On the subject of kickstart loading, Lance Lyon had this to say...   
    LL> * In a messge originally to Benny Pedersen, Wendell Watanabe said:   
   WW>> Well, I am an owner also! But, not really a user anymore. My first   
   WW>> Amiga sits in the rec room (along side a old Mac), but neither is   
   WW> even plugged in.   
      
    LL> Oh - mine still gets used - I'm able to afford all those things   
    LL> now (via  eBay) that I couldn't when the machine was new :-)   
      
   cool! Would be kinda neat to do the same with mine. I guess my first   
   purchase would have to be a hard drive but I don't even rememeber what   
   options were available for adding one.   
      
    LL> Just picked up another one, one with the replacement Phoenix mobo,   
    LL>  hasn't arrived yet, but looking forward to playing with it when   
    LL> it does.   
      
   hmm, now that I think of it, I actually have two myself! But one (which   
   I really bought just for the keyboard!) sits in the garage. Don't know   
   if it still boots up.   
      
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