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[psxphill]

Kickstart Switchers:

A500Flash Kickstart Switcher 1M for Amiga 500, 500+ and 2000.  This comes with 1MB of built-in Flash memory and can be used with 1MB and Extended ROMs.   Switching between available Kickstart images by holding down CTRL+A+A keys for about 3 seconds.

What does "A500Flash 5k mode (jumper X1)" mean?

[psxphill]

Look here

It doesn't really answer the question.

I am guessing that it makes the 1mb behave like the 512k. But does this allow you to select between three different kickstarts, or still just two?

[psxphill]

A500Flash1M supports kickstart 1MB.
Switches between original ROM and stored in a Flash chip (only one kickstart 512kB or 1MB).

When would you buy a 1mb board and use the 5k jumper?

The advert is a bit misleading "switching between available Kickstart images by holding down CTRL+A+A keys for about 3 seconds,"

[psxphill]

I don't know but will it cause problems if amiga expecting rom of a certain size and its smaller or bigger ?

or maybe its planned for future release.  Does need clarifying though I think

Well I'd have thought that if you load a 512k kickstart it would assume the other 512k is blank.

I guess what I'm asking is. If there is a reason that you would need to disable the extra 512k then what is it? Because it might be worth just buying the 512k in the first place, or none at all because using a 1mb kickstart is likely the only reason that I'd buy one.