Kickflash OS4 (Zorro) - what exactly does it do?

[motorollin]

I'm planning some cool toys for my yet-non-existent A4000, which I'm hoping to buy soon. I'm thinking about getting a Kickflash OS4 but I want to check it actually does what I think it does. Am I right in thinking that it will let me flash it with a 3.1 ROM image with all of the OS3.9 ROM Updates and some BlizKick modules too, and it will be available even from cold boot? Does it need to run a utility to make the Amiga use the ROM on the KickFlash instead of the real Kickstart chips? What is the significance of the OS4 in the name of the product? Does it only work with OS4, or will it work ok with 3.9?

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moto

[motorollin]

Just what I needed to know. Thanks! Anybody know how it works?

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moto

[motorollin]

I saw your thread about adding the ata3.driver to a ROM image and burning it an an EPROM. The code is not 'ROM-able' so it won't execute even if you insert it in to a ROM image. The same applies for the Kickflash I'm afraid.

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moto

[motorollin]

Well, at least until somebody modifies the code to make it ROM-able. Then you will be able to insert it in to a ROM image. That sort of thing is a bit beyond my skills. You may want to talk to Doobrey if you're interested in hacking the drive to make it ROM-able.

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moto

[motorollin]

The Algor is much more expensive than the Kickflash, and I don't have any real need to use USB devices with my Amiga. At less than 30 quid including postage, I think the Kickflash is a bargain :-)

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moto

[motorollin]

Good idea. I'm excited :-)

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moto