jmo@ems.UUCP (John O'Shaughnessy) (10/20/86)
Has an official release date been announced for Kickstart/Workbench 1.2 at this time? John O'Shaughnessy
kenneth@ukecc.UUCP (Kenneth Herron) (10/23/86)
>Has an official release date been announced for Kickstart/Workbench 1.2 >at this time? My girlfriend just (~2 weeks) bought an amiga; it came with workbench 1.2 & I suppose kickstart 1.2 as well (I first noticed it when moving icons around; you actually move the icon, not a little red bullseye) Ken the H
hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU (10/25/86)
kenneth@ukecc says: > >Has an official release date been announced for Kickstart/Workbench 1.2 > >at this time? > > My girlfriend just (~2 weeks) bought an amiga; it came with workbench 1.2 > & I suppose kickstart 1.2 as well (I first noticed it when moving icons > around; you actually move the icon, not a little red bullseye) before anybody panics ("howcome i wasn't notified!?") and storms their dealer, keep in mind that dealers and sw/hw vendors have been known to give out copies of the beta version. for instance, my "cardco" (now "c limited") ram expansion came with a stand-alone expansion.library to allow auto-config under WB 1.1. ask your girlfriend whether the dealer gave her WB 1.1 as well. if he didn't, she should complain. another thing you should look for is which rev of 1.2 she got. i've seen betas 4 and 6 myself, heard about a beta 7, and i know developers just received 1.2 _gamma_ about a week ago. c-a is still asking developers to look for and report bugs in the gamma rev, so whatever your girlfriend has is _not_ the long-awaited official release version. wayne hamilton U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL UUCP: {ihnp4,pur-ee,convex}!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!hamilton ARPA: hamilton%uiucuxc@a.cs.uiuc.edu USMail: Box 476, Urbana, IL 61801 CSNET: hamilton%uiucuxc@uiuc.csnet Phone: (217)333-8703 CIS: [73047,544] PLink: w hamilton
rossi@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Lisa Rossi) (10/30/86)
In article <684@ukecc.UUCP> kenneth@ukecc.UUCP (Ken Herron) writes: >>Has an official release date been announced for Kickstart/Workbench 1.2 >>at this time? > >My girlfriend just (~2 weeks) bought an amiga; it came with workbench 1.2 >& I suppose kickstart 1.2 as well (I first noticed it when moving icons >around; you actually move the icon, not a little red bullseye) > >Ken the H Your girlfriend should NOT have received Workbench or Kickstart 1.2. 1.2 (alpha's, beta's and now gamma) have only been shipped to registered developers. We have limitted the shipping of 1.2 so that we can get the majority of the bugs out before the general consumer receives it. I suggest that you get a copy of 1.1 and use it until the final version of 1.2 is available - Depending what PRELIMINARY 1.2 you have, some of the available software may not work correctly. -- ************************************************************************* Lisa Rossi-Siracusa Commodore Business Machines uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!rossi arpa: cbmvax!rossi@seismo.css.GOV or rossi@cbmvax.UUCP@{seismo|harvard} tel : (215) 431-9180 -- a mime is a terrible thing to waste -- *************************************************************************