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`13.Jul.2025`	Interview: Markus Tillmann about the Warhol connection and amiga40-highlights Organizer Markus Tillmann talks to amiga-news.de about the upcoming amiga40 event in October and why the Amiga still has such a vibrant community 40 years after its launch. He also reveals what visitors can expect at the next event, including previously undisclosed guests of honor. The interview was conducted by Nico Barbat. Amiga-News (AN): Markus, 2025 is a double anniversary: the Amiga turns 40 and your event series celebrates its 10th anniversary. You probably never planned a career as an event organizer. How did you go from studying business administration to organizing Germany's biggest Amiga event? Markus Tillmann (MT): The idea wasn't mine or our team's. In 2015, there were already a few celebrations planned for the 30th anniversary of the Amiga. The pioneers were the guys from the Netherlands, who had already got a lot of things off the ground. At the same time, there were also events in America and England. We were actually the last ones to join in. In the A1K forum, several users expressed their desire for an anniversary event in Germany. That was the catalyst. At the time, I was completing my degree in business administration, and the idea arose that we could take on the planning and organization of the event as our project work - as our final thesis for the degree. AN: The success of your events has grown steadily over the years. How do you reflect on this development - does it still surprise you? MT: The fact that the visitor count has continued to rise over the years was not necessarily a given, considering that Commodore has been insolvent for a few years now. But the whole thing is simply kept alive and running by the fans and the community. When we planned amiga30, we didn't know: would 100, 200, 300 people come? It was all totally uncertain. Then we had a great turnout, and that has continued to increase over the years. With the current location, we have the capacity to actually let in up to 1,100 visitors a day, and we are currently well on our way to achieving that. AN: So there are tickets available again for last-minute bookers? MT: Yes, tickets are available again (purchaseable at www.amigaevent.de/ticket, editor's note). Due to the change of location, we were able to offer 100 additional tickets. Of those, 60 are already gone, but there are still tickets available for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. AN: What's awaiting everyone who already has a ticket or can still get one? What program highlights can you already reveal? MT: We try to incorporate something new at every event. This year, we set up a repair corner for the first time - I'm very excited to see how visitors will respond. The idea has been around for a while, but we also want to encourage people outside the die-hard community to get their Amiga out of the basement or attic. Maybe there are people who haven't turned on their Amiga in 20 years and don't even know if it still works. We offer a place for them to come: "Just bring your computer, have it checked out, and find out what needs to be done." Next, then, the SetPatch party enters its second round: On Friday evening, we'll be celebrating in Gladbach's old town. The FastLoaders from Norway will once again be headlining alongside other musical acts. From a financial point of view, the party is pretty crazy, but we wanted to pull out all the stops for the 40th event. Even more, there will be an exhibition for the first time, thanks to Petro Tyschtschenko and Mario Schweder. We will set up something fancy and present a few interesting Amigas. AN: Such an exhibition has surely only been made possible by the change of location. What new opportunities does this open up? MT: We were extremely satisfied with the Kunstwerk venue, which was a cool location. In comparison, the Red Box or NEW Box seems rather unspectacular, but we simply have more space - that's a big plus. We are now able to arrange everything on one level, spread across two rooms: the foyer is used for the user tables, the exhibition, and the stage with the stage program. Then we hold a hall where all the exhibitors will be. We also have a fairly large backstage area. This takes the pressure and cramped feeling off us, as we now have a room where we can conduct interviews in peace, for example. The stage is comparatively modern. We have a projector available - these are little things we weren't provided in the Kunstwerk. This year, there will also be several entrance gates for exhibitors to unload their vehicles, which will make things more relaxed. And since the hall is located near the stadium, we have over 4,000 parking spaces available. I am very excited about the new location myself and hope that it will have a positive impact on exhibitors and visitors alike, creating an even better trade fair atmosphere. AN: You mentioned the location, the technology, and logistical issues. How big is the organizational team that has to tackle these challenges? MT: Thorsten and I are the core team. We have lots and lots of helpers who take care of various projects - Paul Kitching does a lot of the graphics, and many people from the community offer their help. It's often just a matter of finding the time to organize everything alongside their normal jobs and other private commitments. We usually start about a year in advance, but you need that time. It's always a huge effort to get commitments, for example. Sometimes it all depends on a single response that is needed to finish a poster. This year was also a bit of a financial challenge because everything is becoming more expensive and the change of location has increased costs. That caused us a lot of headaches for a long time, but things are easing up now because we've been able to sell a lot of tickets. We've had a really positive response, which is very motivating. AN: This huge response is sure to motivate the guests of honor as well - seeing how enthusiastic the community still is. Which prominent guests can you already announce for amiga40? MT: AmigaBill will open the event. Petro Tyschtschenko will show parts of the collection of the former Commodore Museum of the Streiff & Helmold company. Amiga developer Dave Haynie will be there again, for the sixth time. Commodore legends RJ Mical and Ron Nicolson have also confirmed their attendance, as have musician Chris Hülsbeck and journalist Hans Ippisch. Games graphic designer Simon Butler will be traveling from England, as will David Pleasance and Colin Proudfoot, who will talk about their Commodore rescue plan after the company went bankrupt in the mid-1990s. A special guest I am particularly looking forward to seeing, also because it will be his first time here, is Peter Keshishian. He was team leader for the Amiga department at Commodore back then. He lives in America, but happens to be in Germany at the same time - which is a stroke of luck for us. And then there's Jeff Bruette. His story is truly remarkable: he was the one who showed Andy Warhol how to use the painting program at the legendary Amiga presentation in New York in 1985. Until recently, he still owned the original diskette containing Warhol's digital artwork, which was then auctioned off for US$ 26 million. He will be talking to us about these historic moments. AN: That's a guest list that's sure to stir up a lot of positive nostalgia. When you cast your eyes to the future, where do you see the Amiga and its community in the next ten years? MT: I just hope that developments continue in all areas and that people don't lose motivation. We want to contribute to this with the event. I hope that the various companies and rights holders will finally communicate in a solution-oriented manner and understand that users are pretty annoyed by these endless disputes. At Amiga 40, we will try to bring some parties together around one table and start a dialogue. The most important thing is to keep motivation high within the community and to demonstrate that there are enthusiastic people who want to continue actively developing and working creatively for the Amiga. In recent years, it has always been the community and its self-driven developments that have kept the Amiga system alive. This valuable work must not be jeopardized by endless legal battles. AN: Markus, thank you very much for talking to us, and good luck with amiga40! (nba) [News message: 13. Jul. 2025, 12:26] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Jul.2025`	Aminet uploads until 12.07.2025 The following files have been added until 12.07.2025 to Aminet: Modular.adf demo/sound 880K OS3 Modular PcmciaFD.lha driver/med 13K OS3 PCMCIA Sony FA-P1 flopp... F1GP2025Carset.lha game/data 9K GEN 2025 Carset for F1GP Xenomorph_2025_Redpill.zip game/misc 12M OS3 Xenomorph 2025 (AGA) by... AGF-02.lha mags/misc 25M GEN Amiga Germany Fanzine AGF-03.lha mags/misc 30M GEN Amiga Germany Fanzine AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine... AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.9M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma... DOSBox_RTG.lha misc/emu 1.1M OS3 Amiga port of DOSBox Mame106MiniMix1.5.lha misc/emu 7.0M OS3 MAME 0.106 MiniMix R1.5 NAFCYI1993S1-B00.zip text/bfont 1.7M GEN NAFCYI Spring 1993 (BMP... NAFCYI1993S1-00.zip text/pfont 1.7M GEN NAFCYI Spring 1993 (PS ... avalanche_de.lha util/arc 7K GEN German catalog for Aval... UHCTools.lha util/misc 53K VAR UHC Tools installer (snx) [News message: 13. Jul. 2025, 07:54] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Jul.2025`	OS4Depot uploads until 12.07.2025 The following files have been added until 12.07.2025 to OS4Depot: arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line&a... (snx) [News message: 13. Jul. 2025, 07:54] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Jul.2025`	MorphOS-Storage uploads until 12.07.2025 The following files have been added until 12.07.2025 to MorphOS-Storage: less-679.lha Development/GeekGadgets A paginator similar to ... MCE_15.50.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed... Wayfarer_10.3.lha MorphOS-update Wayfarer is the latest ... sqlite-3.34.0.a.lha Office/Database SQL database engine (snx) [News message: 13. Jul. 2025, 07:54] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Jul.2025`	WHDLoad: New installers until 12.07.2025 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 12.07.2025: 2025-07-12 new: Dylan Dog 04: Ombre (Simulmondo) done by DJ Mike (Info) 2025-07-07 new: Dylan Dog 03: Storia Di Nessuno (Simulmondo) done by DJ Mike (Info) 2025-07-06 new: Dylan Dog 02: Ritorno Al Crepuscolo (Simulmondo) done by DJ Mike (Info) 2025-07-06 fixed: Dylan Dog 01: La Regina Delle Tenebre (Simulmondo) fast memory fixed to be mandatory (Info) 2025-07-06 new: Dylan Dog 01: La Regina Delle Tenebre (Simulmondo) done by DJ Mike (Info) (snx) [News message: 13. Jul. 2025, 07:54] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Jul.2025`	Music album: Remute² available for the Amiga The album Remute² by Denis 'Remute' Karimani, which runs and has been composed on the Amiga, is now available as a CD or for download. The Amiga CD³² is recommended, the Amiga 1200 or 4000 with CD-ROM drive as well as common emulators are also supported. (snx) [News message: 13. Jul. 2025, 07:54] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Jul.2025` Mr Cool	New Commodore owners with new website and first products (update) Two weeks ago, Youtuber Christian 'Perifractic' Simpson announced that an unnamed group of investors had taken over Commodore and that he would be the new CEO. Today, the "new" Commdore is advertising its first product in a short video: The "C64 Ultimate", available in three different editions, combines a breadbox case - presumably from RetroFuzion - with the FPGA-based C64 replica Ultimate 64 Elite-II and an unknown USB keyboard with a C64 look. The devices should be available from October or November, but interested parties can already order and pay for the devices now - which are limited to 10,000 or 6400 units, depending on the version. A FAQ on the new website is intended to clarify some open questions, while the team section gives an overview over the people involved or working as consultants. Update: (13.07.2025, 9:45, cg) In the Free Edition of the new "Compute's Gazette", a very euphoric summary of the Commodore takeover, obviously written in close co-operation with Simpson, mentions a purchase price of USD 2.16 million. (cg) [News message: 12. Jul. 2025, 23:58] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Jul.2025`	Preview video: M.I.L.V. - Danmaku #9 (bullet hell shooter) "M.I.L.V." ("Missile Intercepting Lethal Vehicle") is the current name of the bullet hell shooter, which originally had the working titles "Hyperborea" and "Danmaku" and is being developed by Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener (code), Holger Crome (graphics) and Roland 'Triace' Voss (music). The ninth preview video is intended to illustrate the current status; according to Müßener, the following changes have been made since the last version: as promised, an improved hitbox indicator. new self-made sound effects. power-ups (weapon+, bomb+, life+ and the typical MP item). continues. 6 highscore tables, one for each difficulty level and 1p/2p. more bullet- and pattern-types. in-game messages. Currently used for the typical WARNING before the boss, but also for the level-end bonus score adding as the system allows for placeholders and procedural text adjustments on the fly. pixel perfect occlusion. Every background tile can have a mask to be used for occlusion effects on enemies. E.g. ground enemies can appear from behind rocks or move below bridges or hide below trees, stuff like that. This works with all types of enemies. of course background changes like explosion craters take such occlusion masks into account too. also note that fully occluded enemies cannot be shot and won't shoot. Finally some good usage for the blitter's zero flag :) background brightness can be adjusted in the main-menu. Well, we all get older and this may certainly help some people to easier distinguish bullets and enemies from the background. in the rare case of a frame-drop, the game will now lock to 25Hz for about a second to avoid micro-stuttering. replaced some enemy placeholders (no pumpkins from the Halloween video anymore). Especially sliced and added a mod of the famous Dodonpachi tank boss, mostly to give Crome some hints on how to partition his own bosses. satellite mode. For now this is just available through the hidden cheat menu, I don't know if I'm going to make this an official game mode. Anyway, if activated the 2nd player ship will follow the 1st player ship and shoot with the other gun. I added this for nice video recording if my daughter is not available for a 2P session :) lots of other stuff (e.g. many fixes / optimizations, fresh scoring system, improved tool-chain, ship movement speeds adjusted to be more DDP-alike, particles on player death, etc. etc.) Crome prepared backgrounds for three levels so far. Enemies come last because I first prepare enemy patterns and swarms so that he knows the max dimensions before drawing... a new name: "Missile Intercepting Lethal Vehicle" - or M.I.L.V. SWIV is my favorite Amiga shmup and this is another nod to those guys. (cg) [News message: 12. Jul. 2025, 23:42] [Comments: 1 - 14. Jul. 2025, 14:08] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Jul.2025` Andreas Magerl (ANF)	Print magazine: Issue 149 of Amiga Future available online The English and German issue 149 (March/April 2021) of the print magazine ‘Amiga Future’ can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine and a higher-resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (cg) [News message: 12. Jul. 2025, 23:28] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Jul.2025`	Do it yourself: Programmable ROM module KickSmash32, Version 1.8 KickSmash32 is a Kickstart ROM replacement module that can be programmed directly under AmigaOS as well as via USB-C from Linux and provides eight flash banks for different ROM files. Since version 1.6, the Amiga 1200, Amiga 3000 and 4000 models, as well as the Amiga 4000CR and Amiga 3000T, are supported. The newly released Version 1.8 offers the following changes: hostsmash Now replays Kicksmash output to user when flash programming failure occurs. This will allow one to see an error that the Kicksmash FW emitted.. Improved auto byte order swapping to detect more ROM types ROM switcher Fixed bug where clicking + or - for Long Reset settings was broken. Spacebar now switches between PAL and NTSC. Kicksmash FW Worked around flash chip bug (0x90 to address 0x55) again. Fixed flash programming bug which caused missed data from the USB host. This bug was introduced at the workaround for the M29F160 flash chip bug. Added "set sw_timeout" command to set the ROM Switcher timeout Added "set sw_bank" command to set the ROM Switcher bank smash Added "set sw_timeout" command to set the ROM Switcher timeout Added "set sw_bank" command to set the ROM Switcher bank Documentation Updated FAQ to give better reason why to use Kicksmash. Updated FAQ with specific example of upgrading Kickstart to 3.2.3. Miscellaneous updates to the FAQ. Improved grammar in HW build and programming instructions. Updated SW hostsmash, smash, and smashftp documentation. (dr) [News message: 12. Jul. 2025, 08:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Jul.2025` Reddit	macOS: Picture Viewer PixDeluxe and QuickLook plugin for iff files The developer of Send2adf and ADF.inder (amiga-news.de reported) offers another two tools for macOS: PixDeluxe makes it possible to browse through large collections of Amiga iff image files and convert them to PNG format if required. It also offers a new plugin for QuickLook, with which iff files can now be viewed again without having to open them. (dr) [News message: 11. Jul. 2025, 21:42] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Jul.2025`	Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.3b1 Version 4.3b1 of Dirk Hoffmann's Amiga emulator vAmiga for macOS offers the following changes: RetroShell has a new navigator console for inspecting the file system of floppy disks and hard drives. To enter the console, open Retro shell and type "navigator" or use Shift-TAB to cycle through consoles The Shift Lock key now works as a warp-mode override switch Fixed a A1000 related WOM bug (dr) [News message: 11. Jul. 2025, 20:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Jul.2025`	Tetris variant: A100, version 1.02 In the Tetris variant "A100" (Video), new bricks are placed by the player on a square playing field, eliminating the "pieces falling down" mechanism of the original game. Once all positions in a column or row are occupied, the column/row is emptied. (amiga-news.de reported). Now a WHDLoad version is offered as well. Besides, version 1.02 fixes a bug in the ADF version when quitting the game. (dr) [News message: 11. Jul. 2025, 20:41] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Jul.2025` Reddit	Video: TheMiniCD32 as hobby project In a video, 'Toolzzi Games' presents the current status of its self-developed "TheMiniCD32" project, a miniaturised version of the CD32. It is based on a Raspberry Pi 4 with a self-written start interface. PUAE is used as the emulator because, as the developer explains, it processes games with CDDA audio much better. Once all the development work has been completed, it is planned to offer the project as a self-assembly kit. (dr) [News message: 11. Jul. 2025, 06:40] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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