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Developer documentation: "Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: AmigaDOS" available (14. Dec. 2024)
Press release: Great news for Amiga fans and dedicated programmers: Thomas Richter's "Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: AmigaDOS" has been shipped from the printer earlier than planned and will be sent to all customers who pre-ordered it starting Tuesday...

SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware v2024.12.12 (13. Dec. 2024)
ZuluSCSI is a file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulator, emulating an SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Version 2024.12.12 provides the following changes: Fix ZuluSCSI v1.1plus firmware from not st...

Event: Review of "Alkmaar Amiga Meetup" (13. Dec. 2024)
Dave 'Skateman' Koelman, who among other things wrote the article Using two graphics cards in the AmigaOne X5000, describes in a current blog entry his impressions of the "Alkmaar Amiga Meetup" which took place at the end of November near Amsterdam (amiga...

Blog: Restoration of an Amiga 2000, part 3 (12. Dec. 2024)
Andrew 'LinuxJedi' Hutching recently bought an Amiga 2000 for 350 pounds and is now documenting his attempts to repair the considerably upgraded computer (amiga-news.de reported). The third part is to get the hard disc up and running....

Top-down shooter: Revenge Of The Grinch (12. Dec. 2024)
"Revenge Of The Grinch" (video) is a shooter with simultaneous mouse and joystick control. The game developed by "Electric Black Sheep" (e.g. Star Dust Wars, Project Quest) runs on any Amiga with 1 megabyte of RAM, an A1200 is recommended....

Video series: The Amiga 1000 as a Workstation, part 9 (11. Dec. 2024)
Yesterday Thomas Cherryhomes published the ninth part of his video series on the Workstation suitability of the Amiga 1000 at that time. In it, he compares how an IBM PC/AT would have been used for scientific and engineering purposes by writing a heatmap ...

Print magazine: Amiga Germany, issue 13 (10. Dec. 2024)
"Amiga Germany" has its origins in a Facebook group of the same name. The magazine, which is in A5 format, focuses on the game and demo scene on the Amiga. The thirteenth edition, which is around 60 pages long, can now be ordered for Euro 4.22 (plus shipp...

Announcement: Amiga 40th Anniversary Event in Silicon Valley (10. Dec. 2024)
A major event will be held in Silicon Valley in July 2025 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Amiga. Organised by the team behind the Amiga30th event, the event invites Amiga fans from around the world to celebrate the history and legacy of the Amiga...

SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI-Firmware 2024.12.09 (10. Dec. 2024)
ZuluSCSI is a file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulator, emulating an SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Version 2024.12.09 is a hotfix for ZuluSCSI V1.1/V1.2 only, which fixes a regression during fi...

Internet radio: TuneFinder 1.3a (update) (09. Dec. 2024)
Marcin Spoczynski's TuneFinder enables users to search internet radio stations with various filter options. Results are displayed in a list with detailed station information, and the app includes options to save selections as either a complete PLS playlis...

AmigaRemix: Further files added (08. Dec. 2024)
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added: Xenophobe [feat. Necropolo] (Encore64 V2) Echoing Genos Edition Saman Kar Tanesii ...

Event: Video announcing Amiga40 (German) (08. Dec. 2024)
As announced via a German video at the title link, the "Amiga40" event will take place from October 17 to 19, 2025, again at the "Kunstwerk" in Mönchengladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). While the program is still being worked out, it is at least ...

Workbench 1.3: A list of enhancing software (08. Dec. 2024)
Following his AmigaNOS tutorial, Hungarian software engineer 'neongod' has published a list of software at the title link to enhance Workbench 1.3....

Coding workshop: A500 programming at hardware level - A Sprite Rendering Engine (07. Dec. 2024)
The eighth part of Michael Martin's course on hardware-level A500 programming is about sprites again: "A Sprite Rendering Engine" explains the interaction of the sprites created in the last episode with other elements of the graphics hardware....

Web tool: Worms DC Asset Editor (07. Dec. 2024)
Alexander Groupe's Worms DC Asset Editor is a web-based replacement for the "WormPrefs" tool from Worms: Director's Cut. The tool was inspired by the announced update for Worms DC, which will soon celebrate it's 30th birthday. The Asset Editor can now ...

Linux: Kernel 6.12.2 LTS for AmigaOne X1000/X5000 (07. Dec. 2024)
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.12.2, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. This release has been given "LTS" status ("Long Term Support") by the Linux team and will be provided with updates un...

AmigaOS 4: MilkyTracker 1.05 Release Candidate 1 (06. Dec. 2024)
Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki has again cross-compiled the source code of MilkyTracker for AmigaOS 4 with GCC 11.3.0 and linked it with the last stable version of SDL 2.30.9.. Download: MilkyTracker-SDL2.lha (2,1 MB)...

SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware 2024.12.03 (04. Dec. 2024)
ZuluSCSI is a file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulator, emulating an SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Version 2024.12.03 introduces support for Ultra-SCSI (Fast-20) on RP2040/RP2350-based platforms...

Programming competition: Voting opened for AmiGameJam 2024 (04. Dec. 2024)
Aim of AmiGameJam 2024 was to program a successor to an existing Amiga game. After the closing date, the winner can now be voted for until Christmas. To take part, you have to be registered on the website and can then submit your rating after clicking on ...

AmigaOS 4: Blog summary for November 2024 (04. Dec. 2024)
For the past month 'Puni' has again published a news summary for AmigaOS 4 in his "Old School Game Blog" at the title link....