Commodore Amiga Retro

C= The Amiga OS: Kickstart First Generation Workbench Release 1.0, v30.?? (Kickstart v30.x, NTSC only) Released: October 1985 Kickstart on disk (256KB), plus software Workbench Release 1.1, v31.334 (Kickstart v31.34 (NTSC), v32.34 (PAL)) Released: December 1985 Kickstart on disk (256KB) and included new software Shipped with the Amiga 1000. Also available as update Workbench Release 1.2, v33.46, 33.47, 33.56, 33.59, 33.61 (Kickstart v33.180) Released: 1986, 1987 New ROM (256KB, or Kickstart disk for A1000) plus software Shipped with the Amiga 500, 2000, also available as update Workbench Release 1.3, v34.20 (Kickstart v34.5) Released: 1988 New ROM (256KB, or Kickstart disk for A1000) plus software Shipped with the Amiga 500, 2000, and also available as update Workbench Release 1.3.1 , v34.25 Release date: Not a public release Workbench Release 1.3.2, v34.28 Release date: 1989 and new software only Shipped with the Amiga 500, 2000, and also available as update Workbench Release 1.3.3, v34.34 Release date: 1990, new software only Shipped with the Amiga 500, 2000, and available as update Workbench Release 1.3.4, v34.?? Release date: 1990, new software only Shipped with the Amiga 500, 2000, and available as update Workbench Release 1.3.4, v34.?? Release date: 1990, new software only Shipped with the Amiga 500, 2000, available as update 2nd Generation Workbench Release 2.0, v36.68 (Kickstart 36.?) Release date: 1990 SuperKickstart disk, new software Shipped with the early Amiga 3000s only Workbench Release 2.04 , v37.67 (Kickstart v37.175) Release date: Late October 1991 New ROM (512KB) and software Shipped with the Amiga 500+, 3000, and available as update Workbench Release 2.05 , v37.71, 37.72 (Kickstart v37.299, 37.300, 37.350) Release date: 1992, new ROM (512KB) and software Shipped with the Amiga 600, 600HD, available as update Workbench Release 2.1 , v38.36 Release date: November/December 1992, new software only Shipped with the Amiga 600, available as update 3rd Generation Workbench Release 3.0 , v39.29 (Kickstart v39.106) Release date: 1992, new ROM (512KB) and software for AGA Amigas only Shipped with the Amiga 1200, 4000 only Workbench Release 3.1 , v40.42 (Kickstart v40.55, .56, .58, .60, .63, .68, .70) Release date: 1994, new ROM (512KB) and software Shipped with all current "Classic" Amigas, available as upgrade Workbench 3.5 , v44.2, v44.4, v44.5 (uses Kickstart 3.1 ROM(s) Initial release: October 18, 1999 Boing Bag 1 release: December 24, 1999 Boing Bag 2a release: January 9, 2001 New software (CD-ROM only), requires 3.1 ROM(s) Available as upgrade Workbench 3.9 , v45.1, 45.2, 45.3 Initial release date: December 4, 2000 Boing Bag 2 released: March 20, 2002 Boing Bag 1 released: March 31, 2001 NDK released: January 7, 2002, new software Available as upgrade Beta Versions Workbench Beta v0.7 (27.3), 0.9 (29.2) Br> Beta phase: August 1985 Workbench Beta 1.4, v36.16, 36.8, 36.993, 36.1123, 36.1228 Beta phase: 1989/1990 Workbench Beta 2.0x, v36 (2.00-2.03) Release date: 1989 Workbench Beta v2.1 Beta phase: 1991 Workbench Beta 3.2/4.0, v43.1 Beta phase: unknown A modified, mostly 3.1-based Kickstart ROM was used Workbench Beta 3.5 , v44.x Beta phase: May 1998 - October 1999 CDTV CDTV (Kickstart v34.5) Release date: 1991, new software only Shipped with CDTV units only CD32 CD32 (Kickstart v40.56, 40.58, 40.60) Release date: 1993 New ROM (1MB) and software Shipped with the CD32 units only Machines in General List of originally shipped Workbench Though not necessarily in all cases A1000 - Workbench 1.1 to 1.3 A500 - Workbench 1.2 to 1.3.4 A500+ - Workbench 2.04 A600 - Workbench 2.05 A1200 - Workbench 3.0 A2000 - Workbench 1.2 to 1.3.4 A3000 - Workbench 2.0 - 2.04 A4000 - Workbench 3.0 Amigas can upgrade to the next OS but may require a hardware ROM upgrade New ROMS required Workbench 1.2 Workbench 1.3 Workbench 2.04 Workbench 2.05 Workbench 3.0 Workbench 3.1 Notes on Workbench upgrades To upgrade a machine to use a newer OS may mean a hardware upgrade and new ROMS For example to run the 3.1, 3.5 and 3.9 on say the A1200 or A4000 requires the 3.1 ROMS which is a physical hardware upgrade. Further, only certain of the kickstarts supported hard-drives, as with the A600. To run a hard-drive on the A600 you need kickstart v37.350 for hard drives larger than 40MB. Also for the modern larger hard drives you need to upgrade any WB 3.0 machine to a minimum 3.1 ROM ( and this is a hardware upgrade ) Amiga Chronology AMIGA 1000 Year: 1985 Memory: 256K Processor: 68000 Details: Kickstart loaded from disk OCS chipset. AMIGA 500 Year: 1987 Memory: 512K (expandable to 1024K) Processor: 68000 Speed (MHz): 7.14 Details: First low-end Amiga OCS chipset DMA expansion slot Kickstart 1.2/1.3. AMIGA 2000 Year: 1987 Memory: 256K Processor: 68000 Details: Hard drive as standard Zorro II slots, OCS/ECS chipset, Kickstart 1.2-2.04 AMIGA 1500 Year: 1990 Memory: 1MB Processor: 68000 Details: A2000 with 2 disk drives AMIGA 3000 Year: 1990 Memory: 1MB Processor: 68030 Details: Kickstart 2, Zorro III slots, ECS chipset AMIGA 500+ Year: 1991 Memory: 1MB Processor: 68000 Details: ECS chipset, Kickstart 2 Workbench 2.04 AMIGA CDTV Year: 1991 Memory: 1MB Processor: 68000 Details: A500 with CD-ROM + 1.3 ROM AMIGA 3000T Year: 1991 Memory: 2MB Processor: 68030 Details: An expandable A3000 in a tower AMIGA 600 Year: 1992 Memory: 1MB Processor: 68000 Details: Smaller A500+ without a numeric keypad, PCMCIA AMIGA 4000/040 Year: 1992 Memory: 6MB Processor: 68040 Details: Workbench/kickstart 3, AGA chipset AMIGA 4000/030 Year: 1992 Memory: 6MB Processor: 68030 Details: As above AMIGA 1200 Year: 1992 Memory: 2MB Processor: 68020EC Details: First low-end 32 bit Amiga, AGA chipset. PCMCIA Slot AMIGA CD32 Year: 1993 Memory: 2MB Processor: 68020EC Details: A1200 without a keyboard + double speed CD drive, Kickstart 3.1 AMIGA 4000/060 Year: 1996 Memory: 6MB Processor: 68060 Details: A4000 with 68060 Please visit Greg Donner`s Workbench page for full listings of all the Amiga OS`s. Many thanks to Greg Also visit Amiga Chronology for more on the Amiga history line If you can only see this CONTENT window then click the image above for the full site Last updated 07/10/06