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HINTS
AmigaOS 3.9 needs similar
hardware like OS 3.5.
AmigaOS 3.9 is a Software-only Update w/o ROMs. (However it needs Kickstart
3.1 ROMs to operate!)
AmigaOS 3.9 is the Update for OS 3.5 - but it can also be installed directly
on top of an OS 3.1 system. |
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Features
of AmigaOS 3.9
ACTION - AVI & Quicktime Player
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plays for AVI and Quicktime videos
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highly optimized 68k version
AMPlifier - MP3/WAV/AIFF Player
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plays MP3, WAV and AIFF sound files
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paulaaudio.device
(there is no need to install
AHI)
MPEGA.Library - Software MP3 Decoder
PlayCD - New CD Player
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plays music CDs
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new animated skin system
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programmable
CacheCDFS - CD ROM
Support
(*3.5)
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CacheCDFS -
CD-ROM File System
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ISO9660, RockRidge, Joliet (Win 95/98) and
MAC HFS compatible
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supports Amiga protection bit and file
comments
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MultiSession CD-ROM support
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CDFSPrefs -
Preferences tool for
CacheCDFS
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BootCacheCDFS -
Loads CacheCDFS reset resident
for JumpStart
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Autoboot InstallCDFS
- Installer script for easy
installation of CD-ROMs
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FindDevice -
Tool to search for connected
CD-ROM drives
AWEB 3.4 Special
Edition - Internet Browser
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works online and offline
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supports HTML 3.0 and much of HTML 4.0
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supports JavaScript
Main limitations in this special
version:
- runs only on AOS 3.9 and higher
- supports only one browser window
- only limited documentation is supplied
- hotlist cannot be saved
- no graphical print function
Internet /
Network Access - TCP/IP Stack
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connects your Amiga to the Internet
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easy selection of call-by-call providers
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connects to other computers (LAN)
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full version - no time-limit
AmigaMAIL - E-Mail Client (*3.5)
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easy to configure and use
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based on the e-mail library
AmiDOCK - Program Start Bar
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easy to use program start tool like the Apple
"Klickstarter" but much more powerful
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add new programs with drag & drop
RAWBInfo &
several other tools
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RAWBInfo -
a powerful new info
requester
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NewIconEmu -
emulates NewIcons on the new
system
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colorwheel.gadget -
new color wheel with true color
support
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gradientslider.gadget - new gradient
slider
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string.gadget -
new string gadget with lots
of functions
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ASLPatch -
a new file selector
Automatic
file type recognition
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DefIcons is a powerful system to define the
program to start when clicking on a file
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very flexible and powerful
Improved Libraries
& System Tools
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new icon.library
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patches to workbench.library
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patches to intuition.library
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new API functionality
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additional products
Find &
Clock
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Find tool (files and within files)
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Workbench clock (Animated Icon)
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new text.datatype
IomegaTools - tools for Zip and Jazz drives
New Shell
& many other tools
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ViNCEd - powerful Shell with history, etc.
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diskfont.library - bugfixes and new font
caching
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FixFonts - cache management
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More - bugfixes
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BenchTrash - new trashcan
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mathieeedoubbas - bugfixes
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mathieeedoubtrans - bugfixes
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mathieeesingtrans - bugfixes
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rexxmathlib.library
Unpacker
Tool
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tool to support the DefIcon system and
xad.library
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decrunchs lha, lzx, zip and many others
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easy to use
XAD
Library - Universal Decruncher
System
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decrunchs lha, lzx, zip and many others
Picture
Datatype - New Improved Version
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PowerPC/68K fat binary
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with picture scaling feature
Improved
Prefs
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Workbench - new features: title bar on/off,
icons in FastRAM, fuel gauge on/off, etc.
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IPrefs - using now the scaling features of
the new picture datatype & 1:1 aspect ratio of all window borderst
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AHI prefs
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ScreenMode prefs - added "Test" button
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WBPattern - select button for scaling
feature
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IControl
Glow
Icons - New Icon Style (*3.5)
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new complete icon set for all system tools
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new icons for most applications
WarpOS - New Version
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WarpOS PowerPC support
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AmigaOS compatible integration
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extensive functionality
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hardware independent driver system
WarpOS
prefs
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direct control over the features of WarpOS
HDToolBox - Harddisk
Toolkit (*3.5)
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scanning the SCSI bus
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read the physical information of the hard
disk
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read/write the logical information (RDB)
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create Mount files
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read special Mount entries to restore the
RDB
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HDToolBox application that uses the low-level
library
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new GUI style
NSDPatch - Support for Harddisks >4GB (*3.5)
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L:FastFileSystem -
adds 64 bit support according
to the new style device based trackdisk64 standard
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NSDPatch - integrated into SetPatch
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implements a standard for 64 bit devices
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adds support for NSD to a lot of standard and
third-party devices (many different scsi devices, ide devices ...)
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allows access to partitions and disks >
4GB
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fixes bugs in certain
devices (mfm.device, some SANA
II devices)
HDwrench.library (*3.5)
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supports drives beyond 4 gigabytes up to the
limit of SCSI disk addressability
Text-Editor-Gadget (*3.5)
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supports ReAction/ClassAct
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support for text styles (bold, italic &
underline)
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multilevel undo & redo
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support for alignment (left, center &
right)
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separators with an optional title
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supports marking via the mouse or the keyboard
(using shift)
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supports all types of
fonts (proportional, fixed,
even colour fonts)
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floating
wordwrap, i.e. it reflows the
text, if you resize the window (though optional hard-wrap is also
possible)
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interface for arexx support
(*3.5) These programs were already part of OS 3.5 |