Tag: boot rom

Adds 8 MB of Fast RAM and a bootable 44-pin IDE controller at the Amiga 500 CPU socket.

The assembled Lotharek revision exposed a login-or-register-to-buy path on 2026-07-27; the original Oleg Mishin design files, ROM, firmware, software, and four-layer PCB are public. The box contains only the board. Kickstart and Workbench 1.3 or newer can autoboot without a patched scsi.device. A socketed CPU makes installation simple, but an unsocketed CPU must be desoldered. Pin 1 must be observed when attaching CF or SD hardware because a reversed adapter can destroy the CPLD. The open repository documents the original A500 design, while the current seller alone claims A500 Plus support for its revised hardware.

Modifies an Amiga 1000 to boot Kickstart from four EPROMs while retaining access to its 256 KB daughterboard RAM.

This is an advanced board-level modification, not a plug-in board. It requires a GAL16V8A, four 27C512 EPROMs, a legally obtained Kickstart image, device programming, desoldering, jumper installation, and PCB trace cuts.

Combines 8 MB of fast static RAM with an optional 512K boot ROM and built-in IIgs debugging software.

The card was out of stock on 2026-07-24. The optional ROM portion makes the assembly wider than a plain memory card; check clearance around long slot cards, especially in slot 7.

Open 64-pin ROM SIMM with selectable 32-bit-clean System 6 and System 7.1 ROM disks for six 68030 Macintosh models.

The assembled Tindie module was out of stock on 2026-07-24 and had been sold out since May 7, 2025. Hardware, software, and fabrication files remain public. Most tested 68030 accelerators work, but some 68040 accelerators do not; select the stock IIsi or IIx ROM when the custom image is incompatible. Only 8 MB of the 16 MB flash can be selected at once, with the computer powered off before changing the switch.

Open RTL8019 Ethernet card that brings NE2000-compatible networking to 8-bit ISA computers.

The fully assembled card was out of stock on Tindie on 2026-07-25 and had been sold out since December 15, 2025. Open KiCad files, Gerbers, software, and a separate bare-PCB path remain available. A DIY build needs a unique valid MAC address and surface-mount RTL8019 assembly.

Current and buildable replacement ROMs for early compact Macs with a customizable bootable ROM disk and HD20 support.

On 2026-07-24 JCM showed eleven 128K/512K modules and nine Plus modules in stock. Infinity Products also listed standard and spare-ROM kits without an out-of-stock marker. Installation requires opening the Macintosh, removing its ROMs, and soldering three or four address and write lines to the mainboard. BMOW provides the original parts list, Gerbers, assembly instructions, Flash Tool, and ROM data.

Replaces the stock ROM SIMM with a 32-bit-clean flash ROM, bootable ROM disk, and HD20 support.

The BMOW store showed the Carbon SIMM as sold out on 2026-07-14. It is incompatible with DayStar PowerCache and Turbo accelerators.

Replace a Macintosh ROM SIMM with reprogrammable flash for custom ROMs and, with 2 MB of flash, a bootable ROM disk.

The GGLABS Tindie store was taking a break on 2026-07-27, but EconoSimm remains buildable from published files. EconoSimm requires a roughly 1.2 mm PCB so it fits the ROM socket, four compatible PLCC-32 flash chips, and a standard flash programmer with a PLCC32-to-DIP adapter. Its author says the BMOW SIMM programmer may work but has not tested it. The bootable 1.5 MB ROM disk requires 2 MB of flash and a correctly prepared image.

Moves an SE/30 ROM onto a PDS card, bypassing the aging ROM SIMM socket and adding a bootable 2 MB ROM disk.

The store listed the PDS ROM Card at $39 with selectable flashed-ROM and chipless configurations on 2026-07-27. The vendor does not support chipless purchases because programming and ROM preparation can be difficult. A long-term installation should replace the included test clip with a soldered jumper.

Provides a programmable 2 MB Macintosh ROM SIMM using four socketed PLCC32 flash chips.

The current page offered populated and chipless versions in multiple PCB colors on 2026-07-24. Its dated notice says the red PCB alone was out of stock on 2026-04-26, with black and purple also listed.

Replaces the Apple III boot ROM so SOS can boot directly from compatible ProDOS block storage.

JCM showed eight programmed replacements in stock on 2026-07-24. Existing boot images are not automatically compatible: users must install the project's modified boot loader, SOS.KERNEL, and drivers or use a prepared image. The ROM normally searches slots 4 through 1 for a ProDOS block card and falls back to the internal floppy.