09.May.2025
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Video tutorial: Selecting fonts with the help of AMCAF in AMOS
In his latest video, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' looks at how you can select a font via a file requester and use it in your own program. The "Change Font" command of the AMCAF extension is used for this. (dr)
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09.May.2025
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Flight simulator: Tie Fighter Simulator
"Tie Fighter Simulator" is a small flight simulator created with AMOS and is intended to be a "nostalgic and light-hearted homage to Star Wars, electronic games of the 1980s and the joy of retro programming".
The project was started in 2021 as a personal exercise to relearn AMOS on the Amiga. The idea for the mini-game (a kind of 1980s electronic LED handheld) was inspired by a scene from Star Wars: Episode IV. (dr)
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09.May.2025
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Amiga emulator for the Web: vAmigaWeb 4.1
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 4.1. In addition to various bug fixes, the latest AROS ROMs are now used (from Feb. 2025) and more information on selected AGNUS and DENISE chip models is provided in the settings. (dr)
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08.May.2025
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.9 and Amiberry-lite 5.8.9
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator based on the current WinUAE version, while its little brother Amiberry-lite is based on WinUAE 4.4 and is intended for slower hardware - up to the Raspberry Pi 4. Version 7.0.9 of Amiberry is now available, Amiberry-lite has arrived at 5.8.9. (cg)
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08.May.2025
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The Arrival of the A1200NG – Unboxing, Installation and Usage
In his latest blog entry, 'Puni' shows the unpacking and installation of his 'A1200NG' and describes his first impressions. (cg)
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07.May.2025
Bill 'tekmage' Borsari (ANF)
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Amiga history: Will the real Joe Pillow please stand up
Almost every Amiga fan will be familiar with "Joe Pillow", be it as a nickname for Dale Luck or with regard to the story that the developers of the Amiga transported a prototype of the computer on an airplane in its own seat due to its sensitivity, which was booked under that name.
Now Dale Luck describes at the title link what Joe Pillow was really all about. In February 1984, on a flight from New Orleans to San Jose, he and RJ Mical had simply kept a seat free for more freedom of movement by creating an additional passenger from his backpack and jacket and a pillow with a face painted on it. (snx)
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07.May.2025
VCF Europa (ANF)
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Event: Vintage Computer Festival Europe in Hünfeld (Germany), August 2+3 2025
The next European Vintage Computer Festival (VCFe) will take place on August 2 and 3, 2025 in the East Hessian "Konrad Zuse town" of Hünfeld. Interested exhibitors or speakers should send an e-mail to org@vcfe.org. (snx)
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07.May.2025
The Oasis BBS (Webseite)
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Video: History of the Amiga CD³²
Atb the title link 'Pixel Playback' has published a video of 24 minutes length about the Amiga CD³². (snx)
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06.May.2025
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Chat software: AmigaGPT 2.6.0
Cameron Armstrong has developed a chat program called AmigaGPT, which is based on ChatGPT. The software supports the latest OpenAI models including the o1 family and runs on AmigaOS 3.1 and above (including 4.1) and on MorphOS. The source code of the tool can be downloaded separately.
The new version 2.6.0 has now been released with the following changes:
- Added GPT Image 1 image model
- Added GPT-4.1 mini and GPT-4.1 nano chat models
- Retrieves image data directly from OpenAI instead of downloading from file server to speed up image retrieval
- Error messages can now be displayed in a requester if MUI is not finished initialising the app
- Now displays an informative error message if you are attempting to generate an image when you have insufficient credits in your OpenAI API account
- M68k version compiled with extra optimisations for faster code
- Fixed bug where AmigaGPT would get stuck after sending multiple chat messages
- Fixed the bsdsocket.library error that appears on MorphOS if the app is closed before it has finished loading
- Fix crash when toggling speech enabled in menu
- Fix crash when generating an image when OpenAI reports an error
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (2,25 MB) (nba)
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06.May.2025
Thomas Richter
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AmigaDOS RKRM now available for free on Aminet
Thomas Richter has provided his "Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: AmigaDOS" for free download on Aminet. The printed book was available for pre-order (amiga-news.de reported) and is now completely sold out. The English-language PDF is a comprehensive source of information on using the AmigaDOS file system, interacting with and implementing handlers and file systems, and making productive use of the AmigaDOS Shell. (nba)
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06.May.2025
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AROS: Month in review April 2025
In his blog, Andrzej 'retrofaza' Subocz summarizes the news for AROS/x86 users in the last month at the title link. (nba)
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06.May.2025
Indie Retro News
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The Doll Maker: New text adventure for the Amiga under development
The Doll Maker is a dark, text-based adventure game currently in development for the Amiga, as reported by Indie Retro News. The game from Remanence Studio is a tribute to interactive graphic text adventures such as Guild of Thieves and The Pawn. It combines classic text input with atmospheric pixel graphics and music by Jesper Andersen.
A first demo version is already available, and an accompanying video on YouTube shows impressions of the gameplay and style of the project. (nba)
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06.May.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 174 has been published
The English and German issue 174 (May/June 2025) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Topics covered in this issue include the start of the special feature “40 Years of Amiga” (Part 1: The Amiga 1000 takes the stage), interviews with Jon Bohmer (Scala) and the operators of the Oldenburg Computer Museum, previews of Amiga40 Germany and ARC 2025, a story about the history of Ports of Call, workshops on SSDs for the Amiga, and reviews of Trapped in the Tomb, Absolute Zero, and Yoomp! (nba)
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05.May.2025
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Programming help: Assembly for the Amiga (500)
Keith 'Akuyou' offers on his website Assembly Tutorial help on how to program the hardware of many popular systems, including the Amiga. All lessons have a text document, a matching Youtube video and an entry in the discussion forum, so you can learn by reading or watching and discussing. (dr)
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05.May.2025
Acneproduction
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Mouse-controlled zombie shooter: "BDTZ" released
After two demo versions (amiga-news.de reported), the full version of BDTZ ("Better Dead Than Zed", video) has now been released: 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 final version features a new intro, improved graphics, introduced female zombie figure, new sound effects, 4 different game locations each with its own set of graphics, gangs of thugs ready to kill you, minefields, military bases, an Easter egg and new mission objectives.
The game requires 1 MB Ram, an Amiga 1200 is recommended for playing. (dr)
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05.May.2025
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Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.1
Dirk Hoffmann has released version 4.1 of his Amiga emulator "vAmiga" for macOS with the following changes:
Enhancements:
- Added a special „RGB direct“ color palette. Intended for more stable regression testing
- Now shipping with the latest Aros Roms (from Feb. 2025)
Bug fixes:
- Overclocked CPUs could overflow the color register recorder and crash the emulator
- Fixed a HAM drawing bug
- Fixed a bug in the DDF logic that could mess up bitplane DMA
- The Rom dropbox for extended Roms was broken
- Fixed some smaller issues related to workspaces
- The CIA dashboard panel now reports the chip activity as expected
- Fixed a display bug in the RetroShell debugger
Both the executable and the source code are available for free download. At least macOS 13.5 is required.
(dr)
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04.May.2025
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Aminet uploads until 03.05.2025
The following files have been added until 03.05.2025 to Aminet:
nscanz10.lha comm/bbs 11K OS3 Scans FTN nodellist, di...
amigaget.lha comm/net 264K OS3 get https files for the...
AmiBlitz3_Cheat_Sheet.lha dev/blitz 127K GEN AmiBlitz3 Cheat Sheet
fd2pragma-mos.lha dev/misc 347K VAR V2.198 create pragma, i...
rkrm-dos.pdf docs/misc 1.6M GEN RKRM AmigaDOS
Xiangqi_AROS.lha game/board 4.4M ARO Chinese chess program U...
Xiangqi_MorphOS.lha game/board 4.1M MOS Chinese chess program U...
Xiangqi_OS4.lha game/board 4.7M OS4 Chinese chess program U...
tad.lha game/role 206K OS3 point'n click adv. ...
Paint_All.adf game/think 880K OS3 Fun addicting puzzle ga...
TMSColor.lha gfx/conv 98K VAR Converter from BMP to T...
WhatIFF4.16.lha mags/misc 12M GEN What IFF? #4.16-April-2025
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 11M OS4 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 10M OS3 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...
Fugledansenbrass.lha mods/32bit 1.0M GEN 16bit 4ch Amiga Brass E...
qoatoaiff.lha mus/misc 7K OS3 Decodes Quite OK Audio ...
containers.lha util/libs 24K OS3 Provides containers + r...
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 917K OS4 Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 735K OS3 Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 826K MOS Multipurpose utility
yt_mos.lha util/rexx 2.0M VAR yt.rexx with MorphOS ad...
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04.May.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 03.05.2025
The following files have been added until 03.05.2025 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line&a...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
xiangqi.lha gam/boa 5Mb 4.0 Chinese chess program UCI compat...
blackjuan.lha gam/car 4Mb 4.0 Blackjack clone
openmedalofhonor.lha gam/fps 23Mb 4.1 Port of Open Medal of Honor Alli...
reportplus.lha uti/mis 917kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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04.May.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 03.05.2025
The following files have been added until 03.05.2025 to AROS Archives:
xiangqi.i386-aros.lha gam/boa 4Mb Chinese chess program UCI compat...
blackjuan.lha gam/car 4Mb Blackjack clone
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04.May.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 03.05.2025
The following files have been added until 03.05.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
Blackjuan_2.00.lha Games/Card Blackjuan Poker Card
Xiangqi_1.0.lha Games/Think Chinese chess program U...
Fairy-Stockfish-14.lha Games/Think Port of Fairy-Stockfish
BlockOutII_2.5.lha Games/Think Port of BlockOut II
AmigaGPT_2.5.0.lha Misc App for chatting to Cha...
SDL2Rect_1.0.lha System/Benchmark Test of SDL2 to check p...
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04.May.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 03.05.2025
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 03.05.2025:
- 2025-05-01 new: Future Sport (Actual Screenshots) done by DJ Mike (Info)
- 2025-04-27 improved: Quadralien (Logotron/Astral Software) startup crash fixed, 68000 quit key, keyboard improved, OSEmu removed, manual added (Info)
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