Clear up on OS requirements :)

[psyco]

I was speaking with a few people today about the Amiga os and said i was about to purchase a 1200 and thinking about using Amiga 0s 3.9 they where telling me it wont run it unless i upgrade the Amiga 1200 and get a cdrom.

Am i going to have issues with this?
Thankyou

[kd7ota]

Bog standard Amiga 1200 will have problems. You will need to find a way to transfer the OS 3.9 install.  On top, you need 3.1 roms inside the Amiga.  Without some kind of ram expansion, then it would be pretty difficult.  Get an accelerator at least an 030/40mhz on up with 32mb ram to give you much more room to work with.

[InTheSand]

Hi,

Minimum requirements for OS3.9 are:
* CD-ROM drive
* Hard drive
* 68020 or higher processor
* Amiga 3.1 ROMs (version 40.xx)
* 6 MB Fast RAM

To get real benefit, you would want:
* 68060 processor
* 32+ MB Fast RAM
* Graphics card
* Network card / modem

IMHO, running OS3.9 without a graphics card is fairly pointless... You'd be better off running 3.1 and getting updates to "make it look pretty" plus necessary filesystem driver updates, etc, from Aminet.

 - Ali

[AmiKit]

and to get really really great benefit, you would want:
* x86 PC
* WinUAE

/me hides

[psyco]

Sounds like i will need to upgrade the 1200 into a tower and add a pci board and so on or get it custom built.  
The process will be all fun along the way  :-)

[McVenco]

psyco wrote:
 
The process will be all fun along the way  :-)

Don't forget "expensive" :-D

[Tomas]

psyco wrote:
Sounds like i will need to upgrade the 1200 into a tower and add a pci board and so on or get it custom built.  
The process will be all fun along the way  :-)

That should not be needed, unless you really want to max it out with gfx cards and the fastest accelerator you want and so on. A 68030 accelerator should work just fine in the case from what i have heard. You will however need to get a external cdrom and also use/adapt a stronger psu.

[Prober]

AmiKit wrote:
and to get really really great benefit, you would want:
* x86 PC
* WinUAE

/me hides

And AmiKit of course  :lol:

[AmiKit]

And AmiKit of course :lol:

not necessarily of course ;-)

[lopos]

Use ClassicWB on your standard A1200. Looks great and has all you need. ---> Link :-D

[Agafaster]

IMHO, running OS3.9 without a graphics card is fairly pointless... You'd be better off running 3.1 and getting updates to "make it look pretty" plus necessary filesystem driver updates, etc, from Aminet.

never had a problem - in fact some of those pretties were starting to be integrated better into os3.9 with stability being improved.

My OS3.9 system for years was A1200 030@25MHz with 8MB Fast RAM, a 2 port IDE dongle with a CD ROM.
I used to surf, and email from it - I was even able to do those two things concurrently, and no graphics card !

of course its NICE to have graphics cards, and its more convenient, but pointless ? no...

[Agafaster]

lopos wrote:
Use ClassicWB on your standard A1200. Looks great and has all you need. ---> Link :-D

not bad, but those are gonna look Horrible on the telly/monitor, cos theyre gonna need interlace modes! Ughh...

[itix]

Minimum requirements for OS3.9 are:
* CD-ROM drive
* Hard drive
* 68020 or higher processor
* Amiga 3.1 ROMs (version 40.xx)
* 6 MB Fast RAM

To get real benefit, you would want:
* 68060 processor
* 32+ MB Fast RAM
* Graphics card
* Network card / modem

I always wondered...

Requirements for 3.1:

* OCS
* 1MB RAM
* 68000

If 3.9 requires 6MB RAM wouldnt 3.1 leave you more free ram? ;-)

[adolescent]

Agafaster wrote:

not bad, but those are gonna look Horrible on the telly/monitor, cos theyre gonna need interlace modes! Ughh...

PAL Hi Res 640x256 requires interlace?  :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

The Lite and Full packages are designed for television and standard Amiga monitor use.  Only the Adv packs are for laced modes (or Emulator/P96).

[Andeda]

I run OS3.9 on my A3000 with 8M Fast ram and it works great. I dont have a cd in my A3000 so i transfer my installation files with a null modem cable from my PC.