Amiga Forever v6.0
posted in Emulator Release by narvick on Apr 15th, 2004Cloanto let us know that he has updated this vast Amiga emulation suite today. All information can be found in this handy press release:
- Las Vegas, NV - April 15, 2004 - Cloanto released today version
6.0 of Amiga Forever, the Classic Amiga emulation, OS,
connectivity and support suite officially licensed by the Amiga
companies.
Amiga Forever 6.0 is a completely restructured package which
took more than two years to complete. New features include a
more than doubled set of preinstalled applications (with web
browser and media player), new Amiga ROM and OS files,
Cloanto's KX Light GNU/Linux distribution (to boot from the
Amiga Forever CD, if so desired), and numerous items of
historical interest (e.g. new videos in VHS and S-VHS quality,
like the 1985 Launch of Amiga event).
Amiga Forever is available in a downloadable Online Edition and
in a CD Edition which includes premium content of historical
interest (all Amiga OS versions, gallery, videos, games) and KX
Light. All versions of Amiga Forever include Amiga OS 1.3 and
3.9 files and make it possible to run Classic Amiga software
(including hundreds of legally downloadable games) on any PC,
with special support for the Windows platform, but also
compatible with Mac OS X and GNU/Linux systems.
Classic Amiga software compatibility is achieved by means of an
Amiga hardware emulation layer (configurable to emulate
different Amiga models and chip sets) and different versions of
the original Amiga OS (not an emulation). The Amiga environment
in turn relies on host operating system functionality to
transparently enable modern features such as up-to-date
hardware drivers, virtual memory, WiFi networking, DirectX
technology, advanced power management, Serial ATA storage, etc.
"Like the Amiga itself in its days, Amiga Forever now appeals
to a diverse audience," said Cloanto president Michael C.
Battilana. "From the would-be Amiga owner who never had the
opportunity to own this computer in the 1980s, to the
professional who spent thousands of dollars in Amiga hardware
and peripherals and who now can download a more powerful system
for only $29.95, to the 'retro' enthusiast who maybe owns a
pinball machine, rides a Vespa and stands hours in line for the
latest Star Wars prequel, to the web designer or security
conscious surfer who likes to use an Amiga browser both for
some completely different HTML testing, and for safe surfing.