Commodore Amiga kickstarter roms download - FS-UAE WINUAE By Super Mario Download 14:32 2 comments You will need this to start any Commodore Amiga emulator. The default boot screen displayed under Kickstart 1.3 Commodore's was formed of both the Kickstart firmware and a software component provided on disk (with the software portion often termed as Workbench). For most AmigaOS updates the Kickstart version number was matched to.
Workbench 1.3
Workbench 1.3, released in 1988 along with Kickstart 1.3, had a large number of changes over Workbench 1.2
There were a few revisions of Workbench 1.3, with the last official release being Workbench 1.3.4, the last of the official version 1 Workbench versions before System 2 (Kickstart 2 and Workbench 2), although there were alpha and beta versions of Workbench 1.4 and Kickstart 1.4.
Visually, while Workbench 1.3 retained the same default colours as the previous versions of Workbench, the first thing that is obvious is that the icons have been redrawn, with many of them having a pseudo 3 dimensional look to them. Most icons now also have an alternative image when they’re selected, instead of just inverting the colours used. The drawer icons show an open drawer when they’re selected, and Trashcan icon has it’s lid open when it’s selected. It all looks much nicer when compared to the look of the default Workbench 1.2 icons. Also, the floppy disk icons now look much more like actual floppy disks, with the distinctive Amiga rainbow tick (but as Workbench only displayed in 4 colours at this point, it wasn’t in the rainbow colours) on the disk label for the Workbench and Extras disk icons.
Workbench 1.3 Disk contents, no icons selected |
The Prefs icon changed to that of a drawer, as now there were separate icons for several pages of the Preferences editor, such as the mouse pointer editor, and the preferences for the printer. Also the ability to copy the preferences to a different disk was added.
Workbench 1.3 Disk contents, Prefs drawer selected. |
Workbench 1.2 Disk contents, Trashcan icon selected. | Workbench 1.3 Disk contents, Trashcan icon selected. |
For comparison purposes, here are several of the competing Graphical User Interfaces of the time:
Apple Macintosh System 6
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Introduction to Amiga Kickstart ROM
Amiga Kickstart ROMs are required in order to boot any Amiga computer. In addition to essential boot functions, Amiga Kickstart contains large parts of the Amiga Operating system (AmigaOS). All Amiga computers (except A1000) are shipped with a built-in ROM chip.
Since Amiga ROM-files are copyrighted, one is not allowed to use any version of the Amiga Kickstart ROM unless one;
- Owns an Amiga computer equipted with the corresponding ROM version.
- Purchases the ROM, either as hardware chip or as a software file.
Getting ROMs for Amiga emulation
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A common reason for obtaining the Amiga ROMs is emulation. The most popular Amiga emulator is WinUAE, which due to copyright reasons doesn't include (but requires) the Amiga Kickstart ROM files.
- A fast and easy way to get Amiga ROMs is buying the Amiga Forever emulation and support package. It contains all Amiga Kickstart ROMs from version 1.x to 3.x, including CDTV and CD32 extended ROMs. Amiga Forever makes emulation extremely easy by providing a one-click gaming interface, ready-to-run Amiga hard disks and more than 100 pre-installed Amiga games. Upon purchase Amiga Forever and the ROM-files becomes immediately available for download.
- A more difficult way to transfer the Kickstart ROM from Amiga to PC is using software such as Amiga Explorer. For this you will need a null-modem serial cable, or make the transfer over TCP/IP. This method is only recommended for experienced Amiga users.
Models and Kickstart versions
The table below illustrates the Amiga computer models and the corresponding Kickstart ROM versions.
| v1.1 | v1.2 | v1.3 | v2.04 | v2.05 | v3.0 | v3.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amiga 1000 | ¹ | |||||
| Amiga 500 | ||||||
| Amiga 2000 | ||||||
| Amiga 3000 | ||||||
| Amiga CDTV | ² | |||||
| Amiga 500+ | ||||||
| Amiga 600 | ||||||
| Amiga 600HD | ||||||
| Amiga 1200 | ||||||
| Amiga 4000 | ||||||
| Amiga 4000T | ||||||
| Amiga CD32 | ³ |
¹ Kickstart 1.1 was not stored in ROM, but loaded from floppy disk.
² Enhanced Kickstart with CD Boot, a CD player and card slot for saving game data.
³ Enhanced Kickstart with CD-filesystem, NV-RAM and the AKIKO chip.
Screenshots
Below are screenshots from the most common Kickstart versions. Click the thumbnails for full size images.
Amiga 500 Kickstart 1.3 Download
ROM 1.1 | ROM 1.2 | ROM 1.3 | ROM 2.04 |
ROM 2.05 | ROM 3.0 | ROM 3.1 |