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Old 01-18-2008, 11:54 AM   #1
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Default Should an A600 work with a 1.2 Kickstart Rom (A500)?
I recently tried out an A600 I received without Kickstart ROM. The only one I had lying around was an A500 ROM, version 1.2. Is this supposed to work? The A600 only gave me a yellow screen and a blinking power LED. This is not the color code for a bad KS ROM (AFAIK), so I am afraid the A600 is faulty. :-?
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Old 01-18-2008, 12:10 PM   #2
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Default Re: Should an A600 work with a 1.2 Kickstart Rom (A500)?
Since you live in Germany, you can buy kickstart 2.05 roms + workbench from vesalia.de for 20 euro.
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Old 01-18-2008, 12:12 PM   #3
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Default Re: Should an A600 work with a 1.2 Kickstart Rom (A500)?
i think can't work, because, the KS1.2 does not have support to the PCMCIA, IDE, and i dont know if it can work with FULL ECS.

If i myth be wrong, anyone correct me (sorry for my bad english).
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Old 01-18-2008, 12:27 PM   #4
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Default Re: Should an A600 work with a 1.2 Kickstart Rom (A500)?
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i dont know if it can work with FULL ECS.
Sounds reasonable, 1.2 probably only works with OCS. Encourages me to rip apart one of my other 600s and try...
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Old 01-18-2008, 01:38 PM   #5
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It should work just fine, except that you obviously lose PCMCIA and IDE.
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Old 01-18-2008, 02:05 PM   #6
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Default Re: Should an A600 work with a 1.2 Kickstart Rom (A500)?
maybe 1.3 would be better.
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Old 01-18-2008, 02:15 PM   #7
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Default Re: Should an A600 work with a 1.2 Kickstart Rom (A500)?
I can verify that a 1.3 ROM works fine, since I have tested it in an A600. It'd be fair to say that a 1.2 ROM would work fine to. But, as Piru stated, not all parts of the 600 will be functional...
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Old 01-18-2008, 03:27 PM   #8
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Default Re: Should an A600 work with a 1.2 Kickstart Rom (A500)?
1.3roms worked for me too(no ide or pcmcia).The rom is smaller than the socket just like the A1200.
I did the same mistake(10years ago),lucky for me no damage was done unlike my A1200 2 years ago.
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Old 01-19-2008, 02:36 AM   #9
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Default Re: Should an A600 work with a 1.2 Kickstart Rom (A500)?
I plugged in a 2.05 ROM from another 600 and it works. Of course this only proves that this particular 1.2 ROM doesn't... Anyway, good to see the 600 isn't broken.
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Old 01-19-2008, 03:05 AM   #10
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Where is your IF command (and various other things that are built-in in KS2+)?
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Old 01-19-2008, 10:22 AM   #11
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Default Re: Should an A600 work with a 1.2 Kickstart Rom (A500)?
This caught my interest, so I tried the OS 1.2 ROM in an A500 -> works. Tried the 1.3 ROM which I took from that 500 in the A600 -> works aswell. Piru, I still can't believe you were wrong...
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Old 01-19-2008, 11:10 AM   #12
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Default Re: Should an A600 work with a 1.2 Kickstart Rom (A500)?
Thanks :-)

This thread helped me repair a broken A600 i have :-)

I once borrowed the ROM for a A500 projekt (or something?) because my A600 did not work. I found and replaced some caps an only had a kick 1.2 to test with.

I tried a 1.3 a few minutes ago.. And it works :-)

I had the same symptoms as descriped, constantly flashing power led.

YAY! I learned something today :-D
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