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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: A500Flash - new Kickstart switcher
« on: February 24, 2016, 03:37:52 AM »
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this looks like an easy way to flash a custom 1MB ROM image (such as those custom 3.9 Kickstarts) into an A500/2000, correct?  If so, that's pretty sweet!  :)
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: A500Flash - new Kickstart switcher
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2016, 05:18:12 AM »
Quote from: QuikSanz;804542
But won't a 1Meg chip eat into bus max? or is it not mapped that way.

That's an interesting question.  CD32 and A1200 support 1MB, the others 512K?  Not counting the various "Romy" hacks that allow A3k and A4k to support 1MB.

Trusty Wikipedia tells me the following:

0x00F0 0000     512.0     512K System ROM (reserved for extended ROM image e.g. CDTV or CD³²)
0x00F8 0000     256.0     256K System ROM (Kickstart 2.04 or higher)
0x00FC 0000     256.0     256K System ROM


(link)

Maybe it banks into that additional space?  I've never seen a memory map that lists it like that, not that I spend a lot of time studying A500 memory maps.  ;)

Again, this is one of those products that would probably sell a whole lot better if it was more clearly explained.  I'm in though, if it does what I think it can do.  One of my biggest reservations about burning custom 3.9 ROM's is I just don't want to buy the hardware, LOL.  ;)
« Last Edit: February 24, 2016, 05:20:53 AM by Oldsmobile_Mike »
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos