Did the release of AmigaOS 3.9 come in a Box?

[fondpondforever]

Did the release of Amiga 3.9 come in a Box? I know that 3.5 did. Thanks.

[Matt_H]

No, 3.9 just came in a jewel case with tiny manual.

[QuikSanz]

I think I remember a skinny box. Had to fit the Emergency disk in there.

[magnetic]

I think I remember a skinny box. Had to fit the Emergency disk in there.

This is incorrect unless it was some dealer specific thing. 3.9 shipped in cd rom jewel case with an insert NO floppy. You had to make your own.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Plastic jewel case + a folded instruction sheet. ERD's contain a few system-specific files, if you wanted one you had to make your own (using a utility included on the CD).

FWIW 4.1 "classic" comes in a larger plastic case with a separate floppy.

[paul1981]

I received the cd disc in a slim jewel case and a red emergency floppy... No instruction sheet with mine.

[magnetic]

I received the cd disc in a slim jewel case and a red emergency floppy... No instruction sheet with mine.

That is not the standard packaging. Like i said must be some dealer thing with you as almost all in the world were packaged the same way afaik.

[paul1981]

That is not the standard packaging. Like i said must be some dealer thing with you as almost all in the world were packaged the same way afaik.

Mine was from amigakit. There was no box, but it was heat sealed in a transparent plastic bag slightly larger than the jewel case. There was no jewel case insert and the cd was printed with one of those CDR inkjet printers or whatever they're called. This was probably 10 years ago though. Also the red emergency floppy had a black and white printed label on it.

[dovegrace]

I got mine from Vesalia last year, packaged in a jewel case. No floppy.

[smerf]

Just came in a jeweled plastic case. Mine was sent to me in bubbled wrap Vanilla envelope through the snail mail.

[agami]

Amiga OS 3.5 shipped in a box with a boot floppy.
OS 3.9 originally shipped as a jewel case. The assumption was, you were already running OS 3.5 thus having a CD drive configured on your Amiga, or you had OS 3.1 with a CD drive. It is very easy to create a boot floppy for OS 3.9 from the CD.

I keep my OS 3.9 CD inside the OS 3.5 box. Plenty of room in there.

[QuikSanz]

Got my copy when it came out from Software Hut, long time ago.

[Acill]

Got my copy when it came out from Software Hut, long time ago.

Same place mine came from new and it was just the CD in the standard jewel case as well.

[magnetic]

Mine was from amigakit. There was no box, but it was heat sealed in a transparent plastic bag slightly larger than the jewel case. There was no jewel case insert and the cd was printed with one of those CDR inkjet printers or whatever they're called. This was probably 10 years ago though. Also the red emergency floppy had a black and white printed label on it.

Like i said it was an individual dealer thing. 3.5 was boxed 3.9 not.

[magnetic]

btw guys funny and true story. When I was with Genesi I read all the agreements we had with Hyperion and Ainc. Bill Buck had like 2000 copies of os 3.9 lol. They had they licsense to distribute 3.9 with Pegasos iirc.