Short: MapROM tool for Blizzard (1260 too!) turbos. V1.4. Author: e-mail not available (Harry Sintonen) Uploader: jtynkkyn@planet.fi Version: 1.4 Type: util/batch Requires: OS 1.0+, Blizzard turbo with MAPROM feature BlizKick is used to rekick any Kickstart ROM image with blizzard turbo boards having MAPROM feature (jumper). It has been tested with Blizzard A1230-III and A1260 boards. Kickstart 1.3 and 3.0 are currently only tested ROM images. BlizKick main features include: - Uses Blizzard board's own MAPROM feature (jumper). - No kickstart file preparation or similar is needed. You can just save any ROM image and give it to BlizKick! - Can make memory on Blizzard board LOCAL, bypass flashy boot of the board and speed up ROM boot. - Doesn't use MMU, KickMem, KickTag, ColdCapture or CoolCapture vectors. -> 100% transparent! - BlizKick is as OS compatible as possible: Doesn't use any additional memory (except those 512K), coolcapture, coldcapture, kickmem or kicktag vectors. - Works with KS 1.0+ There's really no use for this, except for restoring Kickstart 2.x/3.x after using Kickstart 1.x: There's no other "soft" way to restore original KS than using BlizKick again with the original ROM image! (that I know of...) Of course power-off will work too... :) - Tested with Blizzard 1230 @ 50MHz and Blizzard 1260 @ 50MHz turbo boards. - FreeWare! Copyright © 1996 PitPlane Productions. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 1233 595 51.7% 15-Jun-96 20:10:48 BlizKick.info 1431 796 44.3% 29-Jun-96 17:37:16 BlizKick.readme 2696 2033 24.5% 29-Jun-96 17:36:40 +BlizKick 33529 12877 61.5% 29-Jun-96 19:47:54 +BlizKick.guide 1830 1316 28.0% 03-May-96 21:00:48 +BlizKick.guide.info 1265 563 55.4% 29-Jun-96 17:38:42 +install_script 152 151 0.6% 06-May-96 11:09:04 +SaveROM -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 42136 18331 56.4% 09-Jul-96 20:32:26 7 files