Much need for 3.1?

[paul1981]

I am looking at my Miggy 1200 and wondering if I really need to upgrade to 3.1 roms. What real world advantages will I actually get over using the roms I already have in the system?

I am only going to be gaming and learning to program. So is it actually a necessity to own them. I may buy an accelerator at some point too so I can play some of the Doom clones.

So to summarise for you, there's absolutely no need to buy 3.1 Roms as you can softkick 3.1 if you'd like 3.1.
When I got my Apollo1240 with FastATA controller, it didn't work at all with 3.0 Roms...it hung on a black screen at startup - so I had no choice but to upgrade to 3.1. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been any need to upgrade for me.

[paul1981]

For a Commodore Amiga purist, it would make sense to stick to 3.0 Roms as 3.1 I believe was never released by Commodore.

[paul1981]

So you could  do everything in Rom 3.0 like Rom 3.1?

Yes, except run OS3.5 or 3.9. But remember that you can softkick 3.1 if required.