Speaking of ROMs – Hyperion only provides Kickstart (KS) 3.1.4 in form of binary- and image files, so you can either burn your own KS 3.1.4 ROMs, provided you have an EPROM programmer and the necessary skills, or you can use the KS image file to either run AmigaOS 3.1.4 within an emulator such as WinUAE or to map the ROM file into the memory (Fast RAM) of your Amiga.īut alas! Your Amiga unfortunately can’t do this out of the box.
The Kickstart ROM is an essential part of every AmigaOS, containing most of the system-relevant libraries and modules. The reason for this is that each of these machines needs its own ROM to run OS 3.1.4. Heading to the digital store over at Hyperion’s website, you’ll notice there are five different AmigaOS 3.1.4 packages available, so choose carefully: So I decided to buy one license for my Amiga 1200, which I deemed perfectly fit for the new system. In addition, I am more than happy to support everyone who tries so hard to support the Amiga platform. In my opinion, there’s more than enough in the package to justify a purchase. I also found the „off-screen dragging of windows“ feature very appealing, given the comparatively low screen resolutions and the limited amount of desktop space on your average Amiga system. Above all, at least to me, the support of large hard disks is to be mentioned – finally, the annoying „4GB barrier“ has been broken, meaning you can create partitions way larger than 4GB using the Amiga’s Fast File System (FFS) – no more fumbling around with other file systems such as PFS. The 3.1.4 release also comes with a couple of very nice and, one might add, long overdue features. However, they do hold the rights to the original Amiga OS 3.1 and the team of programmers and contributors spent several years on what was planned as a bug-fix release but in the course of time grew the size of a major upgrade that „surpasses OS 3.9 in stability and robustness“ according to Hyperion. The answer is because Hyperion does not hold the rights nor the sources to OS 3.9 – those lie with Haage&Partner. Why OS 3.1.4 when there was 3.9 already eighteen years ago, you may ask.
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