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02.Mar.2025



 Aminet uploads until 01.03.2025
The following files have been added until 01.03.2025 to Aminet:
MailSender_MOS.lha             comm/mail  6.0M  MOS send pictures and/or fi...     
MailSender_OS4.lha             comm/mail  6.6M  OS4 send pictures and/or fi...     
amigassh.lha                   comm/net   111K  OS3 SSH2 for the Amiga                       
libiconv-1.4.lha               dev/lib    2.4M  VAR Characterset Conversion...          
xmdump.lha                     dev/misc   555K  OS3 Analyze AmigaDOS progra...  
Voodoo.lha                     driver/vid  25K  OS3 Voodoo P96 driver                        
MCE-MOS.lha                    game/edit  4.4M  MOS Multi-game Character Ed...              
Piramide_AROS.lha              game/think 4.6M  ARO remove all cards from t...        
Piramide_MorphOS.lha           game/think 4.5M  MOS remove all cards from t...        
Piramide_OS4.lha               game/think 4.9M  OS4 remove all cards from t...        
PrayForUkraine.lha             mods/8voic 391K  GEN 16bit 13ch Piano/Violin...
unshield-1.5.1.lha             util/arc   1.6M  VAR Extract/list InstallShi... 
IdentifyLib_FR.lha             util/libs   25K  GEN French catalog and docs...
(snx)

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02.Mar.2025



 OS4Depot uploads until 01.03.2025
The following files have been added until 01.03.2025 to OS4Depot:
libiconv.lha             dev/lib 2Mb   4.1 Character Set Library (Linked St...
piramide.lha             gam/car 5Mb   4.0 remove all cards from the pyramid
mailsender.lha           net/ema 7Mb   4.0 The most simple application to s...
unshield.lha             uti/arc 2Mb   4.1 Tool and library to extract CAB ...
(snx)

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02.Mar.2025



 AROS Archives uploads until 01.03.2025
The following files have been added until 01.03.2025 to AROS Archives:
wildmidi.x86_64-aros-v11.zip aud/pla 460kb Midi Player
piramide_aros.lha            gam/car 5Mb   remove all cards from the pyramid
amigakeyremaper.x86_64-ar... uti/mis 57kb  Simple program that swaps left/r...
cls.x86_64-aros-v11.zip      uti/she 41kb  CLear Screen command
switch.x86_64-aros-v11.zip   uti/wor 78kb  Screens/windows switcher commodity
zapperng.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/wor 56kb  Change the behaviour of the zoom...
(snx)

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02.Mar.2025



 MorphOS-Storage uploads until 01.03.2025
The following files have been added until 01.03.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
Piramide_1.0.lha          Games/Card                Solitaire card game - r...
MCE_15.30.lha             Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
VAMP_3.20.lha             Multimedia                A Multimedia Player pro...
MailSender_1.03.lha       Network/Email             Send pictures and/or fi...
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02.Mar.2025



 WHDLoad: New installers until 01.03.2025
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 01.03.2025: (snx)

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02.Mar.2025
Amiga.org (forum)


 New York Post illustrates Citibank accounting error with Amiga 2000
The New York Post illustrated the fact that Citibank recently made a false entry of 81 trillion US dollars with the photo of an Amiga 2000 with a 1084S monitor - presumably not coincidentally alluding to inadequate control software.

User comments on Reddit at the title link suggest therefore that the bank should switch to more modern computer equipment - such as a CD³². (snx)

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02.Mar.2025
RetroGames e.V. (ANF)


 Photos and video of the special exhibition "40 years of Amiga" in Karlsruhe
As reported, a special exhibition "40 years of Amiga" can be visited on Saturdays in Karlsruhe (Germany). An illustrated short report from the vernissage on January 10 can now be seen at the title link, and a video recording of Petro Tyschtschenko's speech has also been published. (snx)

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02.Mar.2025
Amiga Future (website)


 German Amiga Podcast: Issue 20
The twentieth edition of the "German Amiga Podcast" (GAP) visits 'Tinomania', who is hosting the Amiga Ruhrpott Convention 2025 with his team on June 21. (snx)

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01.Mar.2025



 Picture collection: Update of the Amiga Graphics Archive
The "Amiga Graphics Archive" has been supplemented by numerous pictures from graphics competitions of the German Amiga magazine. Since there were already some more pictures from this magazine in the archive, there is also a new overview page with all pixel graphics from the Amiga magazine. (cg)

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01.Mar.2025



 Amiga Games That Weren't: Axe'n Crossbow
"Amiga Games That Weren't" provides information on 'Axe'n Crossbow', a project by Fuzzball graphic artist Tomas Dahlgren also known as 'Seven Gates of Hell', which combines elements from various arcade games such as Elevator Action, Temple of Doom, Kung-Fu Master and Rolling Thunder in a medieval setting. (cg)

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01.Mar.2025



 Individual Computers: ACA1260Tool 0.98
"ACA1260Tool" is used to configure the ACA1240/1260 turbo cards from Individual Computers and can be started both from the Workbench and from the shell. Version 0.98, which has now been released, contains the following changes:
  • added commandline option to show the commandline help
  • added commandline option to select fan profile
  • added commandline option to enable IDE speeder
  • added commandline option that shows all kinds of info (WIP)
(cg)

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01.Mar.2025



 Open source A4091 software package: A4091 version 42.31
For ReA4091, the open source replica of Commodore's Fast SCSI2 controller "A4091", there is now also an open source software package available, which contains AmigaOS drivers, a ROM image, a test utility and software for debugging the driver. Version 42.31 was released two days ago. (cg)

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01.Mar.2025



 Field report part 1: Checkmate display, tests with various retro systems
In a blog entry, 'Epsilon' presents two examples of the crowdfunded Checkmate 19” IPS Retro Monitor in detail and tests the display with various retro systems. A planned second part will examine the interaction with numerous other 8- and 16-bit systems. (cg)

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01.Mar.2025
AmigaKit (Mail)


 A600GS: Software update 46.1.1015
A further software update has been released for AmigaKit's A600GS emulator platform, which is available for download to registered AmiSphere customers and includes the following changes:

A600GS
  • Add Italian language translation thanks to Samir Hawamdeh
  • Add test for RDB based HDFs, when RDB found omit altered options to allow correct handling by AmiBerry
  • Suppress editing of DEVICE VOLUME and BOOTPRI for RDB based HDFs as these are all in the control of the RDB
  • Add option to limit Z3 memory space used to 1Gb, this should allow RTG and Z3 memory to be used on OS variants that inadvertently impose this limit.
YAM

YAM v2.10 has been rebuilt with important bug fixes implemented. A new YAM support page has been added to the Wiki for A600GS / A1200NG users.
  • Regenerate the flex generated C files from HTML2Mail.l and ParseMail.l with flex version 4.6 (run on the A600gs itself 🙂 ) as the OS4 version used for cross compiling was just slightly too old and caused occasional crashes.
  • Fix bug in RecipientString GoActive method, custom MUI class that could set the same input handler on the window more than once and cause lock-ups due to queueing a node twice.
  • Fix equivalent issue in GoInactive method
The last two fix an issue with the Forward window locking up and also the Edit draft window in some circumstances

AmiBerry

Minor refactor of Z3mem options parsing to allow setting up of multiple Z3 memory "cards" , the previous parser would overwrite the same memory bank with the subsequant options causing some quirky side effects! The end result of this is to allow combinations of memory like 512 + 256 (for 768 total.) (cg)

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01.Mar.2025
David Brunet (ANF)


 New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement in the last two months. Readers willing to help out with translating articles into other languages are asked to contact David 'Daff' Brunet.
  • News from January/February 2025.
  • News: wolfSSL shows its face on the Amiga.
  • Old articles from Generation 4 issues 32 to 35:
    • Review of Cadaver
    • Review of Snow Bros
    • News: Captain Planet, the hero of the 1991 autumn season
    • News: Compact Disc invades the computer world
    • File: Origin, an explosive evolution
    • Review of 7 Colors
    • Review of Champion Of The Raj
    • News: The 4 D'Or 1990
    • File: Arachnophobia, the film, the game
    • Review of Brat
    • Review of Midwinter 2
    • etc.
  • Interview with Simon Neumann (director of Alinea Computer).
  • Interview with Daniel Pesina (Mortal Kombat character).
  • Review of MorphOS 3.18 and 3.19 (update).
  • Hardware: PiStorm32-lite with Emu68 1.0.
  • The best of Byte from April 1992 to January 1993.
  • File: Tribute to Martyn Brown (1967-2024).
  • File: Graphics cards for Sam440ep-Flex.
  • File: The Amiga Games List (update).
  • File: The IFF ILBM format.
  • The GEnie conference of 22 August 1993 on "the Amiga truth".
  • Tutorial: Using MirrorCopy on MorphOS.
  • Tutorial: Tips on installing the TF1260.
  • Programming: Assembler - Using the VERTB interrupt on the Amiga.
  • Special quiz about the year 2024 on the Amiga.
(cg)

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28.Feb.2025
Howard Price


 Amiga disassembler with emulator: Aira Force 0.9.1 (Windows, Linux, macOS & RPi)
With Version 0.9.0, Howard Price 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. The new version 0.9.1 offers the following features:
  • Amiga audio DMA emulation
  • Experimental audio out (use at your own risk)
  • Emulator optimisations
  • macOS Universal Binaries
  • Other bits and bobs
The author has written a detailed description of the changes in his developer diary. (dr)

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28.Feb.2025



 Real-time strategy: First early demo version of "King Arthur's Campaign"
After its train simulator "Trans-Pennine Express" (amiga-news.de reported), 'lifeschool' has started a new project: a real-time strategy game with some "Defender of the Crown" influences. The playing field in "King Arthur's Campaign" can be seen from a bird's eye view, the units are freely movable. The game is set in Roman times.

Basically, the author is interested in the use of arrays in this game: by copying all X and Y coordinates of all units into an array each turn, he wants to be able to quickly check whether units have met. He has now released a first early demo version 0.3 as a hard disc image. (dr)

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28.Feb.2025
2Bit Combo


 Run'n Gun: Demo update of "Operation Steel Rain"
"Operation Steel Rain" is supposed to become a Run'n Gun for AGA Amigas, developed with the help of the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The updated demo version includes the following changes:
  • Aiming control: Not exactly what I really wanted, but the player can fire in 45 degrees now, up and down
  • Infantry enemies
  • a few fixes
(dr)

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28.Feb.2025
Thomas Harte


 8-/16-Bit emulator for macOS: Clock Signal v2025-02-26
Thomas Harte's Clock Signal is an emulator for various 8- and 16-bit platforms aiming to be invisible to the user. The idea is to simply start the source medium without configuring the emulator oneself. Clock Signal is available for Mac OS and Unix-compatible systems. Amiga emulation is included as well. Changes:
  • adds nascent Commodore 16/Plus 4 emulation, a work-in-progress;
  • fixes a potential crash at startup for the MSX 2;
  • reduces potential memory leaks for any machine that uses disks;
  • improves the Mac UI with: a modern icon, improved menu wording and closer-to-QuickTime behaviour for showing the in-window machine controls; and
  • experimentally, primarily for the ZX Spectrum and on macOS only, attempts automatically to relaunch media that has been changed by an external program (e.g. if you reassemble software you are developing).
(dr)

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26.Feb.2025



 AmigaOS 4: clib4 1.5.0
With clib4 Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè is working on a variant of the official ADTools clib2, which should be specific for AmigaOS 4 in order to be easier to maintain and above all to add functions that are difficult to implement on original Amigas.

This week version 1.5.0 has been released. (snx)

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26.Feb.2025



 Python script: Music module converter xmtolsp
The Python program xmtolsp converts XM modules of FastTracker 2 into LSP format. The eponymous LightSpeed player converts the music modules into a less computationally intensive low-level format that supplies the Amiga audio hardware with ready-made frame-by-frame instructions. (snx)

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26.Feb.2025
Flashback Symposium (ANF)


 Event: Flashback Symposium #02 in Jößnitz (Saxony, Germany)
The Flashback Symposium will take place for the second time in Jößnitz in the Vogtland region (Saxony, Germany) from June 13 to 15. There will be lectures, workshops and competitions as well as larger tables for exhibitors than last year. A transportation service has also been set up.

The event will be accompanied by a concert by "Blastromen" from Finland on Saturday and live music by "Solar Chrome" on Friday. (snx)

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26.Feb.2025



 Demo scene: Results of Boozedrome 2025
As reported, this year's Boozedrome music competition has been an online event. On the first three places are Megapussi - Myrskylinnun Hulluta, Gabbapappa - The New Generation Of Music and Furious - Party People, the video of all participants is available on YouTube. (snx)

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26.Feb.2025



 Video: MiSTer with an iPad screen
At Retrohax.net a description has been published how to combine the FPGA Amiga MiSTer with the screen of an iPad. The result is shown in a video at the title link. (snx)

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26.Feb.2025
Amigatronics (ANF)


 Event: The Revision Satellite in Puçol (Spain)
Press release: The Revision Satellite is back in Puçol from April 18 to 21, 2025! After a successful first edition, this event continues to grow as a key meeting point for Amiga and demoscene enthusiasts in Spain. As an official satellite party of the prestigious Revision Party in Germany, it brings the spirit of the legendary event closer to local fans. Hosted at Espai Jove, it offers competitions, live screenings of the Revision Party, and networking opportunities with top scene figures.

Event Details:
  • Dates: April 18-21, 2025
  • Location: Espai Jove, Puçol, Valencia
  • Entry: Free, pre-registration required
Why Attend?
  • Competitions and project showcases
  • High-quality venue with top facilities
  • Exclusive giveaways and networking
Don't miss this chance to celebrate digital creativity! See you in Puçol for an unforgettable event! (snx)

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26.Feb.2025
Yawning Angel (ANF)


 Video tutorial: Anaglyph 3D graphics with AMOS
In another video of his tutorial series about AMOS Professional, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' describes how he has created some simple Anaglyph 3D graphics using AMOS. (snx)

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25.Feb.2025
(ANF)


 Frode Solheim is continuing to develop FS-UAE
The Amiga emulator FS-UAE and its associated launcher is a platform-independent version of UAE for Windows, Mac OS X and numerous Linux and BSD variants. The last version of FS-UAE & Launcher, version 3.1.66, was released on 3 January 2022. Now Frode Solheim, the main developer of FS-UAE, has posted a detailed update posted on the English Amiga Board. He admits that he has been overworking himself over the last few years, but assures everyone that he is healthy and will not simply give up on the project without ensuring an orderly handover.

Recently, he has taken the first steps to modernise FS-UAE and OpenRetro:
  • Distro-specific builds for current distributions have been created.
  • The website fs-uae.net has been migrated to a new host server and the underlying software has been updated.
An upgrade for openretro.org is still pending, whereby old Python 2 code has to be ported to Python 3. He also plans to support newer WHDLoad versions and take a look at the current development of WinUAE 6 to integrate possible improvements into FS-UAE. Despite challenges, he remains motivated and is open to further collaborators, even though the organisational effort for community-driven development should not be underestimated. (nba)

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25.Feb.2025
spillhistorie.no (ANF)


 Spillhistorie: Interview with game designer Jon Hare (Sensible Software)
The Norwegian games magazine Spillhistorie.no has published an interview with Jon Hare, co-founder of Sensible Software. In the conversation, Hare shares insights into the studio's origins, the development of iconic games such as Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder and Wizball, and the creative diversity that characterised their projects. He reflects on British developer culture in the early 1990s and relationships with other studios such as the Bitmap Brothers and Graftgold. The full interview offers an interesting behind-the-scenes look at the legendary label Sensible Software. (nba)

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25.Feb.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


 Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 173 - preview and reading samples
The reading samples and preview of issue 173 (March/April 2025) of Amiga Future are now online. The issue features the following topics, among others:
  • Interview Richard Leinfellner
  • Review Super Star Blast
  • Review Jerboastar vs The Germows
  • Review Sky Shapers Boxed
  • Review Bunnito´s Feast
  • Review Battle Squadron 2
  • Review Video Vortex
  • Review Amiga 600gs Part 2
  • Review Denise
  • Review MorphOS 3.19
  • Special AmigaOS 4.1: The troubled life of a beta tester
  • Special Backup-Solution
  • Special Amiga 1200 goes PiStorm32 CM4
  • Knowledge 6: Fast Chunky-to-Planar with the Blitter on the Amiga 500
  • Demoscene
The editors ask all Amiga Future subscribers to check whether the publisher has their current postal address and e-mail address. The Amiga Future is already packed and sent out a few days before the publication date, so any changes to your address should be communicated as soon as possible. (nba)

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25.Feb.2025



 Classic remake "X-Out: Resurfaced" has been published
The Amiga classic X-Out has been relaunched as announced under the name "X-Out: Resurfaced". The remake of the horizontally scrolling shoot ‘em up was published on 20 February 2025 for Xbox, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC. In addition to the digital version, there are also physical special editions for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, which are available exclusively from the developer ININ Games. The gaudy remake offers revised graphics, a remixed soundtrack by Chris Hülsbeck and additional features such as a two-player co-op mode.

The original X-Out game was released by Rainbow Arts in 1990 for the Amiga. It is considered one of the most outstanding horizontally scrolling shoot ‘em ups of its time. Particularly ground-breaking was the shop system, which allowed players to put together their own individually equipped submarine with different weapons and drones before each level. The dark underwater atmosphere, the impressive pixel graphics and the captivating soundtrack by Chris Huelsbeck made X-Out an unforgettable classic of the Amiga era. (nba)

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25.Feb.2025
reddit


 Podcast: The Retro Hour talked to Kelly Sumner (ex-Commodore UK)
In the latest episode of the Retro Hour podcast (Episode 468), Kelly Sumner shares his experiences from 15 years at Commodore, first as a trainee, then as a senior employee, and finally as Managing Director of Commodore UK. In the first part of this two-part interview, Sumner talks about his beginnings as a trainee engineer in 1979, the marketing of iconic products such as the Amiga 1000 and the C64, as well as less successful projects such as the C64GS console and the CDTV. He also talks about his surprise appearance on the TV show "GamesMaster". The full interview is available to listen to for free on The Retro Hour podcast website in episode 468 from minute 43:34. (nba)

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24.Feb.2025
Kobold_Eduard


 Game for kids: Final demo version of "The Young Salzgitter Icefighter"
After several preliminary demo versions and a new name (amiga-news.de reported), the final demo version of the children's game "The Young Salzgitter Icefighter" has now been released, in which the first two levels can be tested.

The complete game with eleven levels is available as a physical version on flopy disc, costs ¤8 within Germany, including postage, and can be ordered directly from the developer by e-mail. Shipping outside Germany is on request. You can also register your interest in a boxed version with the developer. (dr)

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24.Feb.2025
HoysterGames


 Shoot'em Up: Demo update for "Rex and the Galactic Plague"
"Rex and the Galactic Plague" (video) is a vertically scrolling shooter that the developer originally wanted to develop with the Shoot'em Up Construction Kit before switching to the Scorpion Engine. After a preview video (amiga-news.de reported) and the first demo, he has now updated the latter, which he reports on in a developer diary. (dr)

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24.Feb.2025



 Video series: AmigaOS - A Project with Sina & Paddy (German, part 10)
In a German video series, Paddy da Linco and the developer Sina explore the Amiga (amiga-news.de reported). The tenth part is about beautifying the Workbench. (dr)

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24.Feb.2025
AmigaKit (E-Mail)


 Emulated Amiga: OctaMED 8 update for A600GS and A1200NG
AmigaKit has released an update for the music tracker software OctaMED 8 for the Orange Pi based Amiga clone A600GS (amiga-news.de reported) and the ARM and emulator based mainboard A1200NG (amiga-news.de reported). The changes:
  • The Open Recent Projects window stores and displays a list of the last 10 projects opened in OctaMED. The user can then load a recent project with a few convenient clicks.
  • Add ED_NOTEOFF Arexx command to insert a "NoteOff" command at the current track with a key combination
(dr)

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23.Feb.2025
Dirk Hoffmann


 Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.0
Dirk Hoffmann has released the final version 4.0 (amiga-news.de reported) of his Amiga emulator "vAmiga" for macOS with the following changes:

Enhancements:
  • LZ4 snapshot compression
  • Improved gamepad detection
Fehlerbehebungen:
  • ExtendedADF support was broken.
  • Folder import was broken.
  • vAmiga no longer boots from unbootable harddrives.
Both the executable and the source code are available for free download. (nba)

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23.Feb.2025



 Aminet uploads until 22.02.2025
The following files have been added until 22.02.2025 to Aminet:
SQLMan.lha                     biz/dbase   12M  VAR SQLite database manager                  
amigassh.lha                   comm/net   111K  OS3 SSH2 for the Amiga                       
regina-doc.pdf                 dev/lang   1.3M  GEN Alternative REXX interp...    
F1GP2025Carset.lha             game/data    7K  GEN 2025 Carset for F1GP                     
MCE-MOS.lha                    game/edit  4.5M  MOS Multi-game Character Ed...              
MCE-OS4.lha                    game/edit  4.8M  OS4 Multi-game Character Ed...              
MCE.lha                        game/edit  4.2M  OS3 Multi-game Character Ed...              
JumpingAround.lha              game/jump   97K  OS3 JumpNRun game, working ...       
TheForceEngine020_030.lha      game/shoot 1.8M  OS3 TheForceEngine020/030/F... 
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...               
ZXLive.lha                     misc/emu   126K  OS3 ZX-Spectrum 48/128k/Pen... 
ANightWithYou.lha              mods/32bit 2.3M  GEN 16bit 12c Amiga Bossa N...    
CompressionOS4.lha             text/dtp   1.7M  OS4 A PDF generator                          
IconLib_46.4.lha               util/libs  2.1M  OS3 free icon.library in op...  
IdentifyDev.lha                util/libs   68K  OS3 Identify hardware and m...               
IdentifyUsr.lha                util/libs  102K  OS3 Identify hardware and m...               
VATestprogram.zip              util/misc  8.6M  OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
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 OS4Depot uploads until 22.02.2025
The following files have been added until 22.02.2025 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 11Mb  4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
marstankattack.lha       gam/act 15Mb  4.0 A tank battle game
imbiss.lha               gam/str 3Mb   4.0 Simulates a Snack-Shop
mce.lha                  gam/uti 5Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
sdl2.lha                 lib/mis 7Mb   4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 2
mailsender.lha           net/ema 7Mb   4.0 Simple application to send pictu...
sqlman.lha               off/dat 12Mb  4.0 SQLite database manager
compression.lha          uti/mis 2Mb   4.1 A PDF generator
yt.lha                   vid/mis 872kb 4.1 YouTube URL Extractor script
vamp.lha                 vid/pla 2Mb   4.0 Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player
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 AROS Archives uploads until 22.02.2025
The following files have been added until 22.02.2025 to AROS Archives:
demac.x86_64-aros-v11.zip    aud/mis 108kb Decoder for .ape files
regina-doc.zip               doc/dev 1Mb   Alternative REXX interpreter doc...
cavestory.x86_64-aros-v11... gam/pla 4Mb   Cave Story (NXEngine)
sqlman.i386-aros.lha         off/dat 12Mb  SQLite Database Manager
7zdec.x86_64-aros-v11.zip    uti/arc 248kb Unarchive 7zip files (.7z)
unrar-v6.11.x86_64-aros-v... uti/arc 3Mb   UnRAR for AROS 64 v11
zunearc.x86_64-aros-v11.zip  uti/arc 301kb a zune front end for archivers
vamp.lha                     vid/pla 2Mb   Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player
(snx)

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 MorphOS-Storage uploads until 22.02.2025
The following files have been added until 22.02.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
SDL_2.32.0_Libraries.lha  Dependencies/Library/SDL  All Libraries SDL : SDL...
AmiArcadia_34.0.lha       Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
SDL-Ball_1.04.lha         Games/BrickBreaker        Port of SDL-Ball by Pap...
MCE_15.30.lha             Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
OpenMoHAA_0.81.1-beta1... Games/Shoot3D             OpenMoHAA 0.80.0 for Mo...
fheroes2_1.1.6.lha        Games/Strategy            fheroes2 is a recreatio...
Tower-of-Hanoi_1.0.lha    Games/Think               Port of Tower-of-Hanoi
Wayfarer_9.2.lha          MorphOS-update            Wayfarer is the latest ...
VAMP_3.20.lha             Multimedia                A Multimedia Player pro...
SDL2-performance-test.lha System/Benchmark          A few simple tools to t...
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 WHDLoad: New installers until 22.02.2025
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 22.02.2025:
  • 2025-02-19 updated: Powermonger (Bullfrog) made Manual.pdf more compatible (Info)
(snx)

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 AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news item, the following mp3 files have been added:
  • The Wastelands
  • Roguecraft
  • Scrambled Mind
  • UwU KAOS
  • Killing Speed (Killing Game Show + Speedball, Fusion Remix)
(snx)

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23.Feb.2025
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 Virus Help Team: Viruses wanted
The Virus Help Team is looking for missing Amiga viruses to complete Georg Wittman's xvs.library for some time already. This week the list has been updated again. (snx)

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23.Feb.2025
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 Event: Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 (26./27. April)
On April 26/27, 2025, the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network and the Fresno Commodore User Group will host the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show (CLASS) in Burbank, California, for the sixth time. The 40th anniversary of the Commodore 128 and the Amiga will be celebrated. (snx)

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22.Feb.2025
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 Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.5 and Amiberry-lite 5.8.6
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 7.0.5 of Amiberry is now available, Amiberry-lite has arrived at version 5.8.6. (cg)

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 AmigaOS 4: The network printer tool Airprint
After Arild 'mcleppa' Aarbakk had already written a scanner software for AmigaOS 4 with AirScan, he has also been working on a printer tool for AmigaOS 4 based on the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) since the end of 2023. At the end of 2010, Apple developed AirPrint, an extension of IPP, which has become standard on many current printers.

The Internet Printing Protocol provides printing services via a network and includes all the necessary mechanisms such as authentication, access authorisations, encryption, etc. This enables printing without a separate printer driver. In principle, printing is therefore possible without a separate printer driver.

I was able to test the first, early versions, which worked right from the start with my Canon G9000. For the first time since I proudly ran my Canon BJC-4200 with the "legendary" CanonDisk printer driver in the 90s, I was able to print from my Amiga, an AmigaOne X5000.

Initially, the range of functions was still somewhat limited, but gradually more options such as trays, colour, duplex and paper type were added.

SSL support was also added with the last update. The installation process of the tool has now been simplified so that the installer not only copies the necessary files, but also opens the settings window during installation:

Airprint-Prefs

The Airprint utility programme is located in the Sys:Prefs/Airprint directory after installation. After starting, a printer is searched for using the "+"...

Airprint

...and in my case successfully found and added:

Airprint

For me personally, Arild's very useful application is another important building block for a "complete" AmigaOS 4, but also an example of how you can use AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS together on the AmigaOne X5000 and thus achieve synergies. The DHL shipping label for the parcel was purchased under MorphOS with the Wayfarer web browser and the PDF file was saved on a shared drive, from where I was able to print the label with Airprint. Now that's Amiga fun:

Airprint

In the Airprint utility itself, PDF, JPEG, text and postscript files can be loaded, converted and then sent to the printer. In addition, the programme should support printing from most Amiga applications, such as Notepad, AmiPDF, AmiGS, Odyssee, IBrowse (please refer to the documentation on activating fonts for printing) or Multiview. For this purpose Airprint communicates with the Amiga printer.device, for which DEVS:Printers/Airprint is required. The data is converted into RGB format. They are then sent to DEVS:airprint.device, which then communicates with the Airprint utility.

The source code of Arild's airprint driver is based on the source code of the HP DeskJet CMYK sample driver, while the airprint.device is based on Chris Young's ipp.device (GitHub link). The developer provided many useful hints on how the devices work together, enabling Arild to develop it further.

The paper size is currently limited to A4 and US Letter. Likewise, the resolution is currently only 150 DPI, converted into pixels this corresponds to 1240 x 1754. In practice, as Arild explains to us, this means that the resolution remains the same when a larger image is sent to the printer, so that you do not yet benefit from higher resolutions. This will change in the future.

The checkbox for the alignment is currently inactive. The image is always aligned so that it fits the paper format selected by the user. This will also be changed later.

Airprint always uses the paper installed in the printer. The selection of the "from to" range works - in future it should be possible to select each page to be printed, not just a range. The "Ink levels" tab shows the ink level of the printer:

Airprint

As the tool is still in the beta phase, the programme versions are currently only available in the corresponding topic on the Amigans website. The current version is 0.36.

Download: Airprint_V0.36.lha (247 KB) (dr)

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21.Feb.2025



 Action game: Amiga Yoomp! 1.08
Amiga Yoomp! is a conversion of an Atari 8-bit game from 2007. Version 1.08 has now been released, adding keyboard control (cursor keys, up/space bar to jump). In addition, the game can now be paused by pressing the P key, while the B key can be used to remove dithering until the next level starts. (nba)

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21.Feb.2025



 HxC Floppy-Emulator: Software 2.16.11.1
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 reported).

A new version of the HxC floppy emulator software has now been released. The changes:
  • XML export/import
  • Better multi-format tracks support.
  • You can now specify/change the density/format for each individual sector with the tag.
In addition to the executable program, the source code is also available for free download. (nba)

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21.Feb.2025



 Preview video: Dungeon Crawler "The Cthulhu Project"
In a new preview video (amiga-news.de reported), developer Maurice Doerr shows how he has made good progress with the dialogue system. (dr)

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 MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 9.2
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has published version 9.2 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS, which fixes several endianness issues and updates libcURL, libsqlite and libxml2. (dr)

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19.Feb.2025



 Podcast: "Settle the World" at Levelmeister (German)
"Settle the World" by Christian 'TheoTheoderich' Wiegel is a turn-based building and trading game in which the aim is to colonize several islands and remain in power over a long period of time.

Now the programmer was a guest at the Levelmeister podcast to talk about game development and the technical limitations of the Amiga, as well as why this platform continues to attract developers to this day. (snx)

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 Demoscene: Nominations for the Meteoriks 2025 award announced
The Meteoriks 2025 is an award for the best demoscene productions of the year 2024, which will be presented at the Revision demo party in April. Among the 55 nominations in eleven categories are three Amiga demos: (snx)

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 AmigaOS 4: DTP program CompressionOS4 0.50 (Beta)
Achim Pankalla's DTP program CompressionOS4 allows graphics and text to be placed on pages and generates PDF documents from them; a German manual is included. New features since beta version 0.40:
  • Correction of sometimes wrong headlinelist
  • Now the correct tab is shown by clicking on headlinelist
  • First global configmenue implemented
  • Implemented garbage collection for deleting unnessary files
  • Now links to PDF pages and websites are possible
  • Correcting an error in setting the correct font
  • Correcting an error while copying headlines
  • Minor correction and optimation
Download: CompressionOS4.lha (2 MB) (snx)

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 AmigaOS 4: Preview video of GemRB 0.8.8 WIP
GemRB is a reimplementation of BioWare's Infinity Engine, which is used to develop computer role-playing games based on the Dungeons & Dragons rules (e.g. Baldur's Gate). GemRB stands for "Game engine made with pre-rendered background".

After Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè's AmigaOS 4 port of version 0.7.2 in 2012 and later ports of version 0.8.8, released in 2021, to MorphOS and AROS, Steffen Häuser is now also adapting the latter to AmigaOS 4. At the title link you will find a preview video. (snx)

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 Preview from Michal Schulz on PiStorm and Emu68
Michal Schulz and Claude Schwarz have already given us a lot of pleasure with their work on the Motorola68K emulation Emu68 (amiga-news.de reported) and 68K hardware emulation PiStorm32(-lite) (amiga-news.de reported). We asked Michal Schulz to inform us about the current and planned projects:

Framethrower

So far, the RTG emulation has been provided via the HDMI port of the PiStorm and the RGB data supplied by the Denise chip at the RGB port of the Amiga and must be tapped there separately. Since the end of 2023, the two have been working on an extension now called "Framethrower", which also outputs the RGB signal via the PiStorm (camera port) (amiga-news.de reported). As Michal writes, the project is unfortunately not yet finished: "There is a problem with the Tang Nano boards, which Claude is still working on solving. In more detail, this means that due to the design of the Tang Nano 9K, a lot of noise is introduced into the MIPI signal. This leads to either distortions in the transmitted image or the entire synchronisation is lost."

Emu68

For the Motorola68K emulation software Emu68, the new version 1.1 is to be released this year, which will bring some improvements in addition to typical corrections and bug fixes: "For example, cache blocks that are actually removed by the CPU cache flush will be reused. Instead, they will be "recycled" to reduce the compilation time. As a result, macOS, for example, will run much faster under Shapeshifter, and booting the Amiga will also take less time." The first tests have already been carried out and are very promising.

Furthermore, the work on the WiFi driver for Emu68 will be continued (amiga-news.de reported) and, if all goes well, the Ethernet driver for the Pi4/CM4 will be started. If there is enough time, the next project will be USB.

PiStorm16

The first version of the accelerator card for the Amiga 600 (or CM4) (amiga-news.de reported) has been produced in its final version in a quantity of 25 units and will soon be sent to the first users. Shortly afterwards, the project will be released as open source so that it can be produced and sold in larger quantities by various companies and hobbyists.

PiStorm16 is similar to PiStorm32: it uses the same FPGA, the firmware is embedded in Emu68 and is loaded to the PiStorm at startup, so features like the "stealth" mode are possible: by pressing and holding CTRL and the Amiga keys for a few seconds, the Amiga is started in basic mode, without extension.

Other models from the PiStorm16 family, for example for Pi3/Pi4 or for the A500, A2000 etc., will follow.

Future plans

Michal wrote: "We are looking at ways to make hardware that is unsuitable for the PiStorm in the Amiga usable in some form.
In the long term (i.e. not this year), a project is to be developed in which the Amiga chipset is implemented on an FPGA module, for example, and communicates with the processor via a PCIe interface. Yes, PCIe has disadvantages that make it almost unusable for a "classic" PiStorm. But in a scenario where PiStorm is not an interface but an Amiga chipset, the performance might be sufficient. Our work in this direction is running on several levels:

PocketStorm

As a first step, Claude has developed a motherboard for the Pi3/Pi4 that integrates the Amiga chipset (MiniMig) and the PiStorm interface in the Tang Nano 20K. With the help of Emu68, a complete (albeit emulated) Amiga is created.

EFI integration

At the same time, I am working on a start programme for EFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface), which will be integrated into Emu68. This would allow Emu68 to be used in some form on EFI-compatible systems.

FPGA + PCIe

In a further step (if we succeed) the Amiga chipset will be implemented on FPGA with a PCIe interface and run with the EFI version of Emu68.
This work does not mean that we give up the classic Amiga! There are still more than enough tasks for PiStorm and Emu68 in Amiga systems. Nevertheless, we also want to explore new avenues and discover further possibilities." (dr)

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18.Feb.2025



 Platformer: BOOM!
In recognition of AmigaBill's commitment to the Amiga community, Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen has released a small platform game in which he plays the protagonist. A demo version was already included on the cover disc of Amiga-Addict issue 25. The game has been written with the Scorpion Engine, the AGA chipset is required. (dr)

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18.Feb.2025



 Demoparty: A look back at MountainBytes 2025 (German)
Last weekend, the MountainBytes demo party 2025 took place in Switzerland. The "Amiga User Group Switzerland" took part for the first time with a specially created demo and wrote a German-language report about the event at the title link. The results were published on DEMOZOO, with the demo Spreadpoints by Spreadpoint standing out from an Amiga perspective, taking first place in the "Oldschool and Alternative Realtime" category. (dr)

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17.Feb.2025



 m68k assembly: "Amiga Assembly" plugin v1.8.13 for Visual Studio Code
"Amiga Assembly" is a plugin for Visual Studio Code to support assembly language for the Amiga Motorola 68000 machines and emulators. The stable version 1.8.13 fixes a bug which prevented the build task to work if filenames included spaces. On GitHub, a detailed documentation is available. (dr)

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17.Feb.2025



 Video player: Reducer tool of Amos Anim Player updated (update)
The "Amos Anim Player" from the group "ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP" is a very simple IFF-ANIM player that runs on any Amiga. It can play compressed IFF-Anim formats synchronised with a separate IFF audio sample (or MOD) (amiga-news.de reported). Reducer is a stand-alone tool that does not require AMOS and reduces the data size. The updated version includes the following changes:
  • Previous version of reducer used luma (greyscale) to filter out the difference between frames, 2025 version use chroma (RGB), so it gives a visualy much better result!!!
  • Previous version doesn't work above 320x185 resolution, the new limit is 640x512
  • does a better job correcting errors in HAM mode
  • does a better job detecting/handleing small changes
  • does a better job cleaning "residues" caused by slow movements
Update: (18.02.2025, 22:10, dr)

A video tutorial shows how to use it using an example. (dr)

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17.Feb.2025



 Programming: Web based m68k assembler editor 4.0.0
Under the title link you will find a modern web application for writing, executing and learning M68K assembler code, which uses the SvelteKit framework and the Rust programming language (amiga-news.de reported, source code on GitHub). The tool now supports not only 68k, but also MIPS architecture. All changes:
  • Added MIPS assembler/simulator (mars)
  • Added MIPS documentation
  • Other improvements and bug fixes
  • Migrated website to svelte 5
  • Made the UI more generic over different languages
(dr)

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17.Feb.2025



 Preview video: Hyper Runner - Desert Road
"Hyper Runner" is an announced sci-fi racing game for AGA Amigas. The game was started in mid-2022 and only continued at the beginning of the year (amiga-news.de reported). Now another race track is being presented with the "Desert Road". (dr)

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17.Feb.2025
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 Video: The history of X-Copy
In his latest video, Rob Smith traces the history of the well-known copy program X-Copy, whose source code was published in 2011 (amiga-news.de reported). In this context, Christian Bartsch, who worked for the software company Cachet, which wrote the copy programme at the time, is also interviewed (see also the German c't interview with him). (dr)

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16.Feb.2025
AmigaKit (E-Mail)


 A600GS: Update 46.1.998 with German and Spanish localization
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:
  • A600GS:
    • Add option to map RCTRL as RAMIGA key in Amibench et al.
    • Add option to set alternate PAUSE MENU key (for keyboard lacking the default F12 key)
    • German langauge support: translation contribution thanks to Philipp Lonke
    • Spanish langauge support: translation contribution thanks to Javier De Las Rivas
  • SystemV46:
    • ARM Native Support: AK-PNG datatype converted to native ARM from 68K code giving up to double speed when decoding PNG files
  • Programs:
    • Update version of Final Writer to version 7.2
    • AmiSSL has been updated to v5.19
(snx)

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16.Feb.2025



 Aminet uploads until 15.02.2025
The following files have been added until 15.02.2025 to Aminet:
ira.lha                        dev/asm    278K  VAR MC680x0/851 reassembler                  
GeneraNumeroCasuale.lha        dev/basic   23K  OS3 Custom routine to gener...
Firemeter.zip                  driver/inp  22K  OS3 Measures Joystick Autof...          
G-WARS.lha                     game/shoot 7.9M  OS3 Geometry Wars inspired ...           
AmiVms.lha                     misc/emu   3.8M  OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...               
PrayForGaza.lha                mods/32bit 2.0M  GEN 16bit 16ch Amiga Charit... 
PrayForGaza.lha                mods/8voic 562K  GEN 16bit 16ch Amiga Charit...  
Protrekkr_AROS_i386.zip        mus/edit    13M  ARO Tracker/Synth hybrid Pr...             
LHArchiver_MOS.lha             util/arc   1.6M  MOS create lha archives int...          
LHArchiver_OS3.lha             util/arc   1.4M  OS3 create lha archives int...          
LHArchiver_OS4.lha             util/arc   1.9M  OS4 create lha archives int...          
LHArchiver_WOS.lha             util/arc   1.7M  WUP create lha archives int...          
AmiSSL-v5-OS3.lha              util/libs  3.8M  OS3 OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...       
AmiSSL-v5-OS4.lha              util/libs  3.5M  OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...       
AmiSSL-v5-SDK.lha              util/libs  2.4M  VAR OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...   
IdentifyDev.lha                util/libs   68K  OS3 Identify hardware and m...               
IdentifyUsr.lha                util/libs  102K  OS3 Identify hardware and m...               
xxd.lha                        util/misc   34K  VAR Hex dump utility and vi...          
CPU-A.lha                      util/moni  502K  OS3 System Information Tool
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16.Feb.2025



 OS4Depot uploads until 15.02.2025
The following files have been added until 15.02.2025 to OS4Depot:
amissl-sdk.lha           dev/mis 2Mb   4.0 SDK for AmiSSL
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amissl.lha               lib/mis 3Mb   4.0 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared library
lharchiver.lha           uti/arc 2Mb   4.0 Create LhA archives intuitively
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16.Feb.2025



 AROS Archives uploads until 15.02.2025
The following files have been added until 15.02.2025 to AROS Archives:
protrekkr.i386-aros.zip      aud/tra 13Mb  Tracker/Synth hybrid Program
protrekkr.x86_64-aros-v11... aud/tra 13Mb  Tracker/Synth hybrid Program
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16.Feb.2025



 MorphOS-Storage uploads until 15.02.2025
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                   Development/Misc          Hex dump utility and vi...
LHArchiver_1.13.lha       Files/Archive             Create lha archives int...
Znax_1.1.lha              Games/Think               Port of Znax by Papiosaur
System16-SpriteViewer_... Graphics/Show             A quick and dirty Sega ...
Wayfarer_9.1.lha          MorphOS-update            Wayfarer is the latest ...
GetMimetype_1.0.lha       System/Shell              GetMimetype_1.0.lha
IconInfo_1.0.lha          System/Shell              IconInfo_1.0.lha
AmbientFind_1.0.lha       System/Shell              AmbientFind_1.0.lha
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16.Feb.2025



 WHDLoad: New installers until 15.02.2025
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) done by DJ Mike (Info)
  • 2025-02-11 new: Grimblood (Maelstrom) done by paraj (Info)
  • 2025-02-10 improved: Powermonger (Bullfrog) use fast RAM to speed up rendering, trainer, icons and docs added (Info)
(snx)

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16.Feb.2025
Amiga Addict (ANF)


 Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 36
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. (snx)

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16.Feb.2025



 Do it yourself: Adapter board A314 for an internal Raspberry Pi, version 1.2.3
The A314 is an FPGA-based adapter board by Niklas Ekström, with the help of which a Raspberry Pi can be connected to the expansion slot of the Amiga 500 (amiga-news.de reported), which also makes it possible to use its network connection, among other things.

The now released version 1.2.3 contains a workaround for a bug in the compiler vbcc, which caused the a314-cp.device not to work properly on a 68000 processor. (snx)

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16.Feb.2025
Karpour


 Copies of really old (Amiga) websites: archive95.net
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 websites were distributed in order to present them to offline customers. Since the "Amiga Plus Extra No. 5/97" is one of the CDs plundered so far, a search for "Amiga" also brings up various interesting hits: fan pages for the A/Box, press releases from Gateway or the old support pages from Newtek. (cg)

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15.Feb.2025
Acneproduction


 Mouse-controlled zombie shooter: Playable demo of "BDTZ"
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 development, but two playable demos have already been released in the last two weeks. BDTZ should run on any Amiga with at least one megabyte of RAM. (cg)

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15.Feb.2025



 Point'n Click Adventure: Operation Sirius for Amiga OS 1.3
"Operation Sirius" is a point'n click adventure game that the author Achim Kern created in 2012 using Hollywood for various Amiga platforms. However, he never finished or published the original, much older and Kickstart 1.3-compatible version. He has now made the current version of Operation Sirius AmigaOS 1.3 available for download: the game can be played until it arrives on SIRIUS. It takes up three floppy discs and requires 2 megabytes of Chip RAM. (cg)

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15.Feb.2025
Jan Beta


 amigastore.eu offers mechanical replacement keyboards for Amiga 1200
amigastore.eu now offers mechanical keyboards for the A1200, where each key has its own switch. The keyboards are developed by Sergiusz and produced by amigastore.eu, and they come in three variants, which differ in the switches used: linear switches or switches with tactile feedback - the latter are then available with or without an audible "click".

The provider does not provide any information on the keycaps used on the keyboards, which cost around 185 euros including tax. The key arrangement is European - narrow Enter key, additional key between "Y" and "Shift" - but a country-specific layout cannot be selected. The sample images show a British layout with two unlabeled keys. (cg)

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14.Feb.2025



 Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.0b3 (update)
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 saved in compressed form (ADZ / HDZ) in workspaces.
  • gzip can be selected as snapshot compression format.
Bug fixes
  • "Insert..." from the df0 menu does no longer crash
At least macOS 13.5 is required.

Update: (16.02.2025, 12:10, dr)

Meanwhile beta version 3 is available. Changes:

Enhancements
  • ASR (Adaptive Sample Rate)
  • Resizable audio buffer
  • Negative run-ahead frames ("run-behind")
Bug fixes
  • Fixed a hard-drive boot issue
(dr)

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14.Feb.2025



 Sound editor: ProTrekkr 2.8.2 for AROS
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 games. Version 2.8.2 has now been released for AROS (and other systems). Changes:
  • Patterns wouldn't scroll sometimes when starting to play, fixed.
  • Note volume from channels (volume columns and effects 03) are now handled in the velocity sent to midi output.
  • Changed LCTRL + F1 / F2 (Decrease / Increase editing step) to LCTRL + F2 / F4 due to Mac OS "interfering".
  • Fixed Midi handling on Linux and Mac OS.
  • Fixed the keyboard shortcuts on Mac OS.
  • Typos in the manual: Transpose to 1 octave higher shortcuts are LCTRL + K and LCTRL + LSHIFT + K.
  • Replaced pink noise with triangle waveform in synth.
  • White noise is now twice as loud to be on par with other waveforms loudness.
  • Added a function to hard sync OSC 1 to OSC 2.
  • Inserting or deleting a track didn't modify the other patterns data.
  • Fixed an ugly visual bug that occured when changing colors during playing.
  • Added tracks header foreground color modifier.
  • Sub oscillator can now be scaled from oscillator 1 by semitones.
  • Maths combiner functions are also used for sub oscillator.
  • Fixed various bugs here and there.
  • VU meters are now displayed on a single line and a much less sensitive.
  • Removed support for antediluvian NoiseTrekker 1/2 modules & instruments, they were only supported for salvage and conversion purposes.
  • Saving a pattern without any currently selected block will save the entire pattern into the file.
  • New logo !
  • Fixed Linux audio driver.
Direct download: ptk_v2.8.2_aros_x86.zip (13 MB) (dr)

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14.Feb.2025



 Dungeon Crawler: Bolminok's Kingdom 1.05
Since our last news item, Sami Vehmaa has made some small improvements to his dungeon crawler "Bolminok's Kingdom", which requires an AGA Amiga with some Fast-RAM. For example, the STATUS window can now be opened by holding down the fire button. (dr)

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14.Feb.2025
Richard Körber (Mail)


 Tool: identify-library 44.3 (update)
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 and a few improvements to hardware detection:
  • More CPU/FPU clock frequencies are detected
  • Apollo 68080 is now detected
  • inline/identify.h was missing (Rafal Zabdyr)
  • Minimig Control Board was not detected (Gerald Schnabel)
  • A2000 with PCMCIA expansion was detected as A600, fixed
  • UAE/DraCo was not detected as emulator
  • Added more boards
Richard Körber has moved all his Amiga projects from GitHub to Codeberg. The source code on GitHub has been archived, so it is read-only, and will be deleted later this year. Codeberg is a non-profit organisation based in Berlin that offers Git hosting and other services for free and open source projects.

Update: (18.02.2025, 21:10, dr)

Version 44.3 is now available, which fixes a crash on Amiga model detection on some machines

Download: IdentifyUsr.lha (102 KB) (dr)

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12.Feb.2025



 PTDQ: Chunky-to-planar video system for AGA Amigas
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 per pixel) are stored independently of each other in memory. For 3D graphics, it is better to calculate these using a chunky framebuffer and then convert them into a bitplane framebuffer - the so-called chunky-to-planar conversion.

PTDQ (Pixel Tetrads Dots / Quality) is a video system for AGA Amigas that uses a new method for this conversion. It is based on the same principle as a third method, PTDS (Pixel Tetrads Dots / Speed), which is already three years old. Both restrict the freedom of color selection (PTDS also limits the maximum number of colors from 256 to 81), but are faster than the traditional chunky-to-planar conversion method. With PTDQ, the color selection and quality remain limited, but less so than with PTDS. Details on the Pixel Tetrads Dots method can be found in the documentation contained in the archive. (snx)

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12.Feb.2025



 Demo scene: Use of an Amiga 1200 at the Gerp party in Sweden
With his illustrated report at the title link, Carl Svensson describes the use of an Amiga 1200 equipped with genlock, video recorder and small monitor, which was used at this year's Gerp party in Sweden (amiga-news.de reported) to manage all submitted Amiga compos, play back the A1200 compos and create new demos. (snx)

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12.Feb.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


 Amiga Future: New full versions online
Further full versions of Amiga games have been added to Amiga Future's download area: Jonathan Train It, König Eduard, Mars Tank Attack, Nippon Safes Inc and Ts Imbiss. (snx)

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12.Feb.2025



 AmigaOS 4: SDL 2.32.0 release candidate 1
Version 2.32 of the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) multimedia library is about to be released for AmigaOS 4. Platform-specific changes of the first release candidate version include support for a fourth and fifth mouse button. (snx)

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11.Feb.2025
Oliver Roberts


 Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.19 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.19 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version 3.4.1 (11.2.2025) of OpenSSL. Detailed changes:
  • Updated OpenSSL backend to full compatibility with the latest OpenSSL 3.4.1 (11.2.2025) version which includes these high and low severity bug fixes and mitigations:
    • Fixed RFC7250 handshakes with unauthenticated servers don't abort as expected. (CVE-2024-12797)
    • Fixed timing side-channel in ECDSA signature computation. (CVE-2024-13176)
  • Updated root certificates to latest Mozilla-based bundle, dated 31.12.2024.
Downloads:
AmigaOS 3: AmiSSL-5.19-OS3.lha (3,8 MB)
AmigaOS 4: AmiSSL-5.19-OS4.lha (3,5 MB)
SDK: AmiSSL-5.19-SDK.lha (2,4 MB) (dr)

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11.Feb.2025
Golem.de (ANF)


 FSF to auction Stallman's Hall of Fame medal, Amiga 3000UX and more
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 items are Richard Stallman's "Internet Hall of Fame" medal, the original Gnu drawing and an Amiga 3000UX, which was used in the FSF office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

About the FSF
The FSF, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software, and its websites, located at www.fsf.org and www.gnu.org, are an important source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at donate.fsf.org. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA. (nba)

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11.Feb.2025



 ISOCD-Win: Creating Amiga ISO files using Windows
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 available. In addition to the executable code in the ZIP archive, the source codes are also freely available. (nba)

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11.Feb.2025



 MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 9.1
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has published version 9.1 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS, which is based on the stable WebKitGTK 2.46.6 (amiga-news.de reported). In addition, bug fixes were made for this update and several libraries were updated, including libcURL, libtasn, libpng16 and libwebp. (nba)

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11.Feb.2025



 HxC Floppy-Emulator: Software V2.16.10.2
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 reported).

A new version of the HxC floppy emulator software has now been released. The changes:
  • "config.script" loading/execution support fixed (utf path support and internal environment variables issues fixed).
  • FAT/DOS Disk browser: It doesn't hide system and hidden files anymore.
  • All Facebook and Twitter urls removed.
(nba)

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10.Feb.2025



 Preview video:New action adventure by HooGames
After the platformer "Dr Dangerous: Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan" (amiga-news.de reported), HooGames is now working on a Zelda-like game that will be playable on an Amiga 500 and has published a first preview video. At the same time, they are also working on a port of the Android game Tiny Pixel Dungeon. (dr)

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10.Feb.2025
quantumcodemonk


 Mod for "The Shadows of Sergoth": Dark Shadows of Sergoth 1.0
At the beginning of the year, the developer 'quantumcodemonk' released his own maps for the 2021 dungeon crawler "The Shadows of Sergoth" in a first test version (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has finished work on his mod: ten new maps with lots of puzzles and evil creatures offer a new challenge for both new and experienced players. (dr)

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10.Feb.2025



 Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.0b1
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 format for saving configurations and game states. However, for technical reasons, the snapshot format changed with almost every version, making it unusable as a long-term solution.

To improve user-friendliness, this version replaces the snapshot format with workspaces as a new, more stable format. This new format is not version dependent. Instead, it will be a resource package containing the complete Amiga configuration, installed ROMs, floppy discs and hard disks.

When a user opens a .vamiga file, vAmiga will configure the Amiga based on the config.ini and attach the specified media. The system is always rebooted from scratch. When saving, all current settings and all connected data carriers and hard drives are automatically exported.

Importing and exporting snapshots will still be possible. However, it has to be done manually by two (new) menu items Export Snapshot... and Import Snapshot... from the File menu.

Switching to resource bundles should also solve the snapshot issue with the web version of vAmiga, vAmigaWeb (amiga-news.de reported).

In addition, vAmiga now supports the Quick Look preview feature developed by Apple. All changes in version 4.0 beta 1 at a glance:

Enhancements
  • Workspaces
  • Quick Look support
  • Additional screenshot options
  • Improved snapshot compression
Bug fixes
  • The audio fast-path was sometimes taken too early
Code quality
  • All enums were replaced by strongly typed enum classes
  • Safer and more reliable multi-threading
  • Prepared the codebase for Swift 6
At least macOS 13.5 is now required. (dr)

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09.Feb.2025



 Aminet uploads until 08.02.2025
The following files have been added until 08.02.2025 to Aminet:
BuggKillers.lha                demo/ecs    92K  OS3 Bugg Killers demo for G...    
Void-Dreams41.zip              demo/misc  634K  OS3 AGA Demopack - Gerp 202...                 
n0pe-kitty-k8.lha              text/bfont   2K  OS3 Bitmap font in encoding...       
VATestprogram.zip              util/misc  8.5M  OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...              
xxd.lha                        util/misc   34K  VAR Hex dump utility and vi...          
isomount.lha                   util/rexx  102K  GEN Mounting ipf,dms,adf,hd...        
GoVars.lha                     util/wb     11K  OS3 environment variables e...
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09.Feb.2025



 OS4Depot uploads until 08.02.2025
The following files have been added until 08.02.2025 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
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09.Feb.2025



 MorphOS-Storage uploads until 08.02.2025
The following files have been added until 08.02.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
protrekkr_2.8.1.lha       Audio/Tracker             A hybrid of modern day ...
cmark-0.31.1.lha          Development/Library       CommonMark parsing and ...
SonicMania_1.1.0.lha      Games/Platform            A complete decompilatio...
OpenRCT2_0.4.19.lha       Games/Strategy            OpenRCT2 is an open-sou...
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09.Feb.2025
Howard Price (e-mail)


 Amiga disassembler with emulator: Aira Force 0.9 for Windows, Linux, macOS & RPi
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 and reassembling, the program now also acts as an (OCS) Amiga emulator and debugger.

Changelog:
  • Add: Amiga CIA 8520 emulation
  • Add: Amiga Sprite emulation (no collisions)
  • Add: Amiga Hires playfield emulation (buggy)
  • Add: Amiga blitter emulation (copy, line but no fill)
  • Add: Amiga interrupt emulation
  • Add: Amiga bitplane, sprite, copper and disk DMA emulation
  • Add: Amiga copper emulation
  • Add: Amiga DSKSYNC register emulation (trackloader support)
  • Add: Amiga disk controller emulation
  • Add: Amiga Mouse, joystick and keyboard emulation
  • Add: Amiga ADF disk support
  • Add: Amiga Kickstart 1.2/1.3 ROM emulation support
  • Add: Many logging options
  • Add: USB joystick support
  • Add: CIA window
  • Add: Amiga Copper (disassembly) window
  • Add: Amiga Exec (OS) window
  • Add: Dynamic Analysis window (replaces LiveAnalysis window)
  • Add: Floppy drives window with ADF, MFM, disk visualisation
  • Add: Memory disassembly window
  • Add: Memory viewer (visualiser) Window
  • Add: TypeInfo window (see included *.json)
  • Add: Watch window(s) with type info support
  • Add: UI to set breakpoint by address
  • Add: Break when PC in RAM option
  • Add: Break on vertical blank option
  • Add: Break on system call option
  • Add: CPU history window
  • Add: Watchpoints window
  • Add: Disassembler external symbols support and window
  • Add: FIXLABELS disassembler option (default: disabled)
  • Add: Configurable host input options (pad, keys, mouse)
  • Improve: Amiga Window (lots more state)
  • Improve: Update to latest ira
  • Improve: Update vasm to 2.0a
  • Improve: Update dear imgui to v1.91.4
  • Improve: Exec window
  • Improve: Video window DMA overlay
  • Improve: Add filter to Equates Window
  • Improve: Live Analysis is now Dynamic analysis
  • Fix: Preserve leading whitespace in comments and banners
  • Fix: Pressing E on label causes crash
  • Fix: Leading whitespace preserved in banners
  • Fix: Filenames containing whitespace support on Linux
  • Fix: Store imgui.ini in user folder (guaranteed writable)
  • Fix: Bugs in 68000 CHK, DIVU, DIVS, ASR.x, LINK A7, and MOVE to SR instructions
  • Fix: Include CR when searching for text
Emulator limitations:
  • No audio
  • Emulator vertical sync locked to host display refresh rate
  • Middling compatibility (approx 50% of games work, far fewer demos)
  • Poor runtime performance sorry
  • Copper horizontal timing a bit off
  • No interlace and buggy hires sometimes
  • No bitter fill mode
  • No sprite collisions
  • Inaccurate CPU timing hardware synchronisation (affects accuracy)
(snx)

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08.Feb.2025



 AmigaOS 4: Presentation of the new C standard library "clib4"
In his article "Inside clib4: Crafting a Modern C Library for AmigaOS4" Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè talks about the development, the current status and the future of his open source standard C library clib4. (cg)

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08.Feb.2025



 Video: Installing and assembling extensions for MiSTer Pi
The Mister Pi is an FPGA-based Amiga clone (extensive review) and aims to be a cheaper alternative to the older MiSTer hardware. In a video, a user demonstrates the assembly of the official Mister Pi case and also equips his Amiga clone with a new internal USB hub and a WLAN/Bluetooth stick. (cg)

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08.Feb.2025



 Amiga emulator: Amiberry-lite 5.8.5 and Amiberry 7.0.4
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 7.0.4 of Amiberry is now available, Amiberry-lite has arrived at version 5.8.5. (cg)

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07.Feb.2025



 E-Book: Amiga Mini for Gamer
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. (dr)

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