Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!atha!aunro!alberta!herald.usask.ca!telepro!tptbbs!James_Hastings-Trew From: James_Hastings-Trew@tptbbs.UUCP (James Hastings-Trew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia Subject: Re: CDTV titles on an A500? Message-ID: Date: 4 Jun 91 02:49:10 GMT Organization: TelePro Technologies Lines: 18 In a message dated Mon 03 Jun 91 05:00, Taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (marc Barr wrote: TB> The CDTV uses a modified 1.3 ROM. The 1.3 ROM is 256K, however TB> the TB> CDTV uses a 512K ROM. The extra 256K is filled with system software TB> specific to the CDTV. This 256K of software may not be present on an TB> Amiga with the Commodore CD-ROM drive, and certainly will not be I am not sure here (just a guess) but the CDTV sports quite a few graphic screens (The CDTV logo screen, a full colour control panel screen, a full colour preferences screen, an animated title screen withthe CDTV logo twirling around in three-d, and a screen blanker mode (again, with the logo twirling around in three-d with rainbow colours.) These would have to be located somewhere - perhaps in the 256K of ROM which would make up the difference. Commodore seems to me to be a pretty smart company, at least when it comes to putting together compatible products.