Hi All!

this is the first truly free OS compatible with TOS/GEM on Atari computers.
This wouldn't be possible without great work of the following projects:

 o EmuTOS - a free TOS replacement.      http://emutos.sf.net/
 o FreeMiNT - a free multitasking OS.    http://www.freemint.de/
 o fVDI - a free/fast VDI                http://www.klockars.net/
 o XaAES - a free multitasking AES.      http://xaaes.atariforge.net/
 o TeraDesk - a free desktop replacement http://solair.eunet.yu/~vdjole/

 and of course ARAnyM, our future for TOS/GEM 16/32-bit applications.

How to run it:
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 Unix/Linux/MacOSX/...:
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 Unpack to /tmp/ (so the config file will be at /tmp/afros/config)
 and start ARAnyM 0.9.0 (or newer) as follows:

  aranym -c /tmp/afros/config

 You should end up in Teradesk running on FreeMiNT + fVDI + XaAES.
 Check the drive H: - it should be mapped to /tmp/ of your Host FS.

 MS-Windows:
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 Unpack to C:\ (so the config file will be at C:\afros\winconf.txt)
 and start ARAnyM 0.9.0 (or newer) by clicking on the aranym.bat.

 You should end up in Teradesk running on FreeMiNT + fVDI + XaAES.
 Check the drive H: - it should be mapped to C:\ of your Host FS.


ChangeLog:

AFROS 2005-04-24
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* updated fVDI engine (0.964beta - gcc build)

* updated fVDI driver (fixes mouse position errror, gcc build as well)

* updated NFJPEG driver (saves more registers)

* updated HOSTFS.XFS driver (filesystem flags changed, should fix known bugs)

* updated EmuTOS (2005-04-21)


AFROS 2005-04-03
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* disk size increased from 4 to 8 MB

* new system software: XaAES-alpha 2005-01-13, Teradesk 3.50.

* updated NatFeat drivers for graphics (GEMSYS\ARANYM.SYS),
  JPEG (AUTO\NFJPEG.PRG) and OSMESA (GEMSYS\OSMESA.LDG).


AFROS 2005-02-26
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* new system software: FreeMiNT 1.16.0, XaAES 0.991, Teradesk 3.32,
  TaskBar 3.99.

* updated NatFeat drivers for graphics (GEMSYS\ARANYM.SYS), host fs access
  (AUTO\HOSTFS.DOS), CD-ROM (AUTO\NFCDROM.BOS) and networking (ARANYM.XIF).

* new NatFeat based drivers for JPEG (AUTO\NFJPEG.PRG) and OSMESA
  (GEMSYS\OSMESA.LDG plus LDG loader: AUTO\LDG.PRG and CPX\LDG.CPX).

* new applications: SDLgears using NF OSMesa (in OPENGL\),
  Brainstorm's JPEG viewer (freeware) as accessory, and for testing
  of the JPEG viewer an ARAnyM JPEG screenshot (\OPENGL.JPG).

* for aranym-mmu: AUTO\SET_MMU.PRG and MMUSETUP.CNF


AFROS 2004-02-05
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* Windows specific configuration file should make all Win users happy

* up-to-date FreeMiNT 1.16alpha (compiled fresh from CVS)

* up-to-date EmuTOS CVS with larger Cookie Jar (fixes problem with Clocky)

* new FVDI.SYS, perfectly documented and with correct screen aspect ratio

* TeraDesk upgraded to 3.01

* JCLKTOOL.ACC (freely definable hotkeys for sending AV messages)

* TaskBar (makes use of Clocky's hotkey support but misses AV/VA support)

* JayGroups II (wait for full AV/VA support from TeraDesk first)


AFROS 2004-01-07
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* up-to-date FreeMiNT 1.16alpha and XaAES compiled fresh from CVS

* up-to-date EmuTOS CVS build with new _MCH = 0x50000

* new TeraDesk 3.0

* updated 0.8.5+ fVDI driver (GEMSYS/ARANYM.SYS)


AFROS 2003-11-27
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* up-to-date FreeMiNT 1.16alpha and XaAES compiled by Matthias Alles (thx)

* up-to-date EmuTOS CVS build

* XAAES folder moved to C:\ to simplify EasyMiNT installation as suggested
  by Arnaud BERCEGEAY (http://arnaud.bercegeay.free.fr/ezaramint/index.html)


AFROS 2003-10-05
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* HostFS drivers updated to be in synch with ARAnyM 0.8.2beta.

* New BOS driver for native CD-ROM access added.
  The native CD-ROM won't work until BetaDOS is installed.

* Host FS access drive mapped to H: in order to allow you adding IDE1
  disk without clashing the D: drive.

* New EmuTOS with new AES 1.2 like features (movable windows and more)


AFROS 2003-09-15
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* FreeMiNT 1.16alpha featuring STOP instruction (thus lowering host CPU load)


AFROS 2003-07-29
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* FreeMiNT 1.15.12
* MINT.CNF changes - NEWFAT enabled for A:,C: only, B: hidden
* MINIXFS.XFS and EXT2.XFS added so users can mount their drives


AFROS 2003-07-25
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* EmuTOS from CVS 2003/07/25 (fixes NVRAM RTC, shutdown crash and more)
* new alpha version of XaAES 0.970 from CVS 2003/07/12 (many bugfixes)


Contact:
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For more information please visit http://aranym.sf.net/

Petr Stehlik
2004/04/24
