Amiga 600: How to upgrade to WB 3.1?

[andersbm]

Hi all!

I am very new to this forum and Amiga computers in general (had one when I was 12 years old, but that's like aaages ago now).

Bought an A600 with a ACA630-30 card, 20 GB (!) HD and a Easy ADF Transfer Kit. It came with Workbench 2.1 installed.

But I would very much like to do "a clean installation" and start from the scratch. So I bought a Kickstart 3.1., V. 4.0 from AmigaKit.com and now I am kind of stuck! :-(

For some reason I got the idea into my head, that it was still possible to buy Workbench 3.1. on floppy disks from AmigaKit. However, this is not the case.

Therefore, I need to either find a 2nd hand or download a WB 3.1., from some place. I will only use my A600 for gaming, using mainly WHD Load games.

Should I:

1) Download a WB 3.1. and make new floppys with Easy ADF?

2) Download WB 3.1. to my flashcard and somehow install it from there? (is that even possible).

3) Another option, which I have not considered yet?

Hope to hear from anyone, soon :-)

All best
Anders
Copenhagen

[lionstorm]

purchase AmigaForever, this package has everything you need and a lot more !

or seek for adf of WB3.1 (easy to find with google)

[nicholas]

http://archive.org/details/Commodore_Amiga_TOSEC_2012_04_10


Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 1 of 6)(Install)
Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 2 of 6)(Workbench)
Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 3 of 6)(Extras)
Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 4 of 6)(Storage)
Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 5 of 6)(Locale)
Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 6 of 6)(Fonts)

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Personally I would download the six disk ADF's of Workbench 3.1 (Google is your friend) and do a fresh install on the Amiga with them.  They'll have everything you'll need to get the system running under 3.1, then you can use your CF or somesuch to transfer updates and other files over from your PC onto the A600.

[andersbm]

purchase AmigaForever, this package has everything you need and a lot more !

or seek for adf of WB3.1 (easy to find with google)

Thanks for the kind advice. I was under the impression that AmigaForever is emulation for other OS (PC, Mac etc.) only?

All best
Anders

[andersbm]

Personally I would download the six disk ADF's of Workbench 3.1 (Google is your friend) and do a fresh install on the Amiga with them.  They'll have everything you'll need to get the system running under 3.1, then you can use your CF or somesuch to transfer updates and other files over from your PC onto the A600.

Thanks a lot for the good advice :-) I think I'll do it this way. Then I'll also have the floppy's, which might come in handy when I screw up at some point ;-)

Considering that I will be using the A600 to play game (as many as possible!), are there any updates/cool software, which you would recommend?

All best
Anders

[nicholas]

Thanks for the kind advice. I was under the impression that AmigaForever is emulation for other OS (PC, Mac etc.) only?

All best
Anders

It is, but it comes with ADF images of all the OS installation disks.

[andersbm]

It is, but it comes with ADF images of all the OS installation disks.

Ah, I see. Handy! :-)

I'll look into purchasing one then. Any special edition, which would fit my purpose better?

[nicholas]

Ah, I see. Handy! :-)

I'll look into purchasing one then. Any special edition, which would fit my purpose better?

If you buy AF it is illegal for you to use the ADF images on a real Amiga due to Cloanto's licencing deal with Amiga Inc, so you might as well save yourself the money and google the filenames I just gave you   Either way you are breaking the law.

[andersbm]

If you buy AF it is illegal for you to use the ADF images on a real Amiga due to Cloanto's licencing deal with Amiga Inc, so you might as well save yourself the money and google the filenames I just gave you   Either way you are breaking the law.

Auch! He he, I don't like breaking the law in any ways - but when dealing with this kind of software I sometimes feel that it's almost impossible to avoid ;-)

Thanks for all the good advice! Looking much forward to gaming one of these days.

AB.

[andersbm]

http://archive.org/details/Commodore_Amiga_TOSEC_2012_04_10


Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 1 of 6)(Install)
Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 2 of 6)(Workbench)
Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 3 of 6)(Extras)
Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 4 of 6)(Storage)
Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 5 of 6)(Locale)
Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 6 of 6)(Fonts)

WOW!
Just ... WOW! Thanks man. There is ... like ... a LOT of files :-D

[andersbm]

Hi again Nicholas.

The Wokbench 3.1. files are in various versions. For example:
Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 1 of 6)(Install).zip
Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 1 of 6)(Install)[m2].zip
Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 1 of 6)(Install)[m3].zip
Workbench v3.1 rev 40.42 (1996)(ESCOM)(M10)(Disk 1 of 6)(Install)[m].zip

Do you know what the differences between these files are and are there any, which should be avoided?

Once again: thanks for your help. So very much appreciated.

Anders

[paul1981]

The "m" means possibly modified, so avoid if a clean version exists (like the first Install in your list).

You can download the pdf file here which explains the "Naming Convention" as it's called:
https://archive.org/details/TncV20110827

[andersbm]

The "m" means possibly modified, so avoid if a clean version exists (like the first Install in your list).

You can download the pdf file here which explains the "Naming Convention" as it's called:
https://archive.org/details/TncV20110827

Ah, I see. Makes sense about the flags and the naming etc. Would just have been cool if it was written exactly what the modification was. But I'll just download the non-modified and hope to find a place in Copenhagen that sells floppy disks tomorrow ;-)

Thanks for all the good comments.

Anders

[nicholas]

Ah, I see. Makes sense about the flags and the naming etc. Would just have been cool if it was written exactly what the modification was. But I'll just download the non-modified and hope to find a place in Copenhagen that sells floppy disks tomorrow ;-)

Thanks for all the good comments.

Anders

Yeah like Paul said, avoid the modified ones if you can.