Booting an Amiga

[ottomobiehl]

I was just reading the step by step boot up process of a PC (intel) and found it facinating but was wondering about the boot up sequence of an Amiga, well a classic one.  I am interested in comparing the two.

Could some one enlighten me to the process of booting an Amiga or point me to a link (or previous thread on the subject.)  If so I would be indebted.

Thanks in advance.

[ottomobiehl]

Lo wrote:
WB1.3 boot (Provided by The Amiga Exchange BBS)
(I don't know the accuracy of it)


1.  Clear all chips of old data.
2.  Disable DMA and interrupts during the test.
3.  Clear the screen.
4.  Check the hardware(CPU).
5.  Change the screen color.
6.  Do a checksum test on all ROMS.
7.  Change the screen color.
8.  Begin system startup.
9.  Check RAM at $C0000, and move SYSBASE to it.
10. Test all Chip RAM
11. Change the screen color.
12. Check that software is coming in without problems.
13. Change the screen color.
14. Setup Chip RAM to receive data.
15. Link the libraries.
16. Check for additional memory, and link it.
17. Turn the DMA and interrupts back on.
18. Start a default task.
19. Check for a 68010, 68020, and 68881.
20. Check to see if there is an exception (processor error).
21. If there is an exception, reset the system. ;-)

Thank you very much!!!!! :-)

[ottomobiehl]

When released, it will run only on Amiga 4000's running DCE's Cyberstorm PowerPC cards.

Semi-classic Amiga. :-)   Or is that Semi-carnally. :-D  :python: