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From: plav@cup.portal.com (Rick M Plavnicky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: kickstart prompt on a 2000? why not! (silly)
Message-ID: <33441@cup.portal.com>
Date: 1 Sep 90 20:20:51 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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I was going through some _old_ articles this morning and ran across one
from ecarroll@vax1.tcd.ie (Eddy Carroll) written on 17 Jun 90 20:31:10 GMT.
In <6342.267be88f@vax1.tcd.ie> he writes:

>In article <4444@munnari.oz.au>, ianr@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Ian ROWLANDS) write
> 	Is it possible to get the KickStart disk prompt on the 2000 (basically
>> like the 1000)? I know it can be done on a 500. Yes, it can be done on a 500
> because I have a program that does it. Problem is, I don't have any KickStart
>> disks to test it!
>> 
>> 	Please tell me if it is possible, and point to any programs that do it.
>> 
>> 				Ian
>
>It's not possible on a (standard) A2000 and it's not possible on an A500
>either. If the program you have is the same one somebody uploaded to a local
>BBS a while ago, it simply prints out a message when you insert a Kikstart
>disk (I can't remember the exact details).
>
>Think about it: To load Kikstart from disk requires either 256K of RAM which
>can be configured to appear at $FC0000, or relocating every single absolute
>memory reference in Kikstart to point into a suitable area of system RAM.
>The former is only possible on an A1000 or an MMU-equipped Amiga, and the
>latter isn't really practical without an immense amount of work.
>-- 
>Eddy Carroll           ----* Genuine MUD Wizard  | "You haven't lived until
>ecarroll@vax1.tcd.ie                             |    you've died in MUD!"
>ecarroll%vax1.tcd.ie@cunyvm.cuny.edu             |  -- Richard Bartle


Well, I'm *sure* that this isn't what the original poster had in mind, but
here's a little program that WILL allow you to "get the KickStart disk prompt
on the 2000."  Worth a chuckle.  Especially with the way the newsgroup's been
lately, I think we can use one.

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