MorphOS is an AmigaOS-like computer operating system. It is a mixed proprietary and open source OS produced for the PegasosPowerPC processor based computer, PowerUP accelerator equipped Amiga computers, and a series of Freescale development boards that use the Genesi firmware, including the Efika and mobileGT. Since MorphOS 2.4, Apple'sMac Mini G4 is supported as well, and with the release of MorphOS 2.5 and MorphOS 2.6 the eMac and PowerMac G4 models are respectively supported. The release of MorphOS 3.2 added limited support for PowerMac G5. The core, based on the Quarkmicrokernel, is proprietary, although several libraries and other parts are open source, such as Ambientdesktop.
Developer | The MorphOS Development Team |
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Written in | C |
OS family | AmigaOS-like |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Closed source (with open source components) |
Initial release | 0.1 / August 1, 2000; 18 years ago |
Latest release | 3.11 / July 6, 2018; 11 months ago |
Available in | 19 languages |
Platforms | Pegasos, some models of Amiga, EFIKA, Mac Mini G4, eMac, Power Mac G4, PowerBook G4, iBook G4, Power Mac G5, SAM 460, X5000 |
Kernel type | Micro/pico[1] |
Default user interface | Ambient |
License | Proprietary with GNU GPL Ambient user interface |
Official website | www.morphos-team.net |
- 2Components
- 3MorphOS software
- 4Supported hardware
- 5History
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Characteristics and versions[edit]
Developed for PowerPC processors from Freescale and IBM while supporting the original AmigaOSMC680x0 applications via proprietary task-based emulation, and most AmigaOS/PPC applications via API wrappers. It is API compatible with AmigaOS 3.1 and has a GUI based on MUI.
Besides the Pegasos version of MorphOS, there is a version for Amiga computers equipped with PowerUP accelerator cards produced by Phase5. This version is free, although it does slow down after each two-hour session if it has not been registered. Registration is free. PowerUP MorphOS was most recently updated on 23 February 2006; however, it does not exceed the feature set or advancement of the Pegasos release.[2][3]
A version of MorphOS for the EFIKA, a very small mainboard based on the ultra-low wattage MPC5200B processor from Freescale, has been shown at exhibitions and user-gatherings in Germany.[4] Current (since 2.0) release of MorphOS supports the EFIKA.
Components[edit]
ABox[edit]
ABox is an emulation sandbox featuring a PPC native AmigaOS API clone that is binary compatible with both 68k Amiga applications and both PowerUP and WarpOS formats of Amiga PPC executables. ABox is based in part on AROS Research Operating System. ABox includes Trance JIT code translator for 68k native Amiga applications.
Other[edit]
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- AHI — audio interface: 6.7
- Ambient desktop — the default MorphOS desktop, inspired by Workbench and Directory Opus 5
- CyberGraphX — graphics interface originally developed for Amiga computers: 5.1
- Magic User Interface — primary GUI toolkit: 4.2
- Poseidon — the Amiga USB stack developed by Chris Hodges
- TurboPrint — the printing system
- TinyGL — OpenGL implementation and Warp3D compatibility is featured via RAVE low-level API: V 51
- Quark — manages the low level systems and hosts the A/Box currently
MorphOS software[edit]
MorphOS can run any system friendly Amiga software written for 68k processors. Also it is possible to use 68k libraries or datatypes on ppc applications and vice versa. It also provides compatibility layer for PowerUP and WarpUP software written for PowerUP accelerator cards. The largest repository is Aminet with over 75000 packages online with packages from all Amiga flavors including music, sound and artwork. MorphOS-only software repositories are hosted at MorphOS software, MorphOS files and MorphOS Storage.
Bundled applications[edit]
MorphOS is delivered with a number of desktop applications in the form of pre-installed software.
Supported hardware[edit]
- Max. 1.72 GB RAM; virtual memory is not supported.
- Only Radeon cards have support; Nvidia cards are not supported.
Amiga[edit]
- Amiga 1200 with Blizzard PPC accelerator card
- Amiga 3000 with CyberStorm PPC accelerator card
- Amiga 4000 with CyberStorm PPC accelerator card
Apple[edit]
- Mac mini G4
- PowerBook G4 (except for 12' aluminum models)
- Power Mac G4 Cube[5]
Genesi/bPlan GmbH[edit]
ACube[edit]
![Amiga Amiga](http://www.ppa.pl/images/graffiti/waszeblaty/_arti/4f2c778dac239.png)
A-Eon Technology[edit]
History[edit]
The project started in 1999, based on the Quarkmicrokernel.[6] The earliest versions of MorphOS ran only via PPC accelerator cards on the Amiga computers, and required portions of AmigaOS to fully function.[7] A collaborative effort between the companies bPlan (of which the lead MorphOS developer is a partner) and Thendic-France in 2002 resulted in the first regular, non-prototype production of bPlan-engineered Pegasos computers capable of running MorphOS or Linux.[8][9] Thendic-France had financial problems and folded; however, the collaboration continued under the new banner of 'Genesi'.[10][11] A busy promotional year followed in 2003, with appearances at conventions and exhibitions in several places around the world, including CES in Las Vegas.[12]
After some bitter disagreements within the MorphOS development team in 2003 and 2004, culminating with accusations by a MorphOS developer that he and others had not been paid,[13] the Ambient desktop interface was released under GPL[14] and is now actively developed by the Ambient development team. Subject to GPL rules, Ambient continues to be included in the commercial MorphOS product. An alternative MorphOS desktop system is Scalos.[15]
On April 1, 2008, the MorphOS team announced that MorphOS 2.0 would be released within Q2/2008. This promise was only kept by a few seconds, with the release of MorphOS 2.0 occurring on June 30, 2008 23:59 CET. MorphOS 3.11 is commercially available at a price of €79 per machine (€49 for the Efika PPC or Sam460 boards). A fully functional demo of MorphOS is available, but without a keyfile, its speed is decreased significantly after 30 minutes of use per session; rebooting the system allows for another 30 minutes of use.
Release history of 0.x/1.x series[edit]
Version | Release date | Notes |
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0.1 | August 1, 2000 | Amiga |
0.2 | October 17, 2000 | Amiga |
0.4 | February 14, 2001 | 3rd Release[16] |
0.5 | May 1, 2001 | Amiga |
0.8 | August 2001 | Amiga, Pegasos I |
0.9 | 2002 | beta[17] |
1.0 | 14 October 2002 | Pegasos I |
1.1 | December 13, 2002 | Pegasos I |
1.2 | February 9, 2003 | Pegasos I |
1.3 | March 27, 2003 | Pegasos I |
1.4 | August 7, 2003 | Pegasos I |
1.4.4 | March 28, 2005 | Pegasos I/II |
1.4.5 | April 30, 2005 | Pegasos I/II |
1.4.5 | August 25, 2005 | Amiga[18] |
Release history of 2.x/3.x series[edit]
Version | Release date | Notes |
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2.0 | June 30, 2008 | Added support for Efika 5200B platform; native TCP/IP stack, an updated Sputnik release, AltiVec support, alpha compositing 3D layers for the graphical user interface, new USB components (including USB 2.0 support), new screenblankers, and Reggae, a new, modular, streaming multimedia framework[19] |
2.1 | September 6, 2008 | Support for the EFIKA's audio[20] |
2.2 | December 20, 2008 | TrueCrypt-compatible disk encryption suite[21] |
2.3 | August 6, 2009 | Origyn Web Browser as the default browser, read only HFS+ filesystem support[22] |
2.4 | October 12, 2009 | Added support for Mac mini G4; Write support for Mac HFS disks, new charsets.library to provide better multilingual application support[23] |
2.5 | June 4, 2010 | Added support for eMac G4; drivers for SiI3x1x based 2-port Serial ATA PCI cards[24] |
2.6 | October 10, 2010 | Added support for Power Mac G4; 2D drivers for Rage 128 Pro graphics cards; Released at precisely 10.10.10 10:10[25] |
2.7 | December 2, 2010 | Improving support for Power Mac G4 platforms[26] |
3.0 | June 8, 2012 | Added support for PowerBook G4; performance improvements[27] |
3.1 | July 8, 2012 | Bug-fix release[28] |
3.2 | May 27, 2013 | Added support for further PowerBook G4 models, iBook G4 and Power Mac G5 model A1047; 3D drivers for Radeon R300 based cards, wireless networking via Atheros chipset, major overhaul of TCP/IP stack ('NetStack') - improving networking performance[29] |
3.3 | September 18, 2013 | Fixes support for some iBook G4 models[30] |
3.4 | December 14, 2013 | Improved R300 3D and G5 video playback performance, support for non-native display resolutions on various PowerBook models[31] |
3.5 | February 15, 2014 | Support for PowerMac7,2 Power Mac G5 models[32] |
3.6 | June 27, 2014 | Broadcom Wi-Fi support, AMD R400 support, SMBFS filesystem, VNC server and a Synergy client[33] |
3.7 | August 3, 2014 | Bug-fix release[34] |
3.8 | May 15, 2015 | Support for Sam 460 series of mainboards; basic drivers for Radeon HD series graphics cards, support for 4K displays in their native resolution[35] |
3.9 | June 19, 2015 | Bug-fix release[36] |
3.10 | March 25, 2018 | Extended hardware support (X5000 mainboard; new SATA controllers, network controllers, scanners and graphics cards), Flow Studio IDE with built-in debugger, support for time zones, new fonts, new themes, support for vector graphics, including SVG icons, overall bug fixes and performance improvements[37] |
3.11 | July 6, 2018 | Bug-fix release[38] |
MorphOS 2 includes a native TCP/IP stack ('Netstack') and a Web browser, Sputnik or Origyn Web Browser.[39] Sputnik was begun under a user community bounty system[40] that also resulted in MOSNet, a free, separate TCP/IP stack for MorphOS 1 users. Sputnik is a port of the KHTML rendering engine, on which WebKit is also based. Sputnik is no longer being developed and was removed from later MorphOS 2 releases.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Basic Kernel Information'. MorphOS Home Page. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^Piru (February 23, 2006). 'Announcements : Updated MorphOS for PowerUP Users'. Amiga.org. Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^Thom Holwerda (August 24, 2005). 'MorphOS 1.4.5 Released for Classic Amiga'. OSNews. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^Thom Holwerda (October 17, 2006). 'MorphOS 1.5 Running on EFIKA to Be Shown'. OSNews. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^Frank Mariak (December 25, 2013). 'MorphOS on Apple G4 Cube?'. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
- ^'Nový projekt OS: MorphOS'. Amiga Review (in Czech). No. 52. Atlantida Publishing. January 2000. p. 7. ISSN1211-1465.
- ^'MorphOS? What's that, then?'. Amiga Active. No. 10. Pinprint Publishing. July 2000. pp. 14–17. ISSN1467-3533.
- ^Schröder, Carsten (July 2002). 'Pegasos-Verfügbarkeit steht möglicherweise kurz bevor'. Amiga Future (in German). No. 37. APC&TCP. pp. 4–5.
- ^Dvorak, John C. (2004-04-06). 'Inside Track'. PC Magazine. Vol. 23 no. 6. Ziff Davis. p. 53. ISSN0888-8507.
- ^'MorphOS Update & Pegasos'(PDF). Total Amiga. No. 14. South Essex Amiga Link. Spring 2003. p. 8.
- ^'bplan and Thendic merge to GENESI (update)'. Amiga-News.de. November 22, 2002. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ^'Weitere Bilder von der CES 2003' (in German). Amiga-News.de. February 4, 2003. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ^'Unklarheiten bezüglich der Veröffentlichung von MorphOS 1.5 für den Pegasos' (in German). Amiga-News.de. November 15, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ^'Ambient source code under GPL released'. Amiga-News.de. January 22, 2005. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ^Chris Haynes (March 21, 2007). 'Scalos - The Amiga Desktop Replacement'. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^'New MorphOS 0.4 Release'. ann.lu. February 15, 2001. Archived from the original on February 15, 2001. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
- ^MorphOS 0.9 video
- ^'MorphOS Change Log'. morphos-team.net. June 6, 2006. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
- ^MorphOS 2.0 release notes
- ^MorphOS 2.1 release notes
- ^MorphOS 2.2 release notes
- ^MorphOS 2.3 release notes
- ^MorphOS 2.4 release notes
- ^MorphOS 2.5 release notes
- ^MorphOS 2.6 release notes
- ^MorphOS 2.7 release notes
- ^MorphOS 3.0 release notes
- ^MorphOS 3.1 release notes
- ^MorphOS 3.2 release notes
- ^MorphOS 3.3 release notes
- ^MorphOS 3.4 release notes
- ^MorphOS 3.5 release notes
- ^MorphOS 3.6 release notes
- ^MorphOS 3.7 release notes
- ^MorphOS 3.8 release notes
- ^MorphOS 3.9 release notes
- ^MorphOS 3.10 release notes
- ^MorphOS 3.11 release notes
- ^'MorphOS 2.0'. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
- ^'Morph Bounties'. MorphZone. Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- MorphZone, Supported Computers
- Obligement – Magazine about AmigaOS and MorphOS
- www.warmup-asso.org – Portal dedicated to MorphOS users
- MorphOS Storage - MorphOS Software Storage
AmigaOS is the proprietary native operating system of the Amiga personal computer. Since its introduction with the launch of the Amiga 1000 in 1985, there have been four major versions and several minor revisions of the operating system.
Initially the Amiga operating system had no strong name and branding, as it was simply considered an integral part of the Amiga system as a whole. Early names used for the Amiga operating system included 'CAOS' and 'AmigaDOS'.[1] Another non-official name was 'Workbench', from the name of the Amiga desktop environment, which was included on a floppy disk named 'Amiga Workbench'.[2]
Version 3.1 of the Amiga operating system was the first version to be officially referred to as 'Amiga OS' (with a space between 'Amiga' and 'OS')[3][4] by Commodore.
Version 4.0 of the Amiga operating system was the first version to be branded as a less generic 'AmigaOS' (without the space).[3]
What many consider the first versions of AmigaOS (Workbench 1.0 up to 3.0) are here indicated with the Workbench name of their original disks.
- 4Amiga OS 3.0, 3.1
- 6AmigaOS 4
Kickstart/Workbench 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3[edit]
Workbench 1.0 was released for the first time in October 1985. [5] The 1.x series of Workbench defaults to a distinctive blue and orange color scheme, designed to give high contrast on even the worst of television screens (the colors can be changed by the user). Version 1.1 consists mostly of bug fixes and, like version 1.0, was distributed only for the Amiga 1000. The entire Workbench operating system consisted of three floppy disks: Kickstart, Workbench and ABasic by MetaComCo.
The Amiga 1000 needed a Kickstart disk to be inserted into floppy drive to boot up. An image of a simple illustration of a hand on a white screen, holding a blue Kickstart floppy, invited the user to perform this operation. After the kickstart was loaded into a special section of memory called the writable control store (WCS), the image of the hand appeared again, this time inviting the user to insert the Workbench disk.
Workbench version 1.2 was the first to support Kickstart stored in a ROM. A Kickstart disk was still necessary for Amiga 1000 models; it was no longer necessary for Amiga 500 or 2000, but the users of these systems had to change the ROMs (which were socketed) to change the Kickstart version.
Workbench now spanned two floppy disks, and supported installing and booting from hard drive (assuming the Amiga was equipped with one), the name of the main disk was still named 'Workbench' (which is also the user interface portion of the operating system). The second disk was the Extras disk. The system now shipped with AmigaBasic by Microsoft, the only software Microsoft ever wrote for the Amiga.
Kickstart version 1.2 corrected various flaws and added AutoConfig support. AutoConfig is a protocol similar to and is the predecessor of Plug and Play, in that it can configure expansion boards without user intervention.
Kickstart version 1.3 improved little on its predecessor, the most notable change being auto booting from hard drives. Workbench 1.3, on the other hand, users can find several significant improvements to Workbench, including FFS a faster file system for hard disks storage which resolved the problem of old Amiga filesystem which wasted too much hard disk space due to the fact it could store only 488 bytes in any block of 512 bytes keeping 24 bytes for checksums. Many improvements were made to the CLI (command line interface) of Amiga which was now a complete text based Shell, named AmigaShell, and various additional tools and programs.
Kickstart/Workbench 1.4[edit]
Kickstart/Workbench 1.4 was a beta version of the upcoming 2.0 update and never released, but the Kickstart part was shipped in very small quantities with early Amiga 3000 computers, where it is often referred to as the 'Superkickstart ROM'. In these machines it is only used to bootstrap the machine and load the Kickstart that will be used to actually boot the system. The appearance of a very early first release of 1.4 was similar to 1.3, but with colors slightly changed. A second version was similar to that of 2.0 and higher, with just minor differences. It is, however, possible to dump out of the OS selection screen by clicking where one would expect to see a close gadget. This will cause the machine to boot Kickstart 1.4 using either the wb_2.x: partition, or from a floppy.
Workbench 2.0, 2.04, 2.05, 2.1[edit]
Workbench 2.0 was released in 1990[5] and introduced a lot of improvements and major advances to the GUI of the overall Amiga operating system. The harsh blue and orange colour scheme was replaced with a much easier on the eye grey and light blue with 3D aspect in the border of the windows. The Workbench was no longer tied to the 640×256 (PAL) or 640×200 (NTSC) display modes, and much of the system was improved with an eye to making future expansion easier. For the first time, a standardised 'look and feel' was added. This was done by creating the Amiga Style Guide, and including libraries and software which assisted developers in making conformant software. Technologies included the GUI element creation library gadtools, the software installation scripting language Installer, and the AmigaGuide hypertext help system.
Workbench 2.04 introduced ARexx, a system-wide scripting language. Programmers could add so-called 'ARexx ports' to their programs, which allowed them to be controlled from ARexx scripts. Using ARexx, you could make two completely different programs from different vendors work together seamlessly. For example, you could batch-convert a directory of files to thumbnail images with an ARexx-capable image-manipulation program, create and index HTML table of the thumbnails linking to the original images, and display it in a web browser, all from one script. ARexx became very popular, and was widely adopted by programmers.
The AmigaDOS, previously written in BCPL and very difficult to develop for beyond basic file manipulation, was mostly rewritten in C.
Unfortunately, some badly written software – especially games – failed to run with 2.x, and so a lot of people were upset with this update. Most often, the failure occurred because programmers had used directly manipulated private structures maintained by the operating system, rather than using official function calls. Many users circumvented the problem by installing so-called 'kickstart switchers', a small circuit board which held both a Kickstart 1.3 and 2.0 chip, with which they could swap between Kickstart versions at the flick of a switch.
2.x shipped with the A500+ (2.04), A600 (2.05), A3000 and A3000T. Workbench 2.1 was the last in this series, and only released as a software update. It included useful features such as CrossDOS, to support working with floppy disks formatted for PCs. Since 2.1 was a software-only release, there was no Kickstart 2.1 ROM.
2.x also introduced PCMCIA card support, for the slot on the A600.
Workbench 2.1 introduced also a standard hypertext markup language for easily building guides for the user or help files, or manuals. It was called AmigaGuide. Release 2.1 was also the first Workbench release to feature a system-standard localization system, allowing the user to make an ordered list of preferred languages; when a locale-aware application runs, it asks the operating system to find the catalog (a file containing translations of the application's strings) best matching the user's preferences.
Amiga OS 3.0, 3.1[edit]
Amiga OS 3.0 was released in 1992 and version 3.1 between 1993 (for the CD32) and 1994 (for other Amiga models). Amiga OS 3.1 was the last version released by Commodore. [5]
The 3.x series added support for new Amiga models. Other new features included:
- A universal data system, known as DataTypes, that allowed programs to load pictures, sound, text and other content in formats they didn't understand directly, through the use of standard plugs (seeobject-oriented operating system) (3.0)
- Better color remapping for high-color display modes and support for the new AGA chipset. (3.0)
- Improved visual appearance for Workbench desktop. (3.0)
- CD-ROM support as required for Amiga CD32.[6] (3.1)
- Automatic detection of memory expansions.[7] (3.1)
3.x shipped with the CD32, A1200, A4000 and A4000T.
AmigaOS 3.1.4[edit]
AmigaOS 3.1.4 was released in September 2018 by Hyperion Entertainment with many fixes and enhancements. In particular, support of larger hard drives including at bootup; the entire line of Motorola 680x0 CPUs up to (and including) the Motorola 68060; and a modernized Workbench with a new, optional icon set. [8] The version number caused some confusion in the community as it was released after AmigaOS 3.5, 3.9, and even 4.x, but relates to the fact that the codebase is a clean slate building from the original 3.1 source code from Commodore. The source code for both 3.5 and 3.9 by Haage & Partner could not legally be used due to licensing reasons, and 4.x is built and reserved for the PowerPC platform. Unlike AmigaOS 3.5, AmigaOS 3.1.4 still supports the Motorola 68000 CPU, thus the complete range of classic Amiga computers.
AmigaOS 3.5, 3.9[edit]
After the demise of Commodore, Workbench 3.5 was released on 18 October 1999 and Workbench 3.9 in December 2000 by German company Haage & Partner, [5] which was granted the license to update the Amiga operating system by its new owners. Whereas all previous OS releases ran on Motorola 68000, AmigaOS 3.5 onwards required a 68020 or better, CD-ROM and at least 4 MB RAM. Unlike previous releases, 3.5 and 3.9 were released on CD-ROM. Kickstart 3.1 was also required, as the operating system didn't include the new ROM.
Updates included:
- Supplied with TCP/IP stack (unregistered time-limited free MiamiDX demo in 3.5, unrestricted AmiTCP in 3.9), web browser (AWeb), and e-mail client
- Improved GUI and new toolkit called 'ReAction'
- AVI/MPEG movie player (OS3.9)
- New partitioning software to support hard disks larger than 4 GB
- HTML documentation in English and German
- MP3 and CD audio player (OS3.9)
- Dock program (OS3.9)
- Improved Workbench with asynchronous features
- Find utility (OS3.9)
- Unarchiving system called XAD (OS3.9)
- WarpOSPowerPC kernel to support PowerUP accelerator boards
AmigaOS 4[edit]
A new version of AmigaOS was released on December 24, 2006 after five years of development by Hyperion Entertainment (Belgium) under license from Amiga, Inc. for AmigaOne registered users.
During the five years of development, users of AmigaOne machines could download from Hyperion repository Pre-Release Versions of AmigaOS 4.0 as long as these were made available. As witnessed by many users into Amiga discussion forum sites, these versions were stable and reliable, despite the fact that they are technically labeled as 'pre-releases'.
Last stable version of AmigaOS 4.0 for AmigaOne computers is the 'July 2007 Update', released for download 18 July 2007 to the registered users of AmigaOne machines.[1]
AmigaOS 4 Classic was released commercially for older Amiga computers with CyberstormPPC and BlizzardPPC accelerator cards in November 2007. It had previously been available only to developers and beta-testers.
Version 4.0[edit]
The new version is PowerPC-native, finally abandoning the Motorola68kprocessor. AmigaOS 4.0 will run on some PowerPC hardware, which currently only includes A1200, A3000 and A4000 with PowerPC accelerator boards and AmigaOne motherboards. Amiga, Inc.'s distribution policies for AmigaOS 4.0 and any later versions require that for third-party hardware the OS must be bundled with it, with the sole exception of Amigas with Phase 5 PowerPC accelerator boards, for which the OS will be sold separately.
AmigaOS 4.0 Final introduced a new memory system based on the slab allocator.
Features, among others:
- Fully skinnable GUI
- Virtualized memory
- Integrated viewer for PDF and other document formats
- Support for PowerPC (native) and 68k (interpreted/JIT) applications
- New drivers for various hardware
- New memory allocation system
- Support for file sizes larger than 2 GB
- Integrated Picasso 96 2D Graphics API
- Integrated Warp3D 3D Graphics API
Version 4.1[edit]
AmigaOS 4.1[5] was presented to the public July 11, 2008, and went on sale September 2008.
This is a new version and not only a simple update as it features, among others:
- Memory paging [2][3]
- JXFS filesystem with the support for drives and partitions of multiple terabyte size
- Hardware compositing engine (Radeon R1xx and R2xx family)
- Implementation of the Cairo device-independent 2D rendering library
- New and improved DOS functionality (full 64 bit support, universal notification support, automatic expunge and reload of updated disk resources)
- Improved 3D hardware accelerated screen-dragging
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'In the Beginning Was CAOS'. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^'Workbench Release 1.0'. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^ ab'Name of the Amiga Operating System'. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^'AmigaOS 3.1'. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ abcd'History of AmigaOS'. Hyperion Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^Donner, Gregory. 'Workbench Nostalgia: The history of the AmigaOS Graphic User Interface (GUI): Release 3.1'. www.gregdonner.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ^'ACA1232 - IndividualComputers'. wiki.icomp.de. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ^Mincea, Costel. 'AmigaOS 3.1.4'. hyperion-entertainment.biz. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ^AmigaOS First Update Release announcement at Hyperion site.
- ^AmigaOS new memory system revisited[dead link] article on OS4.Hyperion site
- ^AmigaOS new system for allocating memory[dead link] article on OS4.Hyperion site
- ^ AmigaOS 4.0 image included in this article is intended for fair use. In the past, neither Hyperion VOF (Belgium), nor Amiga Inc. (USA) were opposed to publishing in internet sites of AmigaOS 4.0 screenshots kindly donated by users. Owners of copyrights are free to register and write in the talk page of this article to ask for the removing of this image from article, and to ask also for its deletion.
- ^Hyperion Entertainment announces Amiga OS 4.1