Os3.5

[rayt]

The main advantages of OS3.5/3.9 are the TCP/IP stack, large HD support, CDFS, and other support software. If none of this interests you, then stick to OS3.0/3.1.

Plus things as integrated deficons, newicons, integrated search function, async wb, improved datatypes that make it much more useful than 3.0/3.1.. everyone with 3.1 roms really should get OS3.9, its well worth its money..

[Doobrey]

_caddy_ wrote:
i mean from what i heard, they reboot from they're own roms anyway

Not quite..
 OS3.5 and 3.9 replaces some of the modules from the 3.1 rom and reboots. The romupdate file isn`t a rom image ,so it can`t be softkicked they way other programs like degraders can.

[TjLaZer]

You can softkick 3.1 and use OS3.5/3.9, but you cannot patch the OS with the patch file in devs.

[_caddy_]

Os3.5

all this just so i can play some of my old games on a real amiga, hehehehe


and yeah, i might buy os3.9 and a set of roms

but it'll cost like £30, and i'm a poor student

so it may take a while

lol

[adolescent]

rayt wrote:
...integrated search function...

Where is this?  The Find utility in the System folder?  If so, I don't consider that very integrated.

I agree though that 3.9 is a very nice OS and has much more functionality than 3.0/3.1.  But, if you're only going to play games then don't bother.

[Piru]

@TjLaZer

You can softkick 3.1 and use OS3.5/3.9, but you cannot patch the OS with the patch file in devs.

Why not?

[Lemmink]

...integrated search function...

Where is this?  The Find utility in the System folder?  If so, I don't consider that very integrated.

Have you recently looked into the Window menu  ?

[Cyberus]

_caddy_ wrote:
i hear there's two editions as well

what's the difference betwen those

Yeah I heard that, does anyone know if there is a difference?

[w00p]

How does OS 3.9 run on a stock A1200? Just wondering, as I was looking at upgrading as well to either OS 3.5 or OS3.9. The Amiga I just picked up from eBay has a 68020 accelerator in it I think (I haven't got it yet). How hard is it to attach a CD-Rom to the Amiga 1200? I'll go check some other threads on this as well. Thanks!

[Thomas]

How does OS 3.9 run on a stock A1200?

It doesn't. You need at least 6MB RAM.

To provisorily connect a CD drive should not be too difficult. You need a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter and a power cable. However you need to leave the case open and the drive lies uncovered on the table.

Another possibility is to connect the Amiga HDD to a PC and use WinUAE to install the OS.

Bye,
Thomas

[adolescent]

Lemmink wrote:

Where is this?  The Find utility in the System folder?  If so, I don't consider that very integrated.

Have you recently looked into the Window menu  ?

Yes, that just runs the Find utility from the System folder.  I wouldn't call that integrated (it doesn't even use the current window as the search point so I don't know why it's in the Window menu).  I was hoping there was a better solution that I'd overlooked.