Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!andy
From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: V1.3 OS?
Message-ID: <3377@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 26 Feb 88 16:38:59 GMT
References: <34268R38@PSUVM> <42864@sun.uucp> <5070@swan.ulowell.edu> <23057@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <23057@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
>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:
>

Let's end the confusion...

There's Kickstart and there's Workbench.

What used to be called V1.2.1 Kickstart is now called V1.3 Kickstart.
	The only change from V1.2 of this Kickstart is the addition
	of boot from devices other than DF0:, if they are properly equipped.

What used to be called V1.3 Workbench is still called V1.3 Workbench.

	V1.3 Workbench does not require V1.3 Kickstart to work.
	V1.3 Kickstart does not require V1.3 Workbench to work.


This above release is the one that's about ready.

V1.4 will be the release after this one.  That one is where the
ROMs are open for changes once again.  And, of course, Workbench
disk changes will be possible.

Everyone got it ?  :-)

		andy
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