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- Are you waiting for a brand new Workbench for your AMIGA ?
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- SCALOS The Workbench-Replacement
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- http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~remuss/scalos/scalos.html
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- PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER BEFORE YOU FIND THE FIRST PUBLIC
- VERSION ON THIS HOMEPAGE !!!
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- What is Scalos?
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- First of all: It is not another new Operating System, as its name may
- (accidentally) suggest.
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- Scalos is a Workbench-Replacement. Since the real Workbench becomes older every
- day, Scalos' author decided that there have to be something new. So Scalos found
- its beginning.
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- Scalos goal is to integrate a lot of additional functionality and an enhancent
- look without loosing any of the look-and-feel we all love at our real Workbench.
- If you now think about Directory Opus 5 you are not completely wrong. But there
- are differences. Scalos provides a much better emulation of the real Workbench,
- you won't notice any difference in your first look. Because of that here is no
- screen shot of Scalos right now.If you want a one, just look at you Workbench it
- looks just the same (at least if you have several enhancement tools installed,
- see below). Up to now DirOpus5 provides just more functions.
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- Tell me more about the Features!
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- * First of all, asked that often, a new Screenshot (18.5.97) BUT to learn more
- about Scalos features you should look at all these tiny, little Screenshots of
- the different functions which are hidden below.
- * 100% Workbench replacement, all functions should work like the WB once.
- * 64bit arithmetics for Harddisksizes
- * full multitasking, every window has it's own task, while loading icons any
- windowfunction (e.g. Drag&Drop) is available
- * all Icon-imagetypes are supported such as Backfill or Complement,
- configurable surrounding iconborder
- * icon datatype system, newicon datatype included If you have the knowledge
- and will to write a datatype for Mac- or even Windows-Icons please contact the
- author
- * icon dragging is far less flickering on graphiccards, while dragging icons
- are displayed with text and they become transparent over anything where they
- can be dropped at. Mui-alike kind of transparency on low color screens. Real
- transparency if running at 15+ Bit.
- * cybergraphics and 24bit datatypes support
- * unlimited windowpatterns, configurable via tooltypes, see screenshot.
- * optimized backgroundpatterns routine, patterns can be tiled, centred or even
- scaled to fit into the windows, see screenshot too. With the usage of
- render.library you get the full control over the dithering and penusage of your
- patterns.
- * Live updating window scrolling , even via middle-mouse-button if liked
- * Drawerwindows can be iconified
- * Menu-Preferences to have full configurable menus (includes ToolsDaemon and
- Parm import) including support for contextsesitive Pop-Up-Menus.
- * big Application interface, anything is possible from outside
- * custom Palette and Pattern preferences program, no penlocker needed anymore
- * nearly all WB-preferences will be used, install and uninstall is very easy
- * plugin system to exchange or add features
- * it enhances the workbench and make it more configurable: Iconborders (nice
- looking), Icontextvariations (normal, shadowed, outlined), Screentitletext
- shows what you want
- * and much much more ...
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- What kind a ...ware is it?
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- Scalos is Shareware, the Demoversion can be used and configurated all the same.
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- Register fee will be 30 DM / $ 20. The first complete version will be released
- in late August.
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- Please do not send any registrations until Scalos is released.
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- Releases of public betas are not planned, sorry. You have to wait.
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- But you have to register if you want to use Scalos as bootable
- workbenchemulation, without, you can only run Scalos and Workbench parallel.
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