Amiga2.0
David,
2.0 has not yet been released to the public, except for the 3000. The
reason for this is that is has not been ready to burn into ROMS (until
recently). CBM did not want to burn the ROMs prematurely, as that would
have caused more problems than it was worth. The 3000 was an exception
because the new hardware design really needed some features that were not
in 1.3. Also, since the 3000 has a built-in MMU, it was an easy
(relatively) job for CBM to support a disk-based image of the Kickstart.
Also, I believe that CBM thought that 2.0 would have been ready a lot
earlier (like when the 3000 was scheduled to ship). They missed that one
🙂
Preliminary beta copies have been available to registered developers.
There are (and have been) risks involved with running the beta versions,
and the developers have been made aware of the potential dangers and of
various precautions one should take. You can contact Commodore about
becoming a registered developer – the cost is reasonable ($75 per year).
Or you can just be "just a little bit more patient", as all signs
indicate that 2.0 should be apparing "very very real soon now", although
nothing "official" has been announced by Commodore.
Hope this helps….
…BobR