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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: LordSpunky on March 17, 2011, 06:11:33 PM

Title: Amiga 4000D 3.0 3.1 ROM's
Post by: LordSpunky on March 17, 2011, 06:11:33 PM

Hi guys another stupid question!

My A4000D is currently running Workbench 3.0 and 3.0 ROM's.

Having it apart currently I was thinking of putting 3.1 ROM's in from Amigakit. If I did put 3.1 ROM's in now would WB 3.0 still work? I can't afford to put in a new 4GB CF HDD yet........any ideas?

Thanks guys, you are the best!!!!!

Tris

Title: Re: Amiga 4000D 3.0 3.1 ROM's
Post by: nicholas on March 17, 2011, 06:17:11 PM

Seriously, don't waste your money.

Just Blizkick the 3.1 ROMs into your Cyberstorm's fast RAM.

Spend the money on a Deneb or something else.

Title: Re: Amiga 4000D 3.0 3.1 ROM's
Post by: Darrin on March 17, 2011, 06:17:37 PM

Quote from: LordSpunky;622528

Hi guys another stupid question!

My A4000D is currently running Workbench 3.0 and 3.0 ROM's.

Having it apart currently I was thinking of putting 3.1 ROM's in from Amigakit. If I did put 3.1 ROM's in now would WB 3.0 still work? I can't afford to put in a new 4GB CF HDD yet........any ideas?

Thanks guys, you are the best!!!!!

Tris

Yes, you will be able to run WB3.0 on Kickstart 3.1 ROMs.

Try AmigaKit for some replacement ROMs.

Title: Re: Amiga 4000D 3.0 3.1 ROM's
Post by: Tahoe on March 17, 2011, 08:40:53 PM

Carefull buying ROM's, I haven't checked Amigakit for a while, but last I know they were only selling A4000T rom's. While these do work in your A4000, your standard 3.0 installation will not work with these rom's (it will work fine with regular 4000D 3.1 rom's).

This is because the 4000T rom's are missing workbench.library, which in turn means you need a special set of installation disks which has the lib on disk and installs it to LIBS: on your boot drive.

Title: Re: Amiga 4000D 3.0 3.1 ROM's
Post by: LordSpunky on March 17, 2011, 09:42:49 PM

Quote from: Tahoe;622571

This is because the 4000T rom's are missing workbench.library, which in turn means you need a special set of installation disks which has the lib on disk and installs it to LIBS: on your boot drive.

Can't I get a copy of workbench.library and copy it to the LIBS folder before installing new ROM's?

Title: Re: Amiga 4000D 3.0 3.1 ROM's
Post by: nicholas on March 17, 2011, 10:47:44 PM

Quote from: LordSpunky;622596

Can't I get a copy of workbench.library and copy it to the LIBS folder before installing new ROM's?

You'd have to buy A4000T 3.1 disks to get it.

Title: Re: Amiga 4000D 3.0 3.1 ROM's
Post by: LordSpunky on March 18, 2011, 03:14:31 PM

Ah.....I see!

Title: Re: Amiga 4000D 3.0 3.1 ROM's
Post by: Darrin on March 18, 2011, 03:32:46 PM

Of course you can probably (definately) find WB3.1 ADF files on the Internet which you can write back to real floppy disks...

Title: Re: Amiga 4000D 3.0 3.1 ROM's
Post by: AndyLandy on March 18, 2011, 04:50:33 PM

Quote from: nicholas;622621

You'd have to buy A4000T 3.1 disks to get it.

I'm fairly certain that all 3.1 disksets have workbench.library on them. Check your existing installation, you might find it's there already.