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- From: plav@cup.portal.com (Rick M Plavnicky)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
- Subject: kickstart prompt on a 2000? why not! (silly)
- Message-ID: <33441@cup.portal.com>
- Date: 1 Sep 90 20:20:51 GMT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- I was going through some _old_ articles this morning and ran across one
- from ecarroll@vax1.tcd.ie (Eddy Carroll) written on 17 Jun 90 20:31:10 GMT.
- In <6342.267be88f@vax1.tcd.ie> he writes:
-
- >In article <4444@munnari.oz.au>, ianr@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Ian ROWLANDS) write
- > Is it possible to get the KickStart disk prompt on the 2000 (basically
- >> like the 1000)? I know it can be done on a 500. Yes, it can be done on a 500
- > because I have a program that does it. Problem is, I don't have any KickStart
- >> disks to test it!
- >>
- >> Please tell me if it is possible, and point to any programs that do it.
- >>
- >> Ian
- >
- >It's not possible on a (standard) A2000 and it's not possible on an A500
- >either. If the program you have is the same one somebody uploaded to a local
- >BBS a while ago, it simply prints out a message when you insert a Kikstart
- >disk (I can't remember the exact details).
- >
- >Think about it: To load Kikstart from disk requires either 256K of RAM which
- >can be configured to appear at $FC0000, or relocating every single absolute
- >memory reference in Kikstart to point into a suitable area of system RAM.
- >The former is only possible on an A1000 or an MMU-equipped Amiga, and the
- >latter isn't really practical without an immense amount of work.
- >--
- >Eddy Carroll ----* Genuine MUD Wizard | "You haven't lived until
- >ecarroll@vax1.tcd.ie | you've died in MUD!"
- >ecarroll%vax1.tcd.ie@cunyvm.cuny.edu | -- Richard Bartle
-
-
- Well, I'm *sure* that this isn't what the original poster had in mind, but
- here's a little program that WILL allow you to "get the KickStart disk prompt
- on the 2000." Worth a chuckle. Especially with the way the newsgroup's been
- lately, I think we can use one.
-
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