Kickstart was stored in 256 KB ROM chips for releases prior to AmigaOS 2.0. Many Amiga 1000 computers were modified to take these chips. Later Amiga models had Kickstart embedded in a ROM chip, thus improving boot times. Some A1000 software titles (notably Dragon's Lair) provided an alternative code-base in order to use the extra 256 KB for data.

The first Amiga model, the A1000, required that Kickstart 1.x be loaded from floppy disk into a 256 KB section of RAM called the writable control store (WCS). Version summary Kickstart versionĪmiga 500, Amiga 2000, Commodore CDTV, Amiga 3000Īmiga 500+, Amiga 600, Amiga 2000, Amiga 3000, Commodore CDTV-CRĪmiga 500, Amiga 600, Amiga 2000, Amiga 1200 For example, there were several Kickstart revisions designated as version 2.0. Confusingly, Commodore also used internal revision numbers for Kickstart chips. For most AmigaOS updates the Kickstart version number was matched to the Workbench version number.

Versions The default boot screen displayed under Kickstart 1.3Ĭommodore's AmigaOS was formed of both the Kickstart firmware and a software component provided on disk (with the software portion often termed as Workbench). Most Amiga models were shipped with the Kickstart firmware stored on ROM chips. Its purpose is to initialize the Amiga hardware and core components of AmigaOS and then attempt to boot from a bootable volume, such as a floppy disk. Kickstart is the bootstrap firmware of the Amiga computers developed by Commodore International. JSTOR ( July 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).

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