02.Oct.2025
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: "Monthly Roundup" for September 2025
The blog "Gaming on AmigaOS 4" has once again published a monthly summary of all events and releases related to AmigaOS 4. (cg)
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02.Oct.2025
Duncan Murray
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Event: Workbench 2025 (25 October, Chipping Sodbury, England)
On 25 October, the annual meeting of the British Southwest Amiga Group (SWAG) will take place at Dodington Parish Hall in Chipping Sodbury, England. Guests will include Stoo Cambridge from Sensible Software, Tony Warriner (Revolution Software), musician Allister Brimble, and David Pleasance from the old and new Commodore. There will also be a Stunt Car Racer tournament and a raffle. Tickets for the event can already be purchased via the SWAG website. (cg)
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02.Oct.2025
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Interactive story as an Amiga guide: ‘Dark City Detective - Project Fenris
‘Dark City Detective - Project Fenris’ is a 30-year-old, unfinished detective story that was developed on the author's Amiga computer at the time. After recently backing up the contents of all his Amiga disks from that period, the unfinished story has been transformed, through various twists and turns and with the help of Claude.ai, into an interactive narrative that can be played in a browser or in the form of an Amiga guide document.
The author points out that he is not a storyteller and that large parts of the story are 30 years old – essentially, he is simply playing around with new technology and has chosen the old story as a suitable test object. (cg)
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01.Oct.2025
68000 (ANF)
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Mounting ADF images: fuseadf 0.8
The command line program fuseadf, currently available in version 0.8, is, as its name suggests, a libfuse-based file system for mounting ADF images - both from floppy disks and hard disks; in the latter case, the respective partition can be specified. The directories and files contained therein can be browsed and read, and it is also possible to write to them. (snx)
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01.Oct.2025
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.24
The open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been adapted to version 3.5.4 of OpenSSL, which was released yesterday and includes two bug fixes.
Download:
AmiSSL-5.24-OS3.lha (4 MB)
AmiSSL-5.24-OS4.lha (4 MB) (snx)
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01.Oct.2025
Amigasystem (forum)
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AROS distribution: Instructions for installing AROS One on VMware
If you want to install the AROS distribution AROS One 1.1 64-bit on a virtual machine, you will find an archive with instructions for VMware in the form of two PDF files at the title link. With English and Italian headings, the procedure is shown step by step with images. (snx)
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01.Oct.2025
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Feature: Irving Gould - the controversial financier behind Commodore
In a new article, US journalist David L. Farquhar sheds light on the central but often misunderstood role of Irving Gould in the history of Commodore International. Gould, who joined the company as an investor in the 1960s, was its majority shareholder for decades and ensured its survival on several occasions. At the same time, he was considered a controversial figure whose decisions contributed significantly to Commodore's later decline.
Farquhar describes how Gould initially played a key role as a financier in the success of the Commodore PET and later the C64, but increasingly interfered in operational decisions, often to the displeasure of managers and developers. In particular, the dismissal of several executives, including CEO Thomas Rattigan, is presented as a turning point.
The article classifies Gould's work as somewhere between visionary entrepreneurship and self-serving power-seeking and provides a nuanced view of the man who shaped Commodore for decades - for better or for worse. (nba)
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01.Oct.2025
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Classic remake: "X-Out: Resurfaced" available on GOG.com
The underwater shooter "X-Out: Resurfaced," released in February, is now also available on GOG.com, currently with a 25% introductory discount. The revised version of the classic game released by Rainbow Arts in 1990 brings the legendary underwater shooter to current platforms in a modern reinterpretation (amiga-news.de reported).
X-Out: Resurfaced offers a completely revamped presentation with new particle and lighting effects, a completely remixed soundtrack by Chris Hülsbeck, and a redesigned cover illustration by Ogan Kandemiroglu as a tribute to his brother Celal Kandemiroglu, the artist behind the original illustration.
In addition to single-player mode, there is now a 2-player couch co-op mode, a new Mirror Mode, and a revamped shop system with freely configurable fleets.
The game is available on GOG.com (Launch Trailer) as well as in the PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox digital stores. Limited special editions are still available from ININ Games. (nba)
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30.Sep.2025
Games and Consoles
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New platformer: SwitcherBoy 1.1 for AGA Amigas
The puzzle action game SwitcherBoy has been released in its final version 1.1. The title was developed by C.R.A.N.E. for AGA-equipped Amigas with some Fast RAM. An adaptation for ECS/OCS computers is planned.
SwitcherBoy combines skill and puzzle-solving: players must dodge enemies while activating switches to unlock the exit of each level. The game was created using the Redpill engine, utilizes reworked public domain graphics, and features an original soundtrack by Fermix.
SwitcherBoy took second place at the AmigaWave Awards and third place in the gaming competition at the Posadas Party 2025 (amiga-news.de reported) and has been further developed since then. (nba)
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30.Sep.2025
Markus Tillmann (ANF)
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Event: Repair corner at Amiga40
For the first time, Amiga40 will feature an official repair service where visitors can have their Amiga systems checked and repaired on site. Led by renowned Amiga experts Andy "Botfixer" Bandel, Carsten "Mallet" Hanning, Mirko Schäfer, and Johannes Franke, the service area offers support and assistance with fault diagnosis, maintenance, and upgrades. The focus will be on tips and tricks and support for beginners and those returning to the Amiga.
In addition to useful maintenance tips, the specialists will also help with typical problems such as installing a Gotek drive or connecting the Amiga to a network. For minor and moderate defects, 30-minute time slots are offered on both days, which can be booked in advance by emailing info@amigaevent.de.
The Repair Corner is located in the foyer of the event. For safety reasons, soldering work may only be carried out outdoors. The service itself is donation-based; only replacement parts are charged at cost price.
In addition, mini-lectures by Andy Bandel are planned for both days - a worthwhile stop for anyone who wants to get their Amiga up and running again. (nba)
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29.Sep.2025
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Four games from Loriciel as free downloads
Mirko Engelhardt has made four games from the former French video game developer Loriciel available on his website Amigaland.de:
(dr)
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29.Sep.2025
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Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.4b4
Dirk Hoffmann has released version 4.4b4 of his Amiga emulator "vAmiga" for macOS. Changes:
- Fixes toolbar issues on macOS Tahoe
- Fixed a crash on macOS Ventura
The developer adds that vAmiga has not been thoroughly tested on macOS Tahoe. The officially supported OS is Sequoia. (dr)
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29.Sep.2025
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Linux: Kernel 6.17.0 for X1000/e5500
Parallel to the release of Linux kernel 6.17.0, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finalized the compilation for AmigaOne X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs). (dr)
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29.Sep.2025
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AmigaOS 4: MediaVault 1.6.0
MediaVault is an open source application for AmigaOS 4 which can be used to discover online radio stations and also to listen to podcasts. An external player like the free AmigaAmp or the commercial Emotion and the jansson.library v2.12.1 are required. Now George 'walkero' Sokianos has released version 1.6.0 which provides the following changes:
- Added Autoinstall script for AmiUpdate
- Compiled with gcc11
- Disabled the self-update process
- Fixed the radio stations discovery
- Updated the list of supporters in the About window
- Updated used libraries
(dr)
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29.Sep.2025
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Pong variant: Press Fire PONG for Amiga 500
As developer Alberto '(4)Seasons' Sgaggero writes, "Press Fire PONG" (video) for the Amiga 500 is not just another Pong clone, but a "reimagined arcade experience with unique gameplay mechanics and dynamic visual effects".
Unlike traditional Pong, in this version the paddle is moved upwards by holding down the fire button and downwards by releasing it. This is intended to make the game more exciting. In addition, the screen does not remain static, but moves. In addition, the ball reverses its trajectory when it bounces off grey edges and disappears, only to reappear on the opposite side when it bounces off dark grey edges.
It is possible to compete against the Amiga or against a friend. A solo endurance mode is also available. The game is written in AMOS. (dr)
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28.Sep.2025
Steffen Häuser (ANF)
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Modular multi-platform emulator: RetroArch for AmigaOS 3
Steffen Häuser writes: "Following AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and WarpOS, there is now also a port of the RetroArch emulator system for AmigaOS 3.
Some of the cores are very power-hungry and require a PiStorm with Pi4 or similar to run well, while others also run on slower hardware. Give it a try!
If you don't know what RetroArch is yet, this video (which is not showing the 68k version) shows all emulated systems." (cg)
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28.Sep.2025
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Aminet uploads until 27.09.2025
The following files have been added until 27.09.2025 to Aminet:
vbcc_bin_morphos.lha dev/c 2.7M MOS Optimizing ISO C compil...
toolbox.lha disk/misc 3K OS3 Communicate with SCSI e...
dtb.adf game/actio 880K OS3 Dodge These Balls (PAL)
TVSBB_All-Time-Greats.lha game/actio 15K GEN TVS BasketBall: All-tim...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 11M OS4 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 10M OS3 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 11M MOS Signetics-based machine...
RetroArch68k.lha misc/emu 177M OS3 RetroArch for 68k
RetroArchWOS.lha misc/emu 44M WUP RetroArch for WarpOS
hippoplayerupdate.lha mus/play 421K OS3 Updated HippoPlayer
NAFCYI1993S3-B01.zip text/bfont 985K GEN NAFCYI Fall 1993 (BMP F...
NAFCYI1993S3-B02.zip text/bfont 1.2M GEN NAFCYI Fall 1993 (BMP F...
NAFCYI1993S3-01.zip text/pfont 969K GEN NAFCYI Fall 1993 (PS Fo...
NAFCYI1993S3-02.zip text/pfont 1.3M GEN NAFCYI Fall 1993 (PS Fo...
avalanche.lha util/arc 138K VAR ReAction unarchive GUI ...
avalanche_de.lha util/arc 8K GEN German catalog for Aval...
avalanche_guide_de.lha util/arc 9K GEN German translation of A...
MuFastZero.lha util/boot 169K OS3 MuLib Zero Page remappe...
MMULib.lha util/libs 815K OS3 Library to ctrl the MC6...
AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 4.3M VAR App for chatting to Cha...
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 925K OS4 Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 746K OS3 Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 838K MOS Multipurpose utility
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 8.9M OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
pfetch.lha util/moni 23K GEN Pretty fetch for MorphO...
ShowMem.lha util/moni 15K OS3 Shows memory fragmentat...
WebRadio_sbar.lha util/wb 397K MOS A sbar plugin to listen...
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28.Sep.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 27.09.2025
The following files have been added until 27.09.2025 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
retroarch.lha emu/gam 389Mb 4.1 a modular Emulation System
reportplus.lha uti/mis 925kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
depscan.lha uti/she 10kb 4.0 lists dependencies in a binary
thumbnail_maker_amiga... vid/mis 48kb 4.1 Creates thumbnails from a video
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28.Sep.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 27.09.2025
The following files have been added until 27.09.2025 to AROS Archives:
vmware-install-arosone-64... doc/man 12Mb PDF Tutorial for installing Aros...
(snx)
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28.Sep.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 27.09.2025
The following files have been added until 27.09.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
WebRadio_3.3.lha Ambient/Screenbar A sbar plugin to listen...
SDL_2.32.10_Libraries.lha Dependencies/Library/SDL All Libraries SDL : SDL...
lhasa-0.5.0.lha Files/Archive lhasa-0.5.0.lha
Unreal_1.2.lha Games/Shoot3D Unreal Engine 1 v200 so...
fheroes2_1.1.11.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
AmigaGPT_2.12.0.lha Misc App for chatting to Cha...
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28.Sep.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 27.09.2025
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 20.09.2025:
(snx)
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28.Sep.2025
Bill Borsari (ANF)
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Event: AmiWest 2025 in Sacramento, USA (1./2. November)
Press release: "Starting on November 1st, join the Sacramento Amiga Computer Club in celebrating 40 years of Amiga Computing at AmiWest. AmiWest is the premier North American Amiga show, operating continuously since 1998.
In 2025, given the significant global events surrounding the AMIGA/40th anniversary in Silicon Valley and the Amiga 40th anniversary in Germany, the AmiWest show is expected to be a more laid-back event. We will focus on the community aspect of AmiWest, with an emphasis on exhibitors and attendees. Expect the usual major features: the raffle, live stream, game competition, and Saturday night banquet.
We have also been contacted by Carl Sassenrath, who is preparing a special presentation on the history of the Amiga to deliver at the show. Thank you, Carl!
New for this year, the banquet will be held off-site at a local burgers and brews location, providing attendees with a new experience. In place of a featured banquet speaker, we will let the attendees tell their own stories. It will be an opportunity to learn about the impact of the past 40 years of Amiga Computers on the lives of others and share your own experiences.
Registrations are now open for the hotel and the banquet, so please submit your registrations promptly to ensure adequate planning." (snx)
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28.Sep.2025
Amiga Future (website)
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vAmigaWeb: Information for Safari users
The Amiga emulator for web browsers vAmigaWeb is currently not working with Apple's Safari browser: Its version 26.0 interrupts the faster and more efficient native WASM exceptions used for emulation, which is why a slower Javascript exception implementation has been used for the time being.
Those affected must therefore open a private Safari tab and add the app to the dock or (on iPadOS) to the home screen again. The developers assume that once Apple has fixed the bug in Safari, the previously faulty vAmigaWeb apps will work again and access to stored snapshot and workspace data will be possible once more. (snx)
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27.Sep.2025
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Puzzle game for Amiga 500: YEET
In "YEET" (Video), the aim is to push runes off the playing field according to certain rules so that only one rune remains on the playing field. There are 50 levels, the game can be played on any Amiga with Kickstart 1.3 and 512 KB RAM. (cg)
[News message: 27. Sep. 2025, 23:49] [Comments: 0]
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27.Sep.2025
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Linux: AmigaOS 4 theme for the Xfce desktop
With the "AmigaOS4-XFCE-Theme", Linux users who use the Xfce desktop can visually adapt their system to AmigaOS 4. (cg)
[News message: 27. Sep. 2025, 13:32] [Comments: 0]
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27.Sep.2025
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WLAN driver: DaynaPORT - WLAN via BlueSCSI V2 or ZuluSCSI
RobSmithDev's ‘DaynaPORT’ driver uses the WLAN emulation available in the SD-based SCSI ‘drives’ ZuluSCSI and BlueSCSI to connect any Amiga with a SCSI host to the network. Version 1.3 fixes a problem with downloading large files, among other things. (cg)
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27.Sep.2025
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Blog: Epsilon's World presents its A1200NG
In a blog entry, ‘Epsilon’ describes the assembly of its A1200NG system in its usual detailed and richly illustrated manner. In addition to the A1200NG board from Amigakit, a new A1200 case and one of the mechanical keyboards from amigastore.eu are used in the build. (cg)
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27.Sep.2025
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Reaction test: Tombstones
In ‘Tombstones’ (video), the aim is to draw faster than your opponent in a classic Wild West duel. You draw and shoot against increasingly difficult opponents by quickly typing a random letter that appears on the screen. (cg)
[News message: 27. Sep. 2025, 12:38] [Comments: 0]
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27.Sep.2025
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Operating system for the Amiga: Fifth alpha version of Serena OS
Dietmar Planitzer is working on an experimental operating system for the Amiga. The focus of the fifth alpha version is on expanding the infrastructure for process and device driver management. There are also various bug fixes and performance improvements.
(cg)
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27.Sep.2025
Discord
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Apollo-Team: Sale of additional A6000 announced
Press release: Hello Apollo Vampires, thank you all for your patience. As promised we have finally some news about the roadmap for the Apollo A6000:
The introduction of the A6000 with the 40 "First Edition" units was a great success and very quickly sold out. Currently we are very focussed on delivering these first 40 units in high quality state to the early birds on Amiga40 event (pick-up or shipment).
Meanwhile we have been looking into our production possibilities for a second batch and I am glad to announce that we will be able to offer another batch of 40 units for on-line sale and 20 units to be sold "live" on Amiga40 event.
The on-line sales order process (a6000.net) for the 40 "Second Edition" units will start on the Monday 13th October 10:00 Central European Time (CET). All ordered units will be delivered by international shipping before 30th November 2025.
The pricing and configuration options will be the same as the first edition units, except that we have added a 5th color scheme to choose from: Commodore "cream-white with black bars".
For Apollo fans visiting the Amiga40 Event there will be 20 units available for direct sale (first come, first serve) at the Apollo stand. (dr)
[News message: 27. Sep. 2025, 06:52] [Comments: 0]
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26.Sep.2025
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Video: Creating the arcade game "Space Race 2" in AMOS (1)
At the end of August, Keith 'Yawning Angel' Elcombe showed in a video how he recreated the arcade game "Space Race" in AMOS. In his new video, he now begins work on version 2 and uses the "AMOS Animation Language" (AMAL) for the graphic animation. (dr)
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26.Sep.2025
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ReAction GUI for XAD: Avalanche 3.1 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Chris Young's Avalanche is a ReAction-based graphical user interface for the unarchiving system XAD, which also supports the xfdmaster.library and can search for viruses using the xvs.library. Since version 2.1, simple editing of LhA/Zip archives also is possible (Zip requires zip.library - only under AmigaOS 4). The developer has written his tool explicitly for AmigaOS 3.2.1, but has also tested it under AmigaOS 4. Changes of version 3.1:
- Extraction, listing and config now run in separate processes
- This keeps other Avalanche windows responsive
- Update window also has own process under OS4
- Add ability to open destination drawer after extraction
- Also added button to open destination manually
- Rewrite of update checker
- Added GUI
- Can download and extract all related components
- Shows version numbers of installed libraries
Due to an bug in version 2.5, it is not possible to download an updated version. This has been fixed in version 3.1.
Download: avalanche.lha (138 KB)
(dr)
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26.Sep.2025
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DIY: Connecting USB keyboards with STALKER
The STALKER adapter card by Gianluca Renzi enables USB-HID keyboards to be connected to the Amiga 1000, Amiga 2000/3000, Amiga 4000/CD32, Amiga 500, Amiga 1200 and Amiga 600 and is based on a 32-bit STM32 microcontroller.
The STALKER offers a built-in USB stack that enables support for USB HID keyboards without the need to install additional AmigaOS software drivers. The entire installation process boils down to connecting a STALKER adapter and plug to the keyboard port of the Amiga 1000, 2000 or 4000 externally, or internally in any other Amiga computer.
Another feature of the adapter is its "bootloader" function, which enables future firmware upgrades. The STALKER comes with special firmware, but any firmware version can be installed without any problems, as it is an open source project. Features:
- supports for both USB HID, wireless adapters and USB-PS/2 keyboards,
- Amiga 1000, 2000/3000, Amiga 4000/CD32, Amiga 1200, Amiga 600 and Amiga 500 compatibility,
- built-in USB stack with HID Keyboard firmware driver
- "Bootloader" function allowing future firmware upgrades,
- "Status" indicator LED providing information about device's state,
- built around 32-bit STM32 microcontroller utilizing latest technology,
- non-blocking keyboard.
Hardware documentation for DIY construction is available for the internal versions of the A1200, A500 and A600, as well as for the external stand-alone version.
Two days ago, version 1.5 of the USB keyboard driver and version 0.3 of the bootloader were released. (dr)
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26.Sep.2025
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Video: The Amiga emulator Amithlon
Amithlon was an Amiga emulator for x86 computers developed by Harald Frank and Bernd Meyer. In his latest video, Dan Wood looks back at its history, provides installation tips and tests the emulator. (dr)
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