Commodore CDTV - Technical Specifications

Technical Specifications

Attribute Specification
Processor Motorola 68000 at 7.16 MHz (NTSC) or 7.09 MHz (PAL)
RAM 1 MB Amiga Chip RAM (upgradable)
2 kB non-volatile RAM
ROM 256 kB Kickstart ROM
256 kB CDTV firmware ROM
Chipset Original Chip Set (OCS) or Enhanced Chip Set (ECS)
Video 12-bit color palette (4096 colors)

Graphic modes with up to 32, 64 (EHB mode) or 4096 (HAM mode) on-screen colors:

  • 320×200 to 320×400i (NTSC)
  • 320×256 to 320×512i (PAL)

Graphic modes with up with up to 16 on-screen colors:

  • 640×200 to 640×400i (NTSC)
  • 640×256 to 640×512i (PAL)
Audio 4 × 8-bit PCM channels (2 stereo channels)

28 kHz maximum DMA sampling rate
Removable storage Single-speed CD-ROM drive (proprietary controller)
Input/output ports

Keyboard (5 pin mini-DIN)
Mouse (4 pin mini-DIN)
RS-232 serial port (DB-25M)
Centronics style parallel port (DB-25F)
Floppy disk drive port (DB-23F)
MIDI (In and Out)
Audio/Video output

Audio out (2 × RCA and 6.35 mm stereo phone jack)
Analog RGB video out (DB-23M)
RF audio/video out (RCA or RF loop through)
Composite video out (RCA)
S-Video out (4-pin mini-DIN)
SCART audio/video out
Expansion slots

Proprietary card slot by ITT-Cannon and Fujisoku from 8 to 1024 KB non-volatile memory cards
(1 MB addressing needs a hardware hack)
80-pin diagnostic slot
30-pin DMA expansion slot
Video slot
Operating system AmigaOS 1.3 (Kickstart 1.3/Workbench 1.3) and CDTV firmware
Physical dimensions 430 × 330 × 95 mm (W × D × H)
Other

Wireless infrared remote control/gamepad
Front panel with display and controls for CD player

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