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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

1166.0. "WB Version?" by WJG::GUINEAU (W. John Guineau, RD Buyout engineering) Sat Feb 13 1988 21:40

Just out of curiosity.

We all have Release 1.2 of workbench, Right?

But what about the *Version* that appears when Amy's booting up?

Mine says   A500/A200 Workbench Release 1.2 Version 33.56

What's everyone else got?
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1166.1MVCAD3::BAEDERD. Scott DTN 237-2961 SHR1-3/E19Sat Feb 13 1988 21:435
    Well, my enhancer 1.2 for the 1000 says (using the version command)
    
    Kickstart  33.180  WorkBench 33.47
    
    scott.
1166.22000 version numberTLE::RMEYERSRandy MeyersSat Feb 13 1988 22:1611
Well, my Amiga 2000 has Kickstart 33.180 and Workbench 33.59.

For what is is worth, all the versions of 1.2 are pretty much the same.
For example, the differences between the 1000 version of 1.2 and the
500/2000 versions were mundane things like the default keymap supporting
the additional keys on the new keyboard.

The real version number is the number before the decimal point.  (The
"33".)  This is the version number that OpenLibrary takes as an argument
to determine if the version of the library it finds contains all the
features you require.
1166.3LEDS::ACCIARDISun Feb 14 1988 02:248
    I also have an A1000 KS 33.180 and a WB 33.47.
    
    Someone on USENET a while back did a byte-for byte comparison of
    the various WB versions that were going around.  As I recall, the
    main difference was that some of the printer drivers were larger
    or smaller by a hundred bytes or so; all the L and LIBS stuff was
    identicle.  (That's the important stuff, anyway)
    
1166.4Did anyone diff the ROMs?TLE::RMEYERSRandy MeyersSun Feb 14 1988 13:238
Re: .3

>    or smaller by a hundred bytes or so; all the L and LIBS stuff was
>    identicle.  (That's the important stuff, anyway)
    
Don't forget the stuff in the ROM/Write Controlled Store.  Commodore
could completely rewrite Intuition and the Graphics libraries and it
wouldn't show up in the L and LIBS directories.
1166.5I've got you all beat so far!LOWLIF::DAVISThat's not a BUG, it's a FEATURE!Sun Feb 14 1988 15:343
I got my 2000 in December and it came with WorkBench 33.61.

						...richard
1166.6LEDS::ACCIARDIMon Feb 15 1988 01:367
    Re: .4
    
    No, Dave Haynie swore that they dumped the A1000 Kickstart directly
    to ROM.  Not a single item changed.
    
    Ed.
    
1166.7BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonMon Feb 15 1988 23:507
    WB 33.61 fixes the problem that 33.59 introduced - a fancy Trashcan
    icon that wasn't copied intact when you initialized a disk.
    
    just keeps getting better and better... rolling upgrades have their good
    points too.  (disgruntled A2000 owner with the German style keyboard)
    
    -dave