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- From: terry@helios.UCSC.EDU (Terry Ricketts)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: WB 2.1.
- Message-ID: <1ermkgINNn4a@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 22:40:15 GMT
- References: <1equ23INNgah@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <1er042INNgq6@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <1992Nov23.205828.25523@sol.UVic.CA>
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- In article <1992Nov23.205828.25523@sol.UVic.CA> teece@sol.UVic.CA writes:
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- >Also I am not really clear on the 2 packages (floppy disks only vs ROM +
- >floppies.) If I understand it some 3000's have Kickstart in ROM and AmigaDOS
- >on the hard drive whereas others have everything in ROM. (Did I get that
- >right?) Will the floppy only kit work with the former type of 3000 or will
- >it be necessary at this time to go to a ROM installation? (thereby giving up
- >the ability to boot in 1.3 by holding down the mouse buttons.)
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- You have it almost right. The early A3000's have the kickstart in a file
- on the hard disk. The later ones have the kickstart in rom. Both have the
- dos on the hard disk.
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- The floppy only kit is for those users who have the 2.04 kickstart, eithor
- in rom or on the hard disk. The kit with the rom is for users who have not
- upgraded yet to 2.04 (& thus need a new rom), or for those early A3000
- owners who want to put the kickstart in rom rather than read it from the
- disk.
- Terry
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- | Terry Ricketts | Internet: terry@lick.ucsc.edu |
- | Senior Electronics Engineer | loel@lick.ucsc.edu |
- | UCO/Lick Observatory, Electronics Lab | Phone: 408-459-2110 |
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