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Yeah, that was similar to Amiga and the Kickstart concept, initially on floppy, then as a separate ROM module. Going from AmigaOS 1.3 to 2.0 with the applicable
by FireBeyond 3mo ago
Yeah, that was similar to Amiga and the Kickstart concept, initially on floppy, then as a separate ROM module. Going from AmigaOS 1.3 to 2.0 with the applicable Kickstart ROM gave you a whole new UI layer.
- ramijames 3mo agoI miss the Amiga.
- a96 3mo agoYes. It was a pretty big chunk, too. Floppies were around 880k and base model RAM sizes were 512k to few MB. Having better part of a meg of libraries in ROM really helps fit more stuff in. And it was possible to load RAM patches or shadow things IIRC. https://www.amigaforever.com/kb/15-127 https://www.amigaforever.com/kb/15-127
- FireBeyond 3mo agoRAM: and RAD: the RAM drive and the Recoverable RAM Drive - because putting things in memory that can survive a reboot isn't just for virii!