Advantages of 3.1 ROMs and OS 3.5/3.9

[DrDekker]

I'm interested in upgrading my A1200 to 3.1 ROMs and OS3.5 or 3.9, and was wondering if anyone could enlighten me as to what the main advantages are over 3.0 ROMs and WB 3.0?

Also, what hardware spec will be required to run such an upgrade?  At the moment my A1200 has an M-Tech 1230 accelerator (at 28MHz), with 8Mb RAM and SCSI interface.  Would this be sufficient?

Many thanks in advance.

Dekker

[DrDekker]

Thanks for the responses guys.

Does OS 3.5 also support >4Gb HD's or is it only OS 3.9?

Also, what is the largest size of partition that can be used?

At the minute I'm messing about with a 512Mb Kingston CF card to hold the OS as this is twice as big as the original HD.  However, I've got a relatively new 2.5" Toshiba 60Gb HD that I'll use if I decide to upgrade.  Any ideas how long it would take to format?

Cheers.

Dekker

[DrDekker]

Thanks again for all the responses folks - plenty of food for thought.

Would it be true to say that whilst there's a real advantage in upgrading the ROMs to 3.1, there's little advantage in upgrading the OS beyond 3.1?

Is OS3.9 still available?

When considering hardware/software support for printers, scanners, wireless devices, internet, etc., what version of OS will provide a good level of connectivity? (i.e. Epson R300 printer, Epson 1200 SCSI scanner, wireless mouse/keyboard/ADSL 'modem').

Cheers

Dekker