Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!plav 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) Lines: 252 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. 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