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Amiga Workbench 3.1 Adf Download

The 'new' Amiga 600 had a Workbench 2.0 kickstart rom in it. First task was to replace it with a Amiga 500/600 Kickstart 3.1.4 rom, supplied with my purchase of the AmigaOS 3.1.4 package from Alinea Computer - you can also buy the downloadable versions direct from Hyperion Entertainment with a softkick ROM. But I wanted to have the new features. Classic Workbench. Download an Amiga Workbench OS. Preinstalled packs setup for real. A500+ A600 A1200 A1500+ A2000+ A3000 A4000 and UAE. 3) Workbench 3.1 ADF files There are six disks: Install, Workbench, Extras, Storage, Locale and Fonts. Old Games Finder is an automated old games search engine. Users can search for very rare old games for many retro platforms, including families like PC, Amiga, Apple, Atari, Commodore, Mame (arcade machines), Nintendo, Playstation, Sega, Sinclair. The Workbench 1.3 in ADF format. I have an Amiga 500 with workbench 1.3 and I m trying to transfer some ADF images from my PC to the. Download workbench 1.3 adf. Jul 21, 2018 - To use this guide, you'll need a set of Workbench 3.1 installation floppy. But it can also be completed inside WinUAE using ADF floppy disk images. Workbench 3.1 Floppy Disk Set (6 images, requires 3.0 or higher ROM) Workbench 2.1 Floppy Disk Set (5 images, requires 2.04 or higher ROM) Workbench 1.3 Floppy Disk Set (2 images, requires 1.2 or higher ROM) Kickstart 1.3 Floppy Disk (required to boot Amiga 1000 systems).

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A: Internal Amiga version numbers use 'library revision' (rather than product version) numbering. This numbering system starts from version 30 for version 1.0 of the operating system, and evolves to version 45 for the files included in the product known as 'Amiga OS 3.9'. This is the same numbering which is used when you enter 'Version filename' in an Amiga Shell window to check for the version of a system library or other executable file.

Amiga Forever up to version 5.0 included Amiga operating systems up to version 40 ('Amiga OS 3.1', as published by Commodore-Amiga, Inc. and others) For Amiga Forever 6.0, Cloanto extended its licenses to include the software from Amiga operating system versions 44 (product known as 'Amiga OS 3.5') and 45 (product known as 'Amiga OS 3.9'). All three versions share the same underlying version 40 Amiga ROM, with some patches applied.

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Amiga Forever 6.0 includes the latest version 44 operating system files, plus a selection of the latest, most important and most compatible version 45 and some later ROM and operating system patches and files. For the reasons outlined below, however, Cloanto specifically does not wish to claim to be distributing a product known as 'Amiga OS 3.9'.

When, during the development of Amiga Forever 6.0, it became aware of the fact that the legal status of certain files included in the original 'Amiga OS 3.9' distribution was under challenge, Cloanto decided to additionally license certain third-party version 45 and later contributions not only from the publishers, but also directly from the respective developers and copyright holders (who never granted any exclusive licenses). While this may result in a best case scenario where some version 45 files are licensed not once but twice for use in Amiga Forever, in the worst case certain files would at least be covered by the licenses granted for Amiga Forever by the individual developers (plus the license which applies to the previous code of which the new version may be a derivative, e.g. Amiga code already licensed for Amiga Forever by Amiga Corporation).

In consideration of the ongoing litigation between different parties involved in the release of the product known as 'Amiga OS 3.9', Cloanto also considered it prudent to avoid altogether the use of the 'Amiga OS 3.9' label in the context of Amiga Forever. Therefore, although duly licensed by multiple parties to include the latest version 45 system files, Amiga Forever continues to refer to this set of files using the generic '3.X' description, which Cloanto has been using ever since the release of Amiga Forever 1.0.

Amiga Forever 6.0 and higher therefore include a set of version 44 (as in 'Amiga OS 3.5') files plus version 45 (or higher) files which may be either identical with, or newer than, certain (but not all) files which were also included in the product known as 'Amiga OS 3.9'. From a technical point of view, as in its tradition, Cloanto carefully evaluated each individual system file, verifying the latest version available (including files newer than those distributed in the product known as 'Amiga OS 3.9') and paying great attention to factors such as compatibility and stability. Third-party application software was deliberately kept separate from the System partition, and is stored, as in previous versions of Amiga Forever (which already included under license software also bundled with the product known as 'Amiga OS 3.9'), in the Work partition.

Certain third-party application items which were included in the product known as 'Amiga OS 3.9', the use of which had been publicly disputed before the publication of Amiga Forever 6.0, such as for example the MP3 decoding technology (claimed to be covered by a patent portfolio of Fraunhofer Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen and Thomson Corporation), the GIF/LZW functionality (claimed to be covered by one or more patents by Unisys Corporation), and the TCP/IP software (claimed to be covered by copyrights of Network Solutions Development, Inc.), and other disputed items, were either licensed independently by Cloanto, or not included in Amiga Forever. For this reason, for example, the AmigaAMP player as included in Amiga Forever does not come with any MP3 decoding technology (as included in the product known as 'Amiga OS 3.9'), as the license for commercial use was higher than could be afforded (nevertheless, the required free mpega.library can be downloaded separately from the original sources and their distribution sites).

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This tutorial will help you to install ClassicWB in FS-UAE. Before you start, you should ensure you have FS-UAE Launcher and FS-UAE installed already, and that you have the required kickstart for Amiga 1200 and 4000. You also need a disk image (ADF) of a Workbench 3.0 or Workbench 3.1 disk.

Downloading and Extracting ClassicWB

It isn’t entirely obvious, but there is a download link there – honestly!

First, you need to download ClassicWB. ClassicWB comes in different flavours depending on what Amiga hardware capabilities you’ve got. There is also a special version for UAE Amiga emulators, and that’s the one we’re going to use. So head over to the download page and click on the “UAE” link to download ClassicWB_UAE_vXX.zip. At the time of writing, this is ClassicWB_UAE_v28.zip. I’ll refer to it as ClassicWB_UAE_vXX.zip throughout the tutorial.

Now you need to decide where you want to have ClassicWB stored. I suggest the following location: Documents/FS-UAE/Hard Drives/ClassicWB, but you can put it anywhere you like. The rest of the tutorial will assume this location.

  1. Create an empty folder Documents/FS-UAE/Hard Drives/ClassicWB
  2. Create an empty folder Documents/FS-UAE/Hard Drives/ClassicWB/PC
  3. Open ClassicWB_UAE_vXX.zip, browse into ClassicWB_UAE_vXX and then Hard Disk. Extract the Software folder and the two .hdf files to Documents/FS-UAE/Hard Drives/ClassicWB.

Initial Setup

All three hard drives have been added to the hard drive tab.

  1. Click the “New Configuration” button in the main tab to ensure you are starting with a blank slate.
  2. Change Amiga model to Amiga 1200.
  3. Go to the hard drives tab, and click on the file button for the first hard drive and select the System_P96.hdf file you just extracted.
  4. Click on the folder button for the second hard drive and select the Documents/FS-UAE/Hard Drives/ClassicWB/Software folder.
  5. Click on the folder button for the third hard drive and select Documents/FS-UAE/Hard Drives/ClassicWB/PC folder.

You also need to provide one or more Workbench disks, because ClassicWB needs to copy some files off this/these. You have three options here:

  • Use a Workbench 3.0 disk – You’ll then end up with a WB 3.0 ClassicWB install.
  • Use a Workbench 3.1 disk – You’ll then end up with a WB 3.0 ClassicWB install with some WB 3.1 files.
  • Use the full set of Workbench 3.1 install disks – You’ll then end up with a WB 3.1 ClassicWB install.

Here I have added all six 3.1 disks from Amiga Forever to the floppy swap list. Note that no disk is inserted into any drive.

Go for the last option if you have all six Workbench 3.1 disks. You now go to the floppy tab, and use the plus button to add floppy disk images to the swap list – because the disk(s) must not be inserted in a floppy drive during boot. So either:

  1. Select your Workbench 3.0 or Workbench 3.1 disk (note: you need the “Workbench” disk, not the “Install” disk).
  2. Multiselect all your 6 Workbench 3.1 disks.

Install ClassicWB

ClassicWB installer requesting a workbench disk to be inserted into the first floppy drive.

  1. When asked to insert disk, open the FS-UAE menu, navigate down to the first floppy drive with your arrow keys and press return.
  2. Either select your single Workbench disk – or, if you’re using the full Workbench 3.1 set – insert disk 2 of 6. Press return to insert the disk.
  3. If you chose a Workbench 3.1 disk, you’ll be asked if you want to upgrade to Workbench 3.1. Type y and return if you have all six disks, otherwise, type n and return.

You also need to press return when back in the AmigaDOS prompt to continue with the installation. If you press return too quickly, a requester will appear, but just click on the Retry button if this happens.

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If you are asked for disks by name and cannot see the names in FS-UAE, the disks are Extras (3 of 6), Fonts (6 of 6), Install (1 of 6), Locale (5 of 6) and Storage (4 of 6).

After the installer is done copying files, you’ll be asked whether you want to enable or disable OldIcons. This is just a matter of preference so you can answer any of them.

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When the message “Please remove the Workbench disk and reboot” appears, simply quit FS-UAE.

Install ClassicWB/ADVSP (Optional)

This step is optional. The previous step configured a system drive with support for Picasso 96. This step will install an alternative system drive which runs on more “classic hardware”.

Go to the hard drives tab, and click on the file button for the first hard drive. Choose System_ADVSP.hdf (replaces System_P96.hdf). Start FS-UAE and you’ll be greeted with the same installation program as you saw in the first boot. You go through the installer, and do exactly the same things as you did during first boot.

After the installer is done copying files, you’ll be asked a couple of questions. This is a matter of preference, so you can choose anything. Here are some suggestions:

  • Choose Theme: Retro
  • Copper Background: Disable

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The configuration is now saved, and is added to the configurations list to the right.

Again, when the message “Please remove the Workbench disk and reboot” appears, simply quit FS-UAE. We’ll now save this “classic configuration” as “ClassicWB (Amiga 1200)”:

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  • Go to the floppies tab, and use the clear button to remove the floppies from the floppy list.
  • Go to the main tab, change config name to “ClassicWB (Amiga 1200)” and click the save button.

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Final Setup

We’re now done, and will set up hardware for an expanded Amiga 4000 and save the config as “ClassicWB (Amiga 4000)”:

  1. Go to the floppies tab, and use the clear button to remove the floppies from the floppy list (unless you already did it and the floppy list is now empty).
  2. Go to the main tab, change config name to “ClassicWB (Amiga 1200)” and click the save button.
  3. Change the primary hard drive back to System_P96.hdf.
  4. Change Amiga model to Amiga 4000 (68040).
  5. Go to the memory options tab, check Zorro III RAM, and choose 64 MB (or more if you like).
  6. Go to the expansions tab and choose graphics card UAEGFX and enable UAE bsdsocket.library.
  7. Go back to the main tab, change config name to “ClassicWB (Amiga 4000)” and click the save configuration button.

Click Start to start FS-UAE and boot into ClassicWB! Congratulations 🙂

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(You’ll get a different desktop environment depending on whether you boot the Amiga 1200 config or the Amiga 4000 one).

Keymaps, locale and regional settings (Optional)

The following section is copied verbatim from the ClassicWB installation instructions:

ClassicWB defaults to the Great Britain locale and keymap settings. Obviously this is no good if you live elsewhere and your time zone and keyboard layout differs.

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In order to change these settings, do the following:

  1. Move the required keymap from the “Storage/Keymaps” to “Devs/Keymaps” drawer.
  2. Place the “gb” keymap back into the “Storage/Keymaps” drawer, or it will take up memory.
  3. Reboot the Amiga and open up the “Prefs/Input” requester.
  4. Select your corresponding keymap and save the setting.
  5. Open up the “Prefs/Locale” requester and select your region, again saving the setting.

Note that those with an American keyboard layout are able to simply remove the “gb” keymap, placing it back into the “Storage/Keymaps” drawer, leaving the “Devs/Keymaps” drawer empty. The required keymap is built into the ROM as its default setting, so to finish just save the “Prefs/Input” with “American” selected.

Enable JIT (Optional)

You can enable the JIT compiler to make the emulated system several times faster.