The board doesn't really need support underneath, unless you happen to throw your Amiga down a flight of stairs on a regular basis! As it says in the listing, this was originally designed for a Kawai R100 drum machine which always have at least 3 or 4 ROM's installed. We have sold dozens of these kits to AMIGA owners, presumably for various models, and we have never had anyone get back to us complaining of any issues. Thats why the full measurements are given with the caveat 'whether it would physically fit into the casing you would have to investigate yourself'.Īll that is stated for certain is that it physically fits in an A2000. To be fair it does specifically state on more than one occasion in the description that this was not specifically designed for an A500 and we have no idea if it would fit in an A500. You should take the same anti-static precautions when handling the kickstart ROM's as you would when handing RAM for a computer. The kit can be installed without doing any soldering, although you will need a drill. The installation guide for the Kawai R100 can be found HERE, Obviously installation into an AMIGA will be different in terms of positioning, but the basic connection principles are the same. The kit includes the ROM switcher board, a rotary switch mounted on its own custom PCB, and a connector cable.

We know that the switcher PCB fits and works fine in an AMIGA A2000 (see the photo above sent to us by a customer) and purely in terms of electronics it will work with any AMIGA that uses a single chip kickstart. Please note, we cannot offer support or advice for installing this into an AMIGA computer. We have sold dozens of these kits to AMIGA owners worldwide, and have never had any complaints about the board not fitting a specific machine. Please let us know if you successfully install this switcher into any of the above machines. The board measures 85mm x 63mm and with ROM's installed it will reach approximately 18mm above the socket it sits in. A500, A500+, A600, A1500, A2000, but whether it would physically fit into the casing you would have to investigate yourself. It turned out that it can also be used as a Kickstart ROM switcher for use in any AMIGA computer that uses a single kickstart ROM i.e. The kit allows the installation of 4 ROM's which can be freely selected at any time using the supplied rotary switch. This was originally designed as a no solder sound ROM switcher kit for the Kawai R100 drum machine, which stores its drum samples on 40 pin ROM's.

Kickstart 1.3 rom