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From: LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A1000 Kickstart Questions (for 2.0 hardware hack)
Message-ID: <90210.130137LEEK@QUCDN.BITNET>
Date: 29 Jul 90 17:01:37 GMT
Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
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I am working on a PD hardware project to allow A1000 owners to run 2.0.
                  --  (yeap !!)
I have some questions...

Can anyone please tell me when and where the kickstart WCS is write protected ?
Is it in Boot Rom or in Kickstart ?

Right now I have added an extra 256K ram chip at f80000 to fbffff successfully.
The problem is that the extra decoding address line A18 is tangled in the PAL
equations that perform the write protect function among other things.  I need
the info to continue this project.

Will Commodore licence an official 2.0 Kickstart rom image on a floppy ?

I can see quite a few might want a legal copy.

(BTW the hardware hack for putting 2.0 in 32-bit ram for the Lucas/Frances
should be as simple as soldering a piece of wire.  I can't give any details as
it is still on my drawing board.)

Thanks in advance.

K. C. Lee

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