09.Jun.2025
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Amiga emulator for the Web: vAmigaWeb 4.2.1
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for web browsers or as a progressive web app. The new version is now based on the core of vAmiga 4.2. In addition, file exchange between Amiga and host computer is now only possible via ZIP archive. In principle, you no longer need HDF files, as file exchange via ZIP archive is much easier and you don't need any extra tools to read HDF files.
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09.Jun.2025
Richard 'Shred' Körber
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Hardware analysis: boards.library 3.122
The boards.library decodes manufacturer IDs and product IDs of Amiga computers and shows what is installed in the Amiga and by whom. It is used, for example, by tools such as WhichAmiga and ReportPlus or AmigaOS' own ShowConfig (V46+).
Starting with version 3.120 the boards.library now checks the identify.library V45.0 and higher (amiga-news.de reported) for unknown boards and vice versa. Thus both libraries should be installed.
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[News message: 09. Jun. 2025, 07:32] [Comments: 0]
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09.Jun.2025
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Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.2
After two beta versions, Dirk Hoffmann has now released the final version 4.2 of his Amiga emulator "vAmiga" for macOS, which offers FileSystem code clean-ups.
At least macOS 13.5 is required.
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[News message: 09. Jun. 2025, 07:07] [Comments: 0]
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08.Jun.2025
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Aminet uploads until 07.06.2025
The following files have been added until 07.06.2025 to Aminet:
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08.Jun.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 07.06.2025
The following files have been added until 07.06.2025 to OS4Depot:
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08.Jun.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 07.06.2025
The following files have been added until 07.06.2025 to AROS Archives:
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08.Jun.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 07.06.2025
The following files have been added until 07.06.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
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08.Jun.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 07.06.2025
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 07.06.2025:
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08.Jun.2025
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AmigaRemix: Further file added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news item, the following mp3 file has been added:
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[News message: 08. Jun. 2025, 09:22] [Comments: 0]
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08.Jun.2025
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Operating system for the Amiga: Fourth alpha version of Serena OS
Dietmar Planitzer is working on an experimental operating system for the Amiga (amiga-news.de reported). Now a fourth alpha version is available, which now also boots on an Amiga 1200. In addition, for the first time there are Windows versions of the developer tools to compile Serena OS itself and programs for it.
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08.Jun.2025
EmuTOS (ANF)
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Atari ST: EmuTOS 1.4
The Atari ST and TT compatible operating system EmuTOS is now available in version 1.4. Using ROM files based on this, EmuTOS can also be run on Amiga computers, Vampire turbo cards or the THEA500Mini.
Amiga-related, new features include support for NTSC computers.
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08.Jun.2025
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Windows: GUI for Greaseweazle Tools - ADFDiskBox 2.5
ADFDiskBox is a graphical user interface for the Greaseweazle Host Tools and is intended to simplify the reading and writing of Amiga disks and disk images (ADF, SCP:AmigaDOS, RawSCP).
Version 2.5 fixes a bug when writing floppy disks and there is an abort option in case of faulty floppy disks.
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08.Jun.2025
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AmigaOS 4: Status update on WebKit porting
At the title link, Andrea Palmatè describes the latest attempt to port the WebKit-based browser Odyssey to AmigaOS 4 in a contemporary form based on the MorphOS and AROS adaptations. Previously, George ‘walkero’ Sokianos had been working on this alone and suggested that other developers get involved.
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08.Jun.2025
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Event: The Amiga at 40 (Cambridge)
Another event to mark the 40th anniversary of the Amiga will be hosted by The Center for Computer History in Cambridge, England, on July 19.
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[News message: 08. Jun. 2025, 09:21] [Comments: 0]
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08.Jun.2025
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Youtuber claims to have received an offer to buy the Commodore brand
Years ago, Sean Donohue acquired the rights to the x86-based Commodore 64x nostalgia computer from the bankruptcy estate of Commodore USA and attempted a Kickstarter-funded remake with his British company My Retro Computer Ltd., which was founded specifically for this purpose. Due to the allegedly very high licence fees, the computer was initially sold without a Commodore licence as "My 64".
The YouTube channel "Retro Recipes" presented this new edition to a wider audience six months ago in a very euphoric video. According to the channel itself, this video, which has since been viewed more than a million times, led to an agreement between the current owner of the Commodore brand and My Retro Computer Ltd: The latter now genuinely offers its keyboard computer as the "Commodore 64x", a statement from Commodore Corporation B.V. published on the website is said to confirm the proper licensing of the brand.
Now "Retro Recipes" is speaking out again via video: spurred on by the success of the C64x coverage, he has developed the plan to acquire a kind of swarm-financed "general licence" from Commodore Corporation in order to be able to distribute all possible existing and future products with a Commodore logo. For a company to be founded specifically for this purpose, he himself was to be the managing director and Sean Donohue the head of operations. Leo Nigro, who had already fulfilled this role at Commodore USA and was currently responsible for updating the Linux distribution Commodore OS Vision, which was created at the time, would be the technical director.
The video ends with a real cliffhanger: Perifractic from Retro Recipes claims that the reply from the Commodore Corporation does not simply offer him a far-reaching licence, but proposes the sale of the entire company to the YouTube entrepreneur and his partners. However, he only wants to explain further details in a later video, part 1 of the series "Can We Save Commodore?" ends at exactly this point.
Editor's note: Commodore Corporation B.V. only owns the rights to the "Commodore" brand and the well-known "Chickenhead" logo. Software rights such as firmware ROMs or AmigaOS are owned by the Italian Mike Battilana or his Amiga Corporation, the same applies to various brands from the Amiga sector. Rumours that the Commodore Corporation would like to get rid of the trademark rights have been circulating for some time.
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[News message: 08. Jun. 2025, 02:27] [Comments: 1 - 11. Jun. 2025, 09:09]
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07.Jun.2025
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AmigaOS 4: Text editor DumbPad 0.3
Roman 'kas1e' Kargin wanted to create a simple and stable text editor with "DumbPad". It is his first Reaction-based project, version 0.3 already supports tabs and notifications uses AISS for menu and button graphics. The project "definitely has bugs" but already runs quite stably. The developer would be grateful for tests of the editor on other systems.
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06.Jun.2025
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Evercade handheld console: Roguecraft DX announced
Evercade (Wikipedia entry) is an ARM-based handheld console from the British manufacturer Blaze Entertainment (amiga-news.de reported). Now a special version of the Amiga rogue-like game Roguecraft (amiga-news.de reported) has been announced: Roguecraft DX (video).
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06.Jun.2025
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Shoot'em Up: Second demo version of "Wings of Fear"
Roar Tjørhom is in the process of creating a small shoot'em up for the Amiga with the help of the game construction kit Scorpion Engine and has now released a second demo version (video), which offers the following changes compared to the first version:
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[News message: 06. Jun. 2025, 05:57] [Comments: 1 - 06. Jun. 2025, 15:38]
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05.Jun.2025
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Programming competition: AmiGameJam 2025 started
The motto of this year's edition of the AmigaGameJam programming competition is 'Return of the Arcade': The task is to create a title that could be set in a typical Arcade and "would be worthy of being given its own arcade cabinet". The deadline for developers is December 1st, and only original game ideas are permitted - no ports. The development of submitted games must not have begun before 1 June.
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05.Jun.2025
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Amiga 40 Tools Jam: Scalexx converts Scala MM 400 presentations to MM 300 format
Scalexx, which was developed for the Amiga Tools Jam, is an Arexx-script for making Scala scripts made with Scala MM400 compatible with Scala MM300.
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04.Jun.2025
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Filesysbox.library: Version 54.7 for AmigaOS and AROS/x86 (update)
The FUSE compatible filesysbox.library, which is used by the SMB2 handler, has been updated for AmigaOS 3.x and AROS/x86.
Changes in version 54.6 can be found at the title link.
Update: (11.06.2025, 05:48, dr)
Version 54.7 is now available, which fixes a bug in V54.6.
Download: filesysbox.i386-aros.lha (54 Kb)
filesysbox.m68k-amigaos.lha (100 Kb)
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03.Jun.2025
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Amiga-Emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.2b2
Dirk Hoffmann has released version 4.2b2 of his Amiga emulator "vAmiga" for macOS, which includes the following changes:
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[News message: 03. Jun. 2025, 18:22] [Comments: 0]
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03.Jun.2025
Rolf-Dieter Klein
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Martin Ulrich, co-developer of Ports of Call, has passed away
Martin Ulrich, the co-developer of the Amiga classic Ports of Call, passed away on 31 March 2025 at the age of 76. The sad news was announced by his long-time developer colleague Rolf-Dieter Klein. Ulrich was born on 22 October 1948. Together with Klein, he developed the popular economic simulation game in the late 1980s, in which players build up a shipping company and lead it to success through skilful route planning and freight trading. Ports of Call was first released in 1987 for the Amiga, later also for other systems, and quickly became one of the best-known and longest-running titles in the genre and one of the flagship games of German game developers. To this day, the game enjoys cult status among retro fans.
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03.Jun.2025
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Tool: EmptyADF 2.0
EmptyADF is an easy-to-use tool with a graphical user interface for creating empty ADF disk images on Amiga systems for use on classic Amigas (with AmigaOS 3.2.x), in Amiga emulators or for backups.
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[News message: 03. Jun. 2025, 01:52] [Comments: 0]
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03.Jun.2025
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Worth a read: The Meaning of Icons
In his latest blog post on datagubbe.se entitled "The Meaning of Icons", Carl Svensson explores how we interpret icons in graphical user interfaces – and why their meaning is often less obvious than we think.
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03.Jun.2025
Stefan Hoeltgen
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Scene World Podcast Episode #215 - Torsten Roeder talks about Diskmags.de
In the latest episode 215 of the Scene World podcast, the hosts spoke with Torsten Roeder about the diskmags.de project. This comprehensive online archive for floppy disk magazines (diskmags) is dedicated to preserving these digital publications for future generations.
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