01 March 2018, 10:37 | #1 |
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Amiga 500 not loading Workbench environment
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I upgraded my Amiga 500 rev5 with this solution (http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...ight=rev+eprom) to run kickstart 3.X in a stable way. I bought cloanto kickstart rom 3.X version (http://amigastore.eu/es/455-rom-3x-a...006002000.html) and it seems to be running fine (tested on several games). However, it does not completely load the workbench 3.1 environment (hangs on empty screen, computer still responsive, see attached image). The same thing happens when I try to load workbench 1.3 with kickstart 3.1 installed. Interestingly, when I install the original 1.3 ROM (EPROM workaround also still installed), the workbench 1.3 environment does load successfuly. Does anybody have similar experiences with the Kickstart 3.X ROM? |
01 March 2018, 16:27 | #2 |
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Amiga 500 not loading Workbench environment
I am unfortunately not familiar with the 3.X ROM, but i have done the pull-up mod on two Rev 5 boards and didn’t have this issue.
Is it possible your 3.X ROM is missing workbench.library? This is sometimes removed to free up space and has to exist on the storage medium that boots the machine. [Edit]. Just saw this on the Cloanto site: “The 3.X ROMs have a size of 512 KB, and are therefore compatible with all Amiga models except for the Amiga 1000. In order to make room for the enhancements, the 3.X ROMs employ the same technique used by Commodore for the 4000T ROMs, i.e. ROM space was freed by moving workbench.library out of the ROM. This means that a "Libs/workbench.library" file must be present on the boot disk, as detailed below.” |
01 March 2018, 16:34 | #3 |
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As far as I know the Cloanto Kickstart ROM 3.X actually has "workbench.library" inside where as the original Commodore one doesn't.
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01 March 2018, 16:38 | #4 |
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Are you loading this from a floppy?
Start your Amiga while holding both mouse buttons of your mouse, and on the menu that shows up, select "Boot with no Startup-Sequence" It should boot to an Amiga DOS prompt (if it does not let me know) At this prompt type "ed s:startup-sequence". Make sure your WB disk is write-enabled. It should look kind of like this: Edit this file the following way: - Remove the >NIL: text after Version - Put a ";" before "FailAt 21" Should look like this: Press the ESC key, then the X key, then enter. Reboot and report what happens. It should spew out an error. If it says "Assign failed returncode" then undo the semicolon in front of FailAt 21 and try again. |
01 March 2018, 19:50 | #5 |
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Thanks guys, for pointing me in the right direction (I think):
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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I seem to have the same problem.
I have installed the 3.X ROM and try to load AmigaOS 3.1.4 (booting from a CF card, using the HC508), but the Workbench stays empty. I booted without a startup-sequence and discovered that a "workbench.library" file is present in the Workbench:/Libs/ directory, so I'm a bit confused why it does not work. Any hints are appreciated. Thanks in advance. Edited to add: I figured it out. I was missing LoadModule. I downloaded that from aminet, placed it in the right directory, and have a functioning Workbench now! :-D Last edited by hugo_nl; 07 September 2019 at 17:23. Reason: Solved. |
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