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Programming language: AmiBlitz 3.9.3 (30. Jun. 2022)
At the end of March the new major version 3.9.0 of the programming language AmiBlitz was released. Yesterday a third update with bug fixes was released with version 3.9.3. Changes: fixed a bug that the current directory was not set for the executable w...

Event: Demo party 'Evoke' (Cologne, 05.08 - 07.08) (29. Jun. 2022)
In August, this year's edition of the Evoke scene demo party will take place at the AbenteuerHallenKALK in Cologne (Germany). As usual, various demo, graphics and sound contests will be held. Special categories for retro computers are not planned, 8- or 1...

MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 3.9 (29. Jun. 2022)
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 3.9 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS, which mainly includes changes for media playback. As the author writes, ClearKey encryption is not very popular nowadays, but is still used by some live streaming...

Review: Workbench distribution AmiKit XE 11.8.0 for Windows (28. Jun. 2022)
About two weeks ago version 11.8.0 of the workbench distribution AmiKit for Windows/Mac/Linux was released (amiga-news.de reported). Our reader Thomas bought the latest version for his Windows computer and kindly tells us his impressions: "After ...

AROS: Distribution Icaros Desktop 2.3 beta 220624 (26. Jun. 2022)
Paolo Besser released a beta version of his AROS distribution Icaros Desktop which contains the recent ABIv0 backports by Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz, but also other additions, and asks users willing to support it to test it....

Magnifier tool: Lupe 2.0 for AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS (24. Jun. 2022)
Matthias "UltraGelb" Böcker wrote: "'Lupe' continously magnifies an area of the screen and displays it in a window. The window can be resized and the scalefactor can be dynamically changed. Per default Lupe follows the mouse pointer and magnifies the area...

Italian Print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 8 (24. Jun. 2022)
The Italian magazine 'Passione Amiga' is available in digital (3 Euro) or printed (7,50 Euro, Amazon) form. Its current issue consists of 36 color pages and includes the following topics: COVERDISK: World Premiere Playable Demo of SNAKY - T...

Short video tutorials: Programming with AMOS Pro (update) (23. Jun. 2022)
Retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' has published two short tutorials on YouTube demonstrating basic steps of programming with AMOS Pro: In part 1, he shows how to use the 'INPUT' command to capture data entered by an user and display it on the screen. Th...

Announcement: 'PiStation ITX' board (23. Jun. 2022)
The store 8bits4ever, which already offers various FPGA solutions for retro enthusiasts, plans to soon offer a board that is designed to accommodate a Raspberry Pi 3 or 4 in a mini-ITX case. It features a DB15 connector for outputting VGA/RGB video signal...

AmigaOS 4: FTP server 'ZitaFTP' 1.33 (22. Jun. 2022)
Hans de Ruiter has released version 1.33 of his commercial FTP server 'ZitaFTP'. He wrote: "I'm pleased to announce that ZitaFTP Server v1.33 is out now, and available for download. As usual, it's got one major new feature, and fixes for a bunch of ...

OS4Depot uploads until 18.06.2022 (19. Jun. 2022)
The following files have been added until 18.06.2022 to OS4Depot: autodocviewer.lha dev/uti 124kb 4.1 AutoDoc viewer for OS4 arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &... amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb ...

WHDLoad: New installers until 18.06.2022 (19. Jun. 2022)
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 18.06.2022: 2022-06-17 updated: Super Seymour...

Music: Amiga sound modules available as album (15. Jun. 2022)
The musician Konsta 'DJ Muffler' Mikkonen has released some of his Amiga sound modules as album on Bandcamp which he composed in 1997/1998 and which were used in diverse demos and intros by Haujobb, Scoopex, DCS, Nah-Kolor and Loveboat. The music was comp...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 11.8.0 for Windows/Mac/Linux (15. Jun. 2022)
An update to version 11.8.0 has been released for the workbench distribution AmiKit, which is intended for emulators. In addition to an emulator, AmigaOS 3.x and the Kickstart ROMs are required. The changes include among others updates to MUI 5 and Ami...

Video presentation: Michael Spindler on 'Akiko 32' and 'Akiko Portable' (15. Jun. 2022)
On Saturday, 28.05.2022, the RETROpulsiv 15.1 took place at the university in Augsburg. During this event Michael Spindler gave a presentation (in German) about his 'Akiko 32'-Projekt project and reported on the current status. The Akiko32 is an Amig...

Kickstarter campaign: The Gaming Chronicles - Episode 1 - The Amiga 500 (14. Jun. 2022)
Nicola Caulfield & Anthony Caulfield from London have produced films documenting the video games industry, in addition to various other documentaries for cinemas, broadcast and advertising. Their work includes "From Bedrooms to Billions", the history of t...

Dock bar: WBDock 2 V2.604 (13. Jun. 2022)
Thomas Rapp has updated his dock bar 'WBDock 2' for AmigaOS 3.1 and to version 2.604. Changes: added special support for project icons with a default tool of Mount (for example from Devs/DosDrivers or Storage/DosDrivers): if the drive is already mou...

Jump'n Run: Progress report on 'Creeping Me Out Hex Night' (13. Jun. 2022)
Michael 'Mixel' Dawes regularly informs on his Twitch channel about the latest progress and developments of his Jump'n Run 'Creeping Me Out Hex Night', which is developed with the Game Construction Kit Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). Now the dev...

MorphOS-Storage uploads until 11.06.2022 (12. Jun. 2022)
The following files have been added until 11.06.2022 to MorphOS-Storage: bePlayer_1.4.lha Audio/Players A simple music player u... FinalBurnNeo_1.0.0.3WI... Emulation FinalBurn Neo, an Emula... ScummVM_2.6.0GIT....

PDF viewer: RNOPDF 1.5 for AmigaOS 3/4 and MorphOS (11. Jun. 2022)
The developer 'jPV^RNO' has updated the pdf viewer 'RNOPDF' to version 1.5 which belongs to some other RNO applications like e.g. the FTP(S) client RNOXFER or the DTP application RNOPublisher. Changes: Added the JPEG support for exporting Exporting ...