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remz · 24 May 2022, 03:40

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this was already asked before, but I just thought of that when ready about the fact that Amiga 1000 read kickstart directly from floppy into a special "write once RAM".

With that in mind, my question is:
Would it be technically possible to code game which would install itself as a "kickstart" in 256KB, and then that game would be running off that special locked ram which is (probably?) running as fast as fast ram?
This would leave the default 256KB of real chip ram completely free.

Of course this would make such technique only compatible with the amiga 1000; But still I wondered if it was ever done?

24 May 2022, 03:40	#1
remz Registered User Join Date: May 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 139	Amiga 1000 pseudo fast ram Hi everyone, Sorry if this was already asked before, but I just thought of that when ready about the fact that Amiga 1000 read kickstart directly from floppy into a special "write once RAM". With that in mind, my question is: Would it be technically possible to code game which would install itself as a "kickstart" in 256KB, and then that game would be running off that special locked ram which is (probably?) running as fast as fast ram? This would leave the default 256KB of real chip ram completely free. Of course this would make such technique only compatible with the amiga 1000; But still I wondered if it was ever done?