From: Hytec@cup.portal.com (Brandon Lee Worrell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: CDTV hardware & Commodore UK
Date: Fri,  9 Oct 92 17:38:47 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>I bought a 2nd hand CDTV a short while ago, and I have decided to connect a
>joystick (or two) to it. After asking around I found out that its not      
>all straight forward. I realised that I need to but this trackball         
>controller beofre I can connect joysticks to a CDTV. That's a bit of a     
>pain, I thought, but what the hell, I got my CDTV cheap.....and I          
>decided to splash out for one of these expensive trackball units.          
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>But after ringing around for ages, I failed completely to get hold of      
>the said unit. Not only that, I was told by numerous dealers that it       
>is not possible to buy one at the moment, as distributors have not         
>been able to get any from Commodore UK for months. This is weird,          
>considering also the dealers seem very fed up when talking about the       
>CDTV, in fact, many of them don't even want to know as soon as I           
>mention the CDTV.                                                          
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>I rang up Commodore UK and made an enquiry about the trackball unit. I     
>spoke to some marketing woman who told me to get intouch with dealers      
>who will order one for me if they don't already stock them. Back to        
>square one.                                                                
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>What's going on? What do I have to do to get hold of one of these          
>blasted things? Anybody know if this is the same in the US? Can anyone     
>help?                                                                      
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>Thanks in advance for any advice....                                       
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>Wils                                                                       
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>Wilson S.C. Chiu                              wscc90r@uk.ac.soton.ecs
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I would suggest not waiting around for the Trackball unit.  Instead, I 
would purchase a device called the "CDTV Brick-Ette".  This is a device
that hooks up to the Remote Port.  It features real-time mouse and
joystick support, dual fire button support, 3 speed selectable rapid fire,
2 selectable mouse modes, 6 foot extension cable and support for 2 Joystick
head-to-head mode.  Made by a company called Top Secret Device here in the
USA.  Call HyTec Computers if you would like one, the toll-free line for
the UK is 0800-891-224.

Brandon Worrell
HyTec Computers
Voice:      206-456-7656
FAX:        206-456-7657
Orders Only:800-578-6504

P.S.  It is in our advertisements in both Amiga User International and
Amiga Shopper.