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From: C503719@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Baird McIntosh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: ?Multi-ROM board(s) supported?
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Date: 13 Oct 90 16:07:40 GMT
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There has been an advertisement in the past few issues of Amigaworld about
a 'Kickstart Board' which "[plugs...] into the KICKSTART ROM's socket.  You
can install up to three KICKSTART ROMs on [the] board...all [accessible]
at the flick of a switch!  Works with ALL Amiga computers and accessories
such as processor accelerators."

The price is $44.95 from UTILITIES UNLIMITED OF OREGON, INC.  Now, is this a
real, shipping product (anyone, anyone?)?  Also, is $45 too high a price?
Finally, and most importantly, is this type of thing sanctioned by Commodore
or do Commodore's engineers (hint hint) see anything wrong or incompatible
in using a board like this?  I know it would void the warranty, but will it
really let you run old (1.x,1.3) software and then power down, flip a switch,
and run 2.0?  Give me your opinions.  (Did I have to ask? :-)

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