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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: motorollin on June 04, 2006, 08:28:30 AM
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Is it possible to insert Blizkick modules in to a kickstart ROM image? The reason I ask is that I have a set of 27C400 EPROMs and a chip programmer coming my way soon. I'm going to burn the 3.9 ROM image I am currently Blizkicking on to the chips, and I want to include some Blizkick patches.
Also, is there a Blizkick module which gives access to CD-ROMs? It would be cool to insert this in to a ROM image and burn it to a chip so the CD-ROM drive would be available from cold boot (and bootable without a floppy disk?)
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moto
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I was thinking about it one day. Has anyone or a group ever tried to write on open rom image? One that could be compatable with Amiga roms, and could be distributed free with an emulator or even burnt to a chip. Even put into the Minimig(if in production). The idea came to me while looking over source code for Emutos( An open Atari TOS image).
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Just answered my first question by using Remus to insert BlizKick's NoClick module in to my 3.9 image. BlizKicked the new image, and my floppy drive was silent :-D
Just need to find out if there is a ROM patch to mount devices, so my CD-ROM would be visible from cold boot.
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moto
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Changed topic subject.
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Didn't work :lol:
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Just found MountCD (http://www.aminet.net/package.php?package=disk/cdrom/mountcd.lha) on Aminet, which is a command which mounts a CD-ROM in such a way that it remains resident. I wonder whether this technique could be used to create a CD-ROM kickstart module?
MountCD takes the mountlist as an argument, e.g. mountcd cd0:. I suppose the mountlist and CD filesystem would have to be inserted into the kickstart image as well with standard names, so the mountcd module could find and mount it.
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moto
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hello,
I would like to do the same thing for my 1200.
But what kind of eprom 27C400 do you use (120DC,150DC...).
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I bought these (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=9732794623&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT) chips, this (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7624680149&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT) programmer and this (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7623831566&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT) 16-bit adapter for the programmer. Hope they work! :-) Will report on my progress once it has all arrived.
Still hoping for an answer about a MountCD kickstart module. Piru are you here? :-) Maybe Oliver Kastl is still around?
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moto
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Open BlizKick.guide, click "introduction", click "applypatch". That is what BlizKick itself provides.
RomSplit and Remus (http://www.doobreynet.co.uk/beta/) can do more.
Bootable CD-ROM? Honestly I have no clue.
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Thanks Piru. Have managed to insert the module with Remus, which I find a bit more friendly.
Do you know if Oliver Kastl is still involved with the Amiga at all? If so, I will contact him and see if any source code is available for MountCD.
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moto
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Just tried to email olli@elaborate-bytes.com, and the mail was returned undeliverable :-(
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moto