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Re:Installing A/UX 1.1 like it's the 90s by FireBeyond on Sunday July 05, 2026 @05:32PM (#48798155)
Yeah, that was similar to Amiga and the Kickstart concept, initially on floppy, then as a separate ROM module. Going from AmigaOS 1.3 to 2.0 with the applicable Kickstart ROM gave you a whole new UI layer.
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Re:Installing A/UX 1.1 like it's the 90s by ramijames on Sunday July 05, 2026 @08:31PM (#48799420)
I miss the Amiga.
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Re:Installing A/UX 1.1 like it's the 90s by a96 on Monday July 06, 2026 @06:19AM (#48802757)
Yes. It was a pretty big chunk, too. Floppies were around 880k and base model RAM sizes were 512k to few MB. Having better part of a meg of libraries in ROM really helps fit more stuff in. And it was possible to load RAM patches or shadow things IIRC.

https://www.amigaforever.com/kb/15-127

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Re:Installing A/UX 1.1 like it's the 90s by FireBeyond on Monday July 06, 2026 @10:31AM (#48805196)
RAM: and RAD: the RAM drive and the Recoverable RAM Drive - because putting things in memory that can survive a reboot isn't just for virii!
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