AmigaOS 3.9

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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.
  Features of AmigaOS 3.9

ACTION - AVI & Quicktime Player
  • plays for AVI and Quicktime videos
  • highly optimized 68k version


AMPlifier - MP3/WAV/AIFF Player

  • plays MP3, WAV and AIFF sound files
  • paulaaudio.device (there is no need to install AHI)


MPEGA.Library - Software MP3 Decoder

  • 68k and PPC version


PlayCD - New CD Player

  • plays music CDs
  • new animated skin system
  • programmable


CacheCDFS - CD ROM Support (*3.5)

  • CacheCDFS - CD-ROM File System
  • ISO9660, RockRidge, Joliet (Win 95/98) and MAC HFS compatible
  • supports Amiga protection bit and file comments
  • MultiSession CD-ROM support
  • CDFSPrefs - Preferences tool for CacheCDFS
  • BootCacheCDFS - Loads CacheCDFS reset resident for JumpStart
  • Autoboot InstallCDFS - Installer script for easy installation of CD-ROMs
  • FindDevice - Tool to search for connected CD-ROM drives


AWEB 3.4 Special Edition - Internet Browser

  • works online and offline
  • supports HTML 3.0 and much of HTML 4.0
  • 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

  • connects your Amiga to the Internet
  • easy selection of call-by-call providers
  • connects to other computers (LAN)
  • full version - no time-limit


AmigaMAIL - E-Mail Client (*3.5)

  • easy to configure and use
  • based on the e-mail library


AmiDOCK - Program Start Bar

  • easy to use program start tool like the Apple "Klickstarter" but much more powerful
  • add new programs with drag & drop


RAWBInfo & several other tools

  • RAWBInfo - a powerful new info requester
  • NewIconEmu - emulates NewIcons on the new system
  • colorwheel.gadget - new color wheel with true color support
  • gradientslider.gadget - new gradient slider
  • string.gadget - new string gadget with lots of functions
  • ASLPatch - a new file selector


Automatic file type recognition

  • DefIcons is a powerful system to define the program to start when clicking on a file
  • very flexible and powerful


Improved Libraries & System Tools

  • new icon.library
  • patches to workbench.library
  • patches to intuition.library
  • new API functionality
  • additional products


Find & Clock

  • Find tool (files and within files)
  • Workbench clock (Animated Icon)
  • new text.datatype


IomegaTools - tools for Zip and Jazz drives


New Shell & many other tools

  • ViNCEd - powerful Shell with history, etc.
  • diskfont.library - bugfixes and new font caching
  • FixFonts - cache management
  • More - bugfixes
  • BenchTrash - new trashcan
  • mathieeedoubbas - bugfixes
  • mathieeedoubtrans - bugfixes
  • mathieeesingtrans - bugfixes
  • rexxmathlib.library


Unpacker Tool

  • tool to support the DefIcon system and xad.library
  • decrunchs lha, lzx, zip and many others
  • easy to use


XAD Library - Universal Decruncher System

  • decrunchs lha, lzx, zip and many others


Picture Datatype - New Improved Version

  • PowerPC/68K fat binary
  • with picture scaling feature


Improved Prefs

  • Workbench - new features: title bar on/off, icons in FastRAM, fuel gauge on/off, etc.
  • IPrefs - using now the scaling features of the new picture datatype & 1:1 aspect ratio of all window borderst
  • AHI prefs
  • ScreenMode prefs - added "Test" button
  • WBPattern - select button for scaling feature
  • IControl


Glow Icons - New Icon Style (*3.5)

  • new complete icon set for all system tools
  • new icons for most applications


WarpOS - New Version

  • WarpOS PowerPC support
  • AmigaOS compatible integration
  • extensive functionality
  • hardware independent driver system


WarpOS prefs

  • direct control over the features of WarpOS


HDToolBox - Harddisk Toolkit (*3.5)

  • 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


NSDPatch - Support for Harddisks >4GB (*3.5)

  • L:FastFileSystem - adds 64 bit support according to the new style device based trackdisk64 standard
  • NSDPatch - integrated into SetPatch
  • implements a standard for 64 bit devices
  • adds support for NSD to a lot of standard and third-party devices (many different scsi devices, ide devices ...)
  • allows access to partitions and disks > 4GB
  • fixes bugs in certain devices (mfm.device, some SANA II devices)


HDwrench.library (*3.5)

  • supports drives beyond 4 gigabytes up to the limit of SCSI disk addressability


Text-Editor-Gadget (*3.5)

  • supports ReAction/ClassAct
  • support for text styles (bold, italic & underline)
  • multilevel undo & redo
  • support for alignment (left, center & right)
  • separators with an optional title
  • supports marking via the mouse or the keyboard (using shift)
  • supports all types of fonts (proportional, fixed, even colour fonts)
  • floating wordwrap, i.e. it reflows the text, if you resize the window (though optional hard-wrap is also possible)
  • interface for arexx support



(*3.5) These programs were already part of OS 3.5

   

 

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