Kickstart Roms Explained - Revision history

Harrison: /* Upgrading to Kickstart 3.1 ROMs */

Harrison — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:10:17 GMT

Upgrading to Kickstart 3.1 ROMs

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	Hopefully this will help all those thinking of upgrading their Amiga to Kickstart 3.1. Please ask on the [http://forum.classicamiga.com classicamiga forum] if you have further questions.		Hopefully this will help all those thinking of upgrading their Amiga to Kickstart 3.1. Please ask on the [http://forum.classicamiga.com classicamiga forum] if you have further questions.
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		+	== Why upgrade from Kickstart 3.0 to Kickstart 3.1? ==
		+
		+	If you own an A1200 or A4000 with Kickstart 3.0 Roms installed, then you might wonder what the advantages are, and why it is worth upgrading to the newer 3.1 roms. Here are some of the main changes 3.1 offers over 3.0.
		+
		+	* 3.0 cannot run AmigaOS later than 3.1 (it doesn't support loading in modules from AmigaOS updates like 3.1 does)
		+	* 3.1 contains many bug fixes to the libraries both internally and on the disk
		+	* 3.1 is more up-to-date
		+	* 3.1 supports the Akiko chip when used on a CD32
		+	* 3.1 supports the extra CD32 libraries that are built into ROM (namely lowlevel.library and nonvolatile.library)
		+	* 3.1 contains minor improvements to RTG handling
		+	* 3.1 contains the additional datatypes: ANIM and CDXL
		+	* 3.1 introduces a small delay whilst checking for hard drives. This gets around the old 3.0 bug whereby a hard drive is not always recognised from cold boot.

	==Software compatibility==		==Software compatibility==

Harrison: /* 3.0 vs 3.1 - The difference between the two */

Harrison — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:07:03 GMT

3.0 vs 3.1 - The difference between the two

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	Finally we have Kickstart 3.1. This was a big update to kickstart 3.0 code which fixed many bugs in the original 3.0 roms, but in use not much was actually noticeably different. The newer A1200's and A4000's made had these roms as standard but the older 3.0 based AGA Amigas needed to be upgraded. The 3.1 roms were also included as standard in the CD32. And the 3.1 roms still remain the newest version available.		Finally we have Kickstart 3.1. This was a big update to kickstart 3.0 code which fixed many bugs in the original 3.0 roms, but in use not much was actually noticeably different. The newer A1200's and A4000's made had these roms as standard but the older 3.0 based AGA Amigas needed to be upgraded. The 3.1 roms were also included as standard in the CD32. And the 3.1 roms still remain the newest version available.

-	~~== 3.0 vs 3.1 - The difference between the two ==~~

-	~~Why is it worth upgrading from Kickstart 3.0 to Kickstart 3.1?~~
-
-	* 3.0 cannot run AmigaOS later than 3.1 (it doesn't support loading in modules from AmigaOS updates like 3.1 does)
-	* 3.1 contains many bug fixes to the libraries both internally and on the disk
-	* 3.1 is more up-to-date
-	* 3.1 supports the Akiko chip when used on a CD32
-	* 3.1 supports the extra CD32 libraries that are built into ROM (namely lowlevel.library and nonvolatile.library)
-	* 3.1 contains minor improvements to RTG handling
-	* 3.1 contains the additional datatypes: ANIM and CDXL
-	* 3.1 introduces a small delay whilst checking for hard drives. This gets around the old 3.0 bug whereby a hard drive is not always recognised from cold boot.

	==Kickstart versions summary==		==Kickstart versions summary==

Harrison: /* Kickstart Roms, what are they? */

Harrison — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:05:56 GMT

Kickstart Roms, what are they?

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	Finally we have Kickstart 3.1. This was a big update to kickstart 3.0 code which fixed many bugs in the original 3.0 roms, but in use not much was actually noticeably different. The newer A1200's and A4000's made had these roms as standard but the older 3.0 based AGA Amigas needed to be upgraded. The 3.1 roms were also included as standard in the CD32. And the 3.1 roms still remain the newest version available.		Finally we have Kickstart 3.1. This was a big update to kickstart 3.0 code which fixed many bugs in the original 3.0 roms, but in use not much was actually noticeably different. The newer A1200's and A4000's made had these roms as standard but the older 3.0 based AGA Amigas needed to be upgraded. The 3.1 roms were also included as standard in the CD32. And the 3.1 roms still remain the newest version available.
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		+	== 3.0 vs 3.1 - The difference between the two ==
		+
		+	Why is it worth upgrading from Kickstart 3.0 to Kickstart 3.1?
		+
		+	* 3.0 cannot run AmigaOS later than 3.1 (it doesn't support loading in modules from AmigaOS updates like 3.1 does)
		+	* 3.1 contains many bug fixes to the libraries both internally and on the disk
		+	* 3.1 is more up-to-date
		+	* 3.1 supports the Akiko chip when used on a CD32
		+	* 3.1 supports the extra CD32 libraries that are built into ROM (namely lowlevel.library and nonvolatile.library)
		+	* 3.1 contains minor improvements to RTG handling
		+	* 3.1 contains the additional datatypes: ANIM and CDXL
		+	* 3.1 introduces a small delay whilst checking for hard drives. This gets around the old 3.0 bug whereby a hard drive is not always recognised from cold boot.

	==Kickstart versions summary==		==Kickstart versions summary==

Harrison: /* References */

Harrison — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:51:41 GMT

References

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	==References==		==References==
	* [[User:Harrison\|Harrison]]		* [[User:Harrison\|Harrison]]
-	* [http://forum.classicamiga.com Classicamiga Forum] (2008) - [http://forum.classicamiga.com/showpost.php?p=32977&postcount=6 3.1 upgrade list] by [[User:woody.cool\|woody.cool]]; forum.	+	* [http://forum.classicamiga.com Classicamiga Forum] (2008) - [http://forum.classicamiga.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32977&postcount=6 3.1 upgrade list] by [[User:woody.cool\|woody.cool]]; forum.

	[[Category: Hardware]][[Category: Kickstart ROMS]]		[[Category: Hardware]][[Category: Kickstart ROMS]]

Harrison: /* References */

Harrison — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:13:22 GMT

References

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	* [[User:Harrison\|Harrison]]		* [[User:Harrison\|Harrison]]
	* [http://forum.classicamiga.com Classicamiga Forum] (2008) - [http://forum.classicamiga.com/showpost.php?p=32977&postcount=6 3.1 upgrade list] by [[User:woody.cool\|woody.cool]]; forum.		* [http://forum.classicamiga.com Classicamiga Forum] (2008) - [http://forum.classicamiga.com/showpost.php?p=32977&postcount=6 3.1 upgrade list] by [[User:woody.cool\|woody.cool]]; forum.
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		+	[[Category: Hardware]][[Category: Kickstart ROMS]]

Harrison: /* Kickstart versions summary */

Harrison — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:53:11 GMT

Kickstart versions summary

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	\| align="left" \|		\| align="left" \|
	\|-		\|-
-	\| align="center" \| '''3.9'''	+	\| align="center" \| '''[[Kickstart 3.9\| 3.9]]'''
	\| align="center" \| 45.x		\| align="center" \| 45.x
	\| align="center" \| 3.9		\| align="center" \| 3.9

Harrison: /* Kickstart versions summary */

Harrison — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:52:01 GMT

Kickstart versions summary

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	\| align="center" \| 1993		\| align="center" \| 1993
	\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]		\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]
-	\| align="~~right~~" \|	+	\| align="left" \|
	\|-		\|-
	\| align="center" \| '''3.1'''		\| align="center" \| '''3.1'''
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	\| align="center" \| 1993		\| align="center" \| 1993
	\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]		\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]
-	\| align="~~right~~" \|	+	\| align="left" \|
	\|-		\|-
	\| align="center" \| '''3.1'''		\| align="center" \| '''3.1'''
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	\| align="center" \| 1994		\| align="center" \| 1994
	\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]		\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]
-	\| align="~~right~~" \|	+	\| align="left" \|
	\|-		\|-
	\| align="center" \| '''3.9'''		\| align="center" \| '''3.9'''
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	\| align="center" \| 2006		\| align="center" \| 2006
	\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]		\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]
-	\| align="~~right~~" \| A custom made scene ROM for Workbench 3.9. Included KS3.1 files + 3.9 AmigaOS ROM Update. ROM can be built and tailored to exact system needs, leaving out device libraries that are not used, and adding others that are needed.	+	\| align="left" \| A custom made scene ROM for Workbench 3.9. Included KS3.1 files + 3.9 AmigaOS ROM Update. ROM can be built and tailored to exact system needs, leaving out device libraries that are not used, and adding others that are needed.
	\|}		\|}

Harrison: /* Kickstart versions summary */

Harrison — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:51:27 GMT

Kickstart versions summary

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	\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]		\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]
	\| align="right" \|		\| align="right" \|
		+	\|-
		+	\| align="center" \| '''3.9'''
		+	\| align="center" \| 45.x
		+	\| align="center" \| 3.9
		+	\| align="left" \| [[A1200]], [[A4000]], [[A4000T]]*
		+	\| align="center" \| 2006
		+	\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]
		+	\| align="right" \| A custom made scene ROM for Workbench 3.9. Included KS3.1 files + 3.9 AmigaOS ROM Update. ROM can be built and tailored to exact system needs, leaving out device libraries that are not used, and adding others that are needed.
	\|}		\|}

Woody.cool: /* Kickstart versions summary */

Woody.cool — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:41:46 GMT

Kickstart versions summary

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	\| align="left" \| Autoconfig now fixed, first Kickstart release that can boot from Hard Drive. Most common ROM versrion for A500s		\| align="left" \| Autoconfig now fixed, first Kickstart release that can boot from Hard Drive. Most common ROM versrion for A500s
	\|-		\|-
-	\| align="center" \| '''1.4 Alpha'''	+	\| align="center" \| '''1.4 Alpha'''<br />'''1.4 Beta'''
-	\| align="center" \| 36.15	+	\| align="center" \| 36.15<br />36.16
-	\| align="center" \| 1.4 Alpha	+	\| align="center" \| 1.4 Alpha<br />1.4 Beta
	\| align="left" \| [[A3000]]		\| align="left" \| [[A3000]]
	\| align="center" \| 1989		\| align="center" \| 1989
	\| align="center" \| 256 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]		\| align="center" \| 256 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]
-	\| align="left" \| Used by many A3000s as an internal bootstrap ROM, which then boots 1.3 or 2.04 depending on what you select.	+	\| align="left" \| Used by many early A3000s as an internal bootstrap ROM, which then boots 1.3 or 2.04 depending on what you select.
	\|-		\|-
	\| align="center" \| '''2.0'''		\| align="center" \| '''2.0'''

Woody.cool: /* References */

Woody.cool — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:35:09 GMT

References

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	==References==		==References==
	* [[User:Harrison\|Harrison]]		* [[User:Harrison\|Harrison]]
-	* [http://forum.classicamiga.com Classicamiga Forum] (2008) - [http://forum.classicamiga.com/showpost.php?p=32977&postcount=6 3.1 upgrade list] by woody.cool; forum.	+	* [http://forum.classicamiga.com Classicamiga Forum] (2008) - [http://forum.classicamiga.com/showpost.php?p=32977&postcount=6 3.1 upgrade list] by [[User:woody.cool\|woody.cool]]; forum.

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	\| align="left" \|		\| align="left" \|
	\|-		\|-
-	\| align="center" \| '''3.9'''	+	\| align="center" \| '''[[Kickstart 3.9\| 3.9]]'''
	\| align="center" \| 45.x		\| align="center" \| 45.x
	\| align="center" \| 3.9		\| align="center" \| 3.9

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	\| align="center" \| 1993		\| align="center" \| 1993
	\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]		\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]
-	\| align="~~right~~" \|	+	\| align="left" \|
	\|-		\|-
	\| align="center" \| '''3.1'''		\| align="center" \| '''3.1'''
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	\| align="center" \| 1993		\| align="center" \| 1993
	\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]		\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]
-	\| align="~~right~~" \|	+	\| align="left" \|
	\|-		\|-
	\| align="center" \| '''3.1'''		\| align="center" \| '''3.1'''
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	\| align="center" \| 1994		\| align="center" \| 1994
	\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]		\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]
-	\| align="~~right~~" \|	+	\| align="left" \|
	\|-		\|-
	\| align="center" \| '''3.9'''		\| align="center" \| '''3.9'''
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	\| align="center" \| 2006		\| align="center" \| 2006
	\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]		\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]
-	\| align="~~right~~" \| A custom made scene ROM for Workbench 3.9. Included KS3.1 files + 3.9 AmigaOS ROM Update. ROM can be built and tailored to exact system needs, leaving out device libraries that are not used, and adding others that are needed.	+	\| align="left" \| A custom made scene ROM for Workbench 3.9. Included KS3.1 files + 3.9 AmigaOS ROM Update. ROM can be built and tailored to exact system needs, leaving out device libraries that are not used, and adding others that are needed.
	\|}		\|}

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	\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]		\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]
	\| align="right" \|		\| align="right" \|
		+	\|-
		+	\| align="center" \| '''3.9'''
		+	\| align="center" \| 45.x
		+	\| align="center" \| 3.9
		+	\| align="left" \| [[A1200]], [[A4000]], [[A4000T]]*
		+	\| align="center" \| 2006
		+	\| align="center" \| 512 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]
		+	\| align="right" \| A custom made scene ROM for Workbench 3.9. Included KS3.1 files + 3.9 AmigaOS ROM Update. ROM can be built and tailored to exact system needs, leaving out device libraries that are not used, and adding others that are needed.
	\|}		\|}

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	\| align="left" \| Autoconfig now fixed, first Kickstart release that can boot from Hard Drive. Most common ROM versrion for A500s		\| align="left" \| Autoconfig now fixed, first Kickstart release that can boot from Hard Drive. Most common ROM versrion for A500s
	\|-		\|-
-	\| align="center" \| '''1.4 Alpha'''	+	\| align="center" \| '''1.4 Alpha'''<br />'''1.4 Beta'''
-	\| align="center" \| 36.15	+	\| align="center" \| 36.15<br />36.16
-	\| align="center" \| 1.4 Alpha	+	\| align="center" \| 1.4 Alpha<br />1.4 Beta
	\| align="left" \| [[A3000]]		\| align="left" \| [[A3000]]
	\| align="center" \| 1989		\| align="center" \| 1989
	\| align="center" \| 256 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]		\| align="center" \| 256 [[Ram Explained\|KB]]
-	\| align="left" \| Used by many A3000s as an internal bootstrap ROM, which then boots 1.3 or 2.04 depending on what you select.	+	\| align="left" \| Used by many early A3000s as an internal bootstrap ROM, which then boots 1.3 or 2.04 depending on what you select.
	\|-		\|-
	\| align="center" \| '''2.0'''		\| align="center" \| '''2.0'''