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{subhead}AmigaOS4 features outlined by Thomas Frieden{def}
{left}
{pp}
In a recent interniew with Thomas the following features of AmigaOS have
been confirmed:
{pp}
EXECSG
{pp}
* Critical areas of memory are protected from overwriting{p}
* Application memory is not protected but will in later versions of AmigaOS{p}
* Virtual memory will be supported using Virtual addressing scheme{p}
* FPU emulation included{p}
* WarpOS applications will be supported
{pp}
Disks, FileSystem and BIOS
{pp}
* Disk Validation system is still needed{p}
* Early Startup screen similar to earlier OS screens{p}
* 880K Floppy disks not supported due to change of controller
{pp}
Supported Hardware
{pp}
* Support for Graphics, Sound, NICs and USB{p}
* Firewire support is a low priority{p}.
* Peripheral drivers with be supplied by third parties{p}
* BlizzardPPC supported{p}
* BlizzardVision and CyberVisionPPC will be supported
{pp}
OS 4 modules
{pp}
* MUI 4.0 support included for PPC{p}
* IBrowse 2.3 included{p}
* Screen dragging not supported as this is only a Classic chipset feature{p}
* New shell provided with some new commands{p}
* TCP stack will include Firewall and possibly IP forwarding
{pp}
Misc Stuff
{pp}
* Pricing yet to be decided{p}
* Manuals provided, time permitting{p}
* Java will be a better possibility in the future
{pp}