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Updated AmigaOS4 SDK Available
Mike Bouma writes "Closely following the update for the AmigaOS4 Pre-release, the updated Software Development Kit (SDK) is now also available. Meanwhile some first people have been able to buy Mini-ITX MicroA1-C boards and last weekend at a British Amiga Party one was even raffled amongst its visitors. Also some first photographs of the Micro AmigaOne Industrial motherboard (aka u-A1-I) have been revealed at the party. For an impression with regard to AmigaOS4's current state of development, within this recent show report there are links to some earlier demonstration videos."
Since the release of the developer Pre-release earlier this year there's already a steady growing list of native AmigaOS4 software.
The central AmigaOS4 download portal can be found at:
http://www.os4depot.net/
A majority of freely distributable OS4 files can be found at OS4Depot.
Getting nostalgic for your old Amiga?
The "Back to the Roots" software archive offers free legal downloads of many games, demos, pictures, etc.
Amiga Forever is a polished emulator solution with licensed operating system for sale by Cloanto Software, in a download version or a CD version that even can be booted from Knoppix-style.
There is a reason why this is in the developers section: It's ready for people to develop on, but not for general consumer release. But think about how quick the Amiga OS and GUI was running on 7,14 and 50 MHz Motorola 680x0 processors, and extrapolate that to a 800MHz G4. Of course there's more colours and new stuff, but they've kept the efficiency.
Speaking of which, I should get the newest upgrade to OS 4.0 this week. Been busy. PPC native graphics!
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