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A600GS: Update 46.1.998 with German and Spanish localization (16. Feb. 2025)
Today's software update 46.1.998 for the Orange Pi-based Amiga clone A600GS from AmigaKit now includes an ARM-native PNG datatype, version 7.2 of the word processing program Final Writer as well as German and Spanish language support. Changes: A60...

MorphOS-Storage uploads until 15.02.2025 (16. Feb. 2025)
The following files have been added until 15.02.2025 to MorphOS-Storage: Markdown-Viewer_1.0.lha Dependencies/Mimetypes Use cmark to read markd... IRA-2.11.lha Development/ASM MC68000/10/20/30/40 rea... xxd.lha ...

WHDLoad: New installers until 15.02.2025 (16. Feb. 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 15.02.2025: 2025-02-12 new: Wizmo (Kingsoft) d...

Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 36 (16. Feb. 2025)
Issue 36 of the print/PDF magazine Amiga Addict is now available from the publisher addict.media and from UK newsagents. This issue is dedicated to the once largest UK Amiga dealer, Silica Systems, including interviews with former employees....

Copies of really old (Amiga) websites: archive95.net (16. Feb. 2025)
archive95.net wants to make websites accessible again that are too old even for the Web Archive - the latter only started archiving public sites in 1996. For this purpose, commercial CDs from the years before 1996 are used, on which copies of existing web...

Mouse-controlled zombie shooter: Playable demo of "BDTZ" (15. Feb. 2025)
BDTZ ("Better Dead Than Zed", video) is a mouse-controlled shooter in which the character has to be controlled from a bird's eye view through a zombie-infested maze of streets. Ammunition is scarce and shots attract more zombies. The game is still in d...

Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.0b3 (update) (14. Feb. 2025)
Dirk Hoffmann has released the second beta version 4.0 (amiga-news.de reported) of his Amiga emulator "vAmiga" for macOS with the following changes: Enhancements The emulator core natively supports the ADZ / HDZ format now. Media files can be sav...

Sound editor: ProTrekkr 2.8.2 for AROS (14. Feb. 2025)
ProTrekkr is a tracker program that combines a software synthesizer with a traditional sample tracker. It can mainly be used to create electronic music (such as psytrance, trance, goa, hard acid, IDM, chip, techno, jungle, etc.) for small intros, demos or...

Tool: identify-library 44.3 (update) (14. Feb. 2025)
Richard Körber has released version 44.2 of the identify library. It collects all kinds of system parameters and provides the user with information on CPU, FPU, memory, clock frequency, etc., for example. Version 44.2 provides a few bug fixes, new boards ...

PTDQ: Chunky-to-planar video system for AGA Amigas (12. Feb. 2025)
In chunky mode, all the bits that make up the color of a pixel are stored directly one after the other in memory. In bitplane mode, on the other hand, which is used by the Amiga's framebuffer, several black and white images ("planes", each with one bit pe...

FSF to auction Stallman's Hall of Fame medal, Amiga 3000UX and more (11. Feb. 2025)
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is celebrating its 40th anniversary and is holding an auction of special memorabilia to mark the occasion. According to a blog post by the FSF, the virtual auction will take place on 23 March 2025. Among the auction item...

ISOCD-Win: Creating Amiga ISO files using Windows (11. Feb. 2025)
ISOCD-Win is a C#/.NET Windows replacement for the native Amiga ISOCD application. It creates bootable ISO image files which are compatible with the Amiga CD32 and CDTV. The initial version 1.3 was released last week, and version 1.3.1.2 is currently avai...

HxC Floppy-Emulator: Software V2.16.10.2 (11. Feb. 2025)
The floppy emulator HxC by Jean-Francois Del Nero completely replaces the floppy drive (of an Amiga) with an electronic device. The project, which was launched in 2006, is available in two versions, with a SD card port or with USB port (amiga-news.de repo...

Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.0b1 (10. Feb. 2025)
Originally planned as version 3.3, developer Dirk Hoffmann has released the latest version of his Amiga emulator "vAmiga" for macOS as version 4.0 beta 1, as he has made some fundamental changes: until now, the snapshot format was used as the document for...

Amiga disassembler with emulator: Aira Force 0.9 for Windows, Linux, macOS & RPi (09. Feb. 2025)
With version 0.9.0, Howard Price has released a major update of his disassembler Aira Force (video) for Amiga programs under Windows/64-bit, Windows/32-bit, macOS, Linux/64-bit and the Raspberry Pi. In addition to the previous interactive disassembling...

E-Book: Amiga Mini for Gamer (07. Feb. 2025)
Arno Sommer runs the YouTube channel "Retro and Games" and has repeatedly reported on the THEA500 Mini in various videos. He has now compiled the knowledge he has gathered in an e-book. It is available from Amazon for 5.78 euros....

Cross compiler/Assembler: Calypsi 5.8.1 (06. Feb. 2025)
"Calypsi" is a collection of compilers and assemblers that run under Windows, Linux and macOS and can generate code for various retro platforms - 6502 and 68000 processors are supported, among others. Although the project is hosted on Github, the source c...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit 12.7 (06. Feb. 2025)
Press release: This was a tough one! Months of work, countless interruptions, frustration, and exhaustion - but we did it! Huge thanks to Wiisoldier, Philipp Lonke, and everyone else who contributed to this update! Why was this so challenging? Becaus...

A1200NG: New photos of the emulator-based mainboard (05. Feb. 2025)
At the title link AmigaKit has published further photos of its ARM- and emulator-based mainboard A1200NG (amiga-news.de reported). The latest and probably final revision of the hardware, which corresponds to the Amiga 1200 mainboard in terms of dimensions...

Obligement: Interview with Simon Neumann (Alinea Computer) (05. Feb. 2025)
At the title link, David Brunet has conducted an interview for Obligement with the graduate engineer Simon Neumann, managing partner of the Amiga dealer Alinea Computer and partner of the publisher Look Behind You. In it, he reports that he is able to ...