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From: spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Workbench 1.3 and 2.0 on the A3000.
Message-ID: <16514@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 14 Dec 90 00:59:05 GMT
References: <1990Dec13.191615.11371@ucselx.sdsu.edu>
Reply-To: spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1990Dec13.191615.11371@ucselx.sdsu.edu> maxc1419@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Todd Greene) writes:
>I have read that the A3000 comes with WB 1.3 and 2.0.  Is this simply a 
>software difference?  If so, if you are under WB 1.3, will you be able to 
>run the applications that don't run under 2.0 (games, etc.)?  Or, are you
>permenantly stuck without upward compatibility?  How about WB 2.1? Is this
>anymore compatible?

The difference is software - you can choose which OS to load into the 
system at bootup time. The idea of putting 1.3 on the 3000s was for just the
reason you state - software that doesn't run under 2.0 can still be run
on the 3000 (though you'd rather use it under 2.0, of course :-) ) Games are
a different matter - most of them ignore the  OS all together, so they should
run as long as they followed the hardware-programming rules that Commodore
preach. Unfortunately, not all the games do! My favourite, Populous, does not
run on the A3000.

Hope that helps!

>
>Thanks,
> The "slowly learning" Amiga owner.
>
>Todd Greene


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