Workbench 3.0 on amiga?

[lassie]

Hi do you know if i can put Workbench 3.0 in my Amiga 2000? or is it just for aga amigas. and if i can, do i have to change anything

[desiv]

Workbench 3.x will run on any Amiga.
(Even a modified A1000)
3.0 and 3.1 will run fine on a 2000..
I haven't used 3.5/3.9, and they should run, but I'm not sure if they might be sluggish or not (wanting more CPU/RAM depending on your 2000 setup).  I've heard people say both...

But there's no AGA requirement for 3.x.

desiv
p.s.  This implies you have upgraded upgraded your Kickstart ROM also..

[paul1981]

Hi do you know if i can put Workbench 3.0 in my Amiga 2000? or is it just for aga amigas. and if i can, do i have to change anything

You WILL need a 3.0 or 3.1 Kickstart ROM chip though. (Unless you softkick Kickstart 3.0 or 3.1).

Sorry som99 :razz:

[som99]

The A2000 can run 3.1 without any problem but you need kickstart 3.x.

edit: dang paul1981 was faster then me ^^

[lassie]

Workbench 3.x will run on any Amiga.
(Even a modified A1000)
3.0 and 3.1 will run fine on a 2000..
I haven't used 3.5/3.9, and they should run, but I'm not sure if they might be sluggish or not (wanting more CPU/RAM depending on your 2000 setup).  I've heard people say both...

But there's no AGA requirement for 3.x.

desiv

Many thanks for your answer :-) then i dont need to change kickstart roms?

[Matt_H]

Technically, you can't run 3.0 on an A2000 since 3.0 ROMs were never made available. But you can do 3.1

3.5 and 3.9 require an 020 accelerator and some Fast RAM.

[desiv]

Many thanks for your answer :-) then i dont need to change kickstart roms?

I was adding my p.s. as everyone else was posting about the kickstart.  Yeah, you need a kickstart ROM.   ;-)

desiv
(Kual, learn something new every day..  I didn't know there wasn't a 3.0 2000 ROM.  )  ;-)

[shaf]

Workbench 3.1 requires at least 2 MB of Fast Ram to perform properly.
I used to run it with 4 MB of Fast Ram and a 1 MB of Chip Ram on my Enhanced A1000 w Rejuvinator board and KS 3.1 Rom.

[desiv]

Workbench 3.1 requires at least 2 MB of Fast Ram to perform properly. .

I hadn't heard that before and I haven't been able to find any "requirements" listings online.
I only ever used it on my 1200..

What's your definition of "properly?"
From what I can tell, 3.1 appears to be a pretty minor change from 3.0...

desiv

[som99]

Workbench 3.1 requires at least 2 MB of Fast Ram to perform properly.
I used to run it with 4 MB of Fast Ram and a 1 MB of Chip Ram on my Enhanced A1000 w Rejuvinator board and KS 3.1 Rom.

Using ClassicWB lite and not using the extra stuff and picking wb 1.3 theme plus using 4 color mode and it will run OK on 1MB ECS machines.
Edit: Ive tried it myself so I know it works fine.

[k4lmp]

I run 3.1, 3.5, and 3.9 on my A2000.  I have and 030 accelerator, 8mb of fast ram, and 3.1 ROM.  It has ECS.  I don't know about a standard, unaccelerated 2000.  Try it and see.

[motrucker]

I run 3.1, 3.5, and 3.9 on my A2000.  I have and 030 accelerator, 8mb of fast ram, and 3.1 ROM.  It has ECS.  I don't know about a standard, unaccelerated 2000.  Try it and see.

No sense trying. It will NOT work! 3.5 & 3.9 require at least an '020 CPU.
I have an A2000 with an '030 that I run 3.5 on. 3.9 runs to slow, and hogs way to much memory. This is a great setup for the A2000/2000HD
As other's have stated, there was no 3.0 KS ever made for the A2000, only 3.1, but that works out fine.

[kolla]

No sense trying. It will NOT work! 3.5 & 3.9 require at least an '020 CPU.

Only a fraction of 3.5 and 3.9 really requires 68020, all really important updates since 3.1 runs just fine on 68000 as well. I know this since I put together OS 3.9 for my minimig that only has a 68000.

[psxphill]

Many thanks for your answer :-) then i dont need to change kickstart roms?

If you have enough ram then you can use mkick to soft load a kickstart 3.1 image. It's not going to be legal, but it is possible.
 
Back in the day, I ran kickstart 2.05 and 3.0 on my a500 using a blizzard turbo board that allowed loading images from disk. With no real problems.
 
I switched to mkick when I got a hard drive that didn't work with the blizzard board. I bought a 3.1 upgrade when they became available.

[AmmoJammo]

I hadn't heard that before and I haven't been able to find any "requirements" listings online.

What's your definition of "properly?"


desiv

I've tried WB3.1 with 1 meg...

it ran out of ram opening a window/folder?

you might get away with 1 meg if you just want to use it as a clock?