So far I have found BetterWB to be a reasonable compromise of features, performance, and bug fixes in the mean time. I really want to use the Hyperion 3.1 patched installer, but here we are. Hyperion also recently released a new Workbench 3.1 OS with a lot of great patches, but it’s been pulled over rights disputes. Hyperion has also recently released new ROMs, but they only contained some copyright notice and artwork changes vs the Amiga 3.1 ROMs. I’ve not had much luck getting these to work on actual hardware, but it works great in emulation. They also released a new Workbench 3.X OS which is only available as drive images included with Amiga Forever 7. Colanto released new ROMs which have a version of 3.X - and these have numerous improvements. I only mention this because both have recently released new versions of the Workbench OS and ROMs. They don’t seem to like each other and that sadly puts the classic Amiga community in the crossfire. The rights to the Amiga Workbench are currently split between two companies: Hyperion Entertainment and Colanto. This unfortunately means a lot of the modern improvements are a one step forward, two steps back kind of affair. So, I will instead walk you through the process of making it. Ideally I would just link you to a basic ADF that can have drivers added to suit your needs, but it’s super unclear to me if I can legally distribute that. Fortunately the Amiga community is still very active so there are some wonderful new toys, but like everything in retrocomputing there are some bumps. I learned a lot, but running older machine has been harder and harder as technology advances. So, when the opportunity to build an Amiga 2000 with a toaster presented to me I grabbed it with both hands. I longed for it more than the rest of the volunteers. Sadly we had a very basic install, only a genlock and broadcast titler, but we longed for a full blown Video Toaster setup. I worked with an Amiga 600 (I think) while I was volunteering at community television in the 90s. The last few years, I’ve fallen very far down the rabbit hole of retrocomputing with classic Amigas. Tips and tricks for modern storage on your classic Amiga.
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