Removing a DKB Kwickstart

[DiskChris]

Cracking open my recently acquired A1000, I found this little beauty: a DKB Kwickstart...although I was really hoping to keep it as original as possible, so I'm thinking of removing it. But I'm not exactly sure how to remove it. There are 2 wires going from the Kwickstart to the WCS daughterboard...can I just cut them?? I also noticed there's a 3rd wire (indicated by the arrow in the second picture) going from one chip to another, what's up with that??

[mechy]

yea, you can remove them, but note what chip and pin each wire goes to and write it down just in case-keep a note with the switcher. Its best to not leave any wire hanging off the chips since it can act as a antenna.

[Matt_H]

Oh, I would leave that thing installed! Seems like it would make life with the A1000 much simpler. The hardware database entry also says that it replaces a PAL on the daughterboard. Not sure if using that replacement PAL without the switcher could have any side effects. Plus the new PAL means you can't quite put it back to stock condition

[mechy]

Oh, I would leave that thing installed! Seems like it would make life with the A1000 much simpler. The hardware database entry also says that it replaces a PAL on the daughterboard. Not sure if using that replacement PAL without the switcher could have any side effects. Plus the new PAL means you can't quite put it back to stock condition

good catch there matt.. A1000's are still plentiful in the USA so getting another would be simple.

[JimS]

Not only that, but if you remove it, you'll have to find a kickstart floppy and use it to boot up.

[DiskChris]

Good point about the PAL chip....I see there's a jumper labeled "ROM" and "Disk" but switching it doesn't seem to make a difference...oh well...I managed to put 1.3 in there instead of 2.04. I noticed the hardware database says that you can't use the WCS as ram, because the larger 2.0 rom, being 512k instead of 256k, uses the address space...However, since I put in 1.3 which is 256k, shouldn't I be able to it as ram now? Looks like the original Kwikstart can do it. Also, anyone know what that keyboard shortcut they talk about would be for switching roms on the kwikstart II?