28.Nov.2001
Cloanto (ANF)
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Cloanto Releases Amiga Forever 5.0
Cloanto released today version 5.0 of Amiga Forever,
the official Amiga emulation and connectivity package for PCs. New features include
just-in-time (JIT) compiler technology to dramatically increase execution speed,
new ROM and operating system files to emulate not only the Amiga computers but also
Commodore's CDTV and CD³² game consoles, and Software Manager, a content delivery and
management system for one-click news, updates and downloads.
An experimental version of the revolutionary Disk2FDI software, which makes it
possible to read Amiga floppy disks on the PC, is provided for the technically
inclined. Other improvements include support for new Windows XP and DirectX
features and new Picasso96 technology to better map Amiga graphics calls to
low-level DirectX functionality and native x86 code, in order to achieve maximum
performance without sacrificing compatibility. Cloanto publicly benchmarked the
new version of the emulation software to be 30 times faster than the previous
version (which already matched the CPU performance of the fastest Amiga 68060 silicon).
Amiga Forever can be installed or run from CD-ROM (no installation or reboot
required), and is also available in a downloadable Online Edition. In either case,
Amiga application can run side by side with the host operating system and its
applications, while taking advantage of features such as virtual memory, advanced
power management, digital rights management, NTFS filing system, wireless
networking, and thousands of past, present and future drivers for peripherals,
specifications and gadgets which the Amiga would otherwise not be able to support.
For additional information please refer to the Amiga Forever home page at
amigaforever.info.
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