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Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.34 (19. Aug. 2020)
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 FE for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey). Any kind of feedback the author Michael Rupp would very appr...

AmigaOS 4: Claws-Mail 3.9.2 Release 2 for AmiCygnix (16. Aug. 2020)
For his Unix environment AmiCygnix for AmigaOS 4, Edgar Schwan has released an update of the GTK+-based e-Mail program "Claws-Mail" (screenshot). Changes: The program was linked with GTK+ 2.24.32. As a result, drag and drop now works among ot...

AmigaOS4: Chat software Pidgin 2.13.0 for AmiCygnix (15. Aug. 2020)
Edgar Schwan has updated the port of the universal chat software Pidgin to his X11 environment AmiCygnix. Version 2.13.0 (screenshot) provides the following changes: New protocols for Discord, Facebook, Skype and Twitter. The program was linked with...

Reprint: The story of the Commodore Amiga in Pixels (12. Aug. 2020)
Three years ago Chris Wilkins published the book "The story of the Commodore Amiga in Pixels" based on a crowdfunding campaign (amiga-news.de reported). Since one year and a half the book is sold out, therefore the book is supposed to be reprinted. Und...

Desktop Publishing: RNO Publisher for all Amiga systems (30. Jul. 2020)
'RNO Publisher' created with Hollywood is a simple DTP application: The user creates one-page or multi-page documents and there can place text boxes, pictures and other graphic objects as well as links - the result then is exported to a PDF file. An ...

Self-made project: Connecting USB keyboards, mice and joysticks with USB2Amiga (21. Jul. 2020)
USB2Amiga uses an Arduino Pro Mini and an USB Host Shield as well as a Level-Shifter (3,3V to 5V) in order to provide an adapter for connecting USB devices to any Amigas. Main target platform is the CDTV: Mice and keyboards are working yet, joysticks stil...

Emulator: WinUAE 4.4.0 (06. Jul. 2020)
Version 4.4.0 of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE has been released. New features/improvements: 68000 address and bus error (bus errors are not used in Amiga) stack frames are now 100% accurate, including all undefined behavior like partially ...

Emulator for Mac OS: vAmiga 0.9.8.4 (02. Jul. 2020)
Dirk Hoffmann's vAmiga is supposed to become a new, user-friendly Amiga emulator for Mac-OS computers (amiga-news.de reported). Yesterday version 0.9.8.4 was released which fixes an audio bug introduced in version 0.9.8.1 (list of changes). ...

Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine (30. Jun. 2020)
The "Scorpion Engine" developed by Erik 'earok' Hogan allows you to develop game running on an A500 with a screen rate of 50 Hz. The editor runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, levels created by using the editor Tiled. For sounds, music...

Preview video: Action and role play game "EON" (AGA) (29. Jun. 2020)
Since 2014 the game "EON" has been developed using a Construction Kit for Windows featuring action and role play elements which now is supposed to be ported to AGA Amigas. In a preview video the developers has given some insights into the current stage of...

HDMI converter: D520 firmware version 1.2 / Alternative HDMI-520 (21. Jun. 2020)
A firmware update for Thorsten Schubert's external HDMI converter D520 was released which has to be connected to the video port (amiga-news.de reported). Changes: New: "Panic Mode". By pressing the button for some considerable time it is possible ...

Launcher: MacLikeDock 3.0 (21. Jun. 2020)
The launcher MacLikeDock imitates the look and the use of the Dock of Mac OS X (amiga-news.de reported) and has been updated this week. Information on changes of version 3.0 are not available. ...

Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.7.15 (13. Jun. 2020)
RedPill developed by Carlos Peris is a Game Construction Kit written in AmiBlitz2, which can help developing games of diverse genres - see our little review of two games. RedPill is compatible to AGA and ECS, the "player" requires 1 MB Chip as well as som...

Graphics card: Firmware and driver update for ZZ9000 (12. Jun. 2020)
For his graphics card ZZ9000 (amiga-news.de reported) Lukas F. Hartmann has released updates of the firmware and the driver. Version 1.6.2 among others offers improved stability and performance. Changes: Higher stability, esp. with 68060/Cybe...

Video: Hans de Ruiter about his stagnant laptop project (11. Jun. 2020)
For a long time there has not been any news about Hans de Ruiter's plans of creating a laptop case for the Tabor board (amiga-news.de reported). In a video now the developer, well-known for his RadeonHD graphics card drivers, spoke about this project: Acc...

Video: 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast #68 - AGABlaster (09. Jun. 2020)
In issue 68 of the videocast 10MARC, Douglas Compton has introduced the programs AGABlaster (amiga-news.de reported) and AGAConv written by Markus Schordan. AGAConv can convert video files into Commodore's CDXL video format and AGABlaster can then play th...

Decompressing Amiga archives: Ancient Format Decompressor (01. Jun. 2020)
The "Ancient Format Decompressor" can decompress Amiga archives which were compressed on 16-Bit home computers using common compression programs. The source code can be compiled on every modern system. The following formats are currently supported: C...

CS-Lab: First Warp accelerator boards shipped to testers / Firmware 1.007 (31. May. 2020)
CS-Lab has shipped the first Warp accelerator boards to beta testers. After the Warp 1260 and the Warp 560 - both versions available for 499 Euro without a processor (amiga-news.de reported) - now a Warp 4060 is planned as well. Information...

FPGA clone: Minimig-AGA-Core for Turbo Chameleon 64 (30. May. 2020)
For some time emulations of the Amiga-OCS/ECS chipsets from the Minimig project are available as "Core" for the FPGA-based C64 extension Turbo Chameleon 64 sold by Individual Computers which can operate as stand-alone computer - independently of a C64. No...

File manager: MCAmiga 0.5 for all Amiga systems (update) (28. May. 2020)
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's MCAmiga is a file manager similar to Norton and Midnight Commander which additional to the mouse interface can be also completely controlled with the keyboard. MCAmiga is available for AmigaOS (m68k, PPC), MorphOS and AROS (x86, x...