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Upgrading an A500 to KS40/68 wb3.1
« on: April 16, 2011, 05:49:00 PM »
I have an Amiga 500 which has been upgraded to ECS and Workbench 2.05.  The hardware hacks were done at this time to make the Fat Agnes and Denise work and everything.

Are there any addition hardware modifications required to install a WB3.1 Kickstart chip in there, or is it merely a case of swapping the 2.05 chip for the 3.1 chip?

The reason I ask is because there is one of those kickstart switchers inside the A500 with the 1.3 and 2.05 Kickstart chips on it.  A few years ago I put the replaced the 2.05 chip with the 3.1 chip and I couldn't get it to work.  I put the 2.05 chip back in.
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Re: Upgrading an A500 to KS40/68 wb3.1
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2011, 06:38:19 PM »
Thanks guys.  I'll give it another try sometime when I have a weekend and a tinkering bug.
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