Workbench Release 2.05, v37.71, 37.72 (Kickstart v37.299, 37.300, 37.350) |
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| Release date: 1992 |
New ROM (512KB) and software |
| Shipped with: Amiga 600, 600HD, available as update |
Major enhancements:
- Support for hard drives larger than 40MB (from Kickstart v37.350)
- Support for high-density floppy drives
- Support for PCMCIA slots via "CC0:" device (from Kickstart v37.300)
- Support for internal IDE (from Kickstart v37.300)
- Recoverable RAM drive renamed to RAM_0:
- Included "PrepCard" on the Extras disk for the PCMCIA slot
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| Screenshots/pics:
There are no visual differences between Workbench 2.04 and 2.05.
| Kickstart Screen | Comp. Logo |
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| Hidden messages: same as 2.04. |
Media information:
Descriptions & Part Numbers |
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| Four (OFS) DS/DD diskettes |
Amiga Workbench
Version 2.05
PN: 367959-01 (v37.72),
367813 (v37.71) | Install Disk
Version 2.05
PN: 367826 | Amiga Extras
Version 2.05
PN: 367824,
367960-01 | Amiga Fonts
Version 2.05
PN: 367825,
367968-01 |
Workbench
Version 2.05
PN: 367813-03 (Intl) | SCSI Install Disk
Version 2.05
PN: 367826-03 (Intl) | Extras
Version 2.05
PN: 367824-04 (Intl) | Fonts
Version 2.05
PN: 367825-03 (Intl) |
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Notes/comments:
- Colin Wenzel notes that: "an Amiga 600 wouldn't auto-boot on a hard drive bigger than 40MB unless you had Kickstart v37.350."
- The difference between v37.71 and v37.72 is the removal of speech support. Disk numbers and dates for LIBS:version.library are below:
Workbench 2.05, P/N: 367813-03
version.library 37.71 (01/09/92)
Workbench 2.05, P/N: 367959-01
version.library 37.72 (03/23/92)
- While the speech support files were completely removed from 2.1, some 2.05 disks were also shipped without them, as Kenton Groombridge notes: "The OS that was shipped with the A600 was stripped. If you purchased the full 2.05, it was there. 2.05 was the last version of the OS that shipped with narrator.device and translator.library."
- Like 2.04, the 2.05 Install disk was only shipped with Amigas containing hard drives. Rodney Hester believes that the Install disk was non-existent with v37.72, since it was designed for the A600 (A600HD owners received a full set of v37.71 disks).
- Although most A600's used 2.05, very early A600's used 2.04, and thus had no internal IDE or PCMCIA support. Richard Lane notes that these unlucky A600 owners had to upgrade to 2.05 (specifically Kickstart v37.300, which added both IDE & PCMCIA support) if they wanted to use either IDE hard drives or PCMCIA cards.
- Chris Young recalls seeing a later A600 with the early ROM (37.299) which could run some games that failed on the 37.300+ models.
- 2.05 ROM Chip Part Number for A600 (v37.299): 391388-01.
- 2.05 ROM Chip Part Number for ?: 391304-02.
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