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Amiga User Forum · Using 2.0 – 3.0

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#144036From: Ron LegroMay 7, 1994 6:15 PM

Ah. I just picked up an A1200 (not, at the moment, easy to find) which of course comes with WB 3.0. So gather from what you're saying that I can't reliably use the 3.0 diskettes to upgrade from 2.1 on my A2000. Right?

#144062From: Dale LarsonMay 7, 1994 8:08 PM

Go ahead and try. The install disk will tell you that you must have a 3.x ROM. — Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing

#144147From: Paul IdolMay 8, 1994 12:10 AM

It -has- been done, hasn't it? I mean, what would happen if you just changed the install script to fail on less than.. a V37 ROM? (That would be it, right?) Paul

#144208From: Dale LarsonMay 8, 1994 3:04 AM

Then you'd end up with something completely useless. All the libraries and c: commands and etc., won't work on less than a V39 ROM. It isn't that C= is trying to force you to buy a ROM. It's that the 3.0 disk set must have the 3.0 ROM to work. They depend on the new system routines. — Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing

#144287From: John M. VreelandMay 8, 1994 2:00 PM

Of course, if you can get the ROM routines and softkick them you should be all set. -Vree in Virginia

#144324From: Mario van GinnekenMay 8, 1994 5:56 PM

Dale, About the A2000 crusing on 3.1: I don't even think the A2000 is able te read the 3.1 Workbench-disks in 1.3-ROM. If I boot with 2.0 ROM the 3.0-workbench is booted normally, without error-messy's. MaRiO. -= MoToRoLa RuLeZ, InTeL FooLZ! =- /// 68o2o aGa OnBoarD …///\\\///

#144361From: Paul IdolMay 8, 1994 8:29 PM

Oh. I'd read about someone running 3.0 and getting great disk transfer speeds on a 1000. Paul

#144465From: Dale LarsonMay 9, 1994 8:00 AM

There are developer tools and kickstart images that let the right people do all kinds of things that can't legally be done by anyone else. — Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing

#144543From: Brian LoweMay 9, 1994 5:09 PM

Hi, Dale, >> It's that the 3.0 disk set must have the 3.0 ROM to work. << How, exactly, does one go about finding out the number associated with the ROM(s) in an A3000? My interest is that I am interested in using MOSAIC on the Amiga, but it says it requires OS3.0. I *just* installed 2.1; will I have to get new ROMs to run 3.0? If so, I'm afraid MOSAIC is out. TIA for any information. Brian

#144568From: Dale LarsonMay 9, 1994 7:29 PM

No one besides developers, A1200 users and A4000 users has 3.0 legally. — Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing

#144634From: Brian LoweMay 10, 1994 8:07 AM

Hi, Dale, >> No one besides developers, A1200 users and A4000 users has 3.0 legally. << I see. Do you know if it even *runs* on anything else. (Maybe a 486 machine? <G>) Brian

#144649From: Dale LarsonMay 10, 1994 9:50 AM

Yes I know. Of course 3.0 runs on A2k, A500, A3k, etc. If you have a kickstart ROM or other way to do kickstart. It has some bugs, and 3.1 is much better suited to the ECS machines (as well as fixing non-ECS specific bugs and adding some features). — Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing