Andy Broad's Amiga Site

This section of my web-site is intended to provide information and support for the various AmigaOS related projects I am involved in. For the moment the site will be very terse. A few necessary links, and some brief info on the projects I'm working on.
  • AWeb - The Amiga Web Browser.
    An Open Source web browser originaly written by Yvon Rozijn. I have been heavily involved in the project for a couple of years now. For more info and the latest release versions goto aweb.sunsite.dk
  • Perl for AmigaOS 4.0.
    Work on a native port of perl 5.8.5 is progressing well. Native means that it requires no ixemul (an amiga unix emulation library).
    Both binary and src distribution are available at os4depot. perl.tar.bz2. perl-src.tar.bz2.

    The current version features "fork emulation" based on the original fork emulation for Windows, and I have finally implemented "dynamic linking". One ot two bugs remain to be fixed, but the port works.

  • Perl_Reaction
    This is an experimental, but quite functional, wrapper for the Amiga OS4.0 Reaction GUI system. It enables perl scripts with GUI's. The latest version is available for download at os4depot perl_reaction.tar.bz2
  • id3_edit.pl
    Small script for editing mp3 tags, uses perl_Reaction for the gui. The code is intended as an example of how to code for perl_Reaction and contains detailed comments. id3editor.tar.bz2
  • Abc-shell
    Amiga Bourne Compatable Shell. A project at source forge to bring a native bourne shell to AmigaOS 4.0. abc-shell
  • AnimIcon.
    A little tool to display animated icons that launch programs. 68k Version Documentation
    Just abit of fun really but one of my first publicaly available Amiga Programs.
  • Aifxjpegload.
    This is an OS4 PPC native jpeg loader for ImageFX 4.5 (also works with some earlier versions of imagefx, your mileage may vary). aifxjpegload.lha.
    As well as being faster than the original provided 68k version, it supports some extra formats, that the original did not.
  • Blender. I'm currently working on an AmigaOS4.1 port of blender. The port has made good progress. A first version will be released shortly after the update to Amiga OS 4.1. You can read the preliminary documentation of the AmigaOS specific options and extentions here


If you wish to encourage me in developement of these projects you can donate via paypal. Please leave a message or send me an associated email to andy@broad.ology.org.uk

For more information on AmigaOS it self visit www.amigaos.com.
For information and "gossip" on AmigaOS 4.0 vistit amigaworld.net.
AmigaOS 4.0 is developed by Hyperion Entertainment.