Running a newer OS than 1.x on an A1000

[Vanfanel]

I had heard that such a thing was possible, so I do some searching, where I came across a page detailing the process involved in booting a newer than 1.x AmigaOS on an A1000. Using a program to load it into ram and softkick, then another program to reclaim the WCS and use it as normal memory. However, I never bookmarked the page, and my Google-Fu doesn't lead me back to it. I'm doing this just for kicks and giggles, as I'm really only using my A1000 (the only Amiga I own, currently) for games. Thanks.

[ElPolloDiabl]

It would probably involve copying a rom image from an A500/A2000. It does ring a bell what you mentioned.

[quarkx]

I inherited an A1000 that was running (really) OS 3.0, from a good friend's father when he passed away. The previous owner did have a Spirit 1000 board and 1 meg of sidecar Ram (3 megs in total) he also did some mods to run Stepper motors and hard drives of of it. I have A1000 3.0 kickstart and workbench disks for it. Unfortunately, that particular A1000 didn't work when I received it, so I can not really say exactly how he did it. I have tried to boot my other A1000 from those disks but I get the RED screen (which I believe means RAM-not enough of it). I foolishly sold the Spirit board and the side car ram, believing I would never get another A1000 in nice shape- which I eventually did.Now trying to replace them is next to impossible, without paying an arm and a leg. There is a photo on a very old thread of the A1000 Daughter board, and the mods that were done too it- somewhere in the archives of this site, but I am unsure if the mods made to that board were for the stepping motors and drives or for the OS upgrade. The main board looked like it was untouched, but possibly the ROMS were upgraded with Eproms.

[clusteruk]

I used to run rekick (i think) that used to put my OS2.04 disk image rom into fast ram and remap. It also used to the free up the KickRam memory 256mb. You could then run Workbench 2.04.

You need at least 2mb ram really for thisand a hard drive but I used to use it all the time. Well in the late 80's.

[Vanfanel]

I used to run rekick (i think) that used to put my OS2.04 disk image rom into fast ram and remap. It also used to the free up the KickRam memory 256mb. You could then run Workbench 2.04.

You need at least 2mb ram really for thisand a hard drive but I used to use it all the time. Well in the late 80's.

That sounds pretty familiar. No HD as of yet, but I have a Spirit 1000 and a Starboard with Upper Deck on the way, so memory is covered.

[save2600]

I've used TwinKick for "kicks" on my floppy based A1000... lol   But I wonder, now that I have a 68kIDEcf adapter, if it would boot OS3.1 off the CF card or if it'd just hang after Kickstart 1.3 loads and that's the potential problem. Program always wants to load 1.3 first and then 3.1 after it resets itself. But perhaps 1.3 wouldn't see the 68kIDE device and continue loading 3.1? I'll have to give that a try someday. Would be superior if TwinKick simply asked which Kickstart you'd like to load upon a cold startup  

http://aminet.net/package/util/sys/twinkick

[JimS]

I think there was a hack on Aminet to modify the A1000 to take a 2.x/3.x Kickstart ROM.

Try this one:

http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/20rom_A1000

I have a DKB Kwikstart board in my 1000... Holds both a 1.x and a 2.x ROM... Never upgraded it to 3.x