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- From: john@gtbar.demon.co.uk (John)
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- Subject: Re: a500+ OS 3 works?
- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 23:45:50 GMT
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- joewald@crl.com (Joseph Waldvogel) wrote:
-
- >
- >>Can I run WORKBENCH 3 on an A500+ without having a kickstart 3 chip?
- >>Or am I likely to run into problems?
- >
- >Have NEED to kickstart Chip also, If you didn't know by now how it works with
- >the Amiga, Kickstart 1.2 1.3 with Workbench 1.2 1.3, Kickstart 2.04+ with
- >Workbnech 2.04+, Kickstart 3.x with Workbench 3.x. You can't run a newer
- >Workbench with a old kickstart. You can run a older Workbench with a Newer
- >Kickstart somwhat because of backwards Compatiblity like booting up from a
- >floppy with a game on it and starting it up from that.
- >
- oh yes you can, i have run workbench 3 with kickstart 2.04 on a a500,
- the aga support automatically disappears, most other of the new
- features work, one or two do not, they are automatically disabled and
- you get a message of some kind, its been a while since I have so I
- cannot comment fully.
-