Most probably the original guy who had that amiga (he says a friend of him had it),upgraded os to 3.0 with a new rom.That's why he gives away the disketes labelled os 3.0 and so on.I would assume the previous seller did not know and thought that by changing the rom to 3.0 would make this amiga 500 in to an a1200.
Not all people know about that.He could have been fooled into it.Just a mistake.
In a more relaxed and humor style way i would say he is not wrong 100%.
What is an upgraded amiga today?some would say one amiga that could run amiga os 4.0. (note the joke: one amiga=amiga one hahaha,one amiga that could run amiga os 4 or amiga one that could run os 4.0 ?)
To run amiga os 4.0 you need to invest into very expensive cards.So we are talking about phase 5 ppc card,cybervision64 or piccaso iv cards,mediator and other stuff,usb like deneb,towers,scsi cards and other things.
Does this amiga os 4.0 machine have anything in common with the original Amiga 1200 machine? :-D
Let me tell you!No,the 680x0 processor isn't used in os 4.0.Most os 4 users don't use aga screens anymore,neither paula,most would have a soundblaster(through a mediator of course),or if lucky a delfina card.Kickstart isn't used as i can assume that os 4.0 loads custom kickstart for ppc use.So what is left?Noone would use the onboard ide,so we are talking about idefix or phase5 scsi peripherals.
So in a way a1200 acts simply as a passive connector to the phase 5 ppc card that utilizes other gfx card by the way and again all sorts of alien hardware connected there.
In the same humorous way an a500 with kick 3.0 could be considered to have something in common with a1200 :-)
Don't forget:Computers in our times are characterized by the operating system they can run.So this amiga with the 68020 and os 3.0 can run amigaos 3.0.
Just a humorous post for fun do not take it so seriously:)
