Rarest Amiga Operating System?

[scuzzb494]

I've often puzzled over how Workbench numbers work as they often don't relate to what I read as the official release numbers. Take the A2000 that I'm working on at the moment. It is running 2.1 which should be v38.36 but this one is 38.35. The beta was 38.30 so at some point someone created this hybrid to run I guess on the 2000. The version is the same just the Workbench version is different. Still has SAY but I guess someone could have installed that themselves. No Narrator or translator device. Doesn't have the GadTools GUI for SAY so not the beta version.

Its a real odd Workbench cus everything seems to be well and truthfully merged with the OS so stuff like Parnet hasn't got its own drawer and neither has DOpus. I have seen this done before, just makes configuring a little more interesting. Nothing is assigned to this software. Also a whole bag of stuff gets loaded in at boot.

Not the first variation on a theme I've seen mucking around with my machines. Probably home grown in some way. The date is 1985 to 1993 when 2.1 was 1985-91 and the Kickstart is the 3.1 Rom 40.63... not that means anything. So I don't know how in truth you work out which OS you have anyway.

One great thing about this A2000 is the keyboard it has the red Amiga buttons and the red CapsLock light is sat over the edge of the button as a rectangle that then goes down the face of the key.

[scuzzb494]

In the 90's scuzz my Workbench 3.0 was a hybrid too as I used to nick all the latest libs and devices etc. from AF and CU cover cd's. Ahhh... they were the days!
I wouldn't rely on any of your Amiga OS installs to be legit unless you have installed them yourself, fresh from the original unmodified OS disks. The reason I say 'unmodified' is that you have to be careful as some people did modify their Workbench disks, either deliberately or by accident.

Been chasing down a Parnet conflict all day on this beast. I have used the same config and loaded everything in the same drawers on so many machines from 500s to 600s to 1200s to 4000 and never had an issue, but this 2000 refuses to play ball. I have the Checkmate logged in no problem and finds all the drives and I can transfer. But the 2000 just hangs on finding network. If I use the tool that came with the machine it goes through a different route and concludes it proceedings and places the Network icon on the desktop but its empty. The tooltype etc all are working with the support files.. just won't communicate with the Checkmate. I have checked everything so many times. Been at it all day... I'll probably have another go before bed.

Anyway, I never really trust installs actually on machines, as I know from experience my Workbench has grown and grown over the years. This one on this 2000 is as you see it cus I don't have the disks for it. I kinda sense when folk upgraded the Rom they rarely destroyed all of their previous OS given that it probably ran a lot of their software. So they kinda merge and blur together.

Anyway.. back to me Parnet. Annoying.