http://www.gregdonner.org/workbench/wb_31.htmlMinor RTG improvements
Support for CD32's chunky-to-planar chip, Akiko
3.0 bug fixes
Addition of ANIM & CDXL datatypes
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Notes/comments:
Joan Dow comments on 3.1 ROM development: "I'm trying to think back whether Commodore ever released 3.1 at all. I believe the release was interrupted by the bankruptcy. The development cycle never completed since each of the last three builds shown developers had problems on some system."
Ross Vumbaca comments on the v40.60 ROM: "I saved this [his CD32's Kickstart 3.1] ROM to a file, and used it in an emulator ("soft-kicked"). It produces a normal "Disk insert screen" but for some reason, the palette screen would not appear in a CD32. The second 512kb of ROM (since it is a 1MB ROM) is supposedly stored at address: $E00000 - $E80000. The extra ROM contains CD32 specifics: boot-up screen, boot-up sound, CD player/locality code, debox.library, cd.device, and cdtv.device."
The 3.1 ROM contains at least two improvements over the 3.0 ROM: minor bug fixes, and small RTG improvements.
There were two releases of 3.1: VillageTronic obtained permission to release it to all their PicassoII owners back in 1994 (amidst some debate as to whether they really had this permission or not). Then, the official release occured sometime after this.
There are different OS 3.1 Kickstart versions as follows:
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Used both and to be honest I could never really spot the difference.
