Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!itsgw!steinmetz!uunet!mcmi!ssbell!dale From: dale@ssbell.UUCP (Dale Miller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Kickstart in ROM Summary: KWIKSTART 1.2 ROM Board Keywords: kickstart eliminator, kwikstart Message-ID: <362@ssbell.UUCP> Date: 6 Feb 89 06:22:08 GMT References: <515@ivucsb.UUCP> Reply-To: dale@ssbell.UUCP (0000-Dale Miller) Distribution: usa Organization: Sterling Software, FSG-IMD, Bellevue, NE. Lines: 48 I purchased KWIKSTART to have kickstart in ROM. What is KWIKSTART and what does it do? KWIKSTART is an add on board that puts 1.2 KickStart (TM) permanently in ROM. Now when you power up your Amiga it is ready to read the Workbench disk without the delay that is normally associated with the disk based Kickstart system. This allows faster startup time and is ideal for things like Bulletin Board systems, turnkey systems and the office environment as well as for new or beginner users. KWIKSTART makes it easy to turn on the Amiga and go. KWIKSTART adds an additional 256K of memory to the Amiga! When you use the 1.2 ROM mode you cn access the 256K that is normally used by the disk base KickStart. Simply use the ADDMEM program (supplied with the kit) and you can start using 256K more, won't that come in handy for some of your larger programs and data base programs? The KWIKSTART Board can be powered up in the operating system of your choice! By selecting a jumper on the KWIKSTART Board you can power up under 1.2 OR you can power up with the Amiga asking for the normal disk based KickStart. KWIKSTART's operating system is now a toggle action type. You can toggle back and forth between the 1.2 ROM and Disk Based Kickstart. When you do a quick reboot (also known as a warm boot) the Amiga will stay in whatever operating system it was last in. When you do a reboot and hold those keys for more than 3 seconds the circuits on KWIKSTART will sense this change and toggle in the other operating system set. There after a quick reset will remain in that current operating system. Do a long reset and KWIKSTART will switch again. I purchased the Michigan Software KWICKSTART and Michigan Software INSIDER on February 18, 1988. It has a one year warranty. KWICKSTART listed for $169.95 then and the INSIDER listed for $349.95. I am very pleased with the combination. -- Dale Miller UUCP: dale@ssbell Sterling Software FSG/IMD INTERNET: dale%ssbell.uucp@uunet.uu.net 1404 Ft. Crook Rd. South Phone: (402) 291-8300 Bellevue, NE. 68005-2969 FAX: (402) 291-4362