Commodore CDTV RGB2HDMI and DB9 mouse

[@Richard-ys9zo]

OH MY GOD I almost spit my coffee at your "Thailand tuck" comment. Great vid.

[@10MARC]

Nice little upgrade! I realize now that the Joystick ports are using the standard mod, and not using the Pi at all. Great device! Now if I could only find a raspberry pi... I guess the video slot connection does not really do anything except mount the board inside

[@ChrisEdwardsRestoration]

It has some chips on it and holds the switches, ribbons and the pi stuff too

[@10MARC]

@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration I was thinking along the lines of the actual connection to the CDTV video slot. It does not grab any signals from there does it? I think the slot just uses it to hold the whole thing in place.

[@ChrisEdwardsRestoration]

It gets power from the connector to the motherboard and i think thats all. The ribbons do all the magic to the internal chips

[@MonidethPen]

The DB9 ports are technically separate to the RGBtoHDMI functionality. The DB9 ports are just hosted on this board and connects to a separate mouse/joystick adapter.

[@lg.bus114-Mario.]

Great too see You! tnx for video Mr Chris :)

[@jimmihenry]

9:15 Noice one! 🤣😂😋. Nailed it big time. Cheers.

[@alanhaynes4576]

Well done again Dr Chris

[@Slimax]

Woooow!!!! A CDTV video project this is great !!!! I learn a lot with you Chris and nooooo your are not a morron at all pal! Thanks you so much fo sharing such great vudeos 😃😃😃👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@ChrisFredriksson]

Hey Chris.. haha so fun, I was thinking of installing my RGB2HDMI Solarmon v2 for my CDTV this morning, but I didn't have the headers installed on any of my RPI Zeros so I skipped it as I didn't felt like soldering today, doing it for work tomorrow or so, so can just as well do it then. So fun! 😂 But really awesome to see your video, see the result and well your talk as always, love it! ❤

[@fabianfarina2208]

Love the video sir!!!

[@bobschaus488]

Well done video Chris. Quick question: I can only find sources for an HDMI only kit. Where did you find one with the joy/mouse ports and kickstart switch. This is 100% exactly what I have been looking for.

[@ChrisEdwardsRestoration]

Fb cdtv users group name in the extended desc

[@MrAlan1828]

The CDTV remote control you have is a 252594-01 with joy/mouse button and power button with top bottom plastic for accidental turning it off. I also have a 2nd revision 252594-02 which the mouse/joy is a switch which swaps the power button to the left so no more accidental powering off the CDTV

[@paullancaster297]

Ohhhhh I want one ........, is that the CDTV finished or is there more ? Another great video, another bit added too my wish list for the great CDTV rebuild.

[@ChrisEdwardsRestoration]

like steve jobs, but wait theres more.... coming soon

[@Prosonic]

are you lasy ... yeah made me laugh thanks :) one of the best mods ive done to my cdtv

[@psyolent.]

yes i should get off my ass and do mine ;) speaking of lazy.

[@tokyogentleman]

awesome and i like thailand twist ;-)

[@router5840]

Great AGAIN 😃

[@cullmaster7361]

Great vid as always Chris 👍🏻 Nice to see what is possible with the CDTV 😉 So you now have a mouse solution. I take it the next thing on the to do list is a Keyboard solution? I take it you didn’t want to source an original CDTV mouse and keyboard for your setup? I don’t recall the Mouse/joy button having any effect using the original wired mouse back in the day 🤔

[@ChrisEdwardsRestoration]

Keyboard adaptor on the way and scsi is next

[@cullmaster7361]

@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration Now that’s a video I can’t wait for 👍🏻😉

[@MrAlan1828]

@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration Can get a A4000 keyboard, Blue scsi ?

[@ChrisEdwardsRestoration]

@@MrAlan1828 4000 keyboard is not the same pinout.

[@cutpriceracing]

So that's why my mouse is flaky and works intermittently. I didn't know you had to use the remote to switch it either. I just got lucky with the cdtv enabling it if I changed my kickstart and ram switches!

[@MrAlan1828]

I need this HDMI mod, SDcard storage, Joystick and mouse port. Already have a Pistorm and 8mb upgrade in my Dealer CDTV

[@HoldandModify]

That’s a slick module. My A2000 RGB2HDMI has the 3 buttons too. Labeled the same. Only one of the buttons on mine works. And it’s just single button operation. Click, short press, long press. :/

[@MonidethPen]

You probably need to change the config to tell it to be in 3-button mode.

[@HoldandModify]

@@MonidethPen I finally figured that out. You would have thought I might have done that sooner. I…. Did not. :)

[@RetroJay1974]

I have bought another CDTV. Had one back in 1994/5 and I sold it! regretted doing so ever since. Now I have another one, I am going all out and upgrading everything. Got the RGB2HDMI, Pi Zero, Kick 3.1, custom CDTV roms and a TF536 CDTV edition. I am currently debating whether to buy a Brickette adaptor at the moment! I would rather the mouse just works off the bat instead of having to faff around. I had a brickette back in 1994 but cannot remember if I had to faff around with the remote or not?

[@ChrisEdwardsRestoration]

Just press the mouse/joy button once

[@ryanmacewen511]

Trying to track one down now. Maker is still considering making more. Fingers crossed. Did that UK CDTV power supply have a switch for 115/230? Or is it automatic?

[@ChrisEdwardsRestoration]

Automatic, they are all both ntsc and pal. so just plug her in, the transformer goes both ways.

[@metamon2704]

"She's got a nice rear"

[@RetroGraciarnia]

👌

[@NozomuYume]

The really strange thing is that the RGB output monitor seems to be one frame SLOWER than the HDMI one. It must be an issue with the monitors as you'd think the analog RGB signal would add zero latency vs. the RGB conversion.

[@ChrisEdwardsRestoration]

i think its due to the right monitor not being in the proper frame type, the left is in proper 4x3 whereas the right is in a 16x9

[@MrAlan1828]

@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration I'm running the sucker on my Sony PVM2030 via RGB/SCART no lag/frame issues here ;)

[@johnlee6468]

Aah man of all my Amiga's that were Stolen this and my 1.2 A500 are the two that I miss the most! Do you have any semi dead ones you want to part with (for a reasonable price)?? There so crazy expensive now (I only paid £100 for my one (bargain), and it came with Everything. Cheeky question I admit it, but the prices they are now I can never justify buying one.

[@ChrisEdwardsRestoration]

Visa, its everywhere you want to be, or Paypal credit.

[@johnlee6468]

@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration lmao, this is true, but £800 (which seems to be the going rate), is a lot even for Mr Visa!

[@ChrisEdwardsRestoration]

@@johnlee6468 CDTV's avg 800-1200 in working order, A500's are cheaper. way cheaper. but then you need all the add ons, its a passion for me, do not follow me for financial advice. hahah

[@johnlee6468]

@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration 🤣 I have two passions and unfortunately one of them has severely damaged my budget for the other. But thank you I appreciate what your saying. 👍👍

[@AmigaSwiss]

Funny, just did install the same in my CDTV, Amiga mouse did not work ether

[@zap2002]

No audio over HDMI?

[@ChrisEdwardsRestoration]

No, any rgb2hdmi is just that rgb over hdmi, audio is a seperate circuit.

[@MonidethPen]

A separate HDMI audio injector is required if you want audio in the HDMI stream. The RGBtoHDMI CDTV v2 board has headers for the L and R audio, but is not used for anything.