2 Sep
1999
2 Sep
'99
3:33 p.m.
From: John Rollins <rexstout(a)uswest.net>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: new computers... Finally!
<<snip>>
The Kickstart code on an A500 is in rom. It should boot to the
point where the bitmap of the hand holding the disk comes up
without any user intervention. It's the Kickstart rom that's the OS
loader -- you'll need the Workbench floppy from then on.
Always used my 500 on a 1040s monitor, so I can't comment on
the RF output. I never used the modulator for the Amiga.
Paul Braun
NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
nerdware(a)laidbak.com
www.laidbak.com/nerdware
the screen
should show a hand holding a disk that says WORKBENCH.
Don't you need the disk
for that? Or is it in ROM?