what BIOS is to the Amiga??

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when i had my Gateway 1200 i remember rebooting it. there were a combination of keys you could hold down and it would take you into a BIOS (PC version) type screen. however, i cannot remember the key combo

1? - can someone tell me what the COMBO is

2? - does it work on this 500+ (ripped apart and MOBO on table) computer (KS2.0)

thanks, 324

[amigakit]

If you mean Early Startup Menu hold down left mouse button whilst reseting the A500+

[orange]

.. and right one, too

[Effy]

Think it only works from kickstart 2.0 and up but I´m not sure ...

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ahh yes. actually, its both them together for me man!

anyway - another question. if i have NO workbench - which i do not until further arrival! is there anything i can do get the Amiga into a workbench type of environment?

[amigakit]

A500+ has kickstart 2.04 so it is Left mouse button whilst resetting.

A1200 has kickstart 3.x so it both mouse buttons whilst resetting.

[3246251196]

it says "2.0 ROM" 37.175 on the start up screen for my 500+

wonder if it will run WB2.05 (or even 3.1 lol )

[amigakit]

2.05 is a special ROM for the A600 that gives PCMCIA commands and IDE in later versions

Here is the A500 3.1 kickstart ROM

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thanks AKit - but its no good to me. i am just using this 500+ until i get my 1200 3.0 delivered. once i do though and once i am back from amsterdam i will be getting (probo):

- 3.1 ROM
- (i think the 68020 proc should be ok for now - it runs OS3.5 / 3.9 RIGHT?)
- CD-RW (DVD-RW will also work for CDs for amiga??)
- MAYBE upgrade in memory - only if required though!

[Piru]

@amigakit

A500+ has kickstart 2.04 so it is Left mouse button whilst resetting.

A1200 has kickstart 3.x so it both mouse buttons whilst resetting.

Both 2.x and 3.x require that you hold both buttons down.

@3246251196

it says "2.0 ROM" 37.175 on the start up screen for my 500+

This runs anything upto WB 2.1.

See Workbench Nostalgia

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WOAH GUYS!!:

i just went through my old disks - MOST of them have READ BLOCK errors!

however, i fould one: Workbench3.1 and it works - it works on my 500+ - it has booted into WB3.1: i thought this was not allowed???

[Piru]

@3246251196

It will boot, but some things just outright refuse to work, or crash.

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yeah i see it now Piru:

for instance, i tried to open "SAY" and it simply didnt open.

anyone know where i can get a list of AmigaShell commands?

i prefer working in a commandprompted environemt. i know a lot of DOS but AmigaShell is obviously different!

324,

[Piru]

Google: AmigaDOS commands

[3246251196]

i was googling - and never thought to put those keywords in! lol - what was i thinking.

can i ask - what exactly does FAST MEM mean?