Workbench Release 2.04, v37.67 (Kickstart v37.175)
Release date: Late October 1991 New ROM (512KB) and software
Shipped with: Amiga 500+, 3000, available as update
Major enhancements:
  • A new 3D look through-out
  • Boot menu added (allowed selection of boot device & disabling/enabling devices and the startup-sequence)
  • Standard GadTools in ROM
  • Menu system totally revised
  • Revised file system
  • Show files without icons
  • Preferences individualized, new ones introduced
  • Standard file and font requesters
  • ARexx added
  • Outline fonts
  • ..and many more
Screenshots/pics:

Kickstart ScreenBoot Menu 1Boot Menu 2Comp. Logo
Hidden messages:

With one program being launched from the Workbench, select the following menu items while Ctrl, both Alt, and both Shift keys are pressed, then release the right mouse button first and afterwards the other keys. The corresponding messages appear in the titlebar of the Workbench, if "Last Message" from the "Workbench" menu is selected:

  • "Quit" We made it...
  • "Backdrop" Better than ever!
  • "Execute" OS Group: Bryce, Michael, Peter, Darren, Randell
  • "Update" GFX: Allan, Bart, Spencer, Steve, Chris, Ray
  • "Redraw" SP: Eric, Martin H, Bill, Martin T, Brian, Kevin
  • "Last Message" Others: Andy, Dale, Jimm, Kodiak, Ned, Porter, Carolyn, David, CATS, QA
  • "About" Thanks to: Bill Hawes, Software Distillery

Original clue:

  • Control the alternate menus to shift into an enlightened state.

  1. The large icon below (unselected & selected image, respectively) is located on the Install disk [2.0Install:Tools/Test/Who.info] with all the programmer's signatures on it. It also exists in a hidden directory on the A3000 SCSI install diskette:

Media information:

Descriptions & Part Numbers

Four/Five (OFS) DS/DD diskettes
Amiga Workbench
Version 2.04
PN: 367813-01		Install Disk
Version 2.04
PN: 367826-02		A3000 Kickstart
Version 2.04
PN: 367245-06
Amiga Extras
Version 2.04
PN: 367824-01		Amiga Fonts
Version 2.04
PN: 367825-01		A3000 Series Install Disk
V2.04
PN: 367826-01
Notes/comments:
  1. Joan Dow notes that any Amiga OS version prior to 2.04 had a bug where windows could be turned inside out as long as you hit the right key combination that overrode minimum window size specs. People trying this would rather quickly discover that this was "Not A Good Thing.". The poor confused Amiga then took a quick visit to the Guru.
  2. Chris Young notes that "the 2.04 Install disk was only shipped with Amigas containing hard drives"
  3. The biggest Amiga OS upgrade to date.
  4. 2.04 ROM Chip Part Numbers for A3000: 390630-03 (32-Bit High Word), 390629-03 (32-Bit Low Word).
  5. 2.04 ROM Chip Part Number for A500/A2000: 390979-01.
  6. 2.04 ROM Chip Part Number for ?: 363968-01.