| From: | Rich Holtzschue |
| Date: | 17 Oct 99 at 09:03:00 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: OS 3.5 |
From: Rich Holtzschue <Rich.Holtzschue@f2020.n147.z1.fidonet.org>
Greets-
In a message dated 16 Oct 99 03:28:22, Don Cox wrote:
DC> From: Don Cox <doncox@enterprise.net>
DC> On 16-Oct-99, Michael Gravgaard wrote:
DC> MG> From: "Michael Gravgaard" <Michael@Smallville97.freeserve.co.uk>
DC> MG> I just looked at OS3.5 on www.Amiga.com. The only reason I can
DC> MG> see for buying this is that it has PowerPC support, everything
DC> MG> else looks almost the same
DC> Did you read the list of features?
DC> Actually the main thing is the enormous amount of work that Olaf Barthel
DC> and others have put into fixing bugs and problems throughout the system.
DC> If you already have KS3.1 ROMs, it is worth the money for that alone.
I had heard that eliminating some patches by integrating there
functions in the OS was another goal. Do you know, did Olaf and company have
time to do this?
DC> If you don't have 3.1 ROMs, you will find that things like graphics
DC> cards are just that little bit buggy. So it's worth getting those
DC> anyway, IMO.
DC> For me, the main feature of 3.5 is integrated support for larger drives,
DC> with the new version of HDToolbox.
I wonder if having PFS3 or similar will have any advantage over the
built in stuff?
DC> My own opinion is that this is the time to either support the Amiga or
DC> dump it. If you like your Amiga, keep it up to date, even if you have
DC> some other computer as well. An OS upgrade once every five years isn't a
DC> heavy expense.
Unfortunately, the ole 500 won't benefit, unless I can find on '030
accel for it. The BBS A3K will, hopefully, be just a smidge more stable.
Looking forward to see what it "feels" like.
_rich_ AmigaLine BBS sysop member Team *AMIGA*
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