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) Superkickstart 1.3+2.04 Floppy Disk (required to boot early Amiga 3000 systems) Relokick 1.4a Floppy Disk (to downgrade newer systems to 1.3 in order to run some older software). Trivial Pursuit - Amiga Genus Edition (1984)(Domark)tr Sp 219 Ko Troddlers (1992)(Storm Computers)cr Spreadpoint(Disk 1 of 2).
Workbench 1.3
Workbench 1.3, released in 1988 along with Kickstart 1.3, had a large number of changes over Workbench 1.2
There were a few revisions of Workbench 1.3, with the last official release being Workbench 1.3.4, the last of the official version 1 Workbench versions before System 2 (Kickstart 2 and Workbench 2), although there were alpha and beta versions of Workbench 1.4 and Kickstart 1.4.
Visually, while Workbench 1.3 retained the same default colours as the previous versions of Workbench, the first thing that is obvious is that the icons have been redrawn, with many of them having a pseudo 3 dimensional look to them. Most icons now also have an alternative image when they’re selected, instead of just inverting the colours used. The drawer icons show an open drawer when they’re selected, and Trashcan icon has it’s lid open when it’s selected. It all looks much nicer when compared to the look of the default Workbench 1.2 icons. Also, the floppy disk icons now look much more like actual floppy disks, with the distinctive Amiga rainbow tick (but as Workbench only displayed in 4 colours at this point, it wasn’t in the rainbow colours) on the disk label for the Workbench and Extras disk icons.
Workbench 1.3 Disk contents, no icons selected |
The Prefs icon changed to that of a drawer, as now there were separate icons for several pages of the Preferences editor, such as the mouse pointer editor, and the preferences for the printer. Also the ability to copy the preferences to a different disk was added.
Workbench 1.3 Disk contents, Prefs drawer selected. |
Workbench 1.2 Disk contents, Trashcan icon selected. | Workbench 1.3 Disk contents, Trashcan icon selected. |
For comparison purposes, here are several of the competing Graphical User Interfaces of the time:
Apple Macintosh System 6
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Amiga Kickstart 1.3 Rom Download
A: Amiga Forever Plus Edition (also included in the Premium Edition) includes ROM and system disks between version 0.7 and 3.X, including 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.04, 2.05, 2.1, 3.0 and 3.1.
To access the ROM files select Open Folder/Amiga Files from the File menu in Amiga Forever, then go inside 'Amiga Files/Shared/rom' (or see 'Amiga Files' at the root of the distribution medium).
Even the ancient 0.7 ROM image is included, as it is required to run some memorable software, such as the one that was demonstrated at the 1985 Launch of Amiga event in New York, with Andy Warhol and Debbie Harry. These items have been acquired or licensed by Cloanto from Amiga Corporation and include newer developments by Cloanto and by other third parties.
The disk-based versions 1.3, 2.04, 2.1, 3.0 and 3.1 are included as full floppy disk image sets, with 1.3, 2.1 and 3.1 also as preinstalled hard disk images. Other disk-based versions are included for historical reasons, in a more limited format sufficient to boot the system.
Amiga Forever includes a preinstalled Workbench 3.X environment (newer than 3.1), and also includes or supports operating systems not originally released by Commodore (e.g. AROS), as well as hardware diagnostic systems and operating systems not originally meant to run on Amiga hardware.
The Value Edition of Amiga Forever includes only Workbench 1.3 and versions 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 of the 'Kickstart' ROM, which is in general sufficient to run more than 70% of Amiga games and other older software. Amiga Forever Plus Edition contains all the additional ROM and operating system versions.
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The licenses for certain third-party files which were originally bundled with the Amiga operating system were not renewed, and are therefore in part missing in disks released after a certain date (e.g. in version 1.3 of the Amiga operating system as shipped with the Amiga 3000 in 1991). Cloanto was able to license some of these original components directly from the copyright holders, and to include them in Amiga Forever.
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Cloanto placed a high priority on preserving and respecting the original look, feel and compatibility of version 3.1 of the operating system as it was released before its development team ceased maintenance of the operating system. Amiga Forever also includes internally developed or fully licensed additional preinstalled components, such as system patches, GlowIcons, TCP/IP, RTG, etc. Amiga Forever contains instructions on how to disable such add-ons without affecting functionality, if so desired, or to entire additional Amiga OS add-on packages, such as AmiKit and AmigaSys.