ScuzzBlog: Diaries August 2017
Entry 1st August 2017: Post: 2
KCS PowerPC Board
I have four of these KCS PowerPC boards . Three are in there original
packaging with manuals. The other is in the Checkmate. In addition I
have an extensive collection of pre-production disks with various
revision numbers setting out the timeline for the release.
Here is a note from the person I purchased a board from ....
August 2003: Titled KCS Power Board
This was supplied without software , as latest version available from
Aminet. Went onto their website (www schatztruhe.de ) and downloaded the
amiga.gdc, gdc and pc.gdc . Their site advises going into the shell,
making the CD the directory containing these files and entering the line ..
gdc amiga.gdc RAM:write
Did this and got the message can't find xpk library
Mailed KCS and they sent me the xpk master libraries . Concluded I had
to install these fully in order to run the shell line above. So left it
for now.
Copied the KCS drawer to 2 disks , also the xpk liraries , but written
on an A1200, so may be fast file system rather than the old file system,
so may need to recopy them to use directly on the A500. The KCS drawer
refers to the three files amiga.gdc , gdc and pc.gdc
http://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/car_libs_009.htm
http://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/car_0410/car_0410_184.jpg
I have all the disks. I also have an explanation on a disk for the
Checkmate explaining how to boot the machine. In short the card was
suppose to emulate a PC.
EASY PC .. ' Can a little widget the size of an internal ram expansion
really turn your A500 in to PC? Keith Pomfret sees 4,096 colours change
into 4 before his very eyes. September 1990 JAM 11.
The PC Emulator board wasn't cheap. In its day cost £320 and boasted
turning your Amiga into an IBM compatible PC. On the screen of the
Checkmate you will see a disk marker and thats where this story ends. I
use the 1060 to emulate PC. Better I use my IBM PC/1 for Windows 3.1 and
the 5.25" drive.
Going now.
scuzz
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