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Re: KickFlash OS4 questions
« on: January 26, 2004, 11:55:43 PM »
Any insight to when the non-Zorro version will be available?  And, at what cost?
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Re: KickFlash OS4 questions
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2004, 12:44:38 AM »
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cgutjahr wrote:
@adolescent:

Currently, there's no other (non-Zorro-) version planned. On amiga-news.de, Jens Schönfeld explained that it is unlikely such a version will ever appear beacause...

1. The neccessery signals needed to reflash the ROM are not easily available on an A1200 motherboard. Hence the thing would be either expensive, not reflashable or complicated to install.

2. According to Jens, "most people have Zorro anyway".

IIRC, Elbox will offer some FlashROM on a PCMCIA card, but this will act like a RamDisk, not like a Kickstart expansion.


That's bad news.  Jens should really update his webpage to remove all of the "vapor".  I've been waiting for this product for over two years and really got my hopes up when I saw the Zorro card out.  
Time to move on.  Bye Amiga.org.  :(