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- From: michaelr@suite.sw.oz.au (Michael Rourke)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: WB 2.0 on A1000
- Message-ID: <michaelr.713765531@suite.sw.oz.au>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 04:12:11 GMT
- References: <salnick.0f8y@dejavu.spk.wa.us> <1992Aug11.221736.22707@ninja.zso.dec.com>
- Sender: news@softway.sw.oz.au (Usenet)
- Organization: Softway Pty Ltd
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- In <1992Aug11.221736.22707@ninja.zso.dec.com> Hans Ridder <ridder@zso.dec.com> writes:
-
- >You need to get the Release 2 ROMs (for the A500/2000,) and one of the
- >ROM adapter boards like the Kwikstart II or the board from the
- >"kickstart tower elimination hack" which was published in Amazing a
- >couple of years ago (I can give more details if needed.) The ROMs wind
- >up replacing the "boot roms" that are currently in your A1000 which load
- >Kickstart from disk.
-
- >Note that after making these changes, you can no longer load your
- >favorite Kickstart from disk. This can be a problem if you have old
- >(broken) games which will only run under KS 1.3.
-
- This is not true.
-
- The Kwikstart board has two configurations which allow you to switch
- between either:
- a) two sets of ROMS
- b) one ROM and the normal kickstart disk
-
- The board toggles when CTRL-AMIGA-AMIGA keys are pressed for more than
- five seconds when rebooting.
-
- So you CAN boot under 2.0 and 1.3 (1.2 or earlier if you like). Once
- the Kickstart 1.3 disk contents are loaded, switching between 2.0 and
- 1.3 doesn't require the kickstart disk (which is nice).
-
- Installation involves replacing a PAL. Note also that the installation
- instructions assume your A1000 has a daughter board (mine doesn't) -
- this can make placing the two jumper leads difficult.
-
- I have used KwikstartII for a number of weeks now without problem.
-
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