Click Here
home features news forums classifieds faqs links search
6071 members 
Amiga Q&A /  Free for All /  Emulation /  Gaming / (Latest Posts)
Login

Nickname

Password

Lost Password?

Don't have an account yet?
Register now!

Support Amigaworld.net
Your support is needed and is appreciated as Amigaworld.net is primarily dependent upon the support of its users.
Donate

Menu
Main sections
» Home
» Features
» News
» Forums
» Classifieds
» Links
» Downloads
Extras
» OS4 Zone
» IRC Network
» AmigaWorld Radio
» Newsfeed
» Top Members
» Amiga Dealers
Information
» About Us
» FAQs
» Advertise
» Polls
» Terms of Service
» Search

IRC Channel
Server: irc.amigaworld.net
Ports: 1024,5555, 6665-6669
SSL port: 6697
Channel: #Amigaworld
Channel Policy and Guidelines

Who's Online
21 crawler(s) on-line.
 110 guest(s) on-line.
 0 member(s) on-line.



You are an anonymous user.
Register Now!
 amigakit:  6 mins ago
 Troels:  51 mins ago
 Gunnar:  1 hr 6 mins ago
 Rob:  1 hr 12 mins ago
 zipper:  1 hr 35 mins ago
 OneTimer1:  2 hrs 37 mins ago
 NutsAboutAmiga:  2 hrs 41 mins ago
 kolla:  2 hrs 53 mins ago
 Comi:  3 hrs 22 mins ago
 vox:  4 hrs 8 mins ago

/  Forum Index
   /  Amiga Development
      /  AmigaOS 2.x vs AmigaOS 3.1
Register To Post

PosterThread
kamelito 
AmigaOS 2.x vs AmigaOS 3.1
Posted on 25-Jun-2018 19:16:01
#1 ]
Cult Member
Joined: 26-Jul-2004
Posts: 813
From: Unknown

AmigaOS 2 was a big leap from 1.3.
3.0 & 3.1 not so much, so I guess that it is best to target 2.x users than narrowing the users base by going 3.x any thoughts?

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
PR 
Re: AmigaOS 2.x vs AmigaOS 3.1
Posted on 25-Jun-2018 20:14:37
#2 ]
Super Member
Joined: 1-Sep-2004
Posts: 1961
From: Suomi-Finland

Nearly All Through.

What about 4.x

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
BigD 
Re: AmigaOS 2.x vs AmigaOS 3.1
Posted on 25-Jun-2018 22:36:19
#3 ]
Elite Member
Joined: 11-Aug-2005
Posts: 7307
From: UK

@kamelit0

3.9 all the way.

_________________
"Art challenges technology. Technology inspires the art."
John Lasseter, Co-Founder of Pixar Animation Studios

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
kamelito 
Re: AmigaOS 2.x vs AmigaOS 3.1
Posted on 26-Jun-2018 5:39:46
#4 ]
Cult Member
Joined: 26-Jul-2004
Posts: 813
From: Unknown

@BigD

I've the feeling that AmigaOS 2 is the most used version but I might be wrong. Having AmigaOS 2 as the base will cover most of the users.

Last edited by kamelit0 on 26-Jun-2018 at 05:41 AM.

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
BillE 
Re: AmigaOS 2.x vs AmigaOS 3.1
Posted on 26-Jun-2018 10:16:01
#5 ]
Super Member
Joined: 14-Nov-2003
Posts: 1195
From: Northern Scotland

@kamelit0

All obsolete.

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
thomas 
Re: AmigaOS 2.x vs AmigaOS 3.1
Posted on 26-Jun-2018 11:29:59
#6 ]
Super Member
Joined: 28-May-2003
Posts: 1141
From: Germany


Most improvements in 2.0 went into DOS. It also introduced commodities, asl, gadtools and BOOPSI.

Biggest improvement in 2.1 was locale.

So if your app has a GUI and processes data, then 2.x is a good base.

The improvements in 3.0 are in graphics, datatypes and RTG.

So if your app processes graphics or is a game, then 3.x is required, otherwise you would have to reinvent all the wheels yourself again.

_________________
Email: thomas-rapp@web.de
Home: thomas-rapp.homepage.t-online.de

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
Trixie 
Re: AmigaOS 2.x vs AmigaOS 3.1
Posted on 26-Jun-2018 11:35:11
#7 ]
Amiga Developer Team
Joined: 1-Sep-2003
Posts: 2089
From: Czech Republic

@kamelit0

Quote:
so I guess that it is best to target 2.x users than narrowing the users base by going 3.x any thoughts?

AFAIK OS 2.x didn't know the concept of datatypes and the BOOPSI framework lacked a few important features, so no, not really. Going below OS 3.x doesn't make good sense.

_________________
The Rear Window blog

AmigaOne X5000/020 @ 2GHz / 4GB RAM / Radeon RX 560 / ESI Juli@ / AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition
SAM440ep-flex @ 667MHz / 1GB RAM / Radeon 9250 / AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
pavlor 
Re: AmigaOS 2.x vs AmigaOS 3.1
Posted on 26-Jun-2018 15:59:28
#8 ]
Elite Member
Joined: 10-Jul-2005
Posts: 9578
From: Unknown

@kamelit0

Quote:
I've the feeling that AmigaOS 2 is the most used version but I might be wrong.


You are wrong. As only A3000/T, late A2000/2500 and A500+/600 shipped with OS2.x, most Amiga users had OS1.x (A500) or OS3.x (A1200). There really is no need to support 2.x.

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
duga 
Re: AmigaOS 2.x vs AmigaOS 3.1
Posted on 26-Jun-2018 17:48:01
#9 ]
Regular Member
Joined: 1-May-2012
Posts: 227
From: Unknown

@pavlor

There's no need to support 2.x, but if a program happens to not need 3.x functions it's great if it works together with 2.x, right?

1.x is another story.

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
kamelito 
Re: AmigaOS 2.x vs AmigaOS 3.1
Posted on 26-Jun-2018 18:00:27
#10 ]
Cult Member
Joined: 26-Jul-2004
Posts: 813
From: Unknown

@thomas

That make sense thanks

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
kamelito 
Re: AmigaOS 2.x vs AmigaOS 3.1
Posted on 26-Jun-2018 18:18:15
#11 ]
Cult Member
Joined: 26-Jul-2004
Posts: 813
From: Unknown

@thomas

That make sense thanks

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  

[ home ][ about us ][ privacy ] [ forums ][ classifieds ] [ links ][ news archive ] [ link to us ][ user account ]
Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019 Amigaworld.net.
Amigaworld.net was originally founded by David Doyle