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· · OS 3.5 FEATURES
FEATURES OF AMIGA OS
3.5
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
- Support for Internet and Ethernet
- Easy to setup the connection to your provider within minutes (automatic configuration
utility that detects IP addresses, netmasks, DNS servers, dial script and all other required information by itself)
- Support for multiple configuration files, e.g. for multiple Internet providers
- Integrated TCP/IP protocol stack with built-in PPP, SLIP, INetD, SANA-II and
usergroup support
- Comprehensive PPP implementation with support for PAP and CHAP
- Latest Socks v4/5 client module for firewalls
- Enhanced SANA II support for fast transfer rates
- SANA-II R3 support for newer Ethernet drivers (comes with a set of optimized
MNI Ethernet drivers for all Amiga Zorro-II Ethernet boards that provide faster data transfer than ordinary SANA-II
drivers)
- Supports analog modem lines, ISDN boards, ISDN TAs, PPP, SLIP, Slirp, TIA, ADSL,
cable modems, Ethernet LANs, Arcnet LANs, parallel links and several other types of connections (includes comprehensive
modem and ISDN database)
- Support for DHCP and BootP (important for ADSL and cable modems)
- Option for automatic hang-up on inactivity, and option to prevent the ISP from
hanging up on inactivity
- Dynamic DNS cache for faster web browsing
- Built-in fingerd, identd and inet-handler
- Compatible with bsdsocket.library V4
- 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
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
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
- 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
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 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
- Updated for new GUI style
HTML DOCUMENTATION
- 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
- Reworked A2024 monitor driver
- Reworked CLI command (Join, Status, Type)
- Reworked IPrefs command (more robust, better Workbench pattern support)
- Reworked LoadWB
ENHANCEMENTS
- 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
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
All items are subject to change without notice.
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