Amiga 1000 boot ROM & Kickstart 27.5(!)

From: Mark <mark_k_at_iname.com>
Date: Wed Feb 24 10:58:19 1999

Hi,

Are there any people who have Amiga 1000s on this list? If so, please contact
me, even if you can't help directly with the things mentioned below.


Boot ROM
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Inside the A1000 there is a boot ROM whose purpose is to load Kickstart from
disk. In normal use -- after Kickstart is loaded -- this ROM is not visible.

I want to try and get the data from the boot ROM dumped to disk; it will be
interesting to disassemble this and see how it works.

To do this requires using a little trick (involving the RESET instruction),
which only works when Fast RAM is present. I can write a program to hopefully
allow the boot ROM data to be dumped. This would need to be run on an A1000
which has Fast RAM. Please let me know if you're interested in helping with
this.


Kickstart 27.5 and early Amiga demos
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Many years ago, I received a catalogue disk from an American company called
Chiron Conceptions Public Domain, who used to advertise in Amiga World
magazine.

Listed there were some very early Amiga demos, used for the Amiga launch in
1985. They require a pre-1.0 Kickstart, version 27.5, to work. I would really
like to get hold of any of these demos and Kickstart 27.5. Below is the
listing from the PD catalogue.

VERSION 27.5 DEMO DISKS
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CC-001 --VERSION 27.5 KICKSTART

                Prerelease version of Amiga Kickstart. Needed for some
        disks. (NOTE: Will not work on the Amiga 500 or 2000).


CC-002 --AMIGA SHOW STOPPER PAK

        Includes two of the demos shown at the Amiga debut at Lincoln Center:
        Eagle Demo
                Watch the eagle as it swoops over the digitized
                mountain range. Listen to it's screams as it glides across your
                screen! An endless loop demo.
        Ballet Stills
                A series of superb digitized graphic stills of a ballerina.
        (NOTE:Requires Version 27.5 Kickstart (CC-001) and thus will
        not run on the Amiga 500 or 2000).


CC-003 --ISLAND GRAPHICS DEMO SET

                A two disk set of graphics pictures and animations
        demonstrating the Amiga. Very nicely done.
        (Requires external disk drive & Version 27.5 Kickstart-(CC-001)
        and thus will not run on the Amiga 500 or 2000).


CC-004 --ELECTRONIC ARTS GRAPHICS DEMO

                A two disk set demonstrating Amiga's music, graphic,
        and voice abilities. Includes digitized voice, scenes from EA's
        Amiga software, music, and digitized photos.(NOTE: Requires 2
        drives, 512K, and Version 27.5 KickStart (CC-001) and thus will
        not run on the Amiga 500 or 2000).


Regards,
-- Mark
Received on Wed Feb 24 1999 - 10:58:19 GMT