"The Amega" 1MB sidecar not recognized

Frogs · 04 March 2021, 00:24

So I got an "Amega" 1MB sidecar that I've not used before. When I plugged it into the 1000 it isn't being recognized. Is there something I'm supposed to do for it to pick up the extra memory?

Here's a screenshot:

upload img online

AmigaHope · 04 March 2021, 02:39

This may be one of those non-auto-configuring expansions that needs to use an addmem command to manually add the memory to the free memory list. A number of early A1000 expansions (as well as some A500 expansions) needed this, as it was simpler to build a dumb RAM board without including a ROM to automatically configure the memory.

Also earlier versions of Kickstart don't have AutoConfig.

R4M · 04 March 2021, 15:47

Here, they say, that it should do autoconfig
https://amiga.resource.cx/search.pl?product=amega
Maybe the installation disk on that page helps.

Jope · 04 March 2021, 18:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frogs

So I got an "Amega" 1MB sidecar that I've not used before. When I plugged it into the 1000 it isn't being recognized. Is there something I'm supposed to do for it to pick up the extra memory?

Are you running Kickstart 1.2? You need at least that for the memory to show up automatically.

Frogs · 05 March 2021, 01:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

Are you running Kickstart 1.2? You need at least that for the memory to show up automatically.

That's what I'm thinking too. This is Kickstart 1.1. I am getting ready to make a Kickstart 1.3 disk to see if that helps.

Jope · 05 March 2021, 12:03

Yeah, check it with 1.3 first and then start debugging further. :-)

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04 March 2021, 02:39	#2
AmigaHope Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Sandusky Posts: 942	This may be one of those non-auto-configuring expansions that needs to use an addmem command to manually add the memory to the free memory list. A number of early A1000 expansions (as well as some A500 expansions) needed this, as it was simpler to build a dumb RAM board without including a ROM to automatically configure the memory. Also earlier versions of Kickstart don't have AutoConfig.

04 March 2021, 15:47	#3
R4M Registered User Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: /home Posts: 122	Here, they say, that it should do autoconfig https://amiga.resource.cx/search.pl?product=amega Maybe the installation disk on that page helps.

05 March 2021, 12:03	#6
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	Yeah, check it with 1.3 first and then start debugging further. :-)

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