AmigaOS 3.5 acquisition

[Gilthanaz]

Hi all!

I've been googl'ing for a while now but can not find any source to buy AmigaOS 3.5 from, that is not out of business yet or at least has a functioning webshop :/

If anyone knows of a shop in preferably middle europe and could give me a hint, that'd be great.

I plan to set up a CF Disk for my A1200 w/ 68020 Card and 4MB Fastram, using UAE. Unless someone points out that this is a very bad idea

- Gil

[mfilos]

For an 020 with 4MB RAM I'd strongly suggest sticking with OS3.1 man. OS3.5/OS3.9 isn't pleasant with an 020 and especially 4MB RAM (unless you strip a lot of things that I don't think it's worth doing).
ClassicWB Full is a really awesome ready to play environment with everything you need. It looks great also and runs just fine on you 020/4MB Amiga.
Or if you prefer more minimal and neat 3.1 looks... you should really try Gulliver's BetterWB addition to the stock Workbench 3.1.

[Gilthanaz]

Thanks for the great links to ClassicWB Full - it really looks very nice on the page, I'll grab it and see if its running nice.

Now i only wonder if I can get Disks larger than 4GB to work on that, guess I will have to read up on SFS

- Gil

[utri007]

http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/ffstd64

Here

But you still need bootpartion less than 4gb

[fitzsteve]

Thanks for the great links to ClassicWB Full - it really looks very nice on the page, I'll grab it and see if its running nice.

Now i only wonder if I can get Disks larger than 4GB to work on that, guess I will have to read up on SFS

- Gil

Yep, its really easy to setup large disk support with Classic Workbench.

Watch here:

http://classicwb.abime.net/classicweb/tutorials.htm

And of course you must use a file system like SFS/PFS3, have a look here for a great guide to setup SFS:

http://wiki.abime.net/amigaos_workbench/sfs

If you find CWB Full a little memory hungry you could try CWB Lite or 68k

Of you can disable some of the extra options which can be set from the drop down toolbars in CWB.

Have fun!

Steve.

[amiga1260]

Why buy AmigaOS 3.5 while OS 3.9 also have 3.5 on CD.

You could buy it from here:

http://www.vesalia.de/d_os39.htm

[utri007]

SFS/PFS are great (faster/reliable), but FFS is more safe, if you have serious problems, problem can be solved with FFS more likely than with SFS/PFS.

FFS version I pointed to you works just nice with larger partions than 4gb.

[Gilthanaz]

Thanks

Right now I have a different problem: The 16GB CF-Card is only recognized as 4GB, but not on the Amiga or UAE, but directly in windows. So of course I can't create bigger partitions or anything if the first hardware layer already can't address the full "disk" ....

There I go for hours and hours of google abuse to find a solution I've tested with two different card readers now, one recently bought, one very old - both recognize 4GB of the 16GB CF Disk :/

- Gil

[mfilos]

Hmmm why I get the feeling that the card readers are not lying and that the CF is indeed an 4GB with a 16GB sticker?
Have you tried cleaning the CF with diskpart?

[Gilthanaz]

@mfilos:
Indeed, I think you're right. I ordered 2 x 4GB CF-Cards, not knowing back then I might be able to use larger 'disks'. I received a CF labeled with "2GB" and another one labeled with "16GB", and after checking both again now on different machines with different card readers: Both are 4GB.

I guess that the guy who sells them probably gets them cheap bulk because they're labeled wrong or something like that.

After all, I think I'll give ClassicWB Full a shot now - I did a quick & dirty 'installation' in UAE and like the appearence and tools, and also that it appears to run quite fast on an A1200@68020 w/ 2MB Chip and 4MB extended RAM (Any way how I can find out if it is FastRAM or any of the other available RAM types for Amiga?).

Thanks again,
- Gil

[Tension]

On a general note, avoid 3.5, it's just not very good. In your case I would stick with 3.1. All teh best.