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- From: jmseid@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Mike Seid)
- Subject: Re: Diff between OS 3 and 3.1?
- Sender: news@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (news spool owner)
- Message-ID: <4e3mpi$c32@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 22:17:22 GMT
- References: <lozinskiDLHI4w.Iry@netcom.com> <770.6594T553T2023@norconnect.no>
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- [Followups set to comp.sys.amiga.misc. Why this needs to be cross-posted
- to so many irrelevant groups is beyond me.]
-
- In article <770.6594T553T2023@norconnect.no>,
- Kenneth C. Nilsen <kenneth@norconnect.no> wrote:
- : First is the version number: kickstart 3.0 is 39.xxx, and kickstart 3.1 is
- : 40.xxx (the xxx'es depends on what rom you have, the one for A4000 or
- : A500/A2000 etc.)
-
- So there's a specific set of ROMs for each machine? Could someone tell
- me the version for the 4000? Given some of the problems people have had
- obtaining the correct chips, I'd like to make sure I have the correct
- ones if and when I decide to upgrade.
-
- : The major differences between 3.0 and 3.1 is that in 3.1 the graphics.library
- : and layer.library is rewritten/optimized. This will cause better speed in
- : updating the windows etc. in ks3.1. Else there is bug fixes from ks3.0.
-
- Thanks Kenneth! After more than a dozen posts, I'm glad someone has
- finally tried to _answer_ the _original_ question!!! :)
-
- I've also heard that it fixes the IDE HD spin-up problem. I've gotten
- around that problem in my A4000, so are there any other features in 3.1
- that justify the upgrade cost? A concise answer from a user's point
- of view is fine with me, I don't need to know about changes on the
- programming level.
-
-
- Regards,
- Mike
-