New Website launched today! - AmigaOS.net

After many months of painstaking work and research its finally here, AmigaOS.net!

The purpose behind AmigaOS.net is simple - present quality current Amiga software and highlight hardware availability on and for the Amiga platform in a unique way to help attract new potential users and also ex-Amigans to the Amiga.

2011 heralds the arrival of the first in a completely new range of next-generation Amiga hardware, the AmigaOne X1000! Want to find out more about this innovative new product? Go to www.amigaos.net/hardware.html

AmigaOS has so much to offer users in 2010, smooth and reliable internet browsing with an array of browsers available including OWB and if you like FireFox you will love Timberwolf which is coming soon to the Amiga platform.
Heard of OpenOffice? Sure of course you have, active development has already begun bringing this world class office suite to the Amiga - expected availability May-July 2011.

"So tell me what else can it do?" I can send and receive email? from a neat selection of email clients? "RSS?"? straight through your favourite browser? "And Artwork packages?"? great selection for home users, perhaps you've heard of Gimp or Photogenics?? "Can I upload using FTP?"? Yes!? "And Facebook?"?. Yes!? "err YouTube?"? Of course!? "Can I play all those classic Amiga-games if I really wanted to?"?. why yes! quite easily? "Can it multi-task?"? yes we practically invented it!

Currently under development and arriving soon on AmigaOS.net will be a dedicated Wiki for AmigaOS aimed at new users with little or no knowledge about the operating system. This Wiki acting as a help system for AmigaOS will, in detail, cover every aspect of how to use the operating system, from performing mundane tasks such as organising your files, installing software through to configuring the dock bar and a whole lot more.
If you would like to contribute to this on-going project please send an email to info@amigaos.net.

Alongside the launch of the website will be an extensive email marketing campaign promoting the website and the virtues of choosing an Amiga up until the end of the 2010. If you would like to receive this newsletter to forward on to your friends please send an email to marketing@amigaos.net and enter 'subscribe' in the subject heading.

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AmigaOS.net is a fan site and is not in anyway affiliated with Hyperion-Entertainment, A-Eon Technology nor any of its partners or any other related Amiga company or enterprise. AmigaOS.net uses content extensively on its site from the 'Mason's Icons' set also known as AISS; these are used with the kind and express permission of Martin Merz.

http://www.amigaos.net

@djrikki

Cool , but a few wishes if you don't mind:

- loading of pages with images are slow even on more or less fast line. I think it because that you not use thumbs, but just upload big images and resize it. Maybe you use some heavy format for images as well ..

- will be cool if use press on screenshot, and it start to be big, in his real size (to allow users to check all the moments and so on).


In others looks pretty normal and modern. Some more love and work on it, and that will be nice site :)

@djrikki
Nice! But I do have a concern:

Quote:
I have yet to see any indication that this major project is even making substantial progress, let alone has an expected/official date it will be ready. Unless you got this from the developers mouths recently, I would strongly suggest removing *speculation*, as failure to meet those dates will just hurt the credibility of AmigaOS, the OpenOffice port project, and your web site.

Oh, and I noticed another problem:
www.amigaos.net takes you to the expected page, but amigaos.net doesn't. Most people will just type the latter, so it really needs to work.

@djrikki
Another thought, to avoid disappointing people:

You list "System Requirements" for games, but only mention the OS. You should really include a CPU speed minimum, because many of those 3D games don't run well on a 667MHz Sam440 (and maybe not a 733MHz one either). I suspect 800-1000MHz is the minimum for some of them.

I am happy to tell you which games don't run acceptably on my Sam440.

@ChrisH

Thanks ChrisH.

I'll have a word with 328gts, I had hoped he had done it.

@djrikki

did everything on my end me thinks..but i'll have a quick peek later

also, I think it's important to add a section under the games highlighting that seamless classic emulation of games under OS4.x can be achieved quit nicely with glUAE and/or RunInUAE

oh and +1 to points made by kas1e (reduce size of game tabs) and ChrisH (min. system requirements)

@328gts

Seems to be okay now.

@kas1e

Fixed thumbing issues.

@djrikki

actually no..i just checked and our friend pinky is still scheming to make AmigaOS take over the world

@djrikki

The hardware link in your first post does not work.
It has a full stop at the end which then gives a 404 error.
Otherwise its looking good.

duplicate

@328gts

Did for me at first, then I cleared my cache, hit Refresh and it was gone.

@328gts

Pinky is just great,
but I believe people outside of the Amiga community just won`t understand it

@djrikki
Great effort!

I love to see people putting in the effort instead of just talking about doing things. Kudos.

Cool site and needed :)

@djrikki
Congratulations. This is a very important and until now, missing part of our cummunity. Well done!

Regards
Gnu

@djrikki

Interesting web site but it works with the Amiga browsers?

@djrikki

Good.

Software:
Cygnus Ed 5
http://www.vesalia.de/e_cygnused.htm
Art Effect 4
http://www.vesalia.de/e_arteffect4.htm
Atlas 6
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/c ... ?cPath=47&products_id=302
Anotice 2
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/c ... ?cPath=47&products_id=481
AmiPhoto
http://www.amiga-shop.net/product_inf ... Path=29_52&products_id=37
Page Stream
http://www.pagestream.org/
Alladin 4D
http://aladdin4d.blogspot.com/
http://www.novadesign.com/
Image FX
http://www.novadesign.com/2008/10/imagefx-45-studio-for-amiga.html

Games:

Add Quake2
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/c ... _info.php?products_id=205
Add Simon2
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/c ... ?cPath=47&products_id=405
http://www.vesalia.de/e_simon2.htm
CrossFire 2 should work
http://www.vesalia.de/e_crossfire2.htm
BOH
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/c ... ?cPath=47&products_id=935
Freespace 2
http://www.amiga-shop.net/product_inf ... ihvktj3josm98qsll61jjn4b1
Jagged Alliance 2
http://www.amiga-shop.net/product_inf ... ihvktj3josm98qsll61jjn4b1
World Me Up XXL
http://www.amiga-shop.net/product_inf ... ihvktj3josm98qsll61jjn4b1
Alinearis 2
http://www.amiga-shop.net/product_inf ... ath=29_53&products_id=255
Amijeweled
http://www.amiga-shop.net/product_inf ... ath=29_53&products_id=239
WB Super games
http://www.amiga-shop.net/product_inf ... ath=29_53&products_id=187


To Check does 68k versions of these work:

Feeble Flies
http://www.vesalia.de/e_feeblefiles[3620].htm
Shogo
http://www.vesalia.de/e_shogo.htm
Knights and merchants
http://www.vesalia.de/e_knights.htm
AmigaWritter 2
http://www.vesalia.de/e_amiwriter.htm
Virtual GP
http://www.vesalia.de/e_virtualgp.htm
Earth 2140
http://www.vesalia.de/e_earth2140[1031].htm
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/c ... ?cPath=47&products_id=856
Epic Multimedia
http://www.vesalia.de/e_epicmultimedia.htm
Foundation
http://www.vesalia.de/e_foundationgold.htm
http://www.vesalia.de/e_foundationdc[1154].htm
Exodus
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/c ... ?cPath=47&products_id=358
Freespace
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/c ... ?cPath=47&products_id=149
Heretic II
http://www.amiga-shop.net/product_inf ... ath=29_53&products_id=282
Software Tycoon
http://www.amiga-shop.net/product_inf ... ath=29_53&products_id=309
Tales From Heaven
http://www.amiga-shop.net/product_inf ... ath=29_53&products_id=320
Tales of Talmar
http://www.amiga-shop.net/product_inf ... ath=29_53&products_id=294
Shadow Of The 3rd Moon
http://www.amiga-shop.net/product_inf ... ath=29_53&products_id=288
Storm C4
http://www.amiga-shop.net/product_inf ... ath=29_52&products_id=145


New hardware:
Add SAM460 Flex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam460ex
http://www.vesalia.de/e_sam460ex.htm



History Hardware:
Add Classic
http://www.vesalia.de/e_amigaos4.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerUP_(accelerator)#Blizzard_PPC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerUP_(accelerator)#Cyberstorm_PPC

http://www.vesalia.de/e_amigaos41[6513].htm

Add AmigaOne,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOne
Pegasos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasos
Add SAM 440EP integrated non flex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam440

@djrikki

Some multimedia, if it works
http://www.intuitionbase.com/static.php?section=multimedia

http://www.intuitionbase.com/static.php?section=osintro

http://www.intuitionbase.com/osfeat.php

http://www.intuitionbase.com/osscreen.php

http://www.intuitionbase.com/customisation.php

Extend classfields to materials like

http://amigaworld.net/os4zone.php
http://amigaworld.net/modules/features/index.php?op=c&cat_id=11
http://amigaworld.net/modules/features/index.php?op=c&cat_id=13
http://amigaworld.net/modules/features/index.php?op=c&cat_id=9
http://amigaworld.net/modules/features/index.php?op=c&cat_id=15
http://www.intuitionbase.com/static.php?section=prefaq

http://www.intuitionbase.com/static.php?section=articles

http://www.intuitionbase.com/hints.php
http://www.intuitionbase.com/os4faq.php

Lists of compatibile PCI, AGP and other cards
http://www.intuitionbase.com/comphard.php

List of compatibile 68k software (see what is on sale)
http://www.intuitionbase.com/ossoftware.php

Include info on Local portals like
German
http://www.amigaland.de/content/view/89/70/

Polish
http://www.exec.pl/

ex-YU
http://amiga.mindnever.org/starev19.html


And check what is alive from the list
http://www.enkil.demon.co.uk/Pages/amiga.html

@djrikki

Games that just need WAD files:
(OS4 exes)

Doom2
Descent 2
(Aminet, maybe some more?)
http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?function=browse&cat=game

http://aminet.net/search?path[]=game&arch[]=ppc-amigaos

Quake / QuakeGL
http://www.soft3dev.net/pages/glquake.php



Duke Nukeum Atomic Edition
http://users.neoscientists.org/~dante/
http://www.soft3dev.net/pages/dukenukem3d.php
Productivity
PointRider (Power Point viewer)
http://amigadev.free.fr/pointrider/

Digital Universe
http://www.digitaluniverse.org.uk/

Celestia
http://www.shatters.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13018

FTP AmiFTP
http://www.gurumeditation.se/press/amiftp.html

CinemaronWiritter (text edit)


Recommended Acessories
http://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=hardware&pid=6

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=37_96

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=37_95


... gallery of promised but not realised

Gorky 17
http://www.hyperion-entertainment.biz ... w=article&id=54&Itemid=60

Sin
http://www.hyperion-entertainment.biz ... w=article&id=55&Itemid=61

Real 3D
http://www.intuitionbase.com/ossoftware.php?category=2&letter=ALL

Dopus Magellan
http://www.gurumeditation.se/press/

Candy Factory
http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/ar ... php?storyid=2449&start=20

Amiga Forever OS4 and Personal Paint
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B ... wY2ZiNzU2MmI4&hl=en&pli=1

I believe Acube used to promise some faxing software

Shogo and Freespace not yet working

@vox

Hi there, this is just a quick message as I am at work atm. I have visited the first few websites you have managed long ago, but as I don't have an Amiga (yet!) its a real struggle when websites don't even have any screenshots (or outdated in some cases) of the products they are trying to sell!

If you can post some Images here on Amigans of some/most/all of these applications I will be happy to review/add them to the website. Please ensure any screenshots are taken in the default 4.1 colour theme, default background (if visible) and that the title bar of the window is active/blue.