I would just archive 3.1 and use that. 3.9 is so bad on a non accelerated machine. Everything you need is on the 3.1 system and i would argue that 3.1 is better then 3.9 and its hacks anyway!
I wouldn't say 3.9 is a bunch of hacks. Sure it has some pieces that aren't integrated very well but that doesn't make them hacks. It's no different than the hacks and patches that are thrown on a 3.1 install. 3.9 was more geared for a gfx card but there are some things that were actually made faster. The memory allocation routines and memory copy routines in exec.library are faster. They still aren't blazingly fast but they are faster than 3.1. 3.1 did set a very good standard. It's the best AmigaOS classic release ever.
