31 Dec
2001
31 Dec
'01
11:22 a.m.
--- Lawrence Walker <lgwalker(a)mts.net> wrote:
I have an A3000 (as well as a 1000 and 2000) and when
I use the sysinfo,
it displays that I am using Workbench ver. 37.xxx. What does this refer
to as compared to 1.3 and 3.1 ?
The large numbers are (in case you didn't know) the internal release
numbers, the small numbers are marketing version numbers.
30.x - WB1.0 - 1985
31.x - WB1.1 - Dec, 1985
33.x - WB1.2 - 1986, 1987
34.x - WB1.3 - 1988
36.x - WB2.0 - 1990 (Early A3000s only)
37.x - WB2.04 - Oct, 1991
38.x - WB2.1 - Nov, 1992
39.x - WB3.0 - 1992 (A1200 and A4000 only)
40.x - WB3.1 - 1994
44.x - OS3.5 - Oct, 1999
45.x - OS3.9 - Dec, 2000
My first A1000 came with 1.1. WB1.2 was a major improvement over that
(among other things, malloc now returned NULL rather than Guruing the
machine, so it was safer to run a 256Kb Amiga (which I had at the time)
This was initially done because early programs did not check the return
of malloc and scribbling on 0 was frowned upon (and scribbling on
0x00000004 was fatal))
My next new Amiga was an A3000-16/50 - 16Mhz, 50Mb disk. Got it on
an "upgrade" for my A1000. It came with WB3.0.
I did go out and buy OS3.5 and OS3.9, but I haven't upgraded my main
machine (an A4000 I brought back from N.Z. and converted to 110 - anyone
need a working 220V A4000 PSU PCB?)
-ethan
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