OCS and ECS too) as opposed to 3.0 which was never released for A500/A2000/A3000 and was never supported on non-AA machines. Indeed, now that I think about it, I remember that Kickstart 3.1 may have been described back in the days as an improved 3.0, finally suitable for all machines (i.e.
later versions than the ones in 3.0 maybe? (I cannot easily check module versions in 3.0)
The file lists many fixes for non-AA chipsets, with 39.x module version numbers. Kickstart 1.3 first appeared in December 1987 (v 34.005) and was the first version of Kickstart to be able to boot from a hard disk without requiring a floppy disk. They probably were meant to convince developers to use OS functionality for games and multimedia titles for the CD32 (that debuted the new Kickstart), along with lowlevel.library.Īlso, Workbech (Execute, Information) is now font sensitive.Ī full list of Kickstart 3.1 changes is in the archive here. do not reload the palette for a screen, but use the previous' screen one). With 27C400 EPROM you can use only 1 (512KB) Kickstart ROM (If you are using this adapter with 27C400 EPROM then pin1 and pin42 of the eprom socket should be left empty. OS-wise, Kickstart 3.1 should have more optimized graphics.library routines (rewritten to assembler), and some more tags for VideoControl() to speed up remaking the display in some cases (eg. This a500 Kickstart ROM replacement adapter easily fits A500 REV.5 Motherboards.
