News from Hyperion

[djbase]

...with heavy cardboard box, dedicated emergency floppy and glossy Quick Start manual, brought professional production values back to the Amiga platform which have not been seen since the demise of Commodore.

Oh really? What about OS3.5/3.9? Were these not professional productions?

[djbase]

i think they mean the fact OS4 is theoretically sold in a cardboard box with a manual. OS3.9 was only ever a CD, but I remember OS3.5 came in a box, with a (thin) manual.

OS3.9 had only a jewel case with a booklet and an option of a heavy book, thats right but due to the fact that the cardbox of OS4 was send as DIY Kit to most of the customers and not build or wrapped like the OS3.5 box I wouldn't call this a professional production either.

[djbase]

It's all in the emergency boot floppy.

Could you load OS3.5/3.5 on a vanilla machine? Could you boot from an appropriate floppy rescue disk if needed?

iirc 3.5 and 3.9 had no emergency rescue disk: you had to create one as you went along?

So it all belongs to the boot disk? I don't remember about 3.5 but 3.9 can create such a disk if needed. I don't see the point why OS3.5/3.9 is no professional production. Maybe Hyperion should take less drugs.