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Universal PCI driver system: OpenPCI 10.3 (23. Nov. 2024)
Thomas 'Thor' Richter's universal PCI driver system “OpenPCI” supports all known PCI solutions for the Amiga without recourse to the software of the respective manufacturer. The current version 10.3 eliminates problems when working with PCI br...

Scene World Podcast episode #202 - Making the fan-made Broken Sword 2.5 (22. Nov. 2024)
In the 202nd edition of the "Scene World" podcast, the team welcomes Marius Gosch, one of the founders of the Broken Sword 2.5 project, which also runs on AmigaOS thanks to ScummVM. The interview, in which Gosch talks about his work as a writer and puzzle...

Tetris clone: "Tetra Zone" (22. Nov. 2024)
Around eight years ago, Wei-ju Wu published a seven-part series (plus additional episodes) on Amiga hardware programming in C on his YouTube channel. Now he is in the process of writing a Tetris clone called "Tetra Zone" for the AmiGameJam 2024, which imp...

Developer log: Shattering the Magicore 8-color limit (22. Nov. 2024)
In a recent blog entry on his game "Magicore Anomala" (amiga-news.de reported), which is currently in development, developer Dan Salvato explains why the background in the game uses eight colours or less - and how it is still possible to use Copper to cha...

Event: Videos from 25th Amiga-Meeting Nord in Neumünster (Germany) (20. Nov. 2024)
At the turn of the month the 25th Amiga Meeting North took place in Neumünster, Germany. Two videos now show the presentations of Michal Schulz about PiStorm and Emu68 and Simon Neumann from Alinea Computer about new hardware developments....

Picture collection: Update of the Amiga Graphics Archive (20. Nov. 2024)
Four images from Island Graphics from 1985 have now been added to the collection of early Amiga graphics. Three of them show ballerinas. They were based on paintings by the French painter Edgar Degas, which were transferred to the Amiga as a background im...

Event: World of Commodore 2024 in Mississauga (Canada) (19. Nov. 2024)
On 30 November and 1 December 2024, the World of Commodore 2024 Amiga convention will be held in Mississauga, Canada (near Toronto). A variety of Commodore devices, from the Amiga and the C64 to the PET, will be on display at the event. Visitors will also...

Linux: Kernel 6.12.0 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000 (19. Nov. 2024)
Christian ‘xeno74’ Zigotzky has compiled the Linux kernel 6.12.0 for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 to coincide with its release. The new version makes the Linux kernel real-time capable and also provides more flexibility for the scheduler. ...

AROS: Odyssey browser 2.1 (64-bit) released (18. Nov. 2024)
Following the release of version 2.0 of the Odyssey browser for AROS 32-bit (amiga-news.de reported) and a preview of the 64-bit version, Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz has now released version 2.1 of the browser for AROS (64-bit), Windows and Linu...

Reimplementation of 'Frontier: Elite II'-Intros with browser playback v0.4 (18. Nov. 2024)
In mid-2021, we already reported on Mark Watson's project to recreate the graphics and music of the Frontier: Elite II intro in C and, in the process, to implement improved 3D models (e.g. planetary sky added to the intro) or support for 2 and 4 times the...

Aminet uploads until 16.11.2024 (17. Nov. 2024)
The following files have been added until 16.11.2024 to Aminet: TuneFinder.lha comm/misc 57K 68k Search and display online rad... less-mos.lha dev/gg 1.1M 68k Viewer program similar to "more" xlink.lha d...

AmigaRemix: Further files added (17. Nov. 2024)
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added: Ghouls n Ghosts (redubbed) The Amiga Never Dies (Entity Remix) ...

Do it yourself: Ripple IDE update (17. Nov. 2024)
Matt 'LIV2' Harlum's Ripple IDE is an IDE interface for Zorro II based Amiga models (Amiga 2000/3000/4000; amiga-news.de reported). Revision A3 adds a protection circuitry to resist damage when the card is installed the wrong way around....

Video: Installing a DoohicKEY keyboard controller into Checkmate keyboard case (17. Nov. 2024)
DoohicKEY is a keyboard controller replacement for the keyboards that have been most often used for the Amiga 500, those by Mitsumi (amiga-news.de reported). In the video at the title link 'Proteque-CBN' shows its installation into the Checkmate keyb...

Event: Alkmaar Amiga Meetup (The Netherlands) (17. Nov. 2024)
On November 30, 2024 the Alkmaar Amiga Meetup takes place near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Aiming at all kinds of Amiga systems, the main topic will be "Amiga Next-Gen" this time. Information about registration and table fee can be found at the tit...

Amiga emulator for the web: New features in vAmigaWeb (16. Nov. 2024)
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for web browsers or as a progressive web app. The vAmiga-based emulator now offers the following new features: supports run ahead, which is an effective technique to reduce input lag. run ahead is an emulation tech...

Feasibility study: Image display without working memory (16. Nov. 2024)
With his feasibility study “Amiga CPU Blit Read-Only”, 'nicodex' shows how to display an image on the Amiga without write access to the main memory. The latest version shows a four-color BoingBall animation in front of a rainbow background tha...

Hardware hack: ODROID Linux/Android system in an A500 case (16. Nov. 2024)
In a detailed article, the author of the Amiga 500 USB Keyboard - Leonardo adapter describes how he installed an Android/Linux computer of the ODROID type in his old A500 case. ...

Case modding: Amiga 500 USB Keyboard - Leonardo (16. Nov. 2024)
"Amiga 500 Keyboard - Arduino Leonardo&" is an improved version of Amiga500-Keyboard, it transforms an Amiga 500 keyboard into an USB input device with the help of an Arduino Leonardo. Compared to its predecessor, it offers some new functions such as the ...

Report: My Experiences with the Amiga A1222+ (16. Nov. 2024)
Francis G. Loch develops tools such as PowerReboot for AmigaOS 4 in the C programming language. 20 years after purchasing a MicroA1 and after a long break from OS4, Loch bought an A1222+. In his experience report, he describes his impressions of the...