OS 3.5

[Azy]

Would it be worth me upgrading to OS 3.5?

My system is
AT A1200 (3.1 roms)
4 MB fastram (elbox 1204 or something like that)
SCSI CD-Rom and Zip Drive connected through Squirrel.
510MB 2.5 HD

It's pretty much the minimum specs for OS3.5, so would it be worthwhile or should I upgrade cpu/ram first?

[Desolator]

If I were you I would upgrade slightly to be able to use OS3.9 (6mb fastram is the minimum requirement for that.) since it adds more things and bugfixes to the AmigaOS.

[Agafaster]

You dont have quite enough RAM - a 1208 ought to do it, but I'd recommend going for a 1230 (or even a 1240 if you can afford it) with as much RAM as you can afford . 8MB should be enough for most things, but if you wanna go online get at least 16MB  if you can.

the 68030 would be a minimum of 25 MHz (get an FPU - it'll help with JPGs) which is nearly double the speed of the 68020 in your miggy.

I speak from experience here - I have a Towered 1200 with OS3.9: my accelerator is a Turbo1230Lite which will only take the 8MB its got - a bit cramped if I wanna check me mail and read the news !

summary: at least a 68030, at least 16MB RAM, try for something with an FPU.
 you may need to beef up your PSU - definitely if you get an 040.

[Azy]

Well I'm a tight git, so has anyone got an accelerator for sale (cheap? ::-) or swap for my 1204 + surf Squirrel?). In an ideal world, I would just get a 4000T and then I'd be happy, but you don't often see them come up for sale around this area

[Desolator]

Or you could do the sad thing I was forced to do:

Use WinUAE and install OS3.9 on a Windows box. Works really great except it hasn't the true Amiga feeling. I will continue to do that until I got enough money to upgrade my real A1200's or OS4 gets released. Then I get an A1.  :-D

(note: I use OS3.1 primarily but use the x86 for webconnection with Os3.9)