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Crowdfunding: Minskies Furball as CD version (20. Aug. 2018)
The newcomer "BigBox Gaming" is going to offer games in big boxes as it used to be. The games which are delivered on CD are supposed to be compatible with Windows, Mac OS and "the later Amiga systems". The first game is the Tetris clone Minskies Furballs...

ReAmiga 1200: Replica of A1200 mainboard published (20. Aug. 2018)
As announced, on weekend John 'Chucky' Hertell has published the documents of his A1200 mainboard "ReAmiga 1200" (video of test run). It is a clone of the revision 1D.4 of Commodore's last desktop computer which compared to the original one provides the f...

Speech: Modern Amiga Demo Cross-Development (20. Aug. 2018)
The both Haujobb programmer 'Hellfire' and 'Noname' has given a lecture about "Modern Amiga Demo Cross-Development" on the demo party 'Evoke' which took place last weekend. Now this speech is available on Youtube. ...

Aminet-Uploads until 18.08.2018 (19. Aug. 2018)
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until August 18th, 2018: OWB_de.lha comm/www 6K Unofficial German catalog for... ins-3r0hw.lha demo/aga 844K 68k Amiga AGA demo by Insane ins-bomb.lha ...

WHDLoad: New installers until 18.08.2018 (19. Aug. 2018)
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until August 18th, 2018: 2018-08-18 improved: Maniac Mans...

R1200: Replica of A1200 motherboards almost completed (17. Aug. 2018)
Since June John 'Chucky' Hertell, who already recreated Commmodore's processor board A3640, has been working on a replica of the Amiga-1200 motherboard of revision 1D4 which he named "R1200". Hertell will sell some of the self produced boards  - but ...

New keyboard membranes for Amiga computers (16. Aug. 2018)
For some time RWAP Software has been selling contact foils for Sinclair computers. A while ago, keyboard membranes for Amiga keyboards have been added to the portfolio. They can be bought on Sell My Retro. Keyboard membranes are available for A500(+), A60...

Scene World Podcast #50: Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (16. Aug. 2018)
Today Lars Sobiraj is freelance journalist and publisher of Tarnkappe.info. In the past he was known as "Ghandy" in the Amiga scene and editor of the diskmag Hugi. For issue #50 he was "Scene World's" guest. ...

PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 89 (Italian/English) (15. Aug. 2018)
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 on vintage computers. Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amig...

APC&TCP and Amiga Future at Gamescom (August 22 to 25, Cologne) (15. Aug. 2018)
Press release: APC&TCP and Amiga Future will once again have a booth at at Gamescom this year. On more than 70 m² we will be exhibiting about 20 Amiga models, hoping to win over some new users for our hobby. Around a dozen users, all volunteers, will be m...

Pascal compiler: Source code of PCQ Pascal released (15. Aug. 2018)
PCQ Pascal is a Pascal compiler for the Amiga which was released at the end of the 80s. The author Patrick Quaid now has released the source code of the compiler at Github including runtime library, includes and diverse utilities like optimizer and make. ...

Sonnet.library: Network card as PowerPC accelerator board (14. Aug. 2018)
The SonnetAmiga project makes it possible to use PowerPC-based PCI cards as accelerator board for WarpOS programs in the Amiga by means of a mediator board (amiga-news.de reported). The Sonnet Crescendo 7200 included, already five PCI cards are suppo...

The AGA-A3000: Amiga fans equip boards of the Commodore prototype AA3000 (14. Aug. 2018)
The AA3000 and A3000+ have been further developments of the Amiga-3000 mainboard which for the first time should use the new AGA chipset. Additional to the AGA chipset, the revised board should contain a digital signal processor which was supposed to be u...

Print magazine: Amiga Future 134 - preview and extracts (14. Aug. 2018)
A preview and extracts of issue 134 (September/October 2018) of the Amiga Future have been released today. Among other things, this issue features reviews on Worthy and Bomb Jack Beer as well as a preview to the Gold3 AGA Apollo core ("AGA on the Amiga 60...

Interview with Andreas Magerl (Amiga Future) (14. Aug. 2018)
On occation of the 20th anniversary of the Amiga Future, AMIcast has interviewed its chief editor Andreas Magerl. ...

Harddrive images under windows: HstWB Installer (13. Aug. 2018)
By using Henrik Nørfjand Stengaard's "HstWB Installer" under Windows you can build bootable harddrive images which then can be used with an emulator or written on an Amiga harddrive. AmigaOS 3.1 or 3.9 and Worbench distributions like BetterWB or ClassicWB...

Documentation: The Commodore Story at Amazon (Update) (13. Aug. 2018)
After The Commodore Wars, From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years and Viva Amiga, "The Commodore Story" is the fourth documentation about Commodore. For some time the crowdfunded film (trailer) can be watched at Amazon, iTunes and Netflix. Update: (...

Amiga Future: Issue 109 can be read online (12. Aug. 2018)
Issue 109 (July/August 2014) of the printed magazine Amiga Future is sold out, you can read the German and English edition of the magazine online (picture files). You also can buy a PDF-version. ...

3D-Print services: Replacement parts for the Amigas (12. Aug. 2018)
The Dutchman Dennis Brink offers his "3D-Print-Services" for producing replacement parts for the Amiga case. You can choose parts for the Amiga models 500, 600, 1000, 1200, 4000 and CDTV, the monitor 1084S and the drive Chinon FZ-354 as well as the Raspbe...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit 9 Reloaded for Mac available for free (12. Aug. 2018)
One and a half year ago, AmiKit also introduced the "Rabbit Hole" for Macs, that means the possibility to start Mac programs out of AmiKit and to access Amiga files from the Mac (amiga-news.de reported). This version "AmiKit 9 Reloaded for Mac" is...