Kick Switcher

[CHRIS-F]

Hi All,

I made my first post yesterday regarding not being able to get Relokick 1.4 to work on my A500+ but is there a better solution I have read about a kick switcher device that allows switching kickstarts, but couldn't find much info on it.

1. Are they still made? (if not are they easy to make I am handy with a soldering iron)
2. if I get a lower kick rom and a switcher is that a good solution? does it do what it says on the tin? switch computer off chose kickrom via a switch and switch on again?
3. Are there any problems with a switcher I might run into

Regards,
Chris.

[Amiga1992]

Yes you can buy one from Amigakit:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=947
But you will also need a 1.3 ROM to go with it.

You might still have issues with games that expect 51KB slow RAM and 512KB Chip, or those that need only 512KB. Only switching the Kickstart is not the full solution.

[CHRIS-F]

Originally Posted by Akira

Yes you can buy one from Amigakit:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=947
But you will also need a 1.3 ROM to go with it.

You might still have issues with games that expect 51KB slow RAM and 512KB Chip, or those that need only 512KB. Only switching the Kickstart is not the full solution.

Thanks, what about these other issues, is there something I can do about them?

Regards,
Chris.

[emufan]

on aminet there is a project with details on how to build a rom switcher for a500 and a2000.
maybe there are some more on aminet, but just could find this atm.

#1) A500 based FlashROM kickstart board by RedskullDC

[Amiga1992]

Originally Posted by CHRIS-F

Thanks, what about these other issues, is there something I can do about them?

Try a software like Degrader? Dunno.

[CHRIS-F]

Originally Posted by emufan

on aminet there is a project with details on how to build a rom switcher for a500 and a2000.
maybe there are some more on aminet, but just could find this atm.

#1) A500 based FlashROM kickstart board by RedskullDC

Noob question sorry, but what is an lha file both those links are lha files, how do I go about viewing them, the only thing I know on the amiga is how to boot an adf :-( I think they also contain some pdf, will I need a something else on the amiga to view them?

Regards,
Chris.

[emufan]

it is just an old type of an archiver, like zip rar. under windows you can extract lha archives with for example, winrar.
*.iff images you can view with xnview on a windows system.
textfiles inside the archive you should open with notepad++ for example, or any
other textviewer, which supports the unix-type linebreak.
on most windows textprograms, you just get one long line, otherwise.
there is a *.guide file inside the archive. this you can open with agwviewer on a windows system.

it is easier to do all this on your windows machine, too much effort on the amiga side, without a harddrive
based amiga.

[CHRIS-F]

Originally Posted by emufan

it is just an old type of an archiver, like zip rar. under windows you can extract lha archives with for example, winrar.
*.iff images you can view with xnview on a windows system.
textfiles inside the archive you should open with notepad++ for example, or any
other textviewer, which supports the unix-type linebreak.
on most windows textprograms, you just get one long line, otherwise.
there is a *.guide file inside the archive. this you can open with agwviewer on a windows system.

it is easier to do all this on your windows machine, too much effort on the amiga side, without a harddrive
based amiga.

Ah! much appreciated, Thanks.

Chris.