« on: January 07, 2015, 11:03:56 PM »

Why upgrade from Kickstart 3.0 to Kickstart 3.1? If you own an A1200 or A4000 with Kickstart 3.0 Roms installed, then you might wonder what the advantages are, and why it is worth upgrading to the newer 3.1 roms. Here are some of the main changes 3.1 offers over 3.0.
- 3.0 cannot run AmigaOS later than 3.1 (it doesn't support loading in modules from AmigaOS updates like 3.1 does)
- 3.1 contains many bug fixes to the libraries both internally and on the disk
- 3.1 is more up-to-date
- 3.1 supports the Akiko chip when used on a CD32
- 3.1 supports the extra CD32 libraries that are built into ROM (namely lowlevel.library and nonvolatile.library)
- 3.1 contains minor improvements to RTG handling
- 3.1 contains the additional datatypes: ANIM and CDXL
- 3.1 introduces a small delay whilst checking for hard drives. This gets around the old 3.0 bug whereby a hard drive is not always recognized from cold boot.
I know, my reply doesn't really help the problem... thought I would post 3.1 ROM advantages though...
Ok Mike.... I see your "Double Face Palm" and raise you a face palm!

« Last Edit: January 07, 2015, 11:48:21 PM by gizmo350 »

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