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`25.Nov.2025`	Server failure at abime.net, recovery in progress The webserver of abime.net, which hosts the English Amiga Board, the Hall of Light, and the Amiga Magazine Rack, among others, has been offline since November 22, 2025. The cause is a serious hardware error: the server got stuck during a RAM check and could not be restored despite multiple attempts to restart it. The administrator is currently working on a complete rebuild of the system. A replacement server with four times the CPU and RAM performance has already been set up, and the basic installation (Debian, network, SSH) is running stably. The goal now is to reconstruct the data from the last complete backup on November 22, 2025 (2:00 a.m.) or directly from the old SCSI hard drives. Until the restoration is complete, the team will provide information via Web IRC under the title link. (nba) [News message: 25. Nov. 2025, 12:02] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Nov.2025` Gaming on Linux	Text adventures: Zork I, Zork II and Zork III released under MIT licence Infocom's classic games Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now available under the free MIT licence. Microsoft is responsible for the release, as it holds the rights to all Infocom publications following its acquisition of Activision, which had acquired Infocom in 1986. Although the source codes had already appeared on the internet a decade ago and are hosted on Github, the official release means that they can now be used by third parties without any legal uncertainties. Only these three titles have been released; the remaining 32 adventures published by Infocom remain proprietary for now, as do the source codes of the original interpreters, packaging designs, manuals and the like. (cg) [News message: 22. Nov. 2025, 22:56] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Nov.2025`	Video: Reshoot Proxima 3 - Five reasons to hate retro game development (German) In August Richard Löwenstein held a key note speech about his game Reshoot Proxima 3 at futuRETRO, an event hosted by the Technical University in Augsburg, Germany. Despite its title: "Five reasons why you should hate retro game development" it is in German, though. The speech has been recorded by Michael Spindler and is available as video at the title link. (snx) [News message: 19. Nov. 2025, 09:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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