Problems burning Kickstart

[Jope]

Did you check through all of the xgpro menus? Often you can byte swap the buffer after loading the file in.

[quantum8]

Originally Posted by demolition

I don't know that particular software but I know that dd (*nix tool) can do it for you like this:

dd if=original.bin of=swapped.bin conv=swap

In Windows, you can use Hex Workshop and do it like this:
Tools->Operations->Byte Flip
and then 'treat data as: 16-bit'

Those two are great options that I can work with, thanks!

Originally Posted by Jope

Did you check through all of the xgpro menus? Often you can byte swap the buffer after loading the file in.

Yes I did and it looks like it cann't do much with any of the files that are opened.

[Turrican_3]

I've just purchased a bunch of 27c400 EPROMs.
I just want to burn a 32-bit DIAGROM for my A1200s and re-burn KS 2.05 for an A600 (since I put a 16-bit DIAGROM there and I think it might prove useful again in the future)

In short: it's unlikely I will heavily use a burner, so I'd like to buy one that is not too expensive.

Is there any particular model that might be worth checking?

[danko]

Originally Posted by Turrican_3

I've just purchased a bunch of 27c400 EPROMs.
I just want to burn a 32-bit DIAGROM for my A1200s and re-burn KS 2.05 for an A600 (since I put a 16-bit DIAGROM there and I think it might prove useful again in the future)

In short: it's unlikely I will heavily use a burner, so I'd like to buy one that is not too expensive.

Is there any particular model that might be worth checking?

Many users have a TL866 EPROM Programmer but need an extra adapter for burn 27c400 27c800 etc..

[Turrican_3]

Thanks amico.

I'm still waiting for the EPROMs to be delivered (shipping from China so I knew it would take a bit) so I'm not *that* much in a hurry, but it's nice to know beforehand anyway.

[danko]

I remind you that to erase that type of eprom uv, you need an eprom eraser.....

[Turrican_3]

Originally Posted by danko

I remind you that to erase that type of eprom uv, you need an eprom eraser.....

Yep!
I don't own that one, but we have it at the office so it shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks for the reminder anyway.

[quantum8]

Does anyone have any recommendations for a *good* USB programmer?

I still can't read or write roms with my 866. Reading around on here and elsewhere I see people with loads of quality issues with them, both on the hardware and software side and none of the fixes I've tried got me any closer.

[demolition]

I have burned several kickstart ROMs lately (using 27c4100 chips) with a TL866 and an adapter such as this one with no problems. In the software, I set the type as 27c4096 since it does not know about 27c4100.

[nogginthenog]

I use a GQ4x4. More expensive than the TL866 and also needs an adapter.

[quantum8]

Originally Posted by nogginthenog

I use a GQ4x4. More expensive than the TL866 and also needs an adapter.

This looks like it could be a much better option, thanks!

[utri007]

I'm building custom 1mb kickstart and it has these :

ADD Modules/3.1.4/exec.library
ADD Blizkick/1MB_ROM
ADD Modules/3.1.4/audio.device
ADD Modules/3.1.4/battclock.resource
ADD Modules/3.1.4/bootmenu
ADD Modules/3.1.4/card.resource
ADD Modules/3.1.4/console.device
ADD Modules/3.1.4/FastFileSystem
ADD Modules/3.1.4/FileSystem.resource
ADD Modules/3.1.4/gameport.device
ADD Modules/3.1.4/graphics.library
ADD Modules/3.1.4/input.device
ADD Modules/3.1.4/intuition-v45.library
ADD Modules/3.1.4/keyboard.device
ADD Modules/3.1.4/layers.library
ADD Modules/3.1.4/mathffp.library
ADD Modules/3.1.4/mathieeesingbas.library
ADD Modules/3.1.4/Ram-Handler
ADD Modules/3.1.4/ramdrive.device
ADD Modules/3.1.4/scsi.device
ADD Modules/3.1.4/Shell-Seg
ADD Modules/3.1.4/syscheck
ADD Modules/3.1.4/timer.device
ADD Modules/3.1.4/trackdisk.device
ADD Modules/3.1.4/utility.library
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/battmem.resource_39.2
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/carddisk.device_40.1
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/cia.resource_39.1
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/con-handler_40.2
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/disk.resource_37.2
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/dos.library_40.3
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/expansion_40.2(A1200)
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/gadtools.library_40.4
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/keymap.library_40.4
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/misc.resource_37.1
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/potgo.resource_37.4
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/ramlib_40.2
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/romboot_40.3(Hyperion)
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/wbtask_39.1
ADD Modules/icon.library_68020
ADD Blizkick/ColdResetCard
ADD Blizkick/DosResetCard

And -- >

ADD Others/ROMHeader/ROMHeader_E0
ADD Others/DummyCDstrap
ADD CDboot/romdisk.device_rel
ADD CDboot/cd32_pri-10.rodi
ADD Modules/40.72_Hyperion(A1200)/workbench.lib_40.6(Hyperion)

Goal is to make possible to boot from CD, CD32_pri-10.rodi is a CD32 emulator disk from Idefix. It does work. I can boot from CD and I can browse CD from cli and start OS installation from OS3.9 cd.

With these components, icons are not shown, no matter wich icon library I have in kickstart, unless I have a workbench.library from 3.1.4 on libs draver.

Problem is cosmetic, but I would like to solve it. What would need to be replaced to get workbench.libary from 3.1 kickstart to work like it should work?

[G4DDS]

I have burnt a few custom 3.x 1MB ROMs for my A1200 using Remus with the Blizkick/1MB_ROM (in main part) and ROMHeader_E0 (in the extended part) and these have worked fine.

I thought as an experiment I would use 2.05 and replace the scsi.device with more recent version so I have tried to build a custom 1MB ROM based on 2.05 using the same extra files as I do for 3.x ROMs but it seems that the extended part is never recognised. Is this just not possible or is there something different I need to do?

[rabidgerry]

Does anyone know if this type of eprom is ok for A1200. When I say type I mean this actual model.

AMD AM27C400

I know specifically 27C400 roms are ok for A1200 but I just wanted to know if that exact one would be ok or if anyone has ever used those?

[nogginthenog]

I've used AMD AM27C400 EEPROMs in my A4000 so that should be fine.

[danko]

Yes 27C400 works fine.

[Nightshft]

Also can confirm that AMD Eproms worked (used them once or twice, 120ns version).

[rabidgerry]

brilliant thanks guys. Do I need to worry about speeds or anything?

[Nightshft]

As far as I remember:
- 150ns can work but often is too slow
- 120ns should work (did work when I checked)

And interestingly the A500 is more picky about speed than f.e. an A1200 or many other Amigas. At least I read that somewhere, maybe someone knows if that's true or not.

And by the way I wrote a Windows Program that assists with
- byteswapping
- wordwise split/merge as it is needed for 32bit machines (HI/LO)
if someone needs that.
It's quite easy to use and I've planned to release it here but I never found the time

[nogginthenog]

Originally Posted by rabidgerry

brilliant thanks guys. Do I need to worry about speeds or anything?

If you have the available RAM & necessary H/W (MMU or processor board support) you should probably mirror ROM to RAM anyway.