· · OS 3.5 FEATURES

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
• Integrated TCP/IP protocol stack with built-in PPP, SLIP, SANA-II support
• Latest Socks v4/5 client module for firewalls
• 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
  • New GUI style

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

New Comprehensive Instructions

• 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

· · OS 3.5 REQUIREMENTS

In order to upgrade your Amiga system to OS 3.5, it must be equipped with the following hardware:

• CD-ROM drive
• Hard drive
• 68020 or higher processor
• Amiga 3.1 ROMs (version 40.xx)
• 4 MB Fast RAM

For better performance, Amiga Inc. recommends:

• 68030 or higher processor
• 8 MB Fast RAM
• Graphics accelerator and/or scandoubler
• Modem

To take full advantage of OS 3.5 we also recommend you add the following:

• 68060 processor with PowerPC accelerator card
• 16-bit sound card
• 32 MB Fast RAM
• I/O Accelerator