os3.1 - Facelift to look/work like 3.9?

[NovaCoder]

Yes I've heard its more stable, but I have also heard its much much slower with workbench screen displays and things like that, something about that part of the os being rewritten from assembly to c between 3.1 and 3.9?
 
Steven

Hiya Steven,

Don't listen to the people who tell you that you can't run OS3.9 well on an AGA 030 like yours.  Why wouldn't you want to run the latest version of the classic OS on your machine?


Check out my AGA OS3.9 thread which shows what you can do with a humble 030 1200

[NovaCoder]

Jope, is there an AGA compatible picture.datatype in Picasso96? Do you know if it works for sure? 3.9 is just too blasted slow to use on a 030 because of the bloated picture.datatype that it comes with....

ICONBEFAST made a BIG difference to the speed of my setup, have you tried that yet?

[NovaCoder]

Novacoder,
 
I've seen your screenshots before, very nice.
 
I think I may have to stick with patched up os3.1 because I have no os3.9 cdrom, or way to install it to the 1200 even if I had it. I have amiga forever and the 3.1 disk images. I may go that route if I don't find another solution soon.
This is an interesting thread. Sounds like 3.9 could be just as speedy as 3.1 if I replaced one component....?
 
Sounds great to me.
 
Steven

Hiya,

I used WinUAE with a CF reader to setup all of my OS3.9 installs.  It's very easy, you can just mount your Amiga's HD (the CF card) as the HD under WinUAE and then install 3.9 (using the PC's CDROM drive).  Stick your installed CF back in your Amiga and you're done

[NovaCoder]

Isn't that what anyone uses an amiga for now anyway?:confused:

Works for me