KICK-FLASH For all Amiga models with KickStart ROMs
Be prepared for Kickstart V3.5! Kickflash is a special kind of ROM-Swapper for the KickStart-ROM(s) of your Amiga. Being different from regular ROM-Swappers, Kickflash doesn't have room for a second or third ROM chip. Instead, it has got flash memory that can hold a KickStart ROM image. You can write any version of KickStart into this memory and have it available after the next reboot. Flash memory is non-volatile, that means, it doesn't lose it's contents when power is switched off. On the other hand, it's electrically erasable. As soon as the new Kickstart V3.5 is available, you can easily have it as a rom. It has already been announced that nobody will produce mask ROMs of Kick 3.5, so Kickflash is your only chance to get rid of the inconvenient reboot for re-kicking the new ROM. Additionally, re-kicking uses memory, and Kickflash does not, so you can use your FastMem for more important things. You can also use Kickflash to make your computer compatible with old software by programming Kickstart V1.3 or 2.0 into the flash - it's up to you! If something should go wrong while "flashing" a new version (power failure, computer crashes) there is no need to panic! Just switch back to your ROM, and the computer will start normally. Even when the switch is set to "ROM" instead of "flash", the flash can be written and verified. The operation just takes a few seconds. For protection against viruses, the flash memory can be write-protected. Kickflash will be available from October 1998. Three different versions will suit the different Amiga versions. Product Pricing
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