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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: bawsack on October 31, 2005, 04:43:46 PM

Title: A1200 classic model running AmigaOS 3.5/3.9
Post by: bawsack on October 31, 2005, 04:43:46 PM

I was wondering if it is possible to run a newer OS on my old A1200 as I am running 3.0 just now.

Thanks! Justin

(cool to be here :p)

Title: Re: A1200 classic model running AmigaOS 3.5/3.9
Post by: Lando on October 31, 2005, 04:49:42 PM

Hi you can install 3.5 or 3.9 on your A1200 but you will need some fast ram, a CDROM drive, and 3.1 ROMs.

Title: Re: A1200 classic model running AmigaOS 3.5/3.9
Post by: bawsack on October 31, 2005, 04:51:29 PM

Could you tell me where I can get the hardware?  :-P

Thanks
Justin

Title: Re: A1200 classic model running AmigaOS 3.5/3.9
Post by: Lando on October 31, 2005, 05:45:22 PM

You can buy from Amigakit (http://www.amigakit.com) or of course from Ebay (http://www.ebay.co.uk).  For example you could buy this (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Amiga-1200-Typhoon-030-accelerator-SCSI-24Mb-RAM_W0QQitemZ8229286555QQcategoryZ98928QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem), and add an external SCSI CDROM, and these (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Amiga-1200-Kickstart-ROM-3-1-40-68-warranty_W0QQitemZ8229461489QQcategoryZ98928QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) 3.1 ROMs.

Title: Re: A1200 classic model running AmigaOS 3.5/3.9
Post by: InTheSand on October 31, 2005, 07:17:32 PM

@bawsack:
What do you currently have in your A1200 in terms of additional hardware? Anything? Or just a hard drive and the stock 2Mb fast / 2Mb chip RAM?

 - Ali

Title: Re: A1200 classic model running AmigaOS 3.5/3.9
Post by: bawsack on November 01, 2005, 10:10:58 AM

I currently have OS 3.0, with an external hard drive, something in the region of 500MB. I think I have 2MB fast RAM and 8MB other memory, apart from that am not too sure!!

Justin

Title: Re: A1200 classic model running AmigaOS 3.5/3.9
Post by: orange on November 01, 2005, 01:52:48 PM

CDROM is not absolutely neccesery for installing OS3.9 but it might be for updates (boingbags).
I'd reccomend Vesalia for buying KS3.1 ROMs

Title: Re: A1200 classic model running AmigaOS 3.5/3.9
Post by: bawsack on November 01, 2005, 06:52:27 PM

Thanks very much for your kind help, I have looked at AmigaKit and I think I'll invest into a new 1200 with everything included. which will be easier :P :D