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From: seebs@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (The Laughing Prophet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: KS Roms (on a '3k) Also, undocumented commands.
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Date: 2 Jun 91 09:43:02 GMT
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(I suppose it's not important to most people, but this is my first posting
since I got Ethernet attached to my amiga. Now, I wonder how long it will
be before I can get the server ends of rlogin/telnet and all that...)

A large number of people have been commenting about 'when 2.0 is burned in
rom'.

Why, oh why, would you put it in rom? I think putting KS in Ram is one of

the nicest things the amiga does - it allows me to switch os's at will. Sure
it takes memory - but so does Rom, just different memory. ;-) Seriously,
though, what's so great about having it in ROM? I see no clear advantage,
except for the ~2 seconds and ~512k of time and disk space involved, and
the 2 seconds only applies during a cold boot or a really bad guru. :)

Oh, and by the way: Our local C= dealer seems to have lost the newest
kickstart - they lent it to someone, who never returned it, I guess. Is
there any other way I can get it? Can I just copy their devs:kickstart or
do I have to do something arcane? Argh!


Re: Undocumented commands. Well, I keep seeing people around here told
'use CPU NOCACHE' or something like that. Well, I appear to have a command
called 'cpu' in my c: directory. Where did it come from? Appears to be
standard distribution. Where is it documented? Well? Does someone have
docs for this? Is there a reason for which it isn't mentioned in the
"System Software" documentation? (i.e., maybe it isn't so much system
software as, uhm, a really simple minded game...)

--SeebS--
Disclaimer: I was not of sound mind.
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Peter Seebach - The Laughing Prophet     |     |        Anonymous Posting Here!
I don't speak for St. Olaf, St. Olaf     |     |           seebs@acc.stolaf.edu
doesn't speak for me, and Marcel Marceau |     | "Forgive them Father, for they
speaks for no one.                       |     |        do not get the joke..."