os4

After a few complains about the poor quality of the last video the same betatester has now uploaded another video but this time without the flicker, you can get it <a href=http://uniweb.free.fr/os4/os4morequal.avi>here</a&gt;

Also I have converted the new video to Mpeg1 for those that cant view DivX, you can get it <a href=os4morequal.mpg>here</a> (6.5MB)

One of the OS4 betatesters put this video of native P96 on his homepage. This is not an official OS4 demonstration, just one users machine. The picture quality is low, but it gives an idea of the speed. Check it out:

<a href=http://crisot.free.fr/os4/os4.avi target=_blank>http://crisot.free.fr/os4/os4.avi</a&gt;

Björn Hagström in colaboration with Amigaworld.net has created and launched <a href=http://os4depot.net target=_blank>OS4Depot.net</a>

This is a File Depot portal dedicated to providing and hosting Amiga OS4 files and related resources.

Taken from <a href=http://www.amigaworld.net target=_blank>Amigaworld.net</a>:

<i>By Hans-Jörg Frieden, Hyperion Entertainment

With the Developer Pre-release finally out, the time is right for a status report on the current state of AmigaOS 4.0. The huge amount of work invested into the project by a lot of dedicated developers means that there has already been substantial progress since the pre-release.</i>

Thanks to Gemini you can now download and print off the OS4 pre-release guide created by Carl Moppett as mentioned in our very own Install FAQ.

You can get the PDF from <a href=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kelvin.shirley/os4installguide_neg.pdf target=_blank>here</a>

SieGeL has written the first review of the Install procedure and gives an insight into how the pre-release feels when used. You can find it <a href=http://www.saschapfalz.de/amigaone/a1faq_details.php?ID=10&CAT=-1 target=_blank>here</a>

News has reached our shores that people are finally beginning to receive their pre-releases of OS4. Not only that but it is now confirmed that the pre-release will ship with all AmigaOne's sold up until the final release.

Now... where did I put that credit card....

Taken from a post by Thomas Frieden on the Amigaworld.net community portal:

<i>Just to let you know: OS4 supports Altivec since today (I had nothing else to do today )

I went for the "simple" approach: When a task starts, it's launched with Altivec disabled, thus no vector registers are stored during context switch. The first altive instruction then generates an exception, and the enable bit is set. From then on, the task saves/restores Altivec context whenever it is scheduled. vrsave is used to keep track of the registers.</i>

<a href=http://www.amigaworld.net target=_blank>Amigaworld.net</a> have received some photographs of the AmigaOS4.0 CD's that are being shipped to dealers and to end customers now!

You can see them <a href=http://amigaworld.net/modules/features/index.php?op=r&cat_id=6&rev_id=5… target=_blank>here</a>

Leuwen, Belgium - May 13 2004.

After consultation with our German CD production partner, House of Audio, Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce that the Developer Pre-Release of AmigaOS 4.0 is now tentatively scheduled for May 21st, 2004. Hyperion expect to get the CD's on Tuesday 18th.

The AmigaOS 4.0 CD will be distributed through your AmigaOne dealer.