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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: jimbob005 on February 04, 2007, 11:15:27 PM

Title: OS 3.9
Post by: jimbob005 on February 04, 2007, 11:15:27 PM

hi there alll what do i need to do to a a1200 to run amiga OS 3.9
thanks james

Title: Re: OS 3.9
Post by: djbase on February 04, 2007, 11:23:46 PM

Some RAM, hard drive, 68030 would a good start and a cd drive.

Title: Re: OS 3.9
Post by: Zero on February 04, 2007, 11:42:51 PM

3.1 ROMs...

 :-)

Title: Re: OS 3.9
Post by: AMC258 on February 04, 2007, 11:56:09 PM

It can be run without 3.1 ROMs, but that may be illegal.

Plus, one re-kick is already one too many!

Title: Re: OS 3.9
Post by: Minuous on February 05, 2007, 03:40:13 AM

For OS3.5, you need Kickstart 3.1 (or better), 68020+, and 2Mb of RAM. Probably OS3.9 is the same, you might need perhaps slightly more RAM though, 3Mb or so should be enough I'd imagine.

You don't really need a CD-ROM or hard disk, but it's not much fun running it from floppy.

Title: Re: OS 3.9
Post by: InTheSand on February 05, 2007, 04:59:05 AM

Hi,

You can't run OS3.9 from floppy!!!

Also, it's supplied on CD, so while you don't technically need a CD-ROM drive to install it, you at least need some way of getting it on to an Amiga hard drive.

To do it justice, you need a 68040 or 68060, 32Mb+ RAM and an RTG graphics card.

IMHO, you're better off sticking with 3.1 if you're on an '030 or less, and especially if you're using stock AGA or ECS graphics. A lot of enhancements to 3.1 can be made using free software from Aminet.

 - Ali

Title: Re: OS 3.9
Post by: Minuous on February 05, 2007, 10:36:07 AM

Well, not easily, but there's no reason why you couldn't really. Not on a single floppy but on several if you fooled around with the startup-sequence it should be possible.

You could even run it from RAD:, I would imagine.

Title: Re: OS 3.9
Post by: InTheSand on February 05, 2007, 07:28:36 PM

OK, it might be technically possible to get it to run, but why would anyone want to do that??! :crazy:

OS3.1 was the last designed to run from floppies as well as the HDD. In any case, running any version of AmigaOS from floppy is a pain and a bit impractical to do anything serious with.

Also, OS3.5 and 3.9 have become quite a bit larger than the almost minimalist stock 3.1 installation. You'd be looking at quite a few floppies!!!

 - Ali

Title: Re: OS 3.9
Post by: pVC on February 05, 2007, 07:59:18 PM

AMC258: you can do it with single "re-kick" by extracting the setpatch updates from 3.9 and kicking them in with your kicking software. Then you can disable the useless setpatch reboot.

Title: Re: OS 3.9
Post by: Mucker on February 05, 2007, 08:21:16 PM

In anut shell, get yourself a fourway buffered interface, from amigakit.com, they selling on the eyetech stuff.

An 030 accelerator, 3-4 meg of fast ram, min.

A cdrom, kick 3.1 and your flying.

If iwas you though, i`d go for a g rex, or a mediator, gives you the option to upgrade to ppc.