Help Kickstart ROMs Guide Kickstart + Workbench = AmigaOS AmigaOS (the Amiga Operating System) can be divided into two parts: the Workbench disks and the Kickstart ROM. The Amiga Workbench uses the metaphor of a workbench (i.e. A workbench of manual labor), rather than the now standard desktop metaphor, for representing.
I thought everything was going great. Had my old A500 up and running, WB was running well. Tried making a backup of my Workbench 1.3 backup. Didn't get all the way through.
Try again later. About an hour later, try and load Workbench from another disk, no dice, read/write error. Tried my backup, still no luck. Uh-oh, this could be bad. Trying again and again, took my a500 apart and cleaned the drive heads, and everytime it stops at the same point in loading WB 1.3. So now I'm stuck, after 20 years my WB 1.3 floppy just ups and dies! If only Commodore was still around to claim it under warranty Anyway, I now have no way of loading the CLI to load software from my PC.
Where can I go to get a Workbench 1.3 disk? Only possible ebay auction is in the UK and I doubt a disk would make it to Australia unscathed. Plus it is an oringal disk, so it itself is 20 years old too.
Agreed, shipping from UK to Aus would most likely result in the disk being x-rayed which would destroy it. I guess you could write something on the parcel to ask them to manually examine it instead of x-raying, but I don't know if customs would pay any attention. If you can't find anyone in Aus who can give you a copy then downloading may be the only option if you own the originals. But then, if you have no Workbench disk to boot from, I don't know how you could get the files on to your Amiga:-? - moto -EDIT Actually, I've just found.
So you may want to chance it. Quote motorollin wrote: Agreed, shipping from UK to Aus would most likely result in the disk being x-rayed which would destroy it. I guess you could write something on the parcel to ask them to manually examine it instead of x-raying, but I don't know if customs would pay any attention. If you can't find anyone in Aus who can give you a copy then downloading may be the only option if you own the originals. But then, if you have no Workbench disk to boot from, I don't know how you could get the files on to your Amiga:-? - moto -EDIT Actually, I've just found. So you may want to chance it.
That is F-ing bull. Every Amiga computer came with Workbench disks. There are no keyfiles or serials, so if you own the original disk(s) you can download ADFs all day long, you own the license so to speak. It is like going to the store and buying Windows XP and then cutting up your CD, then downloading a XP ISO off the net and using your serial key with it! Especially now since there is no Commodore to get a replacement. I can see back in 1992 getting a copy would not be the 'correct' course of action, it would be to contact Commodore-Amiga, Inc., and get a copy for like $7. As far as I am concerned if anyone comes to me with a Amiga and asks me for a System Disk, I will gladly give them a copy that corresponds to the original ROM and OS that came with the machine when it was released.
Ie WB 1.3 for A500/2000, WB 2.x for A600/3000, WB 3.0 Amiga 4000/1200, etc. If anyone does not like it tough.:banana.
Contents. What is Workbench? Workbench (or Amiga Workbench)(recently renamed Amiga OS for version 3.5 and newer), is the operating system software used by the Amiga range of computers. Some of the operating system is built in to the ROM (known as the Kickstart ROM) and some of it is on floppy disk (or CD for later versions).
There were lots of different versions, some of which were quite basic and did very little (like 1.0), but all stuck to a similar design. Newer versions are backwardly compatible with older software, but poorly written software may fail on some later version due to software developers not sticking to the Workbench guidelines and coding directly to the system. Workbench can be run from floppy disks or installed to hard drive, either manually or by using the scripts and programs on the install disks. Workbench versions summary Workbench version Workbench revisions Kickstart version Required Distributed with Amiga models Media set Additional Information 1.0 30.00 1.0 2 disks Workbench and Extras Very buggy early version of Workbench. No version information on files. 1.1 31.334 1.1 2 disks Workbench and Extras Still quite buggy.
You can drag drawers into drawers and mess up the files on the disk. 1.2 33.46 33.47 33.56 33.59 33.61 1.2, 2 disks Workbench and Extras Some bugs fixed. Several releases, Addition of: SetMap, GraphicDump, Expansion drawer (& BindDrivers) 1.3 34.20 1.3, some 2 disks Workbench and Extras Popular version! Autoboot from any media, Addition of Shell and NEWCON: device 1.3.2 34.28 1.3, some 2 disks Workbench and Extras Available as an upgrade, but distributed with some Amigas.
1.3.3. 34.34 1.3 UPGRADE ONLY 2 disks Workbench and Extras Only available as an upgrade! AmigaBASIC was dropped from the Extras disk. 1.3, some 2 disks Workbench and Extras Late rare version distributed with some Amigas. Some bug fixes, but documentation cannot be found to verify this A2024.
34.1 (34.20) 1.3 A2024 monitors 2 disks 1.3 Jumpstart and Extras Contains a utility RamKick which loads Kickstart and A2024 monitor driver.