Technical information

3.7.2 MEGA TOS 1.02 - 520ST, 1040ST, Mega 2/4

This version of TOS fixes some minor problems in TOS 1.0 and has support for the BLiTTER chip and

Real-Time Clock chip. This version is relatively slow and has a lot of problems with disk I/O. You

should try to avoid using hard disks with this version.

Utilities: FOLDRXXX.PRG

3.7.3 Rainbow TOS 1.04 – 520ST, 1040ST, Mega 2/4

TOS 1.04 or Rainbow TOS, as it is commonly known is the latest version of TOS released for

520/1040/MEGA owners. It has been provided as a dealer upgrade. It has much more robust Disk I/O,

Auto running of GEM programs at boot up, a fix for the 40 folder limit, and much more. Most of all is it

much faster than previous versions of the Operating System.

Utilities: TOS14FIX.PRG, POOLFIX3.PRG, CACHEXXX.PRG, FOLDRXXX.PRG

3.7.4 STE TOS 1.06 - 1040STE and 520STE

TOS 1.06 is the TOS version that was shipped with the 1040STE and 520STE machines. It is

essentially TOS 1.04 with support for the new hardware that the STe has.

Utilities: STE_FIX.PRG, POOLFIX3.PRG, CACHEXXX.PRG, FOLDRXXX.PRG

3.7.5 STE TOS 1.62 - 520STE, 1040STE

This is a slightly revised revision of TOS 1.6. It fixes the POOLFIX problem in GEMDOS and the

problem in the Desktop that was present in TOS 1.06.

Utilities: CACHEXXX.PRG, FOLDRXXX.PRG

3.7.6 Mega STE TOS 2.05 - Mega STE

TOS 2.05 is the version of TOS shipping in the Mega STe.

Utilities: CACHEXXX.PRG, FOLDRXXX.PRG

3.7.7 TT TOS 3.01 - TT030

TOS 3.01 is the version of TOS that originally shipped in the TT030.

Utilities: CACHEXXX.PRG, FOLDRXXX.PRG

3.7.8 TT TOS 3.05 - TT030

TOS 3.05 is the latest version of TOS that shipped in the TT030.

Utilities: CACHEXXX.PRG, FOLDRXXX.PRG, SERPTCH1.PRG

3.7.9 Falcon TOS 4.X

TOS 4.x is the version of TOS that shipped in the Falcon