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Title: Amiga 500 w 1.3 ROM
Post by: xlar54 on December 17, 2007, 05:19 AM

Anyone know what Kickstart ROM is needed to run WB 2.04? I have found 3.1 ROM, but I dont know if this will work in the A500. I dont think the 1.3 ROM will run WB 2.04.

Title: Amiga 500 w 1.3 ROM
Post by: Stephane Richard on December 17, 2007, 08:35 AM

From what I remember ther is a 2.04 ROM

Title: Amiga 500 w 1.3 ROM
Post by: Blacklord on December 17, 2007, 11:37 AM

Quote from: mystikshadowsFrom what I remember there is a 2.04 ROM

Correct, but you need to be aware that 2.04 has differences for the A600 for hard drive support that may not be the same as the A500.

Lance

Title: Amiga 500 w 1.3 ROM
Post by: RobertB on December 18, 2007, 02:35 PM

Quote from: xlar54Anyone know what Kickstart ROM is needed to run WB 2.04?

You would need KS 2.04 (which one of my A500s has).

Quote from: xlar54I have found 3.1 ROM, but I dont know if this will work in the A500.

Yes, a KS 3.1 ROM for the A500/2000 will work in an A500. I have another A500 that has this.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
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Title: Amiga 500 w 1.3 ROM
Post by: RobertB on December 18, 2007, 02:37 PM

Quote from: adminCorrect, but you need to be aware that 2.04 has differences for the A600 for hard drive support that may not be the same as the A500.

The A600 used KS 2.05.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

Title: Amiga 500 w 1.3 ROM
Post by: Blacklord on December 18, 2007, 04:59 PM

Quote from: RobertB
Quote from: adminCorrect, but you need to be aware that 2.04 has differences for the A600 for hard drive support that may not be the same as the A500.
The A600 used KS 2.05.

2.04 as well in the original non-HD variety.

cheers,

Lance

Title: Amiga 500 w 1.3 ROM
Post by: Golan Klinger on December 18, 2007, 07:39 PM

You could just softkick it. Save yourself a lot of hassles.

Title: Amiga 500 w 1.3 ROM
Post by: smf on December 28, 2007, 12:48 AM

Quote from: adminCorrect, but you need to be aware that 2.04 has differences for the A600 for hard drive support that may not be the same as the A500.

The ide controller support in kickstart can cope with the hardware not being there. It could also cope with autoconfig hardware which didn't exist on the a600.

I ran kickstart 2.05 for a while on my a500. I switched to kickstart 3.0 when I got my hands on an a1200.

There were some problems running kickstart 3.0 without AGA, IIRC SetPatch eventually sorted that out.
I bought an os 3.1 upgrade from village tronic as soon as they became available.

I never bothered with os 3.5/os 3.9 at the time because I'd got what I needed and then moved on. So I can't comment on how they run on an a500.

Title: Amiga 500 w 1.3 ROM
Post by: RobertB on December 28, 2007, 06:50 AM

Quote from: smfI never bothered with os 3.5/os 3.9 at the time because I'd got what I needed and then moved on. So I can't comment on how they run on an a500.

Yeah, it's supposedly possible to run 3.5/3.9, but I've never tried it with my accelerated A500.

Something to do when I remember, :-)
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

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