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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: dannyp1 on December 30, 2006, 03:37:14 PM

Title: A4000T OS 3.1 question
Post by: dannyp1 on December 30, 2006, 03:37:14 PM

I know that there was a different 3.1 os for the a4000t computer than for the other Amiga models.  My question has to do with when you upgrade to os3.5 and os3.9, there is not a special version for the a4000t.  Does the upgrade program recognize the different computer and load some different files or are they all the same for all Amiga models?  If this was the case would it make it ok to start with the standard 3.1 os system on the a4000t (rather than the a4000t specific) and the upgrade makes the a4000t changes or are there files from the a4000t 3.1 os that always stay the same through the upgrades?   Dan  

Title: Re: A4000T OS 3.1 question
Post by: Doobrey on December 30, 2006, 04:14:13 PM

The difference with the A4000T was that it had the driver for the onboard SCSI in the Kickstart ROMs. But 'cos it was already pretty full, they had to make some space for the driver by moving the workbench.library out of the ROM and putting it onto disk instead.
 
 OS3.5 and 3.9 updates that apply to different models of the Amiga are handled by SetPatch , it can figure out what Amiga it's running on and only apply the updates that it needs to load at boot, so there's no need to have different 3.5/3.9 discs for each model.

If you've got a working 3.1 installation, it should just be a simple matter of popping in the CD, and following the prompts from the installer.

Title: Re: A4000T OS 3.1 question
Post by: Erol on December 30, 2006, 04:43:20 PM

I have a question..

is the A4000T IDE connector buffered?  or using a 3rd party zorro card better?

Title: Re: A4000T OS 3.1 question
Post by: dannyp1 on December 30, 2006, 04:53:29 PM

My problem is that I am going to start from the beginning and create a whole new system on the a4000t.  There is an error on my a4000t 3.1 install disk which prevents it from installing.  Do I have to acquire new a4000t 3.1 disks or can I start with 3.1 disks from my a4000 desktop and the correct files for the a4000t will then be installed when I upgrade with my 3.9 cd?

Title: Re: A4000T OS 3.1 question
Post by: Erol on December 30, 2006, 05:41:58 PM

@dannyp1

OS 3.9 will install the extra updated drivers you need to insure it installs workbench.library from the install.

Title: Re: A4000T OS 3.1 question
Post by: Erol on December 30, 2006, 05:52:02 PM

http://os.amigaworld.de/index.php?lang=en&page=1

patch  updates above for OS3.5/3.9

Title: Re: A4000T OS 3.1 question
Post by: NoFastMem on December 30, 2006, 06:09:09 PM

Re: A4000T IDE buffer

http://amiga.resource.cx/mod/a4000t.html