If you own ..
- A1000 Rejuvenator
- A1000 org. "virgin"
- A1000 nailed on the wall
- A4000D
- org. Amithlon
.. then its easy to to some hardware stuff on the "nailed" MoBo.
(My so called "Holzbrett" A1000 testarea)

Twinkick, Twinkick3.9, Kickwork3.1 and KickTOS are done on the "virgin" A1000.
Regarding the A500-banner on a1k.org .. ask the big boss aPEX.