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- From: heiko@zoolook.ki.open.de (Heiko Voland)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: WB 2.0 on A1000
- Message-ID: <1b87e329.ARN00df@zoolook.ki.open.de>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 21:52:25 GMT
- References: <salnick.0f8y@dejavu.spk.wa.us> <heinz.02wy@edohwg.UUCP> <1b815ad3.ARN00bf@zoolook.ki.open.de> <heinz.0324@edohwg.UUCP>
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- In article <heinz.0324@edohwg.UUCP>, Heinz Wrobel writes:
-
- > In article <1b815ad3.ARN00bf@zoolook.ki.open.de> heiko@zoolook.ki.open.de (Heiko Voland) writes:
- > >Isn't it better to increase the Kickstart RAM to 512K? Is it possible?
- > >I'm very inerested in this question.
- >
- > Of course it is possible (anything is) but IMHO a lot more messy in terms
- > of hardware than to just rip out the RAM board completely. And messy
- > hardware usually means instability. Taking out the piggy back reduces the
- > number of chips, reduces power needs, and reduces bus load. All of this
- > means enhanced reliability IMHO.
- >
- My question was intended by the hope to hear from someone any hints,
- experiences or solutions about this problem. I don't want any "messy
- hardware", but i thought it schould be possible with 256KB, a decoder
- and a one more address line (simple expressed). I want to hear, wether
- or not the boot ROM is able to load 512KB from Kickstart disk, or wether
- the added 256KB will overlap with other way used address space, for
- instance.
-
- > >I think it is the best solution for A1000 owners (for me too) when the
- > >2.xx Kick can be loaded from disk.
- >
- > You like fiddling with the KS disk, eh? ;-) :-)
-
- Why not? It don't matter to me if the boot procedure lasts one minute
- ore three minutes, because i switch the computer on only once a day. :-)
-
- > Seriously, my A1000 at home runs KS2.04 since release and I never missed
- > 1.3 a minute. Why would anyone want to switch back? Any reliable
-
- I also don't want to switch back - only i don't want to by a new ROM every
- half year or year. :-) Ok, that is not really the reason. The reason is:
- I like to upgrade a system by ONLY change to a new disk. This capability
- is for me an feature not an disadvatage. And for me, everything to achieve
- this, is worth to think about.
-
- > application runs with 2.04. If not, it's not reliable.
- >
- I agree. But it's not the case for 2.04 only, also for 1.3, 1.2, ... :-)
-
-
- > --
- > Heinz Wrobel, Edotronik GmbH (ECG018)
-
-
- Again, any ideas, hints?
-
-
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