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- Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 22:23:33 EST
- From: <LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Message-ID: <93002.222333LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 2.0 on A1000??
- References: <d2hacker.725943751@dtek.chalmers.se>
- Lines: 50
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- In article <d2hacker.725943751@dtek.chalmers.se>, d2hacker@dtek.chalmers.se
- (Magnus Hacker) says:
- >
- >Is there a way to install Kickstart 2.0 on an Amiga 1000?
-
- Yes. There are commerical boards that allow you to plug in the 2.0 ROM
- chip inside the A1000. There is also the Amazing Amiga 2.0 ROM mod.
- somewhere. I would be interest in the Amazing PAL equations if someone
- would be kind enough to email me. There are a lot of typos in the
- A1000 Tech. manual.
-
- I have just spent the last 3 days putting in the 2.0 ROM into my A1000.
- I came up with a design which requires reprogramming 2 PAL chips on the
- daughterboard (+ cutting 2 traces) and wiring the ROM socket to the CPU
- (39 wires for the ROM). The machine either runs off 2.0 ROM with
- daughterboard disabled or boot off with a 1.X kickstart at the flip of a
- switch and power up/down. I am still trying to figure out the PAL
- equations to make kickstart ram appear at C00000 so that it will be
- available under 2.0.
-
- The hard part of my hack is removing the PAL chips and having access
- to a PAL programmer. I would not recommend this to everyone.
-
- >I know that you can buy a new motherboard with 2.0 on it, but I want to
- >know if there exists a kickstart disk for 2.0?
-
- There is a A3000 super kickstart disk. Since the daughter board on
- the A1000 can only handle 256K, it cannot load any 2.X kickstart ROMs
- which are 512K.
-
- >Yes it's an old machine, but I got it for free. I was thinking of selling
- >my old A500 and start using the A1000. Would that be wise? Is there
- >still hardware add-ons that work with A1000 (SCSI controllers, extra
- >memory, etc)?
-
- That depends on the expansion you'll need. A500 still have the biggest
- 3rd party support (A1200 is catching up). I sticked with the A1000
- because I have no $$$$, but then again I can design and build my
- peripherals.
-
- >Thank you, and a Happy New Year to you all!
-
- >_- email: d2hacker@dtek.chalmers.se -_
-
- K. C. Lee
- Elec. Eng. Grad. Student
-
- PS. IF you want to know where I was when the clock strikes 12 on
- New Year's Eve.... I've just finished soldering the 2.0 ROM socket.
- Sure beats waiting for my drinks in a bar.
-