AmigaOS4 Feature Set: Release 1

[blubbe]

Hmm.. lets see:

The most important things:

PowerPC support       X
68K emulation             X
Native MUI                    X

Other good stuff:

Threads                                                X
Better handling of crashed apps   X
Clean DOS                                           X
ELF (not actually mentioned)          X
amiga.lib integrated                         X

Other stuff:

AREXX             - not native ?
Reaction         - The 3.9 version looks like a mess..
Printing           -  ?

Misc sniffsnuff here and there I dont care THAT
much about unless its bugfixes or speedups.

Now how about manuals.. printed ??

[SidMan]

Very encouraging, especially from a developers point of view.

Might be a bit early to break out the champagne yet, but it certainly deserves a  :pint: or two!

Good news!

[FuZion]

Nice, nice & more nice...

More to come me thinks, but nice :-D

Come on lads, keep up the good work, we can't be too far now :-)

[Calen]

Seems all quite impressive...also liked the sound on how they have done the 68k Emulation, sounds quite fast to  :-)

Looking forward too any more snipets to come.

[Ryu]

ahh yes but isnt mine sooo much better ;-)

[Weasel]

Finally some news about os4 :-)

Lots of improvements over 3.9 already.
Hopefully a lot of 'old' 68k software will be ported and improved too to make use of the new functions
(especially the toolbox window function sounds nice, something i didnt even know i was missing until now)
The new amidock looks very interesting.
Lots of functions that are very good (like preventing popups when a game is playing)

some things are not yet clear though;
-Mui is unregistered, can i use my old mui key?
-dvd (rw) support ?or is that only device dependant ( eg. it works with compatible dvd drives too).
-dvd playback?  ( or is that mpeg4? i don't know exactly).

- p96 details please :-) , workbench expanded to two monitors? ( or a movie playing to the tv-out)?
-ahi support for sblive (and newer cards), will it do 5.1 surround?

i think it would be very interesting to put the A-One next to my linux box (900mhz) and compare them in day to day use so if someone would like to send me one for this test i would be very happy. :-D  :-D  :-D :lol:

[Bodie]

We sure have come a long way from 1.3  :-D.  Brilliant work Hyperion and Amiga Inc.  you just have provided me with another excuse to get my hands on a new Miggy.

Have a few rounds on me  :-D
 :pint:  :pint:  :pint:  :pint:  :pint:

[Jim]

:-o  :-D

[BouncingAyatollah]

Wow! I am REALLY impressed, virtually EVERY shortcoming ever addressed in a SENSIBLE way and extras thrown in too!

[SimoAmi]

We have to congratulate everyone involved in the development of OS4. Even with pressures from the public, they've been strong enough to expand the feature list of the next OS to an unexpected level.

I wouldn't then consider that they've been late on schedule. Now the system can give good impression outside the community.

[System]

This is great news and very exciting!  

Anyone know about Arexx vs Sheep?

Bob C.

[System]

I havn't read all of it yet, but it looks REALLY good.
And it's OFFICIAL.

After what AmigaInc, Hyperion and EyeTek got from some PPL, I think they deserve an apology and a hand shake.

[Wilse]

Hi Wayne:

ya know? This actually sounds decent.

I haven't even read it yet (thought I'd read the comments first), but if you like it, it *must* have some decent features.

Robert.

[ksk]

I wish people would not exaggerate that list.

The list mainly is about identical to the previous one. Things are just explained more detailly. Most AOS4 fans already knew all that.


Now. Take deep breath, and relax.


I wish only one more feature for AOS4.0 and that is the "it's shipping" -feature.

[jd997uk]

@blubbe

Printed manuals are not to much of a problem. Simply send the PDF to a 'Quick Print' bureau and have them do it for you (those of you that are students will probably still be entitled to your discounts ;~) . You can then choose how you want it bound. ie spiral, lever arched, hard or soft back, etc.

The AREXX issue has been known for a while now. The original writer of AREXX was f#{ked by C= and since then has no interest in anything to do with Amiga. The license was only for the platform as it was, so porting it over is a big no-no. However, since AREXX is very easy to copy across from OS3.x, well go figure! Also it has been mentioned that 'Python' is being looked at as a replacement, which many people have said is A Good Thing.

@charlatn00

Alan (Eyetech) mentioned the dual G4 in his post on the A1 ML in December. It's been no secret since. Promised for later this month are photo's of the card itself.

@all

There's not too much anyone can decry about this document. It's well put together, full of information rather than buzzword-ology (hey, everyone needs an ology you know  :-D ). Crikey, even JoannaK (on this list anyway) has not been too negative about it  ;-)

-john

[Warface]

There's not too much anyone can decry about this document. It's well put together, full of information rather than buzzword-ology (hey, everyone needs an ology you know  ). Crikey, even JoannaK (on this list anyway) has not neen too negative about it

Don't be afraid, nothing's enough. :-) Ppl are content with this feature list for a few days, a few weeks, but soon they will demand more. Even the previous feature list was born because of demands and complaints about lack of updates.