Features of AmigaOS 3.9

Workbench

• AsyncWB - adds asynchronous copying and delete functionality to Workbench

ACTION - AVI & Quicktime Player

• plays AVI and Quicktime videos
• highly optimized 68k version

AMPlifier - MP3/WAV/AIFF Player

• plays MP3, WAV, and AIFF sound files
• paulaaudio.device (there is no need to install AHI)

MPEGA.Library - Software MP3 Decoder

• 68k and PPC version

PlayCD - New CD Player

• plays music CDs
• new animated skin system
• programmable

CacheCDFS - CD ROM Support (*3.5)

• CacheCDFS - CD-ROM File System
• ISO9660, RockRidge, Joliet (Win 95/98) and MAC HFS compatible
• supports Amiga protection bit and file comments
• MultiSession CD-ROM support
• CDFSPrefs - Preferences tool for CacheCDFS
• BootCacheCDFS - Loads CacheCDFS reset resident for JumpStart
• Autoboot InstallCDFS - Installer script for easy installation of CD-ROMs
• FindDevice - Tool to search for connected CD-ROM drives

AWEB 3.4 Special Edition - Internet Browser

• works online and offline
• supports HTML 3.0 and most of HTML 4.0
• supports JavaScript

Main limitations in this special version:
- only runs on AmigaOS 3.9 and higher
- only supports one browser window
- supplied documentation is limited
- hotlist cannot be saved
- no graphical print function

Internet / Network Access - TCP/IP Stack

• connects your Amiga to the Internet
• easy selection of Internet Service Providers
• connects to other computers (LAN)
• full version; no time-limit

AmigaMAIL - E-Mail Client (*3.5)

• easy to configure and use
• based on the e-mail library

AmiDOCK - Program Start Bar

• easy to use program start tool like the Apple "Klickstarter", but far more powerful
• add new programs with drag & drop

RAWBInfo & several other tools

• RAWBInfo - a powerful new info requester
• NewIconEmu - emulates NewIcons on the new system
• colorwheel.gadget - new color wheel with true color support
• gradientslider.gadget - new gradient slider
• string.gadget - new string gadget with lots of functions
• ASLPatch - a new file selector

Automatic file type recognition

• DefIcons is a powerful system that defines which application is launched when a file is double-clicked
• very flexible and powerful

Improved Libraries & System Tools

• new icon.library
• patches to workbench.library
• patches to intuition.library
• new API functionality
• additional products

Find & Clock

• Find tool (files, and within files)
• Workbench clock (Animated Icon)
• new text.datatype

IomegaTools - tools for Zip and Jazz drives

New Shell & many other tools

• ViNCEd - powerful Shell with history, etc.
• diskfont.library - bugfixes and new fontcaching
• FixFonts - cache management
• More - bugfixes
• BenchTrash - new trashcan
• mathieeedoubbas - bugfixes
• mathieeedoubtrans - bugfixes
• mathieeesingtrans - bugfixes
• rexxmathlib.library

Unpacker Tool

• tool to support the DefIcon system and xad.library
• decrunchs lha, lzx, zip and many others
• easy to use

XAD Library - Universal Decruncher System

• decrunchs lha, lzx, zip and many others

Picture Datatype - New Improved Version

• PowerPC/68K fat binary
• supports picture scaling

Improved Prefs

• Workbench - new features: title bar on/off, icons in FastRAM, fuel gauge on/off, etc.
• IPrefs - now uses the scaling features of the new picture datatype & 1:1 aspect ratio of all window borders
• AHI prefs
• ScreenMode prefs - added "Test" button
• WBPattern - select button for scaling feature
• IControl

Glow Icons - New Icon Style (*3.5)

• new complete icon set for all system tools
• new icons for most applications

WarpOS - New Version

• WarpOS PowerPC support
• AmigaOS compatible integration
• extensive functionality
• hardware independent driver system

WarpOS prefs

• direct control over the features of WarpOS

HDToolBox - Harddisk Toolkit (*3.5)

• 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

NSDPatch -Support for Harddisks >4GB (*3.5)

• L:FastFileSystem - adds 64-bit support according to the new style device based trackdisk64 standard
• NSDPatch - integrated into SetPatch
• implements a standard for 64-bit devices
• adds support for NSD to a lot of standard and third-party devices (many different scsi devices, ide devices ...)
• allows access to partitions and disks > 4GB
• fixes bugs in certain devices (mfm.device, some SANA II devices)

HDwrench.library (*3.5)

• supports drives beyond 4 gigabytes, up to the limit of SCSI disk addressability

Text-Editor-Gadget (*3.5)

• supports ReAction/ClassAct
• support for text styles (bold, italic & underline)
• multi-level undo & redo
• support for alignment (left, center & right)
• separators with an optional title
• supports marking via the mouse or the keyboard (using shift)
• supports all types of fonts (proportional, fixed, even colour fonts)
• floating wordwrap, i.e. text automatically reflows if you resize the window (though optional hard-wrap is also possible)
• interface for arexx support

(*3.5) These programs were already part of OS 3.5