CompuServe Messages

JB >> "Older machines are maked on the left side with *1989 COMMODORE AMIGA 2000 and MADE IN GERMANY […] For these boards the ROM IC must have Pin 1 connected to Pin 31". Hmmmm… even Commodore's instruction sheet for the 2.04 ROM was more detailed. The A500's with rev 3 & 5 motherboards, needed the wire to signal the system that the 2.04 Kickstart ROM was a 512K chip instead of the 256K ROM chip used for 1.2 & 1.3. Later revisions of the A500 & A2000 could detect the presence of either a 256K or 512K ROM. I would assume the same is true for the 3.1 ROM, if it is 512K. It will need the wire for systems that can't detect 512K ROMs without help. — JB >>Make the pin 1-31 connection, plug it in, power up. Nothing. Remove the pin 1-31 connection, plug it in again, power up. Works.<< The side affect of having an Amiga that can detect either a 256K or 512K ROM. These systems get confused by the wire. — JB >>Wonder if I should repartition my hard drive and start over?<< Yes. To install the WHOLE system you will need more than 2.2-megs of Boot space. However, you might get away with installing the basics on the boot partition, and the extras on another partition. I, myself, have a 10-meg partition just for the Workbench, and any 3rd party files that with the Workbench (3rd party libraries, devices, fonts, etc.) So far, I've filled 7-megs of the 10-meg partition, but could reduce the amount used to 5-megs if I removed 3rd party fonts, patterns, and pics. Ron. – ("I'm not stupid, I'm not expendable, and I'm not going!" – quote made by any low level RPG player.)