AmigaOS 4.0 Status Update - 9th September

As shown at the French Amiga show this week-end, here is the status update of the AmigaOS4 project.

• exec will be finished this week.
• ramlib is done
• dos is done
• intuition is 95% done. The new sys-i class still needs to be added. Work scheduled for completion end of the month. The prefs program is done at 80%
• graphics is done
• layers is done
• utility is done
• iffparse is done
• cia.ressource
• audio.device
• timer.device done at 99%
• keyboard.device done at 99% (a few lines of ASM code left)
  
• input.device done
• keymap.library done
• lowlevel.library done
• utility.library done
• clip handler

This is the very first release of the cliphandler, i.e. the CONCLIP: device, that provides clipboard support on the level of the dos stream I/O. It also provides a simple library for applications that cannot call the dos.library directly.

• queue handler done
• shell, features added, bugs fixed
• cdfs is done
• FFS2 is done. Plugin feature added allowing (plugins can be added to some partitions for encryption, caching, mirroring....) i.e. you can write a plugin that allows you to encrypt automatically all files copied into a partition.
• AmiDock is done. One of the so many features are the Dockies. These are plugins that allow the user to add active content into the dock like a running clock or a lens that displays the area under the mouse pointer, or ... whatever you want ! Who will write a demo in a Docky ? :-)
• GhostScript is added. It allows to create/display PostScript or PDF. Also a port of xPDF will be added.
• USB stack (with Subway/Highway/Thyclacine support)
• Soundblaster Live drivers!
• MUI
• Ibrowse 2.3
• PPC native datatypes
• Reaction (95% finished)
• MediaToolbox
• PartitionWizard
• ft2.manager, diskfont.library. You'll now be able to open all sort of font formats...

Items still outstanding for OS 4:

• SCSI driver
• Remaining Intuition/Reaction work (5%)
• Roadshow GUI completion
• 2D driver completion (5% remaining)
• 68K emulation integration
• AmigaInput (nearly done)

Best regards,

Ben Hermans
Managing partner Hyperion Entertainment

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