Workbench 2.1 on Amiga 500

[fondpondforever]

Will Workbench 2.1 run on an Amiga 500 or do you need to install a rom for it to work? Thanks.

[Matt_H]

You need a 2.04 ROM.

[fondpondforever]

Ok thanks. What would happen if you put a 'A600HD Install Disk Version 2.05' Disk into a Amiga 500. Would it install or say error? Thanks.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Ok thanks. What would happen if you put a 'A600HD Install Disk Version 2.05' Disk into a Amiga 500. Would it install or say error? Thanks.

You still need a 2.04 ROM.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOS_version_history

[giZmo350]

You still need a 2.04 ROM.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOS_version_history

That reply made me giggle out loud! :lol:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

That reply made me giggle out loud! :lol:

:banana: :banana: :banana:

[fondpondforever]

Ok thanks for you help.

[scuzzb494]

Will Workbench 2.1 run on an Amiga 500 or do you need to install a rom for it to work? Thanks.

You will get an error message that states that you require a Kickstart version 2.0 or later. Which basically means you need the later ROM.

You could also fit the 3.1 ROM for the A500. I have an A590 sidecar self booting 40.62 Workbench3.1 with the 40.63 3.1 ROM and I just booted my A600 Workbench disk to check and all worked fine.

The Greg Donner site will tell you which OS needs the upgrade ROM

http://www.gregdonner.org/workbench/

[Pat the Cat]

Ok thanks. What would happen if you put a 'A600HD Install Disk Version 2.05' Disk into a Amiga 500. Would it install or say error? Thanks.

I discovered just a few weeks back that Install 2.04 and maybe 2.05 WILL boot up on a Kickstart 1.3 A500. Historical issue, some people had Kickstart on disk, not on ROM.

After boot, you can setup a hard drive, copy software to the hard drive, no problem.

HOWEVER, when you try to boot the hard drive with a new Workbench 2 install, that's when you get the error message (Workbench 2 onwards requires a Kickstart 2 ROM).
 
 The actual Install disks will work under earlier versions of Kickstart, but not the Workbench or other disks.