Individual Computers & KickStart Licenses From Hyperion

[danbeaver]

From: http://www.jschoenfeld.com/home/indexe.htm

"09.03.2013: Hyperion and Individual Computers sign license agreement

Brussels, March 9th, 2013: today, Hyperion Entertainment CVBA  (Belgium) and Individual Computers GmbH (Germany) have signed a license  agreement for use of Kickstart 1.3 and Kickstart 3.1 ROMs in processor  accelerators for Amiga 500, Amiga 1000, Amiga 2000 and Amiga 2500.

In addition to the binary license, Hyperion will grant Individual  Computers access to the source code of the IDE driver for further  development which may facilitate installation of AmigaOS 4.1 and beyond.

The first product to make use of this license will be the entry-level  accelerator for Amiga 500 called "ACA500": With both Kickstart images in  the flashrom of this product, the user will benefit from best  compatibility with floppy-based and CF/harddisk-based software.

Further, the flashrom of ACA500 will contain the FAT95 filesystem, which allows accessing PC-formatted CF cards in the second CF card slot of the ACA500. Automatic mounting software will eliminate the need for a complicated installtion procedure. Special thanks go to the author of FAT95 Torsten Jager, who has put his work under LGPL per our request."

[danbeaver]

Huh?  Hyperion, Amiga Inc, or Individual Computers?  And you would need one, why?

Shame they have no plans to make an accelerator card for the CD32..

[danbeaver]

The A500 supports boot from KS 1.3 and 3.1; I doubt much of the A1200 will be functional with 1.3, I could be wrong now...