A1200 Flash is here!

[FOL]

Originally Posted by S0ulA55a551n

So can you store an adf on it or other files , and have that adf boot on start-up and really really quickly ?

Yes adf. If its a bootable adf it will boot and quickly. If not bootable it will just show up on workbench screen as a disk. They device driver looks for adf if found it mount s it first. You can only have on at a time on there though. Default adf is software install disk.

You can put other files on there too, but only as storage, accessable only via flash program. So you can transfer them back and fore, but not run them. Think of it like a transfer kit in a way. i.e. Say its a command. You would. Have to transfer it back to ram or hdd in order to run it. Hope that makes sense.



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[FOL]

Originally Posted by utri007

This is how I build CD boot for my Amiga 1200

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It used romdisk device and CD32 emulator on rommed disk. Nothing more is needed than Amiga 1200 and CD-drive.

I set global fast ram on. Then bypass that menu as it auto creates config for each disc you put in. Mine just shows CD32 screen if CD32 disc in drive.

However we are talking about it having Cdrom access on boot, like the floppy and hdd. The way you and I are doing it, need floppy or hdd to mount cdrom and boot.
I spose you could setup disk image to do it all, the have config with lowlevel and nonvolatile libraries.

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[utri007]

Originally Posted by FOL

However we are talking about it having Cdrom access on boot, like the floppy and hdd. The way you and I are doing it, need floppy or hdd to mount cdrom and boot.
I spose you could setup disk image to do it all, the have config with lowlevel and nonvolatile libraries.

It doesn't require floppy or hard drive. It uses this; https://github.com/cnvogelg/romdisk Disk image with CD32 emulator is in extended rom. It has a 1mb kickstart.

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[FOL]

Originally Posted by utri007

It doesn't require floppy or hard drive. It uses this; https://github.com/cnvogelg/romdisk Disk image with CD32 emulator is in extended rom. It has a 1mb kickstart.

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You misunderstood. I know all about this. Have already done.
You just have disk in ROM. So its like booting from a built in floppy.


I to have 1MB custom kickstarts. Done this many times, rather NOT do it. Rather have a card like this, that lets you do all this stuff without having to burn roms and mess around. Theres nothing special being done. He's just taken the squirrel CD32 boot disk and put it in the ROM. As I said I have already done this. How does he change the disk. He has to mess around reflashing roms. This card eliminates that.


Dragging this off topic now.

[W4r3DeV1L]

Originally Posted by amigakit.com

A1200 Flash Expansion is here!
www.amigakit.com/a1200flash




AmigaKit Ltd is pleased to announce our new A1200 user writable flash expansion card with Fast Memory and 40Mhz FPU option.

Flashing is easy
No more burning ROMs, custom ROM images are now possible and easily put together with the powerful software.
Flash the card and the software is available instantly as soon as you power on your Amiga 1200!

Hello,

just wondering if this card would allow me to flash the memory with the content

of a rom, i.e. Action Replay for A1200, I have... and give me the chance to run it when needed...

Let me know,

Thanks

Daniele

[FOL]

Originally Posted by D4Ni3L3

Hello,

just wondering if this card would allow me to flash the memory with the content

of a rom, i.e. Action Replay for A1200, I have... and give me the chance to run it when needed...

Let me know,

Thanks

Daniele

If its a rom module then yes. If not (i.e. Program) then you can create an adf disk image and setup card to show it in workbench. So you can run it when needed. However rom adf is read only, you can't save to it.

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[Predseda]

Does it have a boot priority set (e. g. if not a floppy is inserted and no hdd present, it will boot from Flash) or I must force boot through the boot menu, otherwise I get kickstart prompt purple screen?

[Jope]

Originally Posted by Predseda

Does it have a boot priority set

Yes.

https://github.com/cnvogelg/romdisk#features

[FOL]

Originally Posted by Jope

Yes.

https://github.com/cnvogelg/romdisk#features

Its simular, but not the same. It has highest priority, so if its bootable it will boot. Hence we have configs. So say you had Testkit adf there. You could have a Testkit config. When this is selected it will add the contents for that config on next boot and boot testkit.

[Jope]

Ah, so you have your own romdisk implementation? Will the open source module also work? You mentioned before that a rom module will just work.

[FOL]

Originally Posted by Jope

Ah, so you have your own romdisk implementation? Will the open source module also work? You mentioned before that a rom module will just work.

Yes, it will (Im not sure if together with ours though at same time). The flash is exactly like a rom container. So any rom module that can be put in a rom or rom image, will work.


Only problem with ROMDISK I found was, that you had to jump through hoops, just to assemble a disk image for ROM use. This way, you just use adf as is (although no compression, which is a shame), no messing about with installing python to run romdisk scripts.

[W4r3DeV1L]

Originally Posted by FOL

If its a rom module then yes. If not (i.e. Program) then you can create an adf disk image and setup card to show it in workbench. So you can run it when needed. However rom adf is read only, you can't save to it.

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I just need to have Action Replay for A1200 on demand ... ad it is a just a file named AR1200.rom

Do you think it would work on such a card?

[FOL]

Originally Posted by D4Ni3L3

I just need to have Action Replay for A1200 on demand ... ad it is a just a file named AR1200.rom

Do you think it would work on such a card?

If you put that file in a ROM, would it work?

[Jope]

Originally Posted by FOL

Yes, it will (Im not sure if together with ours though at same time). The flash is exactly like a rom container. So any rom module that can be put in a rom or rom image, will work.

Good to hear. :-)

Only problem with ROMDISK I found was, that you had to jump through hoops, just to assemble a disk image for ROM use. This way, you just use adf as is (although no compression, which is a shame), no messing about with installing python to run romdisk scripts.

Yeps, it is more involved to use ROMDISK for non-linux-users I'm sure. Both have their benefits and shortcomings.

[FOL]

Originally Posted by Jope

Good to hear. :-)



Yeps, it is more involved to use ROMDISK for non-linux-users I'm sure. Both have their benefits and shortcomings.

Does ROMDisk work with 1.7mb HD image?

[W4r3DeV1L]

Originally Posted by FOL

If you put that file in a ROM, would it work?

Actually I don't know, I just tried it in WinUAE in the ''cartridge rom file'' field...

[FOL]

Originally Posted by D4Ni3L3

Actually I don't know, I just tried it in WinUAE in the ''cartridge rom file'' field...

Sounds like that emulates cartridge. If so, then no it won't work.

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[Jope]

Originally Posted by FOL

Does ROMDisk work with 1.7mb HD image?

Including, and not limited to..

Configurable image geometry, boot priority

ROM space will of course be an issue once you go too large.

[FOL]

I think people are missing what this card is. As I said before, its hard to explain all features. You have to be using it to understand fully.


Simplest way to explain its main function. Its basically like Romulator for A1200 (or DENEB on A4000), but is able to do alot more.

[lucadip]

I have an unexpanded A1200 and am considering buying this card, even because of its 4MB of flash ram. Is anybody willing to share his experiences with it? Or is it just collecting dust on a shelf?