scroll@cis.ufl.edu (Steve Croll) (04/01/91)
What is the most recent version of Kickstart/Workbench that has been released to non-developers? From what I have heard on the net, the most recent version is 2.02 (Kick 36.207/ WB 36.69). I just went to my dealer for the third time since November to see if they had the upgrade to 2.02 yet. For the third time they had no clue what I was talking about. Frustrated, I went to a competitors store and asked about the upgrade. The salesman said he did not have 2.02, but he DID have 2.03. He said Commodore sent it to his store about three weeks ago. I feared that somehow he got a developers beta version and told the salesman this. He just shrugged and said that all the 3000's in his store have been running it for three weeks and have had no problems. He then made a copy for me. I installed the new Kickstart and checked the versions. I now have Kickstart 36.303 and Workbench 36.68. If these are not the versions I should be running, I would like to know how (and where) to get the correct versions. I should note that the nearest (A3000) dealer is about 150 miles away. Finally, I have noticed what appears to be a bug (or a least an incompatability) in the new Kickstart. Should I report this to Commodore (bugs@cbmvax.commodore.com) even if I am running the "wrong" version? -- -- Steve Croll (internet: scroll@reef.cis.ufl.edu home: 904-373-8389)
jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) (04/01/91)
In article <27771@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> scroll@cis.ufl.edu (Steve Croll) writes: >What is the most recent version of Kickstart/Workbench that has been >released to non-developers? 2.02 (36.207). >The salesman said he did not have 2.02, but he DID have 2.03. He said >Commodore sent it to his store about three weeks ago. I feared that >somehow he got a developers beta version and told the salesman this. He >just shrugged and said that all the 3000's in his store have been running >it for three weeks and have had no problems. He then made a copy >for me. > >I installed the new Kickstart and checked the versions. I now have >Kickstart 36.303 and Workbench 36.68. If these are not the versions These are developer versions that were sent in late december (I think) to all developers to start bringing closure to the 2.0 effort. It is a quite stable version, and I can't think of any major gotchas in it versus 207, but I can't guarantee it. As far as developer versions go it's 3+ months old. It is NOT 2.03 (a hypothetical WB release that hasn't happened yet), nor is it 2.04 (the disk was labelled 2.04 beta). >Finally, I have noticed what appears to be a bug (or a least an >incompatability) in the new Kickstart. Should I report this to >Commodore (bugs@cbmvax.commodore.com) even if I am running the >"wrong" version? It can't hurt, though with one that old there's a good chance it's been fixed. Do report it (make SURE you include as much info as possible about versions, utilities being run, method of producing the bug, and system configuration). -- Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering. {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com BIX: rjesup Thus spake the Master Ninjei: "To program a million-line operating system is easy, to change a man's temperament is more difficult." (From "The Zen of Programming") ;-)