#AMIGA OS 3.9 WARP OS INSTALL#
processing was great with the '060 chip, and it was super easy to install on the A3640, but the slow motherboard RAM and IDE KILLED my performance that I was so used to. To I contacted Tbtorro, who is an awesome guy, and he offered to do the job for me, and install two new SIMM sockets on the board so I could go up to 128 MB instead of 64 MB! His prices were reasonable, so I took out the Warp Engine, slapped my new '040 to '060 adapter on my spare A3640 card, and redid my system back to 16MB and IDE interface with a nice 10 Gig IDE hard drive. My soldering skills are just fine, but I did not want to tackle desoldering the chip and soldering on a socket. Then I took my Warp Engine out.and realized that the A3000 version does not have a socketed 68040 chip. I could triple the speed of my A4000 with one chip upgrade! I ordered it right away, and waited a week or two to get it in. And then I saw it - On Amibay, Tbtorro was selling '040 - '060 adapters for A3640's and Warp Engines. So I was in Zippy-Amiga heaven - This beast could handle almost anything I threw at it. The Warp Engine saw them fine, and Amiga OS 3.9 handled the large partitions like a dream - no problems at all. I ended up using a 74 Gig 15,000 RPM SCSI drive and a 300 Gig 15,000 RPM SCSI drive. Switching to SCSI from my CF card on the IDE channel was like opening the floodgates. Wow! What a difference that made! Not only bringin my Amiga up from 68040/25 Mhz to 68040/40 Mhz, but the extra RAM was so fast! Order of magnitude faster than the 16 MB on my A4000. A few months back, I decided to move my Macrosystems Warp Engine from my towerized A3000 (which I was not using) to my A4000. What I have learned is that the onboard IDE on my Amiga 4000 is HORRIBLE! I used it for years, and on my A1200 without thinking much of it, as I was doing rather basic things on my Amiga. I have learned a few things in the last two weeks. Thanks for taking the time to watch my series! Thanks again for following my site and my channel! I appreciate it!Įpisode 3 MPEG1 for playback with RiVA on your Amiga Maybe they are A3000 ROM's with no IDE support. I am concerned that the ROMS are incorrect. I remember last time I had it functioning it did not seem to recognize the IDE ports on the board. The big project will be the A2200 board - I need to get it booting again. The A500 will probably get Vampired - unless we hear something soon about the V4 that works in an A1200! I honestly don't need the A500 for anything as there are only so many hours in the day. I know there is an option to use an ISA Networking card in conjunction with Bridgeboard to get this Amiga online, so I will play with that. It will get the Bridgeboard and the toaster 2000 installed. The A2000 will be a fun one since it has so many ZORRO slots. If I can get another A3640 card functional, I will install it in there too.
#AMIGA OS 3.9 WARP OS UPGRADE#
My A3000 Tower will eventually get a nice BIGRAM 256 MB Zorro3 board installed, and I will upgrade it to OS 3.9, install the One Stop Music Shop card and my Thylacine USB card. But.Then I have no clue what I will do with it. I have plans for my extra towerized A4000 - I want to set it up with the Video Toaster 4000 and the Time Base Correctors I have. I currently have eight Amiga's, but only six are in working condition and two are used on a weekly basis. This week I am showing off my Amiga collection. Hyperion Entertainment Amiga OS 3.1.4 Purchase site: Here are some helpful links mentioned in the video.
I am happy that I could keep the 3.9 enhancements like the great text editor and the reaction interface while still experiencing the power and performance of AmigaOS 3.1.4ĭownload the MPEG1 to your real Amiga here. I certainly ran into a few issues, which I cover in the video, but everything worked out just fine in the end. Why not do tackle the "Upgrade" from AmigaOS3.9 to AmigaOS 3.1.4 while I am at it! In the meantime I have to go back to plain vanilla IDE on my Amiga with my upgraded A3640 card. I already own the '040 > '060 adapter, and it works great on my A3640 card, but my Warp Engine was lacking the socket to handle the upgrade, so I am shipping it off to a friend from the Commodore Amiga Facebook group for an upgrade. I recently decided to upgrade my Warp Engine to an '060 card. I also have to admit that the "Reaction" enhancements to the AmigaOS were pretty nice. Funky numbering system aside, AmigaOS 3.1.4 is really an upgrade to AmigaOS 3.9 - 3.9 provided a lot of missing pieces 17 years ago for for sure, and provided so great enhanced utilities for playing sounds and watching videos.
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