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From: rick@tmiuv0.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga 1000/ AmigaOS 2.0 / Expanded Memory
Message-ID: <3215@tmiuv0.uucp>
Date: 18 Jul 90 13:19:04 GMT
References: <7102@scolex.sco.COM>
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In article <7102@scolex.sco.COM>, brianm@sco.COM (Brian Moffet) writes:
> Could someone explain to me why the expansion memory to be used
> for Amiga OS 2.0 has to be the first item on the bus (on a 1000)?
> 

[discussion on perceptions of autoconfig deleted]

The reason (as I understand it) that a RAM card must be the first auto-
configged (hey, a new word!) module is that the KickIt program loads
KickStart into RAM and doesn't use the ROMs on the system.  Why?  Because
KickStart 2.0 is 512K, not 256K like 1.3 is.

The result of this is that the system has to find KickStart 2.0 right away,
and it's in the first RAM card.

Now, I haven't really looked at the KickIt code, so I could just be blowing
smoke here.  Hazy could certainly tell you for certain, as could several
other CBMites.

> brian moffet

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