#2.1 vs 3.0 Software?
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Folks:
I have 2.04 software, and want to upgrade (I bought a used A3000, and this
is what the original owner had), but I don't know if I should upgrade to 2.1
or 3.0. I know the latest version of 2.x is 2.1, what is the latest ver of
3.x? Is there any reason not to upgrade to 3.x? I have seen many ads in
mags for upgrades to 2.1, but I haven't seen anyone advertising upgrades to
3.x — are they available?
Thanks in advance for any & all help,
–Phil
Philip,
The current version of 2.x is 2.1. 3.x is not (yet) available for purchase.
3.0 comes with the 1200 and 4000 and 3.1 is shipped (in Europe) in with the
CD32.
Phil,
Hi. I see you bought an A3000. Give me some details, please.
V. 2.01 is the latest version of the OS for the A3000. I believe that
V. 3.0 is only for the A4000 and A1200 with the AGA chip set. I haven't
heard anything about its availability for the A500/2000/3000.
Dom Fontana
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Dom,
a Germany company does make a Kickstart 3.0 board for A500/A2000. It
should have been shipping by now but C= is said to have problems
delivering the 3.0 ROMs from Taiwan (the spokeman said it was partly due
to that burnt-down factory but I doubt that…). So we have to wait and
see. I ordered one a few weeks ago from Mainhattan Data near Frankfurt
('Mainhattan' is a nickname of Frankfurt because it lies at the river Main
and it is the only city in Germany with a true skyline of skyscrapers,
resembling Manhattan).
The maker/distributor is:
OMEGA Datentechnik
Junkerstrasse 2
D-26123 Oldenburg
F.R.G
Phone: ++49-441/82257
Fax : ++49-441/885408
// Chris coming in from Germany
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Hi Christian
How much are you paying for it???
Gary Giles
Yap Yap all the way from the UK Via Autopilot
Sorry, forgot the price…
They take DM 99.00 which is roughly US$ 60.00.
They also offer a kind of adapter which re-locates the Kickstart ROM away
from its original socket (via a multi-ribbon cord) so you can use the
adaptor with accelerator cards that use the 68000 socket (like the CSA-MMR
et al.). this ships for DM 30.00 (about 18 Dollars).
They also wanted to have a complete set (with ROMs, Floppies and Docs) out
until September which was about DM 200 (I'm not sure about this price
though…).
I believe it takes the original 2-ROM-Sets (Hi/Lo) as in the A1200.
// Chris coming in from Germany
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Chris
Thanks for the reply. I like to here more when you get your new board.
Gary Giles
Yap Yap all the way from the UK Via Autopilot
Christian,
Those 3.0 ROMs, is it a 2 ROM package? (a high and a low one) Here in
Holland some company is offering these ROMS. Only for use with the
1200/4000. Costs 25 Dutch guilder per ROM.
Do you have more info about 3.0Kickboard?
Ernest Otte
Cruising on ….. AutoPilot 1.06
Thanks for the info, Chris.
Dom Fontana
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