| Well, from what I've heard, there will be a new Kickstart too.
That means that there will have to be a new rom for the 500 and
2000. Nothing has been said about how CBM will take care of that.
I would think that it will be fully compatible with 1.2 programs.
Most of the fixes are in the hard disc and file handlers, to speed
things up.
The latest issue of Amazing Computing is my source for this info.
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> As a lot of you are talking of workbench v1.3, I have a few questions
> on it:
> 1.- Does it mean also mean a new kickstart v1.3 will be implemented?
> 2.- If yes, how will it be done on the A500 and A2000 (ROM)
From what I've heard, there are hooks built into the current
Kickstart that allow it to tie into RAM-based software patches,
which are dragged in with everything else from the WB disk.
This was done to prevent having to change the KS ROM's all the
time.
I wish I could be more specific, but I don't have all the
details available.
-Art
"BOUNDED CHAOTIC MIXING PRODUCES STRANGE STABILITIES..."
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Well folks, it looks like my unimpeachable sources were wrong
about not needing a ROM change for A500/A2000 systems when
KS gets updated.... Here's the scoop from someone who should
know; I pulled it from USENET. Sorry for the confusion.
-Art
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>Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
>Path: decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!husc6!rutgers!cbmvax!daveh
>Subject: Re: The Amiga 2000 Keyboard. (Actually, A1000->A2000 stuff in general)
>Posted: 30 Jun 87 22:26:41 GMT
>Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
>> Anyway, the biggest thing that is keeping me from looking at these fancy
>> A1000->A2000 upgrades (other than lack of funds, which can be remedied,) is
>> the fact that I will be stuck with 1.2 in ROM.
>When the operating system gets revised, there will certainly be ROMs available
>in upgrade kits. This is no big deal, we're doing this with C128s and 1571s
>right now. And the A2000s only require one ROM, not three like the C128.
>Most people appreciate the faster bootup times, and don't mind trading daily
>aggrevation at having to insert Kickstart vs. aggrevation during new system
>releases (certainly less than once per year) in installing the new ROM. And
>it's easy enough to do, the ROMs are always socketed.
>--
>Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga Usenet: {ihnp4|caip|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh
>"The A2000 Guy" BIX : hazy
> "Catch a wave and you're sittin' on top of the world" -Beach Boys
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