Stupid Amiga Tricks

From: Bill Sudbrink <wh.sudbrink_at_verizon.net>
Date: Thu Jun 10 16:25:42 2004

> > Your using an Amiga 1000. Its doesn't have its boot software (called
> > Kickstart) in ROM like every Amiga, so you need a Kickstart disk. I
> > originally typed boot firmware but then realised that made no sense in
> > this case :-)
> >
> > Amiga 1000 also has a different chipset that misses a few graphics
modes.
>
> So Commodore thought they could be successful at defying convention by
> giving the stripped down model a higher model number?
>
> They certainly were insane, weren't they?

Well, sort of the same.. (hmmm... not really but anyway...)

Ohio Scientific C4P:
Full 8K BASIC in ROM
Power it up, start typing in a prog or load one from cassette.

Ohio Scientific C4P-MF (mini-Floppy, cost much more):
Surely, it's just a C4P with the addition of a floppy controller and drive?
No (and stop calling me Shirley). The C4P-MF has a substantially different
CPU board with NO 8K BASIC in ROM. Only a bootstrap in a 1K ROM. Find a
C4P-MF? Nice doorstop unless you can get boot disks.
Received on Thu Jun 10 2004 - 16:25:42 BST

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