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RTG driver: P96 V3.3.0 released (23. Apr. 2022)
Jens Schönfeld (individual Computers) has released version 3.3.0 of his RTG driver P96 which among others offers "faster C2P/P2C (for CV3D even hardware-accelerated), new drivers for classic GFX cards like Retina Z2 (the very first one, don't confuse with...

Emulator: QEMU 7.0 released (22. Apr. 2022)
QEMU is an open source computer emulator and virtualizer. QEMU is able to emulate a complete computer in software without the need of hardware virtualization. So it is possible to emulate Amiga operating systems like AROS, AmigaOS or MorphOS on QEMU. This...

Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga 2.0 Beta 4 (21. Apr. 2022)
Dirk Hoffmann released the fourth beta version of vAmiga 2.0, his Amiga emulator for MacOS which is currently under development (amiga-news.de reported). Changes: Bug fixes: Fixed a bug which led to wrong geometry predictions for some HDFs (Adve...

Programming language: 'AMOS Professional Unity' project updates (21. Apr. 2022)
Almost exactly one year ago we reported last time about Frédéric 'AmiDARK' Cordier's attempt to add new features to the classic BASIC compiler AMOS Professional with 'AMOS Professional Unity'. In the meantime the project has been moved to a new website...

Real-time strategy: Vanilla Conquer V0.99a (update) (20. Apr. 2022)
Artur Jarosik is known for various game ports like the platformer Hydra Castle Labyrinth or the action adventure Heart of Darkness besides his SDL implementation of the browser NetSurf. As a contribution for the AmiGameJam he started to port the first par...

Demo scene: 'Void' releases Dreams #38 and Feedback #12 (20. Apr. 2022)
Void is an Amiga demo group that has been active since 1995. During the last days, the group has released issue 38 of its demopack 'Dreams' as well as issue 12 (YouTube video) of its music disk 'Feedback' for AGA Amigas....

AmigaOS 4.1: DvPlayer V54.9 released (20. Apr. 2022)
In early November 2021, version 54.7 of the DvPlayer video and audio playback program distributed by A-EON Technology was released, supporting the new hardware video acceleration standard introduced with Enhancer Software V2. Now version 54.9 is available...

Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.1 (19. Apr. 2022)
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....

German Amiga Podcast #4 (19. Apr. 2022)
The fourth edition of the "German Amiga Podcast" (GAP) deals with the FPGA turbo card IceDrake V4 for the Amiga 1200. Besides there are some surf tips again....

Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 156 (19. Apr. 2022)
The English and German issue 156 (May/June 2022) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine. Content of the current issue includes reviews...

Videos: Running Apple Macintosh 6 software on an Amiga using 'A-Max' (18. Apr. 2022)
Almost at the same time, two videos were released, dealing with the use of the 'Apple Macintosh 6' operating system on an Amiga: In the late 80s, early 90s ReadySoft released their combination of software and hardware, called 'A-Max' and 'A-Max II' respec...

Free hardware: Joystick adapter JoyDivision updated (18. Apr. 2022)
The USB adapter for classic joysticks by Stefan 'Develin' Blixth (amiga-news.de reported), which works without additional drivers, is now available in version 20220416. This one now also supports the minicomputer THEA500 Mini....

Aminet uploads until 16.04.2022 (17. Apr. 2022)
The following files have been added until 16.04.2022 to Aminet: thttpd2.21b_working_p... comm/www 13M 68k THTTPd with PHP support + Big... REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 2.3M 68k Game Creator with AGA support F1GP2022Carset.lha game...

AROS Archives uploads until 16.04.2022 (17. Apr. 2022)
The following files have been added until 16.04.2022 to AROS Archives: whatiff1.04.lha doc/mis 674kb AmigaGuide format Magazine Mar/A... atomiks.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 772kb 1990) ...

WHDLoad: New installers until 16.04.2022 (17. Apr. 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 16.04.2022: 2022-04-16 new: Megademo (Sargon) ...

Event: Amiga37 homepage online (17. Apr. 2022)
On 15/16 October 2022 the Amiga37 will take place in Mönchengladbach, Germany (amiga-news.de reported). Now the corresponding homepage has been set up under the title link, but the list of participants is still empty and will be published bit by bit. Adva...

Open Source 3D printer: SLS4All (17. Apr. 2022)
Every now and then we report on do-it-yourself projects such as making your own joystick using a 3D printer. Not bad, you might say, but what's the point if I don't have a 3D printer? Especially not one that is even remotely affordable! While not amiga...

Hardware hack: A fifth audio channel for the Amiga (16. Apr. 2022)
In an older blog entry, which can only be found in the web archive, a Norwegian describes how he uses the FBAS signal of his Amiga to output a fifth audio channel in addition to the four existing (stereo) channels. He uses the fact that bright and dark pi...

Modern decompressor for Amiga data compression formats: Ancient 2.0 (16. Apr. 2022)
Ancient' unpacks files compressed with Amiga "crunchers" like Powerpacker or similar. The program, written in portable C, supports a variety of known compression formats - among others all that the regular XPK distribution can unpack, as well as disk imag...

Easter Egg in AmigaOS 3.2.1 discovered (15. Apr. 2022)
AmigaOS 3.2.1 contains an Easter Egg, that much had been hinted at by members of the team. A user has now discovered it: The disk image Update3.2.1.adf has a folder 'T', which contains a file called 'ed-backup'. This executable file is a small demo with b...