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Freeware
Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee, but usually with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the...
compilation of more than 300 pre-installed Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
programs. It enables user to experience the high-end AmigaOS
AmigaOS
AmigaOS is the default native operating system of the Amiga personal computer. It was developed first by Commodore International, and initially introduced in 1985 with the Amiga 1000...
environment under Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
or Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
system for free. External source of Amiga ROMs and system is needed, though.
Features
- Turns machine into high-end AmigaAmigaThe Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
environment - Easy and fully automated installation and un-installation
- Automatic Live Updates (no need to re-install everything when new update appears)
- Three different working environments: Directory Opus MagellanDirectory OpusDirectory Opus is a popular file manager program, originally written for the Amiga computer system in the early to mid 1990s...
, ScalosScalosScalos is the name of a commercial desktop replacement for the Workbench Amiga original GUI, based on a subset of APIs and its own front-end window manager of the same name....
, WorkbenchWorkbench (AmigaOS)-Overview:Commodore named their Amiga computer's first operating system Workbench 1.0 and continued with the Workbench name until version 3.1, when it was changed to AmigaOS, prompted by Apple renaming their propriety OS from "System" to "MacOS"... - The newest programs (more than 300 included), some of them are exclusive
- TrueType fonts, DualPNG icons and 24bit visual themes
- Easy and automated installation of various add-ons (games, expert programs, etc.)
- Easy and automated installation of the largest collection of OS3.9 patches
- Knowledge Base with lots of information
See also
- AmigaAmigaThe Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
- AmigaOSAmigaOSAmigaOS is the default native operating system of the Amiga personal computer. It was developed first by Commodore International, and initially introduced in 1985 with the Amiga 1000...
- Amiga ForeverAmiga ForeverAmiga Forever is an Amiga preservation, emulation and support package produced by Cloanto, which allows Amiga software to run on non-Amiga hardware legally and without configuration. The Windows version of Amiga Forever includes two Amiga emulators, WinUAE and WinFellow, while the other supported...
- EmulatorEmulatorIn computing, an emulator is hardware or software or both that duplicates the functions of a first computer system in a different second computer system, so that the behavior of the second system closely resembles the behavior of the first system...
- Unix Amiga EmulatorUnix Amiga EmulatorUAE is a computer emulator which emulates the hardware of the Commodore Amiga range of computers. Released under the GNU General Public License, UAE is free software.-History:...
(UAE)