Amiga ROMS - Burning Eproms

[Boing-ball]

Hi all,

Im looking to update my kickstart 3.2 ROMS in my A3000T, A3000D and A4000D. What do I need?

Googling looks like I need the following:

1. Amiga KickStarts - I have licenced copies of OS3.2. Roms are on the CD.
2. Eproms - I need two sets for each machine so six in all . Looks like I can use AM27c400s.
3. Eprom burner - was looking at this:https://www.amazon.co.uk/PRG-113-universal-programmer-Adapter-Support/dp/B011HVON3A/ref=sr_1_12?adgrpid=1173179805176865&hvadid=73323937176355&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=69155&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=p&hvtargid=kwd-73323875070259%3Aloc-188&hydadcr=19049_1835814&keywords=eprom+programmer+tl866&qid=1703160733&sr=8-12
4. Anything  else?

Is there a better way to do it? I was looking at these from GGLabs https://www.tindie.com/products/GGLABS/f2r16-hn6240227c400-rom-emulator-amiga-kick/

But looks more complicated as more adapters are needed to burn the roms. Would it be abetter solution?

Weed

Worth having a look at this first

https://youtu.be/knBPJPhhv_4?si=qkIBB-i79I-RkfyA

That Amazon kit looks nice. But pricey. Have a look on Aliexpress 👍🏻

[Boing-ball]

Talking about Amiga ROMs:

Is it possible to burn a 1MB EPROM set for Amiga1200? One of the things I hate about the new versions of AmigaOS is that they have their workbench.library on disk instead of in ROM. I would like to try to "cook" an EPROM 3.2 with workbench.library in it. Has anyone tried it? I think the A1200 accepts 1MB ROMs, doesn't it?

If it is, there's even room for more things……

Saluditos,

Ferrán.

The short answer is yes. You need to use a compatible piece software to do it. I’ve done it with 3.1.4 ROMs using ROMULUS and REMUS with the 27c400 EPROMS. Videos on YouTube show you how to do this.

[Boing-ball]

I used that new windows rom builder (can never remember name) to pull apart 3.2.x roms, then used modules from update disks just to be sure. Then build in remus, works great.

The windows one is called “Capitoline”

http://capitoline.twocatsblack.com/

[Boing-ball]

This looks interesting…. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🙏🏻

[Boing-ball]

Yep, did that and downloaded the updates.  So ROM Axxx-47.111.bin is that ones I burn?  That is the most up-to-date?

Yes, that’s the latest version from Hyperion. As F0llett has stated, the newer ROMs no longer contain the workbench.library and icon.library. You can Burn something called an Extended 1MB ROM where you can fit this on. Or just add those 2 libraries in your LIBS: folder on your AmigaOS installation if NOT already there.

[Boing-ball]

Is it better to keep the original icon.library or can it be used the PeterK one? 🤔

Saluditos,

Ferrán

Me personally use the PeterK icon.library. It’s a lot faster than what Hyperion give you 👍🏻

[Boing-ball]

I find it a step in the wrong direction to leave workbench.library outside the ROM, in LIBS:. Many Amiga users, me for one, do have different media and configs to load from (CF, ZIP, JAZ, PCMCIA FlashRAM, µSD… even bootable CD!), be it current one (WB v3.1.4/v3.2.x) or not, but if you try to load a WB3.9/3.5/3.1 on an Amiga with ROM version ≥ 3.1.4, it simply won't load, complaining about a missing workbench.library, not in ROM, not in LIBS:.

I can understand the space problems, a ROM with ever growing libraries, to the point of not having enough room to fit them all in, but I guess other solutions can be found (compressed libraries?) instead of leaving mandatory libs out.

Saluditos,

Ferrán.

As explained above. You can create 1MB ROMs where you can then fit in the 2 libraries. Plus if you are using a TF card with EIDE.device, this can be fitted on too.