AMIGA 570 CD Interface

A570

Company

Commodore, USA

Date

1992

Amiga

A500

Interface

side expansion port

Autoconfig ID

514 / 3,10

CD-ROM drive

  • single speed – 153 kB/sec (Mode 1), 171 kB/sec (Mode 2)
  • custom Matsushita interface, neither SCSI nor IDE
  • uses DMA transfers
  • 0.5 sec average access time
  • caddy mechanism
  • supported CD formats are Audio CD, CD+G, ISO-9660 CD-ROM, CD+MIDI
  • stereo input (two RCA sockets) for Amiga Sound
  • stereo output (two RCA sockets) for mixed sound output (Amiga + CD audio)
  • stereo headphone jack with volume knob
  • drive activity LED
  • CDTV compatibility – special ROM which is merged into the A500 ROM
  • 40 pin expansion header for optional memory expansions
  • rear expansion slot for optional plug-in cartridges
  • connects to the side expansion port, no passthrough connector
  • external power supply
  • compatibility switch
  • compatibility problems with many A500 expansions – does not let boot other devices on the expansion bus
  • complete boxed set with all accessories

[manual]
[drivers & installation]

 

PSU repair / recap:

  • shorted switching transistor
  • heavy cap leaking and corrosion
  • one power resistor completely fallen apart due to corrosion from nearby cap

 

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