· · OS 3.5 FEATURES
BENEFITS OF THE AMIGAOS 3.5 UPDATE FOR
CLASSIC AMIGAS
- Easy Internet Access
- Support for Hard disks > 4GB
- Modern Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- Extensive CD-ROM support
- Support for current printers
- PowerPC support
- HTML Online Documentation
- Bug Fixes
- Enhancements
EASY INTERNET ACCESS
TCP/IP Stack
- Easy to setup the connection to your provider within minutes
- Multi user support
- Multi interface support (Internet and Ethernet)
- Latest Socks v4/5 client module for firewalls
- Enhanced SANA II support for fast transfer rates
WWW Browser with Offline/Online support
- Browsing the OS 3.5 documentation and the Internet
New Cross-Application E-mail Library
- General API for sending and receiving of E-mails
New E-Mail Client
- Based on the E-mail library
SUPPORT FOR HARD DISKS > 4 GB
NSDPatch
- New standard for 64 Bit Devices
- Updated Info, Format, Diskcopy and FastFileSystem
New HDToolBox
- The low-level library processes the following tasks
- Scanning the SCSI bus
- Read the physical information of the hard disk
- Read/write the logical information (RDB)
- Create Mount files
- Read special Mount entries to restore the RDB
- HDToolBox application that uses the low-level library
- New GUI style
MODERN GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI)
New Icon Set (Glow Icons)
- New complete icon set for all system tools
- New icons for most applications
New Icon Library
- Icons with up to 256 colors
- Automatic color adaptation
- NewIcon compatible
- Compatible to OS 3.1 icons
- New API functionality (updated)
- Faster and more robust (updated)
New BOOPSI Library
- New complete set of powerful BOOPSI gadgets
- Very fast, modular and scalable
- AmigaOS compatible implementation
- Compatible to existing BOOPSI classes
New Resource Library
- Loads and manages all GUI resources
- Change the GUI without recompilation of the application
- Can be used with any programming language
New GUI editor for developers
- WYSIWYG GUI editor
- Creates resource files that are used by the new resource library
- Automatic localization of the application
Updated and enhanced Workbench (new)
- More responsive user interface (new)
- Progress requester for copy/delete (new)
- Enhanced information requester (new)
- Smart display update (new)
- New keyboard control functionality (new)
- New API functionality (new)
EXTENSIVE CD-ROM SUPPORT
CacheCDFS
- ISO9660, RockRidge, Joliet (Win 95/98) and MAC HFS compatible
- Supports Amiga protection bit and file comments
- MultiSession CD-ROM support
New PlayCD
- (programmable) Audio player for SCSI and ATAPI CD-ROM drives
- Low memory consumption
New CDFSPrefs
- CacheCDFS preferences for 'on the fly' configuration
FULL PRINTER SUPPORT
New Printer Device
- Drivers for all common printers
- PowerPC support
- New functions to print all kinds of bitmaps
- New API to define page size and page break correctly
- Support for 24 bit Picasso96 DumpRastPort command
- TurboPrint compatible functions to print 8 Bit chunky and 16/24 bit bitmaps
New Printer Preferences
- Updated for new GUI style
POWERPC SUPPORT
New WarpUP PowerPC Support
- AmigaOS compatible integration
- Extensive functionality
- Hardware independent driver system, easy to extend
New Preferences
HTML DOCUMENTATION
New Comprehensive Instructions
- Reworked documentation for Workbench, DOS, ARexx and Harddisk
- Completion of all the new features of AmigaOS 3.5
- Extensive illustrations
- Bilingual English/German
BUG FIXES
- Corrections to improve overall robustness and to fix long standing bugs (updated)
- Reworked A2024 monitor driver
- Reworked CLI command (Join, Status, Type)
- Reworked IPrefs command (more robust, better Workbench pattern support) (new)
- Reworked LoadWB (new)
ENHANCEMENTS
- Updated asl.library (more responsive, faster, enhanced user interface, more robust) (updated)
- Updated DataTypes (updated)
- 8svx.datatype (now supports stereo sound playback; faster and more robust)
- amigaguide.datatype / amigaguide.library (faster, new API functionality)
- anim.datatype (now supports all major IFF-ANIM formats; more robust)
- animation.datatype (now supports stereo sound playback; more robust; new API functionality; RTG compatible)
- ascii.datatype (faster and more robust)
- cdxl.datatype (now supports stereo sound playback; more robust)
- ilbm.datatype (now supports true color pictures; more robust)
- picture.datatype (now supports true color pictures, dithering and color quantization; more robust, new API functionality; RTG compatible)
- sound.datatype (now supports stereo sound playback; more robust, new API functionality)
- text.datatype (faster and more robust)
- New DataTypes for GIF, JPEG, PNG and AIFF file format (updated)
- Updated 68040.library (performance improvements) (new)
- Updated bullet.library (performance improvements) (updated)
- New SCSI Mount tool
THE FUTURE (PLANS AND OPTIONS)
- Further releases or Add-On packages
- New reworked and extended Kickstart
- Extended PowerPC support
- New 68K Emulator for PPC-only systems
- Many new System Libraries as PPC-native
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