4000 softkick 3.1

plasmar · 04 February 2007, 18:32

just bought a Amiga 4000/40... in the process of buying new roms with 3.1 but in the meanwhile was wondering what would I need to softboot 3.1?

alexh · 04 February 2007, 19:01

Blitzkick or another maprom compatible program. You'll loose 512kbytes of fastram of course.

plasmar · 04 February 2007, 23:24

sorry for asking but does Blitzkick have any special hardware requirements?

alexh · 05 February 2007, 01:06

An accelerator board with a maprom capability like the A3640 in your A4000/40

plasmar · 05 February 2007, 01:37

ok then its not an option for me;P.... I don't think..... thanx though.... correction maybe I do.... didn't know that this was considered an accelerator:P

alexh · 05 February 2007, 09:29

If you have an A3640 then you can use Blitzkick to load KS3.1 to FastRAM on boot.

musashi5150 · 05 February 2007, 09:37

Sometimes I dispair

alexh · 05 February 2007, 09:40

Not too sure but I think if you may have to enable/disable the MAPROM jumper on the A3640.

plasmar · 06 February 2007, 04:05

it was actually already enabled... but yes your probably right...... know any documents explaining how to use blitzkick?

musashi5150 · 06 February 2007, 09:12

If you're 'in the process of buying 3.1 roms' then you could always just wait until you have them

plasmar · 07 February 2007, 00:18

sucks @$$ cause have to wait for about 2 weeks till then:P

Flashlab · 10 February 2007, 00:39

Well you could just try to read the docs that actualy come with BlizKick (it's not called Blitzkick BTW in case you need to Google)?

plasmar · 11 February 2007, 01:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flashlab

(it's not called Blitzkick BTW in case you need to Google)?

I suspected that after googling the first time but just kept saying blitzkick since wasn't sure if it might be a diff thing.... still haven't got it going but all is good:P

Flashlab · 11 February 2007, 14:10

The docs are a good read and there's a lot to read! You can start with a simple softkick of an 3.1 image but there's a lot more to it than that. You can do a lot of extra stuff with BlizKick. Here's how I use it ATM:

C:BlizKick DEVS:Kickstarts/rom441.A4000 EXTRESBUF=100000 MODULE bootmenu FastFileSystem FileSystem.resource console.device NoIDE NoClick romfixes QUIET

Basically it means I use a patched 3.1 rom for use with exec.library 44.1 (unofficial patch by Piru). The rom is extended with various patches from the OS3.9 rom and also with some BlizKick Modules. I have disabled my onboard IDE as I don't use it and it eliminates the 30 second wait after softkicking. Also I don't have a clicking floppy drive anymore!

plasmar · 28 February 2007, 04:47

me gots 3.1 roms now

04 February 2007, 18:32	#1
plasmar Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 14	4000 softkick 3.1 just bought a Amiga 4000/40... in the process of buying new roms with 3.1 but in the meanwhile was wondering what would I need to softboot 3.1?

05 February 2007, 01:37	#5
plasmar Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 14	ok then its not an option for me;P.... I don't think..... thanx though.... correction maybe I do.... didn't know that this was considered an accelerator:P Last edited by plasmar; 05 February 2007 at 01:43.

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04 February 2007, 19:01	#2
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	Blitzkick or another maprom compatible program. You'll loose 512kbytes of fastram of course.

04 February 2007, 23:24	#3
plasmar Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 14	sorry for asking but does Blitzkick have any special hardware requirements?

05 February 2007, 01:06	#4
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	An accelerator board with a maprom capability like the A3640 in your A4000/40

05 February 2007, 09:29	#6
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	If you have an A3640 then you can use Blitzkick to load KS3.1 to FastRAM on boot.

05 February 2007, 09:37	#7
musashi5150 move.w #$4489,$dff07e Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Norfolk, UK Age: 42 Posts: 2,351	Sometimes I dispair

05 February 2007, 09:40	#8
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	Not too sure but I think if you may have to enable/disable the MAPROM jumper on the A3640.

06 February 2007, 04:05	#9
plasmar Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 14	it was actually already enabled... but yes your probably right...... know any documents explaining how to use blitzkick?

06 February 2007, 09:12	#10
musashi5150 move.w #$4489,$dff07e Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Norfolk, UK Age: 42 Posts: 2,351	If you're 'in the process of buying 3.1 roms' then you could always just wait until you have them

07 February 2007, 00:18	#11
plasmar Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 14	sucks @$$ cause have to wait for about 2 weeks till then:P

10 February 2007, 00:39	#12
Flashlab Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 158	Well you could just try to read the docs that actualy come with BlizKick (it's not called Blitzkick BTW in case you need to Google)?

11 February 2007, 14:10	#14
Flashlab Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 158	The docs are a good read and there's a lot to read! You can start with a simple softkick of an 3.1 image but there's a lot more to it than that. You can do a lot of extra stuff with BlizKick. Here's how I use it ATM: C:BlizKick DEVS:Kickstarts/rom441.A4000 EXTRESBUF=100000 MODULE bootmenu FastFileSystem FileSystem.resource console.device NoIDE NoClick romfixes QUIET Basically it means I use a patched 3.1 rom for use with exec.library 44.1 (unofficial patch by Piru). The rom is extended with various patches from the OS3.9 rom and also with some BlizKick Modules. I have disabled my onboard IDE as I don't use it and it eliminates the 30 second wait after softkicking. Also I don't have a clicking floppy drive anymore!

28 February 2007, 04:47	#15
plasmar Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 14	me gots 3.1 roms now

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