AfA OS (AROS For AmigaOS)

[Heinz]

AMIGAZ wrote:

I've registered two different accounts and none of them work so they must be inactive somehow  :-?

Seems like I can post as a guest though  :-)

Im sorry.
It seems there has been some problems with the forum.
Your accounts has'nt been activated.
They are active now.

[Amigaz]

Danke, Heinz  :-)

[Heinz]

AMIGAZ wrote:
Danke, Heinz  :-)

Gern geschehen :-D

[Doobrey]

Matt_H wrote:
I'm confused as to why the new libraries (freetype2.library, for example) still need the AFA memory patch.

AFAIK, it's the other way around..ie. AFA needs freetype2.library to do the antialiased text etc.

[motorollin]

I think it's great that AROS functions are starting to be ported to 68k Amigas. But for my needs, anti-aliased TrueType fonts are not particularly useful. I hope that the idea is to totally port AROS to run on 68k Amigas without the need for OS3.x.

Since AROS68k would be binary compatible with AmigaOS software, we could still use WHDLoad for games and run other apps too.

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moto

[dammy]

I realize that the Amiga Community is extremely splintered at the moment and there are very few 68K coders left.  Having said that, I could see AROS becoming the de facto WB updates for the 68K amigas because:

1. It's open source.
2. Being open source, that means there are no ugly legalities that seem to snuff any possible future developement of 68K.
3. Hardcore AROS Devs are softies when it comes to the subject of 68K Amigas.

AFA is an excellent initial bridge between AROS and it's roots.  Question is on the side of the 86K community and if they are going to come together as a community to support AROS and it's developement.  I will give a fair warning for chosing AROS for future WB developement, it's like being on the wagon trail heading to the wild wild west.  Lots of brush to get through with plenty of heartaches along the way.  

Dammy

[jmbattle]

In my opinion, this is one of the best things to happen to 'classic' 68k Amiga development in a long while.

As has already been pointed out, it has the potential to implement patches such as VisualPrefs, Birdie et al in a clean manner (assuming the source becomes available), whilst integrating the updated features of AROS.

It is running really well for me here, under WinUAE on my AIAB setup:

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=1235

I believe the freetype2.library does not require the AfA-OS patch to be running, therefore you can use TrueType fonts with your preferred applications.  However, as aspects of graphics.library and diskfont.library in ROM need to be replaced in order to add functionality such as anti-aliasing, the AfA-OS patch is required.

Indeed, I wonder if it will be possible patch individual modules/libraries of the ROM image itself (similar to Blizkick perhaps), thus offering an even method of implementing the updated features under 68k.

Cheers,
James