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fc.studio · 20 October 2007, 10:01

I'm a proud owner of no. 3 Amiga. My first glorious A500 with Kickstart 1.3/2.04 (now in the attic) and no. 2 A1200, both enough expanded and with OS 3.5/3.9.

Now I would like to have the compact A600.
I would run it only for occasional WHDLoad games. The OS will be its original, upgraded with MagicWorkbench graphics and little more (perhaps Newicons activated). Therefore I know it must have the 1MB RAM expansion and the Hard Drive (compact flash card).

Since probably I'll have to upgrade the Kickstart ROM to mount larger hard drive, would you suggest me to go for the 37.350 (with Workbench 2.1 installed) or the 40.063 (with Workbench 3.1 installed)? What are the real advantages of the last vs. the first on the A600?

Tha A600 has no AGA and I'll never expand it again to mount OS3.5/3.9... So what more I get with kickstart 3.1? Perhaps would I have a more responsive/faster workbench, a more stable system, better compatibility... What? Do you know which OS will leave more chip memory free? Would allow me to save memory to mount kickstart 3.1 and run Workbench 2.1?

Any help or real experience would be appreciated. Thanks.

20 October 2007, 10:01	#1
fc.studio Cat lover Join Date: May 2004 Location: Italy Age: 54 Posts: 804	Kickstart 2.0 vs. kickstart 3.1 on A600 I'm a proud owner of no. 3 Amiga. My first glorious A500 with Kickstart 1.3/2.04 (now in the attic) and no. 2 A1200, both enough expanded and with OS 3.5/3.9. Now I would like to have the compact A600. I would run it only for occasional WHDLoad games. The OS will be its original, upgraded with MagicWorkbench graphics and little more (perhaps Newicons activated). Therefore I know it must have the 1MB RAM expansion and the Hard Drive (compact flash card). Since probably I'll have to upgrade the Kickstart ROM to mount larger hard drive, would you suggest me to go for the 37.350 (with Workbench 2.1 installed) or the 40.063 (with Workbench 3.1 installed)? What are the real advantages of the last vs. the first on the A600? Tha A600 has no AGA and I'll never expand it again to mount OS3.5/3.9... So what more I get with kickstart 3.1? Perhaps would I have a more responsive/faster workbench, a more stable system, better compatibility... What? Do you know which OS will leave more chip memory free? Would allow me to save memory to mount kickstart 3.1 and run Workbench 2.1? Any help or real experience would be appreciated. Thanks.