Help with wiring Amiga dual kickstart in CDTV

gurth · 11 September 2016, 18:02

I bought this a dual kickstart (1.3 / 3.1) off eBay a while ago, almost forgot I had until after moving house and I set up a desk for my CDTV because we had more space. I have some faded photocopy instructions which came with it but don't easily transpose to the CDTV. Is there anyway I can use this?

Thank you in advance.

Arnie · 12 September 2016, 00:13

Yes, this will work. The CDTV has a 40 pin socket so you need to insert the chip with the 2 pins at the notched end out of the socket. Make sure the 2 floating pins don't touch anything.

See this post for an A600.

Remember, in order to use the KS3.1 you will need to upgrade the extended roms to version 2.07 or 2.3

Looking at the rom, with the notch to the top, the right hand pin either has a permanent earth or +5v (sorry, I can't remember which) and the left hand pin has the switching +5v.

gurth · 12 September 2016, 20:13

Perfect thank, I'll hopefully set some time aside at the weekend!

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12 September 2016, 00:13	#2
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	Yes, this will work. The CDTV has a 40 pin socket so you need to insert the chip with the 2 pins at the notched end out of the socket. Make sure the 2 floating pins don't touch anything. See this post for an A600. Remember, in order to use the KS3.1 you will need to upgrade the extended roms to version 2.07 or 2.3 Looking at the rom, with the notch to the top, the right hand pin either has a permanent earth or +5v (sorry, I can't remember which) and the left hand pin has the switching +5v.

12 September 2016, 20:13	#3
gurth Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Halifax Posts: 225	Perfect thank, I'll hopefully set some time aside at the weekend!

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