Amiga 500 ROMs

elronnightshade · 16 June 2010, 12:01

ok peopel im a bit confused, sorry for it being such a noobish question

thinking of upgrading the roms in my amiga 500 from 1.3 to 2.05 or 2.5

1.3 requests the kickstart floppy to gain access to the workbench, does 2.05 and 2.5 also?

orange · 16 June 2010, 12:30

yeah, sure, they all do require floppy for wb.
someone somewhere said about trying to build 1Mb kickstart that would have all required libs and stuff so that it would not require diskette. (if i remember correctly)

elronnightshade · 16 June 2010, 12:34

now that is intersting, see the prob is that i can find the roms but never the disks to go with them

meega · 16 June 2010, 14:00

1.3 can boot from hard drive (such as A590) if you have one on the side of the machine.

If you have no hard drive (or other device such as CDROM) then all Amigas will request a floppy. How else will they load Workbench? It isn't all in the ROM.

Ed: 1.3 isn't requesting a Kickstart disk, it's showing you that Kickstart has already loaded...

ck1200 · 16 June 2010, 15:02

as above a a590 or similar is your best bet to load straight to wb, they still come up on e-bay now and again but can demand a fair price

What is it you mainly want to do with your 500?

elronnightshade · 16 June 2010, 15:14

im thinking of upgrading the roms from 1.3 to either 2.05 or 2.5, have found the rom chips but not the workbench disks

rkauer · 16 June 2010, 20:57

There is no such thing as 2.5 ROM!

The ROM chips the A500 can take are 1.2, 1.3, 2.04 (up to 37.199 with no IDE support, but bootable using any external device, the same as 1.3) and 3.1.

Jope · 17 June 2010, 07:49

The A500 will take a 2.05 ROM 37.350 just fine.

Hewitson · 17 June 2010, 09:25

Firstly, why on earth would you upgrade to 2.x?

Secondly, I would advise against upgrading unless you are planning to install a kickswitch. Using a kickstart other than 1.x will break compatibility with plenty of games/demos.

elronnightshade · 17 June 2010, 10:11

i was going to install a kickswitch yes

alexh · 17 June 2010, 13:06

If you do not have a hard drive then there is no point at all upgrading beyond KS1.3

All upgrading will do is make a good percentage of games STOP working.

16 June 2010, 12:01	#1
elronnightshade Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London, England Posts: 12	Amiga 500 ROMs ok peopel im a bit confused, sorry for it being such a noobish question thinking of upgrading the roms in my amiga 500 from 1.3 to 2.05 or 2.5 1.3 requests the kickstart floppy to gain access to the workbench, does 2.05 and 2.5 also?

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16 June 2010, 12:30	#2
orange Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Belgrade Posts: 567	yeah, sure, they all do require floppy for wb. someone somewhere said about trying to build 1Mb kickstart that would have all required libs and stuff so that it would not require diskette. (if i remember correctly)

16 June 2010, 12:34	#3
elronnightshade Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London, England Posts: 12	now that is intersting, see the prob is that i can find the roms but never the disks to go with them

16 June 2010, 14:00	#4
meega Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oooh what a feeling yeaaah dancing on the ceiling Posts: 314	1.3 can boot from hard drive (such as A590) if you have one on the side of the machine. If you have no hard drive (or other device such as CDROM) then all Amigas will request a floppy. How else will they load Workbench? It isn't all in the ROM. Ed: 1.3 isn't requesting a Kickstart disk, it's showing you that Kickstart has already loaded...

16 June 2010, 15:02	#5
ck1200 CBM & Retro Mad Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: North Wales/Wirral Uk Age: 42 Posts: 611	as above a a590 or similar is your best bet to load straight to wb, they still come up on e-bay now and again but can demand a fair price What is it you mainly want to do with your 500?

16 June 2010, 15:14	#6
elronnightshade Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London, England Posts: 12	im thinking of upgrading the roms from 1.3 to either 2.05 or 2.5, have found the rom chips but not the workbench disks

16 June 2010, 20:57	#7
rkauer I hate potatos and shirts Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sao Leopoldo / Brazil Age: 58 Posts: 3,482	There is no such thing as 2.5 ROM! The ROM chips the A500 can take are 1.2, 1.3, 2.04 (up to 37.199 with no IDE support, but bootable using any external device, the same as 1.3) and 3.1.

17 June 2010, 07:49	#8
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,862	The A500 will take a 2.05 ROM 37.350 just fine.

17 June 2010, 09:25	#9
Hewitson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 41 Posts: 3,773	Firstly, why on earth would you upgrade to 2.x? Secondly, I would advise against upgrading unless you are planning to install a kickswitch. Using a kickstart other than 1.x will break compatibility with plenty of games/demos.

17 June 2010, 10:11	#10
elronnightshade Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London, England Posts: 12	i was going to install a kickswitch yes

17 June 2010, 13:06	#11
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	If you do not have a hard drive then there is no point at all upgrading beyond KS1.3 All upgrading will do is make a good percentage of games STOP working.

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