WB 1.3- Same floppy for A3000 and earlier models?

[HolySamosa]

Hi guys--

Will the Workbench 1.3 floppy that came with an A3000 work with the earlier Amigas?  Trying to get an A2500 up and running and it throws a #00000004 error when loading Workbench 1.3 as supplied by my A3000.  Just want to rule out an incompatible Workbench version...

Thanks!

[HolySamosa]

Howdy, Mike!  Thanks for answering so many of my questions lately.  Out of these three Amigas I am working on, I'm really looking forward to getting at least one totally operational.  Slow progress is being made!

The Workbench floppy is version 1.3.3 (Rev 34.34).  

The Amiga 2500 ROM isn't labeled with a version number, but it asks for Workbench 1.3 at start up.

Thanks!

[HolySamosa]

And I forgot to mention:

The WB disk works properly on the A3000.  I also don't have any other software for the machines yet, except for the system disks with the A3000 (includes system versions 1.3.3 and 2.0).

[HolySamosa]

Thanks, guys.  

The A3000 seems to now be close to functional (just need a replacement coin cell battery, then hopefully it will again recognize the hard disk), so I think my nest strategy is to get it running then use it to make disks for the A1000 and A2500.

I'll let you know how it goes!

[HolySamosa]

Hi Dan:
I thought the battery on the A3000 was used to persist hard disk configuration?

[HolySamosa]

Thanks for the info, Dan.  Perhaps this means that the hard disk just gave up the ghost.  i recently powered up the 3000 after it had been in storage for close to 20 years-- the hard disk worked fine for the first day, then the second it was no longer visible to the system-- I also noticed that the battery was hosed about this time.


On a positive note, the A2500 is alive!  Moving the accelerator board to a different slot seemed to do the trick.  All seems to be well except for the SCSI card or disks, but that's a story for a different thread...

I conclusion, I can confirm TjLaZer that the 1.3.3 disks with the 3000 work with the 2500.:-)

[HolySamosa]

@Oldsmobile_Mike: Whoops...  Yes, I meant to say I moved the RAM expansion board-- not the accelerator board.  

@olsen:  Thanks for the information about the clock!