In fact it is based on Commodore's Amiga1200 computer: being in-effect an A1200 without a keyboard, floppy drive, mouse, monitor, and having been placed in a suitable case.
Technical Specifications: Motorola 68020 at 14 MHz, 2MB Chip RAM, 1KB FlashROM, AGA Chipset, Amiga OS 3.1, IDE CD-ROM, expansion socket (for accelerator, hard drive, MPEG cartridge), 4 channel stereo sound, Gamepad, Serial port, 2 Gameports, Interfaces for keyboard etc
CD32 could be enhanced using these devices : ProModule, Paravision SX-1 and Paravision SX-32 (which includes 68030 CPU).
These devices make it possible to use a floppy disk, hard disk, IBM PC keyboard and much more with this Amiga. An AmigaCD32 could be turned into a de facto Amiga1200 via the addition of 3rd party packages.
NOTE: When you make CDss which you want to have read on an Amiga CD32, make the CD as ISO 9660, level2, mode1. Don't use Rock Ridge or Joliet extensions.
See also: Amiga Demos, Amiga Games