Kickstart 3.9
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Kickstart 3.9 Information
Kickstart 3.9?
You are not reading that wrongly. However there is no official Kickstart 3.9 ROM released by Commodore, or any other Amiga based companies. Kickstart 3.9 is a custom scene ROM created by the Amiga community for use with AmigaOS3.9.
What is the Point?
This is a good question considering AmigaOS 3.9 boots fine using a Kickstart 3.1 ROM. However when you normally boot an Amiga into AmigaOS 3.9 it has to first run setpatch to add the additional AmigaOS ROM Update for 3.9 from DEVS:, and then the system reboots before actually loading AmigaOS 3.9.
This custom 3.9 ROM removes the Amiga's need to first run the setpatch reboot.
How is this achieved?
The custom 3.9 ROM is build using the files from the original Kickstart 3.1 ROM, and the files from the AmigaOS 3.9 ROM updates are combined with them, and a new ROM is built which contains both. Therefore allowing the Amiga to boot into AmigaOS 3.9 without first needed to patch the system. Clever, huh?
