new computers... Finally!

From: Paul Braun <nerdware_at_laidbak.com>
Date: Thu Sep 2 22:33:42 1999

From: John Rollins <rexstout_at_uswest.net>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: new computers... Finally!

<<snip>>

> >the screen should show a hand holding a disk that says WORKBENCH.
> Don't you need the disk for that? Or is it in ROM?
>

The Kickstart code on an A500 is in rom. It should boot to the
point where the bitmap of the hand holding the disk comes up
without any user intervention. It's the Kickstart rom that's the OS
loader -- you'll need the Workbench floppy from then on.

Always used my 500 on a 1040s monitor, so I can't comment on
the RF output. I never used the modulator for the Amiga.





Paul Braun
NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
nerdware_at_laidbak.com
www.laidbak.com/nerdware
Received on Thu Sep 02 1999 - 22:33:42 BST