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Chiptune tracker: Furnace V0.6.5 for Windows, Mac and Linux (28. Jun. 2024)
'tildearrows' Furnace is a tool that can be used to create sound chip music ("chiptune"), mostly from the 8/16-bit era (amiga-news.de reported). It supports a wide range of functions and sound chips, from NES, SNES and Genesis to ES5506, VIC-20 and the Am...

Turn-based strategy game: New demo version of "Ecliptic" (26. Jun. 2024)
Ecliptic is described by the author as "a mixture of turn based tactical combat and role playing" (amiga-news.de reported) being a visually reminiscent of the retro-futuristic science fiction of the 1970s and 1980s. Now a third demo has been released for ...

Aminet uploads until 22.06.2024 (23. Jun. 2024)
The following files have been added until 22.06.2024 to Aminet: MicroExcel_2.1.lha biz/spread 2.0M MOS A Spreadsheed Editor amigassh.lha comm/net 103K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga 3DPoles.lha dev/amos 149K 3D Pol...

Event: Commodore Pacific Expo Nordwest (June 22-23) (21. Jun. 2024)
This weekend, the fifth Commodore Pacific Expo Northwest will take place in Seattle, located in the US state of Washington. The organisers have now published the presentation and guest list: Robert Bernardo will be showing his A1222 Plus and reporting on ...

Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.7.3 and 6.3.3 (preview) (20. Jun. 2024)
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch....

AmigaOS 4: Utility PowerReboot V0.9 (19. Jun. 2024)
Francis G. Loch's PowerReboot is the evolution of OS4Reboot and, including version 0.8 released a few days ago, the first update in about 20 years. As the author tells us, his tool can now not only reboot AmigaOS 4, but can also switch off the computer if...

Petro Tyschtschenko: Brand representative for "Grundig" bicycles (19. Jun. 2024)
Like other traditional German brands, also "Grundig" is now used by other companies. For e-bikes, for example. Former Commodore Germany manager and Amiga Technologies managing director Petro Tyschtschenko is now promoting the latter as a brand representat...

Chiptune tracker: Furnace V0.6.4 for Windows, Mac and Linux (19. Jun. 2024)
'tildearrows' Furnace is a tool that can be used to create sound chip music ("chiptune"), mostly from the 8/16-bit era (amiga-news.de reported). It supports a wide range of functions and sound chips, from NES, SNES and Genesis to ES5506, VIC-20 and the Am...

SCSI emulation: BlueSCSI-Toolbox V1.2c (18. Jun. 2024)
The BlueSCSI Toolbox combines two utilities for managing a BlueSCSI V2 or ZuluSCSI in a Commodore Amiga: the CD changer makes it possible to switch between CD ISO images on the SD card during operation. The SD transfer tool can be used to transfer files f...

Multi-purpose tool: Report+ V8.5 (18. Jun. 2024)
Report+ is a ReAction-based open-source software for Amiga systems that offers several useful functions: It is a friendly enhanced replacement for the official Commodore bug reporting tool (V40.2), optionally sending emails automatically. It can gener...

Aminet uploads until 15.06.2024 (16. Jun. 2024)
The following files have been added until 15.06.2024 to Aminet: amigassh.lha comm/net 100K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga BareMetal.lha docs/misc 189K Examples for Bare-Metal Amiga... Voodoo.lha driver/vid 14K ...

Creating and reading disk images: Disk Jockey V3.4 for macOS (14. Jun. 2024)
At the end of March, we reported on Jean-Michel Durand's "Disk Jockey" (DJ), with which you can easily create and analyse (Disk-O-Matic) disc images for retro computers and emulators under macOS 10.13 to macOS 14. After version 3.0, he continued to work o...

Worth a read: 42 years of programming - The Amiga (13. Jun. 2024)
Matthias Wiesmann is a Swiss computer scientist who took part in a programming camp 42 years ago, where he learned to program for the TRS-80. As he writes in his blog, programming languages have changed a lot over time, and the computer world used to be m...

Book: AmigaOS 3.2 Reference Manual - Limited print run, pre-orders being taken (12. Jun. 2024)
Press release: Following the successful release of the German edition, Look Behind You is delighted to announce the English version of "AmigaOS 3.2 Reference Manual". This comprehensive guide is essential for anyone using the AmigaOS in its latest and gre...

Event: Interface XXXVIII in Kiel, Germany, on 22.06.2024 (12. Jun. 2024)
Sven Scheele writes: On Saturday, June 22, 2024, the second "Interface" in 2024 will take place in Schwentinental near Kiel, Germany. This will be the 38th edition of the retro computer get-together. As always, the organizers are the Vintage Computer Club...

Aminet uploads until 08.06.2024 (09. Jun. 2024)
The following files have been added until 08.06.2024 to Aminet: amigassh.lha comm/net 99K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga convolver.lha dev/amos 114K 16bit mono convolver HollywoodSP.lha dev/hwood 928K Hollyw...

Java tool: ham_convert 1.10.1 (07. Jun. 2024)
Sebastian Sieczko's Java-based tool ham_convert converts modern graphic formats into the Amiga's HAM format and is now available in version 1.10.1. New in this version: Temporal dithering (fake rgb666 in ham6 animations, dither_temporal command line pa...

Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.7.2 and 6.3.2 (preview), (update) (03. Jun. 2024)
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch....

Amiga Kit: Final Writer 7 pre-installed on A600GS (02. Jun. 2024)
Press release: Final Writer has been in put back into active development over recent years (amiga-news.de reported). Version 7 will soon will make it's debut pre-installed on the A600GS computer. Final Writer is a famous word processor for the Amig...

Programming competition: AmiGameJam 2024 launched (02. Jun. 2024)
Following the 2022/2023 competition on the topic of "Sword and Sorcery", the next AmiGameJam has now been launched. In this year's edition, the task for the game programmers is: "The Sequel That Never Was". If you want to take part, you have to submit a s...