harald@leo.UUCP ( Harald Milne) (05/20/88)
Slap me if this is silly.
Does anybody know if the CMI kickstart eliminatir ROM's for the A1000
are in fact the same type of ROM in the A500/A2000. If so, the ROM's
could be replaced using the CBM ROM set as oppossed to CMI.
Anybody know if CMI is alive and kicking, and still willing to supply
upgrade ROM's?
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UUCP: uunet!ccicpg!leo!haraldbaer@percival.UUCP (Ken Baer) (05/22/88)
In article <3071@leo.UUCP> harald@leo.UUCP ( Harald Milne) writes: > > Slap me if this is silly. > > Does anybody know if the CMI kickstart eliminatir ROM's for the A1000 >are in fact the same type of ROM in the A500/A2000. If so, the ROM's >could be replaced using the CBM ROM set as oppossed to CMI. > > Anybody know if CMI is alive and kicking, and still willing to supply >upgrade ROM's? I saw the CMI guys a couple of weeks ago, and they were still smiling, so I would say that they are indeed still in business, and doing quite well. They said that they will have some kind of trade-in policy for the e-proms to upgrade to 1.3 Kickstart. I don't think the chip is physically the same as the KS ROM in the A500/A2000. I have the CMI Kickstart Eliminator in my A1000, and have been very happy with it. Incidentally, CMI has a bunch of new goodies coming out that look quite nice. They have a couple of MIDI boxes that look good (I'm not really a MIDI person though). They also are coming out with a daughter board that plugs into the 68000 socket, that has the new faster 68000. They said that it will increase CPU intensive operations by about 35%, and it will cost $149. The board will also have a socket for a Math coprocessor (not included). Looks like a good compromise for someone who wants more speed but doesn't have the $$$ for a 68020 board. Disclaimer: I have no financial relationship with CMI, they a just a bunch of nice guys who make nice products. -- -Ken Baer. // Hash Enterprises: When the Going gets Weird, the Weird go Professional \X/ USENET - ...tektronix!reed!percival!baer OR baer@percival.UUCP, BIX - kbaer, "while (AINTGOTNOSATISFACTION) { do stuff }" - RJ Mical
schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS) (05/23/88)
In article <3071@leo.UUCP> harald@leo.UUCP ( Harald Milne) writes: > > Does anybody know if the CMI kickstart eliminatir ROM's for the A1000 >are in fact the same type of ROM in the A500/A2000. If so, the ROM's >could be replaced using the CBM ROM set as oppossed to CMI. > Im not sure about CMI's KickStart kit, but I do know the 2 products from Michigan Software (A KickStart replace kit, and a dual KickStart kit for the 500/2000) use 4 EPROM's where the 500/2000 use 1 ROM. So in this case (and I would guess the CMI case), NO the CBM ROM could not be used. -- Dan "Sneakers" Schein uucp: {ihnp4|allegra|burdvax|rutgers}!cbmvax!sneakers Commodore AMIGA ARPANET: cbmvax!sneakers@uunet.uu.net 1200 Wilson Drive Bix: dschein Plink: Dan*CATS West Chester PA 19380 phone: (215) 431-9100 ext. 9542 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Call BERKS AMIGA BBS - 24 Hrs - 3/12/2400 Baud - 40Meg - 215/678-7691 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Quote: Those who worked the hardest Gary Ward - Oklahoma State are the last to surrender baseball coach