arstechnica.com— Part five of our series on the history of the Amiga covers the computer's bumpy road under Commodore's ownership, including marketing missteps and missed opportunities.
Dec 10, 2007View in Crawl 4
Wasn't a big chunk of the OS in ROM ie. Kickstart? The only downside was at some point you had to yank the ROM's out physically to upgrade the OS (IIRC?) correct me if I'm wrong. The result was ridiculous boot times. A basic 2.0 / 3.1 system could boot before you could blink.
badqatDec 11, 2007
I'd heard that IBM had that for years before they actually deployed it...couldn't see a use for it.
mcanadaDec 11, 2007
Wasn't a big chunk of the OS in ROM ie. Kickstart? The only downside was at some point you had to yank the ROM's out physically to upgrade the OS (IIRC?) correct me if I'm wrong. The result was ridiculous boot times. A basic 2.0 / 3.1 system could boot before you could blink.
Closed AccountDec 11, 2007
I know what you mean. I am truly nestalgic for nestaglia.
twikkertDec 11, 2007
Who dares enter the sacred and awesome presence of the everlasting know-it-all, Yogurt?!
mcanadaDec 14, 2007
Best racing sim ever = "Hard Driving" and the loop de loop"
lolo2007Jan 29, 2008
The most annoying Amiga feature was the interlace flicker. Granted, it was what made the machine a natural for video editing, a la the Video Toaster, but having to chose low contrast colors for the workbench just to minimize the effect and the resultant eye strain was a peeve.<a class="user" href="http://download.paramegsoft.com/">http://download.paramegsoft.com/</a><a class="user" href="http://www.paramegsoft.com/forum/">http://www.paramegsoft.com/forum/</a>