Battle of the ROMs - 3.1.4 & a3660 roms

[blatboy]

A3000D

I've got 3.4.1 on the way with its custom ROMs

I have an a3660 installed, along with the custom ROMs it came with for the A3000.

I would assume (and I'm usually wrong when I do that) that it would be easier to add libraries to the 3.1.4 KS than the other way around. (I'm assuming there's less custom stuff on the a3660)

I'm rocking an 060 with FPU. Looking at Chucky's post on his site about the a3660 development:

this board is technically just a 3640 board with internal 040-060 adapter. So this have a drawback. IF you have a full 060 cpu (with FPU) your machine WILL end at a endless guru. So you still will need a custom kickstart that disables the FPU at poweron. (that setpatch later enables.)

So, I would imagine that I take the 3.1.4 KS and add something that would turn off the FPU at poweron, and also add any 68060 library/libraries that need to be added?

I do have a ROM burner. (TL866) I haven't tried it yet. I have no experience with Remus or RomSplit. Happy to learn. Doesn't look like rocket science once I get me head around the overall job that needs to be done.

I have some 37C400s on the way. Perhaps I should have asked here first, now I'm wondering if they're compatible with the A3000...

I'm finding bits of info here and there but nothing that addresses this specific thing.

Any suggestions on how I should approach this?

[trixster]

I believe 3.1.4 roms already have the code in to disable the fpu at boot. The fpu is then re-enabled by setpatch when the startup-sequence is run.

[hooverphonique]

I think the 3.1.4 roms have 060 support already baked in..

[blatboy]

So I should just be able to pop in the 3.1.4 ROMS and be good to go?

a-MAZE-ing

[trixster]

yes, good to go, assuming you bought the 3.1.4 roms for an A3000 and not one of the other sets.

[blatboy]

Yup. I should be all clear there.

Woo Hoo! Looking forward to this.

[gdonner]

You will of course still need a 68060.library though; the one from Thomas Richter's MMULibs.lha archive should work just fine.

That, and the mmu.library (from the same archive) copied to LIBS: should be able to handle any '060-related software AFAIK.

Thanks to Anthony Hoffman's fine work, I'm gearing up to drop my recapped, polarity-fixed, and 3.2-upgraded A3640 into my A3000. My Amiga 4000 gets the new A3660. I just can't take much more of a 16MHz 68030--usable, but just barely. lol I'm too spoiled with speed these days.

[blatboy]

I won't need to burn that on the ROM though... just putting it in the LIBs folder should suffice, yes?

[trixster]

68060.library and 680x0.library in LIBS:

Mmu.library can go in LIBS: too but it is worthwhile reading the mmu docs thoroughly first

[blatboy]

Got it. Thanks!

[gdonner]

@trixster: My understanding is that, with 3.1.4 in ROM, you don't need the 680x0.library; just copy the 68060.library and mmu.library to LIBS: and you're good to go.

3.1.4 automatically checks for your CPU, and loads 68060.library directly, without the need for any "dummy"-style 68040.library or 680x0.library file(s)--now a thing of the past.

Might also be worth write- and delete-protecting those two library files just in case.

[Jope]

As long as you have the 3.1.4 software installed, then this is accurate. Setpatch is the command which has been updated to be 68060.library aware.