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31.Jul.2026

Fast 68030 Processor Card: Oliver Achten Is Working on the "Performer PF1230"
Oliver Achtens' P-Vision, a graphics card for the PCMCIA slot of the A600/A1200, is set to be accompanied by the "Performer PF1230," a turbo card that aims to be the fastest 68030-based processor card of all time. This is achieved by foregoing FastRAM - instead, the card is equipped exclusively with (zero waitstate) cache - specifically 32 MB of it, which requires the use of very expensive SRAM: The developer states that the purchase price for the eight RAM modules (10 ns access time) is approximately 240 euros.

The finished product should have the following characteristics:

Amiga 1200 CPU card for 68030 and 68EC030 CPUs
32MB zero waitstate cache
software-configurable clock speed (14 MHz – 60 MHz)
FPU socket, clock adjustable independently of the CPU (14 MHz - 60 MHz)
68EC020 fallback mode, up to 11.5 MB of cache usable
IDE Booster
fastest 68030 PCMCIA interface (9.5 MB/s for P-Vision)
MAPROM function
Real-time clock

The developer is answering questions in a thread on a1k.org (German, registration required); due to the early stage of the project, there is no information yet regarding the planned release or the remaining development time. (cg)

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30.Jul.2026
English Amiga Board C# compiler for the Amiga: CopperSharp68k
With Codex and GPT-5.6, Ilkka 'itix' Lehtoranta has created a compiler that translates a subset of C# into a native Amiga binary. The source code is first compiled by the user using another program into the .NET assembly language CIL, and then translated from there into an executable Amiga file using CopperSharp.

In theory, the process works with all .NET languages that can be compiled to CIL. However, CopperSharp is explicitly not a runtime environment, meaning it cannot run existing .NET applications. (cg)

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29.Jul.2026
amipkg (ANF)

amipkg 0.7.1: Custom package repositories for AmigaOS 3.x
Thomas Lübkers’ program amipkg, which is also used by his Amiga Imager, is a package manager for AmigaOS 3.x. It installs, updates and removes software from a curated catalog that now includes over 200 freely distributable programs: media players, commodities, Internet applications, development tools and games.

With version 0.7.1, amipkg can now use multiple repositories - so anyone can run their own. The author writes (translation):

"A repository consists of just two static files on any web server. No database, no PHP and no HTTPS are required:

amipkg repo add mine http://my.server/amiga
amipkg update

Anyone who signs their repository provides their users with the same level of security as the official catalog: amipkg verifies the Ed25519 signature on the Amiga before a catalog is even used, and each archive is then verified against a SHA-256 checksum derived from that exact signed index. A tampered index or archive will be rejected. The included tool amipkg-repo-sign generates a key pair and signature without any additional dependencies - Python 3 is all that's needed.

The order of the repositories determines which one provides a package; you can specifically target one using 'repo:package'. Both graphical interfaces - GadTools and MUI - now feature a new repository management section under 'Settings'.

amipkg is open source (Apache 2.0): the client, catalog, signing tool and schema are fully available for review. Anyone who wants to make their package available to all users can still submit it to the curated catalog via a pull request or directly from the Amiga (amipkg submit)."

The package manager is available on Aminet and at the title link on GitHub. Instructions for running your own repository can be found in the HOSTING.md file in the source code repository. The program runs on AmigaOS 3.0 or later, a 68000 processor is sufficient. (snx)

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