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Amiga CD32

CD32 · 1993–1994 · console

Specifications

Cpu: Motorola 68EC020, 14.32 MHz
Gpu: Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA) custom chipset, plus an Akiko chip for CD control and chunky-to-planar conversion
Ram: max: 2 MB standard, no official on-board expansion; the SX-1 expansion module added its own RAM · base: 2 MB chip RAM
Media: CD-ROM, double speed (2x, roughly 300 KB/s)
Output: Composite video, RGB (SCART), RF modulator, stereo RCA audio
Display: AGA chipset: up to 256 colors on screen from a palette of 16.8 million
Storage: base: No internal storage beyond the CD-ROM drive · options: 2.5" IDE hard disk and 3.5" floppy drive via the SX-1 expansion module
Release Price: $299 (US), £299 (UK)

Variants

Models

SX-1 expansion moduleOfficial rear-mounted add-on adding a keyboard port, floppy drive, IDE hard disk bay, and extra RAM; sold separately and fairly rare.

FMV (Full Motion Video) moduleMPEG-1 decoder cartridge for the front expansion slot, enabling Video CD playback.

Upgrade paths

storage

2.5" IDE hard disk plus 3.5" floppy drive via the official SX-1 expansion module · The SX-1 bolts onto the rear expansion port and turns the CD32 into something close to an A1200 with a CD drive, but it's rare and pricey secondhand.

~£200 for an SX-1 when new, now a scarce collector item

HARD

RAM

2 MB chip RAM only on the base unit; additional RAM arrived solely via the SX-1 module · No trapdoor RAM slot like the A1200: the chip RAM is fixed unless you fit the SX-1.

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other

MPEG-1 Video CD playback via the FMV module in the front cartridge slot · Also used by a handful of games that shipped MPEG cutscenes on CD.

~£100 secondhand for a working FMV module

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