Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!mailrus!cornell!rochester!udel!mmdf From: jdow%gryphon.cts.com@UDEL.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: (none) Message-ID: <4458@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 3 Oct 88 22:58:47 GMT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 61 Received: from CUNYVM by CUNYVM.BITNET (Mailer X2.00) with BSMTP id 5132; Sun, 02 Oct 88 00:39:12 EDT Received: from UDEL.EDU by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.1) with TCP; Sun, 02 Oct 88 00:39:09 EDT Received: by Louie.UDEL.EDU id ab02594; 1 Oct 88 21:22 EDT Received: from Louie.UDEL.EDU by Louie.udel.EDU id ab02310; 1 Oct 88 21:08 EDT Received: from USENET by Louie.UDEL.EDU id aa02145; 1 Oct 88 20:58 EDT From: "J. Dow" Subject: Re: Upgrading to 1.3 (was Re: CBM's "blessing") Message-ID: <7441@gryphon.CTS.COM> Date: 1 Oct 88 23:54:21 GMT Organization: Wizardess Designs, Hermosa Beach, Ca. To: amiga-relay@UDEL.EDU Sender: amiga-relay-request@UDEL.EDU In article <12465@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: >In article <2001@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> @aplvax.jhuapl.edu:trn@warper.jhuapl.edu (Tony Nardo) writes: >>In article <7226@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes: >>>In article <7239@gryphon.CTS.COM> mriley@pnet02.cts.com (Mark Riley) writes: >>>>...Think about all those A500 owners (much >>>>more than there were A1000 owners) who will need to go to the trouble >>>>of a ROM change for the upgrade to 1.3. You're fooling yourself if >>>>you think its gonna happen overnite. >>>>... >>> As you know, 1.3 KickStart is functionally identical to 1.2 >>>KickStart, with the exception of the autoboot code. 1.3 is primarily a >>>WorkBench distribution, so it's as simple as copying a disk, or buying the >>>enhancer package. >> Bad example. No ROM changes were needed to upgrade from 1.1 to 1.2. >> Whereas it was possible to have one person in a group "take orders" >> and get a bunch of 1.2 upgrade packages, I doubt that such will be >> possible for A500 owners upgrading to 1.3 (assuming that the owner >> needs to bring the machine into the store to protect the warranty). > >Why don't you shut up, if you don't know what you are talking about? There >are NO ROM changes required to upgrade from 1.2 to 1.3. You don't need to Er, would you run a little ckeck for me and tell me what SetPatch does to a 1.2 ROM machine? *IFF* it works then the only reason to ugrade the ROM is to get autoboot. If it dies you really DO want to upgrade. 1.3 running with SetPatch is significantly more reliable than 1.2 at its best. >-- Marco Papa 'Doc' >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >uucp:...!pollux!papa BIX:papa ARPAnet:pollux!papa@oberon.usc.edu > "There's Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Diga!" -- Leo Schwab [quoting Rick Unland] >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- Sometimes a bird in the hand leaves a sticky deposit. Perhaps it were best it remain there in the bush with the other one. {@_@} jdow@bix (where else?) Sometimes the dragon wins. Sometimes jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM the knight. Does the fair maiden ever {backbone}!gryphon!jdow win? Surely both the knight and dragon stink. Maybe the maiden should suicide? Better yet - she should get an Amiga and quit playing with dragons and knights.