maxc1419@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Todd Greene) (12/14/90)
I have read that the A3000 comes with WB 1.3 and 2.0. Is this simply a software difference? If so, if you are under WB 1.3, will you be able to run the applications that don't run under 2.0 (games, etc.)? Or, are you permenantly stuck without upward compatibility? How about WB 2.1? Is this anymore compatible? Thanks, The "slowly learning" Amiga owner. Todd Greene
spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson) (12/14/90)
In article <1990Dec13.191615.11371@ucselx.sdsu.edu> maxc1419@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Todd Greene) writes: >I have read that the A3000 comes with WB 1.3 and 2.0. Is this simply a >software difference? If so, if you are under WB 1.3, will you be able to >run the applications that don't run under 2.0 (games, etc.)? Or, are you >permenantly stuck without upward compatibility? How about WB 2.1? Is this >anymore compatible? The difference is software - you can choose which OS to load into the system at bootup time. The idea of putting 1.3 on the 3000s was for just the reason you state - software that doesn't run under 2.0 can still be run on the 3000 (though you'd rather use it under 2.0, of course :-) ) Games are a different matter - most of them ignore the OS all together, so they should run as long as they followed the hardware-programming rules that Commodore preach. Unfortunately, not all the games do! My favourite, Populous, does not run on the A3000. Hope that helps! > >Thanks, > The "slowly learning" Amiga owner. > >Todd Greene -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spencer Shanson - Amiga Software Engineer | email: spence@commodore.COM | or uunet!cbmvax!spence All opinions expressed are my own, and do not | "A picture is worth 1000 (necessarily) represent those of Commodore. | words, or about 300,000 | bytes."