Amiga OS 3.5

Benefits of the Amiga OS 3.5 Update:

• TCP/IP Stack
  • Support for Internet and Ethernet
  • Easy to setup the connection to your provider within minutes
  • Integrated TCP/IP protocol stack with built-in PPP, SLIP, SANA-II support
  • Latest Socks v4/5 client module for firewalls
  • OS 3.5 GUI style
• 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

• NSDPatch
  • New standard for 64 Bit Devices
  • Updated Info, Format, Diskcopy and FastFileSystem
• 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

• New Icon Set (Glow Icons)
  • New complete icon set for all system tools
  • New icons for most applications
• Neue Icon Library
  • Icons with up to 256 colors
  • Automatic color adaptation
  • NewIcon compatible
  • Compatible to OS 3.1 icons
  • New API functionality
  • Faster and more robust
• 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
• Updated and enhanced Workbench
  • More responsive user interface
  • Progress requester for copy/delete
  • Enhanced information requester
  • Smart display update
  • New keyboard control functionality
  • New API functionality

• 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

• New Printer Device
  • Drivers for 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

• New WarpUP PowerPC Support
  • AmigaOS compatible integration
  • Extensive functionality
  • Hardware independent driver system, easy to extend
• New Preferences
  • Updated for new GUI style

• 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

• Corrections to improve overall robustness and to fix long standing bugs
• Reworked A2024 monitor driver
• Reworked CLI command (Join, Status, Type)
• Reworked IPrefs command (more robust, better Workbench pattern support)
• Reworked LoadWB

• Updated asl.library (more responsive, faster, enhanced user interface, more robust)
• Updated DataTypes
  • 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 68040.library (performance improvements)
• Updated bullet.library (performance improvements)
• New SCSI Mount tool

• Minimum Requirements:
  • CD-ROM drive
  • Hard drive
  • 68020 or higher processor
  • Amiga 3.1 ROMs (version 40.xx)
  • 4 MB Fast RAM
• Recommended Configuration:
  • 68030 or higher processor
  • 8 MB Fast RAM
  • Graphics accelerator and/or scandoubler
  • Modem
• Configuration for Best Performance:
  • 68060 processor with PowerPC accelerator card
  • 16-bit sound card
  • 32 MB Fast RAM
  • I/O Accelerator