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From: kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: V1.3 OS?
Message-ID: <23057@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 25 Feb 88 01:56:54 GMT
References: <34268R38@PSUVM> <42864@sun.uucp> <5070@swan.ulowell.edu>
Organization: Amdahl Corporation,  Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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Summary: what's in a name ...

In article <5070@swan.ulowell.edu>, page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) writes:
> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) wrote:
> >One of the things mentioned were *NO* ROM changes.
> 
> I thought the point of 1.3 was to add autoboot support?  If I remember
> right, I read on BIX that 1.3 was going to be 1.2 with NO bug fixes,
> just autoboot support.  Doesn't that mean new ROMs?

I'm not sure about the "new ROM's/KS" issue, but there does seem to be some
confusion over version numbers.  As I understand it:

What used to be called v1.21 is now called v1.3, and ONLY adds hard-disk
autoboot support, as Bob noted (though I've also heard that the '881
floating-point libs might sneek into this release).  This release is
supposed to show up (dare I say it) ... RSN.

What used to be called v1.3  is now called v1.4, and will include the
enhancements (like the FFS, etc.), and bug-fixes that we all keep wishing
and hoping for.  Availability ... 3Q88 (maybe) or 4Q88 (more likely).

So ... unless my understanding is the result of smoking some bad weed,
we can reduce some of the confusion by refering only to the new scheme of
revision numbers.

I'm sure someone will "inform me in the appropriate manner" [heavy flames]
if I'm wrong about this ...

/kim

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