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OS4Depot uploads until 05.09.2020 (06. Sep. 2020)
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until 05.09.2020: amoskittens.lha dev/lan 2Mb 4.0 Amos the kitten is amos basic in... amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator zgloom.lha ...

Hyperion withdraws opposition against registration of US trademark 'Amiga' (04. Sep. 2020)
In January 2017, Cloanto filed for registration of the 'Amiga' trademark with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) - right after the previous owner Amiga, Inc. let its own registration expire. Hyperion opposed that registration and filed for se...

Stephen Jones announced smaller version of his "Checkmate 1500 Plus" case (03. Sep. 2020)
In September 2018, Stephen Jones successfully financed his case Checkmate 1500 Plus which was inspired by the A3000. This version of the Checkmate, which Jones said he is going to sell the last 300 pieces in the near future, was remarkably bigger than the...

Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 146 (03. Sep. 2020)
The English and German issue 146 (September/October 2020) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed today. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine. Content of the current issue i...

New articles on Obligement website (01. Sep. 2020)
The articles below have been added to the website of the french Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information. July/August 2020 news Old articles ...

AmigaOS 4: E-Mail program Sylpheed 3.0.3 for AmiCygnix released (31. Aug. 2020)
Under the title link for AmiCygnix the e-mail program Sylpheed is available in version 3.0.3. Sylpheed is an e-mail program based on the GTK+-GUI-Toolkit. The design and the user-interface is similar to many well-known programs from the Windows world...

AmigaRemix: New songs added (30. Aug. 2020)
AmigaRemix has made available new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last news item, the following songs have been added: Space Harrier Shadow Of The Beast - Intro Theme Oxxonian - Strategy Game Gem'X VS Turrica...

DIY projects 'AmigaKeyboardUSB' and 'amigakb': using Amiga keyboards on a PC (28. Aug. 2020)
AmigaKeyboardUSB and amigakb are firmwares for the singleboard microcontrollers from Arduino that turn the SBC into an adapter that connects classic Amiga keyboards with an USB port on a modern computer. ...

Diagnosis tool: DiagROM 1.2.1 (27. Aug. 2020)
DiagROM is a diagnosis software which has to be burned into an EPROM and then replaces the regular Kickstart-ROM of an Amiga. The tool does not require any driver, IRQs or something like that and therefore should also run on only partly working computers ...

Turrican: Limited new edition as "Anthologies" and "Collector's Editions" (27. Aug. 2020)
The publisher "Strictly Limited Games" distributes old or so far only digitally available games as boxed editions including some "goodies" - in strictly limited quantities. In co-operation with Factor 5 now the Turrican games - at least those on...

Preview videos: 'RESHOOT PROXIMA 3' and 'Boss Machine' (27. Aug. 2020)
The former "Amiga Joker" editor Richard Löwenstein is working on his third Shoot'em Up. After RESHOOT and RESHOOT R currently he creates the game "RESHOOT PROXIMA 3". On his Patreon site Löwenstein publishes updates and background information on the game,...

PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 113 (Italian/English) (26. Aug. 2020)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games and programs on vintage computers. Among others the latest issue includes Amiga arti...

Open source design: EPROM adapter for A500 motherboards of revision 5 (25. Aug. 2020)
The Amiga 500 ROM Adapter allows the usage of EPROMs in an Amiga 500 of motherboard revision 5. Compared to previous versions of the mainbord, this generation has a bug which normally prevent using regular EPROMs. Additionally, some resistors are mis...

Demo scene: Interview with Bifat / The Electronic Knights (24. Aug. 2020)
On amigalife.org interviews with memebers of the demo scene are published. Currently an interview with 'Bifat', member of the group 'The Electronic Knights', is online. ...

UAE-based Amiga virus scanner for Unix systems (24. Aug. 2020)
amiga-uae-virus-scan is a batch script for Unix systems which checks single files or complete directories for Amiga virus using FS-UAE. ADF images are supported as well. Some Amiga programs and libraries are required from the Aminet which the script could...

Diagnosis software: Amiga Test Kit 1.12 (24. Aug. 2020)
Keir Fraser's "Amiga Test Kit" is a software-based solution for checking diverse components of an Amiga. The download archive includes a bootable disk image as well as an executable file which can be started from the harddrive. ...

Aminet uploads until 22.08.2020 (23. Aug. 2020)
The following packages have been added to Aminet until 22.08.2020: redpillgamecreator.lha dev/misc 1.9M 68k Game Creator with AGA support UAEGfxForOS4.lha driver/vid 5K OS4 UAEGfx/UltraHD for UAE/OS4 MCE.lha game/ed...

Lemon Amiga Forum: Several user accounts hacked (22. Aug. 2020)
In the English-language forum of "Lemon Amiga" obviously several user accounts have been hacked for advertising for certain versions of DOOM. The team of Lemon Amiga wrote:" Its going to take us a month to remove all of this crap manually, and also longer...

Legal dispute: Intellivision and Cloanto seeking for settlement (22. Aug. 2020)
After Cloanto has taken legal action to protect the brand Amiga with regard to the console "Amico" developed by Intellivision (amiga-news.de reported) "this proceeding be suspended for 90 days to allow the parties to continue their settlement efforts" (PD...

Adapter: SmallyMouse2 and "USB mouse module" support USB mice (22. Aug. 2020)
Simon Inns' SmallyMouse2 uses a microcontroller to convert signals of common USB mice into a format which computers from the 1980s and early 1990s can "process". Additional to the Amiga also the Atari ST, Acorn Archimedes and BBC Micro are supported. All...