3.1 ROMs on ebay....

[Jope]

There are several different kinds of labels for all "legit" roms too.. Back in the mid 90s there were probably some ESCOM burned 3.1 chips available, but nowadays, who knows. There have been no mask rom 3.1 chips to my knowledge, only burned ones. Some with a window under the sticker, some windowless.

Have you noticed how there's a neverending supply of ROM chips for each model still in every dealer's catalogue?

I'm pretty sure each dealer just burns them on demand and then pays Amigainc some royalties for them.. At least the idealist in me believes they pay. :-)

[Jope]

bigdan wrote:

not exactly true... i am writing an ebay guide on this subject.

Ah, hope I don't miss it. I'm eager to read any new info about this. :-)

[Jope]

alexh wrote:
Yes there were.

Amazing. :-)

Do you know whether these were sold as upgrades or inside Amiga Technologies made computers, or both?

[Jope]

Bigdan, when did you last buy a kickstart rom set?

Thinking about it, I have seen that picture before but I seem to have forgotten all about it.. All the 3.1 ROMs I've ever had were EPROMs with varying kinds of stickers on top of them.

Actually one set I have is burned to PLCC proms with a personality module and a sticker with ESCOM copyrights:

http://jope.fi/ks31pm.jpg
http://jope.fi/ks31rev.jpg

Sorry for the blurry shots, that's just about the best the Canon A520's macro mode can do this close.

Unfortunately this set no longer works. As you can see, there are exposed pins on the back of the casing and they shorted against my RBM Tower case one time.. The Roms are 99% working, but a few bits have changed.

I have also had sets like this, which are indeed EPROMS with a full length sticker on top:
http://www.vesalia.de/thumbs/kickstart-1-thumb.jpg

Vesalia's details page no longer shows chips like that, but instead they have the MX Mask Roms.

Another set like that:
http://www.planetmulti.de/v2/pic/A4000_Motherboard_big.jpg

So.. Some have more professional looking stickers and some are just dot matrix printed to Avery sticker sheets. If you want to have a 100% legal kickstart, who do you trust?