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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
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
Neue 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



System Requirements

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

Minimum Requirements:
CD-ROM drive
Hard drive
68020 or higher processor
Amiga 3.1 ROMs (version 40.xx)
4 MB Fast RAM
Recommended Configuration:
68030 or higher processor
8 MB Fast RAM
Graphics accelerator and/or scandoubler
Modem
Configuration for Best Performance:
68060 processor with PowerPC accelerator card
16-bit sound card
32 MB Fast RAM
I/O Accelerator