I person in Wisc, had a box for the A1000 that they were willing to sell
but naturally I lost their name. Could this person please e-mail me again?
JLW
JLW
1. A1000 - Upgrading Kickstart & WCS
Hello there Netters,
I have me a A1000 that I use 1.3 under. I _still_ get a lot of mileage
out of it, but it pisses me off that a lot of software dosen't work these
days. (I know, I shouldn't complain :^)
Here's the configuration:
Insider 1.5Mb memory expansion, Comspec SA1000 SCSI controller with
a Maxtor 213, Quantum LPS52, Seagate St296N, Comspec ARM Rom adaptor with
1.3 roms.
The ARM has a second bank for a ROM and takes A2000 ROMS.
What I'd like to do as the last hack, is get 2.0[4,5] ROMS or 3.[01]
ROMS for a 2000 and toss 'em in. Since I only have 1.5mb _now_ after
my environment loads up (I _really_ want to run CSH V5.37, damnit!),
I'd like to change the PALS on the daughter baord so I can
admem that 256K in.
I also seem to recall that there is a hack somewhere that involves
piggy-backing some 256K drams on either the 256K Chip mem expansion
or maybe on the motherboard to add an additional 256K. I've looked
all through AMINET for info on that one and the 431K "a1000hacks.lha"
file _might_ have it, but I can't read German to save my life.
In addition, I'm curious to know what the system RAM requirements are
for 2.x and 3.x, since I'm sure that they eat more memory just to start up.
I mean I can start the machine and end up with 1725-odd K free if I don't
load anything, and I'm curious to know what would be left if I were
to use these other OS versions.
Oh yeah, I wouldn't mind knowing if the 16Mhz 68000 hack is even worth
considering. And where I might get the info for that. Sigh.
Some of you might be wondering why I don't just shoot the machine,
put it and this article out of my misery, and buy a 1200 or a used
3000. Well, I'm kinda fond of this machine, and I intend to use it as
a console for my Klone when I get enough cash to get one. I want to run
UNIX (Linux), cause for the things I'm interested in, that's the
way I'm planning on going.
I really should have a Klone anyways. Seeing as I do PC Konsulting for
a living, anyways... :^)
In any event, Any pointers would be much appreciated.
Regards,
Steve
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