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 that
release their software under the GPL or other Free licenses:

 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/
 o HighWire - a free Html/Web browser     http://highwire.atari-users.net/

 and of course ARAnyM, the virtual machine for TOS/GEM 16/32-bit applications.

 Please note that AFROS now contains much more software to create a full-
 featured Atari desktop. All the software is free to distribute though
 their licences vary from freeware to PostCardware.

 Also, many of the programs included here are multilingual (EmuTOS, Teradesk,
 Aniplayer and others) but I have configured everything for English users
 and removed other languages support. Feel free to download the full archives
 and configure them to language of your choice.


How to set it up:
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 AFROS tries to set up networking but it's not fully automatic - you need to 
 configure few things by yourself:

 1) ARAnyM config, section [ETH0]: set up your type (p-t-p or bridge), device
    (tap0 or higher) and mainly the IP addresses - Atari IP is the AFROS IP,
    Host IP is the network gateway, and also Netmask.

 2) DNS IP address - enter your DNS IP in "drive_c/etc/resolv.conf" file
    (replace the value that is there now)
  $ grep nameserver /etc/resolv.conf  > drive_c/etc/resolv.conf 

 3) make sure your host networking is working and TUN/TAP is configured
    properly (read the ARAnyM documentation for detailed information)


How to start it:
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 Unpack it anywhere. Then start ARAnyM from within the unpacked 'afros' folder
 with the provided config file:

  user:~/afros$ aranym -c config

 There is a batch file for MS-Windows users that works out-of-the-box
 if the afros folder is inside of your ARAnyM installation folder (i.e. the
 aranym.exe is next to the afros folder). Simply start the aranym.bat.


How to use it:
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AFROS can be used for updating your regular ARAnyM/Atari software setup:
if you use a disk image then set up your disk on the IDE channel and
then copy the FreeMiNT operating system, fVDI and their drivers
to appropriate locations in your setup. You'll want to update the following
stuff at least:

- AUTO\FVDI.PRG and its GEMSYS\ARANYM.SYS driver and \FVDI.SYS config file
- If you update MINT.PRG you must update also the MINT folder contents
- you might want to update also the TOS drivers found in the AUTO folder

If you don't use disk image anymore you can simply copy the updated driver
files in your host operating system since this AFROS release no longer uses
disk image thus all files are easily accessible. Check the "drive_c" folder
to see all the files there.


News in this release
---------------------------------
2008/12/17 = AFROS 8.12 (Ubuntu-like versioning)
* config: 64 MB FastRAM, [ETH0] reconfigured to 192.168.251.1<->2
* new EmuTOS 0.8.4+ (fresh CVS build)
* new FreeMiNT + XaAES (fresh CVS build)
* new Teradesk 3.97
* new Taskbar 4.10beta
* new HighWire 0.3.3beta9+ (fresh CVS build)
* fixed NFJPEG driver that can be started even after MiNT
* fixed HostFS.DOS driver that shows correct file timestamps
* newly added software for better Atari GEM desktop experience:
+ zView - image viewer with NatFeat support for fast image decoding
+ Aniplayer - multimedia player
+ Kronos 1.91 - CPU/memory/video/disk benchmark
+ aMail - POP3/SMTP mailer
+ aFTP - FTP client with preconfigured Atari FTP sites
+ aVNC - VNC client
+ aCalc - simple calculator with clipboard support
+ JayGroups II - an addition to Taskbar - the Start menu editor
+ OLGA - Object Linking enabled for aMail's external editor
+ BubbleGEM - bubble help for GEM applications
+ GlueSTiK - another TCP/IP stack for broader compatibility
+ ST-Zip, LZHShell - necessary tools for unpacking Atari archives

All the software is as preconfigured as possible. Lots of time went
into testing and finetuning the package. Hope you'll enjoy it!


2008/02/02:
* new EmuTOS (fresh CVS build)
* new Teradesk 3.94


2007/07/23:
* new CVS build of fVDI and ARANYM.SYS driver
* new HighWire 0.3.3beta6
* 32 MB of FastRAM, gradients in XaAES


2007/07/22:
* 16 MB FastRAM, ungrab hotkey is Alt+Ctrl+Shift, [ETH0] configured
* new EmuTOS CVS build (with PUN INFO struct)
* TosWin2 2.7 for redirecting TOS/TTP program output to GEM window
* bin folder with bash, ifconfig and route for automatic network setup
* gemsys\ttf: DejaVu LGC Serif, Sans-Serif and monospaced TrueType fonts
* HighWire configured to use the nice antialiased fonts


2007/07/10:
* EmuTOS 0.8.2, fVDI 0.968beta4
* Teradesk 3.91, HighWire 0.3.2


Contact:
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For more information please visit http://aranym.org/afros

EnJoy!
Petr Stehlik

