Amiga

Amiga OS

Kickstart

  • kickstart versions
    • V0 to V32 - Obsolete! No longer supported.
    • V33 - Kickstart 1.2
    • V34 - Kickstart 1.3 (1.2 with autoboot for HD)
    • V35 - Early beta-kickstart 1.4. Obsolete
    • V36 - Obsolete! Early V2.00-V2.03 supplied with Amiga 3000 (Amiga 3000 owners should upgrade to at least V37)
    • V37 - Kickstart 2.04. Final release version of Kickstart 2
    • (V38) - Workbench 2.1 (exec.library should not show this version. All true V38 libraries are disk based)
    • V39 - Kickstart 3.0
    • V40 - Kickstart 3.1 - Currently only in AmigaCD 32
    • NOTES - Important differences:
      • Size: Kickstart 1.2 was 256Kb. Kickstart 3.0 is 512Kb
      • Offsets: EVERYTHING changes. Do not make any assumptions about any data in rom, for example reset locations, topaz.font data position.
      • Libraries: Many disk-based libraries under 1.3 are now in ROM, along with disk-validator and other things….
      • Workbench: Workbench is much improved. Use it.
      • OS Functions: Many new OS functions in all libraries. Now much easier to use, and faster. Much faster than under 1.2/1.3

History

Amiga A1200