Kickstart

E200311

AmigaOS component ROM-based firmware firmware

Kickstart is the ROM-based firmware of the Commodore Amiga computers that initializes the hardware and loads the AmigaOS.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Kickstart canonical	2
Kickstart 1.0	2
Kickstart ROM	2
Kickstart 1.1	1
Kickstart 1.2	1
Kickstart 1.3	1
Kickstart 2.0	1
Kickstart 2.04	1
Kickstart 2.05	1
Kickstart 3.0	1
Kickstart 3.1	1
Kickstart 3.1.4	1
Kickstart 3.2	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1774675 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kickstart
Context triple: [Commodore Amiga 1000, operatingSystemComponents, Kickstart]

A. The Start-up of You
The Start-up of You is a career strategy book that applies entrepreneurial principles to personal and professional development, co-written by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.
B. Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
Rise of the Rest Seed Fund is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage startups located outside traditional tech hubs in the United States, aiming to support entrepreneurial ecosystems in overlooked regions.
C. Karma Bridges
Karma Bridges is the daughter of American rapper and actor Ludacris (Christopher Brian Bridges).
D. Bootjack
Bootjack is a small unincorporated community located in Mariposa County, California, near the Sierra Nevada foothills and the gateway to Yosemite National Park.
E. Kick
Kick was the affectionate nickname of Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish, the socially prominent and charismatic sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kickstart
Target entity description: Kickstart is the ROM-based firmware of the Commodore Amiga computers that initializes the hardware and loads the AmigaOS.

A. The Start-up of You
The Start-up of You is a career strategy book that applies entrepreneurial principles to personal and professional development, co-written by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.
B. Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
Rise of the Rest Seed Fund is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage startups located outside traditional tech hubs in the United States, aiming to support entrepreneurial ecosystems in overlooked regions.
C. Karma Bridges
Karma Bridges is the daughter of American rapper and actor Ludacris (Christopher Brian Bridges).
D. Bootjack
Bootjack is a small unincorporated community located in Mariposa County, California, near the Sierra Nevada foothills and the gateway to Yosemite National Park.
E. Kick
Kick was the affectionate nickname of Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish, the socially prominent and charismatic sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	AmigaOS component ⓘ ROM-based firmware ⓘ firmware ⓘ
alternativeDistributionForm	Kickstart disk (early Amiga 1000) ⓘ
architecture	Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
compatibleWith	Workbench ⓘ
contains	bootstrap code ⓘ device drivers ⓘ dos.library ⓘ exec.library ⓘ graphics.library ⓘ intuition.library ⓘ
developedBy	Commodore International ⓘ
distributionForm	ROM chip ⓘ
hasVersion	Kickstart self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kickstart 1.0 Kickstart self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kickstart 1.1 Kickstart self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kickstart 1.2 Kickstart self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kickstart 1.3 Kickstart self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kickstart 2.0 Kickstart self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kickstart 2.04 Kickstart self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kickstart 2.05 Kickstart self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kickstart 3.0 Kickstart self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kickstart 3.1 Kickstart self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kickstart 3.1.4 Kickstart self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kickstart 3.2
introducedWith	Commodore Amiga 1000 ⓘ surface form: Amiga 1000
license	proprietary ⓘ
loads	AmigaOS ⓘ
partOf	AmigaOS ⓘ
primaryFunction	hardware initialization ⓘ operating system loader ⓘ
provides	graphics subsystem initialization ⓘ input/output services ⓘ kernel services ⓘ multitasking support ⓘ system libraries ⓘ
region	worldwide ⓘ
storedIn	ROM ⓘ
supportsFeature	custom chipset initialization ⓘ preemptive multitasking ⓘ
usedFor	boot process of Amiga computers ⓘ
usedOnPlatform	Commodore Amiga 1000 ⓘ surface form: Amiga 1000 Commodore Amiga 1200 ⓘ surface form: Amiga 1200 Commodore Amiga 2000 ⓘ surface form: Amiga 2000 Commodore Amiga 3000 ⓘ surface form: Amiga 3000 Commodore Amiga 4000 ⓘ surface form: Amiga 4000 Commodore Amiga 500 ⓘ surface form: Amiga 500 Commodore Amiga 600 ⓘ surface form: Amiga 600 Amiga ⓘ surface form: Commodore Amiga

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commodore Amiga 1000 → operatingSystemComponents → Kickstart ⓘ

Commodore Amiga 1000 → kickstartVersionAtLaunch → Kickstart ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kickstart 1.0

Commodore Amiga 500 → operatingSystem → Kickstart ⓘ

AmigaOS → bootMethod → Kickstart ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kickstart ROM