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- From: ppb@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Branney)
- Subject: Re: Need Kickstart ROM image. Where to buy.
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- Sender: ppb@flugga.dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Branney)
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- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 12:40:45 GMT
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- > if you want to risk it, post a message saying "i want a kickstart rom
- > image" in
- >
- > comp.emulators.misc
- >
- > usenet newsgroup. i did and so far 3 people have sent me ROM images. (all
- > different versions, 1.2 /1.3 /2.04 etc.) if you want to be legal, buy
- > yourself a kickstart ROM, and a EPROM tester to make a dump. somwhere
- > there is a program on the net that makes an amiga read its own rom and
- > produce a image, but you need an amiga machine to start with, so it is kind
- > of useless.
-
- Why are OS3.1 etc not available as ROM images to buy. That way people with
- too much memory can use the new OS without having to buy a new chip. And
- they can boot without it when they do need the memory.
-
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