Due to the extremely tight deadline required to ship OS 3.9 by December 4th, only the picture.datatype is currently available for the PowerPC (and none of it's sub-classes are PPC-enabled): AmigaOS3.9:OS-Version3.9/Workbench3.9/Classes/Datatypes/picture.datatype (82,264 bytes). This is a 'fat' binary, meaning it contains both 68k and PPC code, and will automatically use the fastest processor available. For other PPC datatypes, simply search any Aminet mirror for "warpjpeg", "warppng", and "warpgif". [David Rey/Remco Komduur] The OS 3.9 picture.datatype offers a new scaling feature, and far better dithering (not really a concern unless you use 8-bit screens), and uses the PPC only for dithering or scaling, so you need to consider whether you're likely to use those features--if not, then it would be better to stick with the CyberGraphX one, simply because it's faster. [Oliver Roberts] Stephane Guillard recommends installing at least the warpjpeg datatype if you have a PPC card. |