to realize the best Amiga is the CD32 I think

[d4rk3lf]

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[chip]

I don't understand one thing Gilbert

Do you really think if you insist with your arguments PRO CD32 people will change opinion about that ?

[Gilbert]

Originally Posted by d4rk3lf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdPkmJ5DD80

CD32 put a car in space before Space-X did it!

Originally Posted by chip

I don't understand one thing Gilbert

Do you really think if you insist with your arguments PRO CD32 people will change opinion about that ?

Probably not because people always support what they own. I am not trying to change people's minds about their machines - they are telling me why the CD32 is bad. Lol You missed that??

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Hey look STOP PRESS GUYS> Save problem was going to be solved by Commodore

Interesting note in my version of the CD.

CASTLES II ADDENDUM

Please note that it is not possible to save this game onto your CD

Commododore are however planning to release a floppy disc drive for the CD32 which will enable you to save.

[jotd]

That Castles II addendum is a joke.

"buy the game, and keep your console on until you can buy a floppy drive"

Interstingly floppy drives for CD32 exist. Some language teaching company had some manufactured, and Toni has been donated one (long before the TF boards were common) to test stuff.
Of course this hardware is rare.

[d4rk3lf]

Anyone knows how Castles 2 compare to 1?
I love Castles 1 very much, and I play it somewhat regularly on my A500.
Is 2 worth trying?
I think it's Aga, so I need to play it via Winuae.

It's actually Blizzard game (Silicon and Synapsis).
I mean 1.. not sure about 2

[skan]

Originally Posted by Gilbert

You're welcome but I don't know everything which is why I asked the question about the AUX port. I'm guessing now tho, from the fact that the tech people avoided answering it - that I was right

That's like when I pointed out the CD32 had a massive advantage by being able to stream from it's CD while running a program - people went very quiet.

People are now starting to realize the best Amiga is the CD32 I think

Go away troll.

[-Acid-]

Originally Posted by FOL

It is a good compomise compared to Composite.

Of course it wasn't because they didn't have to compromise at all. They removed a superior display connection that had been standard on every other Amiga ever released. It was a brain dead decision no matter which angle you try to come from, it probably saved them 10 pence per unit or some other utterly insignificant sum that the bean counters thought would add to the bottom line. Commodore - short sighted to the last.

[jotd]

so to load/save games you'd need to connect ... an amiga at the end of the serial port? And implement saving through serial.device ?
That could have been viable through nonvolatile.library: if something is connected to the serial port, write there instead of nvram

At any rate, I prefer the floppy disk option.

[d4rk3lf]

I'd prefer to connect Amiga 4000 to save position.

[FOL]

Originally Posted by -Acid-

Of course it wasn't because they didn't have to compromise at all. They removed a superior display connection that had been standard on every other Amiga ever released. It was a brain dead decision no matter which angle you try to come from, it probably saved them 10 pence per unit or some other utterly insignificant sum that the bean counters thought would add to the bottom line. Commodore - short sighted to the last.

Who cares. I remember not knowing any better and using A520 for years. Got to love RF,

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