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Kickstart 1.3 in Amiga 600?
« on: November 16, 2006, 07:32:01 AM »
Has anyone ever had Kickstart 1.3 from an Amiga 500 working ok when plugged into an Amiga 600? I realise there are hardware differences such as the HD controller and PCMCIA slot that make the 600 different from the 500, and I am not concerned about these still working. What I'm concerned about is whether the Amiga 600 will function just as if it is an Amiga 500 in majority of cases, such as with 1.3 compatible games.

I'm asking this because if this works, I will do this, and maybe even have 2.x and 1.3 switchable to have it function as an Amiga 500 and an Amiga 600(HD and so on), and save around three times the desk space!


 

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Re: Kickstart 1.3 in Amiga 600?
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2007, 12:17:30 PM »
I finally got around to trying this. Using 2.05 and 1.3 in a ROM switcher. 2.05 still works as it should, but all I get is a black screen when trying to use to the 1.3 ROM. I swapped ROM positions to see if the ROM switcher was ok, and still get the same symptom. The 1.3 ROM is a 315093-02. Is there something else I need to do to get this working?
 

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Re: Kickstart 1.3 in Amiga 600?
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2007, 11:20:25 AM »
Thanks everyone. I tried placing the 1.3 ROM directly into the A600, instead of into the kickswitcher,  and it works fine.  Perhaps the kickswitcher is faulty, or just incompatible with the ROM. It's odd, because the 2.05 ROM will work fine in either socket of the kickswitcher, but the 1.3 will not work in either. Ah well, the main thing is I have confirmed for myself that this works. I'll just build my own switcher to do the job...