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AmigaOS 4: clib4 1.6.0 (28. Apr. 2025)
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. ...

Managing ADF files: adflib V0.10.1 for Windows, Linux and macOS (update) (28. Apr. 2025)
Laurent Clevy first released adflib in 1999 in version 0.7.8 (Aminet). The portable C library, written mainly in C, is used to manage Amiga-formatted devices such as hard disks and ZIP disks or to swap them out via the .ADF format (amiga-news.de reported)...

Shooter: Update to Anguish (AGA) (28. Apr. 2025)
For the AmiGameJam 2024, 'lionagony' released his idea of a sequel to Agony for AGA Amigas (video). Now he has released a small update for Anguish, which gives the playable first level new graphics and a slightly reduced difficulty level. There is also a ...

Aminet uploads until 26.04.2025 (27. Apr. 2025)
The following files have been added until 26.04.2025 to Aminet: cstat11z.lha comm/bbs 13K OS3 ZeusBBS Callersstats, B... FILEDIR.lha comm/bbs 16K OS3 FileBase like Excelsior... lcall13.lha ...

OS4Depot uploads until 26.04.2025 (27. Apr. 2025)
The following files have been added until 26.04.2025 to OS4Depot: imp3.lha aud/pla 50kb 4.0 Do stuff on Amiga! vasmm68k_mot.lha dev/cro 262kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler vasmm68k_std.lha dev/cro 257kb 4....

MorphOS-Storage uploads until 26.04.2025 (27. Apr. 2025)
The following files have been added until 26.04.2025 to MorphOS-Storage: fd2pragma_2.198.lha Development/Misc A tool to create pragma... AmiArcadia_34.20.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi... Baccarat_2.05.lha...

Video: Assembling an FPGA "Amiga 1200" using only new components (27. Apr. 2025)
In the video at the title link, 'Proteque-CBN' assembles an Amiga 1200 replacement using only new components, from the case to the internals. The centerpiece is a Mister/DE10 Nano with the Mistress 1200 breakout board, the injection-molded case comes from...

Article series: GUI Wonderland #8 - Amiga Workbench, the Multimedia revolution (26. Apr. 2025)
In the eighth episode of the "GUI Wonderland" series, the author presents the "multimedia wonder" Workbench 1.x. In addition to a detailed description of the development of the first Amiga model, there is a detailed description of the computer's graphical...

AmigaGuide magazine: "WhatIFF?", issue 16 (26. Apr. 2025)
"WhatIFF?" is an English-language Amiga magazine in AmigaGuide format. The topics of the 16th issue are: Reviews: AKUA Amiga Keyboard to USB Adapter OpenPSX2Amiga Pad Adapter AMI-RGB2VGA Ultimate Tikus USB Mouse/Joystick Adapter TechnoSound Tu...

Chat software: AmigaGPT 2.5.0 (25. Apr. 2025)
Cameron Armstrong has developed a chat program called AmigaGPT, which is based on ChatGPT. The software supports the latest OpenAI models including the o1 family and runs on AmigaOS 3.1 and above (including 4.1) and on MorphOS. The source code of the tool...

Turn-based strategy game: New demo version 04/25 of "Ecliptic" (25. Apr. 2025)
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 sixth demo has been released for ...

7-bit: Bluetooth adapter for control pads (25. Apr. 2025)
7-Bit has created a Bluetooth adapter called Ryś BlueLink, with which wireless control pads from Microsoft (X Box One), Sony (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3) and Nintendo (Joy-Con) can be used with an Amiga 500 or Amiga 1200. Ryś BlueLink has an O...

SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware v2025.04.25 (25. Apr. 2025)
ZuluSCSI is a file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulator, emulating an SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Version 2025.04.25 extends the recently released ZuluSCSI Blaster with Wi-Fi DaynaPORT/SC Ethernet...

Tool: Audio decompression with QoaToAiff 0.2 (25. Apr. 2025)
The relatively new "Quite OK Audio Format" (QOA) is a lossy audio compression format: audio signals (44100hz, stereo) are encoded at 278 kbits/s, exactly 1/5 of the bits required for an uncompressed WAV file (amiga-news.de reported). Grzegorz Kraszews...

First stable version of a native 64-bit AROS (24. Apr. 2025)
Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz has released the first version of AROS for x86-64, labelled "stable". The basic system is available in two versions: as a bootable ISO file or in a 'hosted' edition that runs under Linux. Virtual machines (VMware, Vir...

Emulator hardware: "A1200 NG" has been shipping to end customers since this week (24. Apr. 2025)
AmigaKit announces that it has started shipping the "A1200 NG" emulator solution after Easter. The company is working on an 'overclocking kit' that will soon be available and should increase computing power by up to 20 per cent. There will also be a port ...

Windows: GUI for Greaseweazle Tools - ADFDiskBox 2.3 (24. Apr. 2025)
ADFDiskBox is a graphical user interface for the Greaseweazle Host Tools and is intended to simplify the reading and writing of Amiga discs and disc images (ADF, SCP:AmigaDOS, RawSCP). Version 2.3 now offers an 'Options' dialogue and, according to the aut...

Print magazine: Amiga Future 174 - Preview and reading samples (24. Apr. 2025)
The reading samples and previews of issue 174 (May/June 2025) of Amiga Future are now online. The issue features the following topics, among others: Special: 40 Years Amiga - Part 1: The Amiga 1000 takes the stage Interview Jon Bohmer (Scala) Inter...

Emulation: QEMU 10.0 / bboot 0.8 (23. Apr. 2025)
QEMU is an open-source computer emulator and virtualizer. The emulation of complete computers also makes it possible to run operating systems such as AmigaOS 4 or MorphOS under QEMU that are tailored to a quite specific hardware platform. This support is ...

AmigaOS 4/MorphOS: Beta version of Open Medal of Honor (23. Apr. 2025)
Open Medal of Honor is a reimplementation of the first-person shooter "Medal of Honor: Allied Assault" by Electronic Arts from 2002. The Spearhead and Breakthrough expansions are also supported. A beta version of the game, which is still in beta itself...