emmonsl@athena.ecs.csus.edu (L. Scott Emmons) (03/24/91)
I've been wanting to purchase an Amiga-3000, but my dealer here tells me only about 60% of software runs on it, even under 1.3. Anyone have a list of software which will run on the 3000? Including games and useful software as well. I'm planning on the 3000-UXb package, if clock speed makes a difference as far as compatabilities go. Also, anyone know if the X-Windows on the UNIX side runs in Hi-res? What about open-look? Is the open-look in color, or b&w like the X-Windows? Thanks for the info... L. Scott Emmons --------------- emmons@csus.csus.edu <or> ...[ucbvax]!ucdavis!csus!emmons Packet: kc6nfp@kg6xx.#nocal.ca.usa.na
robin@vipunen.hut.fi (Jarto 'Robin' Tarpio) (03/24/91)
In article <1991Mar24.001929.10356@csusac.csus.edu> emmonsl@athena.ecs.csus.edu (L. Scott Emmons) writes:
I've been wanting to purchase an Amiga-3000, but my dealer here tells me only
about 60% of software runs on it, even under 1.3. Anyone have a list
of software which will run on the 3000? Including games and useful software
as well.
If a program breaks on an A3000 using KS1.3, it breaks under all
the acceleretor cards on the market and it's not worth using.
I don't use KS1.3 in my A3000 any more. I didn't install the 1.3-
partition on my new 210M Quantum. There is quite few programs
that break in my Amiga. Usually those that don't work I wouldn't
use anyway.
I guess it would be easier to write a list of the software that
doesn't run in A3000. But the lists would be a disaster to WB2.0.
Why ? If someone who does have old ROMs write that list, there
will be a lot of software, that does run on the new ROMs. Commodore
has done a lot to improve compatibility lately.
--
Jarto Tarpio robin@vipunen.hut.fi StarSoft Kynavas@cory.Berkeley.EDU (David C. Navas) (03/27/91)
In article <1991Mar24.001929.10356@csusac.csus.edu> emmonsl@athena.ecs.csus.edu (L. Scott Emmons) writes: >Is the open-look in color, or b&w like the X-Windows? Umm... OpenLook (olwm) is a window manager that runs "under" the X-Server. No? So that pretty much clears it up :) I thought, though, that they released the A2410? In which case I would hope that X-Windows is about to be upgraded, as it would be the beast using the thing... David Navas navas@cory.berkeley.edu 2.0 :: "You can't have your cake and eat it too." Also try c186br@holden, c260-ay@ara and c184-ap@torus
mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) (03/28/91)
In article <ROBIN.91Mar24153228@vipunen.hut.fi> robin@vipunen.hut.fi (Jarto 'Robin' Tarpio) writes: In article <1991Mar24.001929.10356@csusac.csus.edu> emmonsl@athena.ecs.csus.edu (L. Scott Emmons) writes: I've been wanting to purchase an Amiga-3000, but my dealer here tells me only about 60% of software runs on it, even under 1.3. Anyone have a list of software which will run on the 3000? Including games and useful software as well. Depends on what software you look at. If you include _all_ software, the 60% figure is probably about right. If you restrict yourself to productivity software, then I'd say it's better than 90%. Making sure you've got the latest rev of the software helps (I've gotten free upgrades to a number of packages to bring them up to snuff for 2.0). If a program breaks on an A3000 using KS1.3, it breaks under all the acceleretor cards on the market and it's not worth using. Not quite true. The A3000 uses memory at addresses above $ffffff, meaning that software that depends on the high byte of an address being zero will break. Not all accellerators have memory there. I don't use KS1.3 in my A3000 any more. I didn't install the 1.3- partition on my new 210M Quantum. There is quite few programs that break in my Amiga. Usually those that don't work I wouldn't use anyway. Ditto - I decided I had better uses for the space in the 1.3 partition, and used it. <mike -- [Our regularly scheduled .signature preempted.] Mike Meyer The Amiga 1000: Let's build _the_ hackers machine. mwm@pa.dec.com The Amiga 500: Let's build one as cheaply as possible! decwrl!mwm The Amiga 2000: Let's build one inside an IBM PC!