#UPGRADE WB2.0 FOR A1000
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PLEASE HELP. I HAVE AN A1000 AND AM LOOKING FOR OPTIONS, IF ANY, TO UPGRADE TO
KICKSTART 2.0 OR HIGHER AND WOULD LIKE WB2.0 SOFTWARE AND DOCS PREFERABLY IN A
COMPLETE PACKAGE, 2.0 OR HIGHER.WHAT CAN I DO AND WHERE CAN I OBTAIN THIS
PACKAGE?
I upgraded my A1000 by purchasing the DKB board Kwikstart II (not 100%
sure about the name, around $65). It installs in the CPU socket and has
two sockets: one for the 2.x ROM and one for the 1.3 ROM, if you need the
latter for e.g. old games.
It does require a little soldering, but anyone having tried to solder a
couple of times will be able to do it. Be very careful about the legs of
the DKB board. They break off easily!
The Commodore 2.0 package contains the 2.x ROM and the software
These parts you may find at some Amiga dealer or at a mail order company.
Regards, Jorgen ….from Roskilde, DENMARK (using LATIN-1)
Derrick,
there are – as far as I know – two programms out that allow you to use KICK 2.0
on your A1000. You need at least 1MB of continuous memory to run them. A 1meg
expansion in the front of the A1000 (with addmem) doesn't work out. One program
is called ZKick. I am not sure if it ever was on a fish disk but you can dl the
fish catalog in the amiga tech forum and check there. I have never seen this
whole thing working, but I am sure there is software out there.
Let me know if you need further help.
Frank