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Offline ErrethAkbe

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Re: Kickstart ROMS
« on: December 02, 2005, 04:53:52 PM »
My solution to this problem was a set of 3.1 ROMs from a trashed 2000 on eBay, plus a ROM switcher. Mine works by holding CTRL-A-A for a few seconds, which toggles between the two ROMs.

Having said this, WHDLoad is so good that it's rarely been necessary for me to use the 1.3 ROMs at all. For example, I can now play Archon (my favorite game since my Atari 800 days) on 3.1 ROMs with my 030 running, and the commercial release of the game never ran on anything but KS1.2.

You do need an image of the KS1.3 ROM to play a lot of the WHDLoad games, but since I had the actual ROM, this was easy. ;-)
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Re: Kickstart ROMS
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2005, 09:54:42 PM »
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OK, I have done due diligence now and searched the web for a "kickstart switcher" and been unable to find one for sale anywhere (eBay or on the Amiga vendors I have bookmarked).  
I can see references for what they look like and what they do on Amiga hardware reference sites but nothing current.

Can anyone point me at a place to get one or plans to build one?



Software Hut shows a listing for a DKB MultiStart II switcher for $20, in their "refurbished Amiga hardware section" which is linked here. This is what I am using. Works great! I got mine off eBay for about the same price.
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