Kickstart Rom 1.4

komunita · 14 June 2006, 15:39

I have recently come across a Kickstart Rom 1.4.

When I boot it says:

1.4 Alpha 15, Do not redistribute
Copyright 1989 Commodore-Amiga, Inc
All rights reserved.

The screen dispalyed is much like that of the 3.1 Rom

Anyone knows what it is and what it is used for ?

patrik · 14 June 2006, 15:48

It is used in older A3000s to have an os, so kick2.0 or kick1.3 can be softkicked from the harddrive. I think it loads the file DEVS:kickstart per default from the system partition.

mr_a500 · 14 June 2006, 17:27

He's talking about the Alpha 15, not the later 1.4 (which looks more like 2.0) used in the A3000. Check it out here.

I tried Kick 1.4 with WB 1.4 in my A1000 to get the nice "boot from DF1" feature (and for the neato boot screen), but unfortunately 1.4 is buggy and slow and causes most software to crash. It is basically useless. I went back to 1.3 on my A1000.

14 June 2006, 15:39	#1
komunita Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Malta Age: 74 Posts: 125	Kickstart Rom 1.4 I have recently come across a Kickstart Rom 1.4. When I boot it says: 1.4 Alpha 15, Do not redistribute Copyright 1989 Commodore-Amiga, Inc All rights reserved. The screen dispalyed is much like that of the 3.1 Rom Anyone knows what it is and what it is used for ?

14 June 2006, 17:27	#3
mr_a500 Amiga-based Cyborg Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 808	He's talking about the Alpha 15, not the later 1.4 (which looks more like 2.0) used in the A3000. Check it out here. I tried Kick 1.4 with WB 1.4 in my A1000 to get the nice "boot from DF1" feature (and for the neato boot screen), but unfortunately 1.4 is buggy and slow and causes most software to crash. It is basically useless. I went back to 1.3 on my A1000. Last edited by mr_a500; 14 June 2006 at 17:43.

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patrik Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Umeå Age: 44 Posts: 939	It is used in older A3000s to have an os, so kick2.0 or kick1.3 can be softkicked from the harddrive. I think it loads the file DEVS:kickstart per default from the system partition.

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