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20 years of AmiKit: The AmiKit Museum is now open (01. Apr. 2025)
This year, the popular AmiKit celebrates its 20th birthday. The first coverage of the project appeared on amiga-news.de on 14 July 2005 ("Emulation: First Preview of the AmiKit Complete System"). The AmiKit Museum has now been set up as a thank you to Ami...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit 12.8 (08. Mar. 2025)
Version 12.8 of the Workbench distribution "Amikit" is available to all registered users free of charge. The software collection has been expanded to include the Jump'n Run "Absolute Zero" and the "World Construction Set" as well as a utility that enables...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit 12.7 (06. Feb. 2025)
Press release: This was a tough one! Months of work, countless interruptions, frustration, and exhaustion - but we did it! Huge thanks to Wiisoldier, Philipp Lonke, and everyone else who contributed to this update! Why was this so challenging? Becaus...

amiga-news.de: A half-year review (30. Dec. 2024)
Every website lives from the interest of its users. We therefore wanted to know which news trigger particular interest and what the general situation is regarding visits to one of the best-known German-language sites about the Amiga. In the following, our...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit 11 now freely available (25. Dec. 2024)
Version 11 of the Workbench distribution AmiKit for Windows 7 or newer is now freely available with all of its updates until version 11.9. The current commercial version is 12.6....

Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 172 - preview and reading samples (21. Dec. 2024)
The reading samples and preview of issue 172 (January/February 2025) of Amiga Future are now online. The issue features the following topics, among others: Interview Macro System Part 2 Show report Amiga Meeting 2024 Preview AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3 K...

Amiga emulator: Amiberry V7.0.0-RC1 (28. Nov. 2024)
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems such as the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which comes with some newly developed features such as a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using ...

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...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit packages Plug'n'Play and SuperCombo (06. Oct. 2024)
The workbench distribution AmiKit (video) is now also available in the form of a bootable USB stick that can be used to boot a PC directly into the emulation. Included is the new AmiKit 12 SuperCombo package, which allows installation under Windows a...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit 12.6 (08. Sep. 2024)
The Workbench distribution AmiKit is now available in version 12.6 for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, PiStorm and Raspberry Pi - but not for Vampire. Changes consist of updates of files and emulation; furthermore the Make060 command and two demos ha...

Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.7.4 and 6.3.4 (02. Sep. 2024)
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....

Video: AmiKit 12 on a Raspberry Pi 5 (30. Aug. 2024)
Under the title link, Amiga Bill talks to AmiKit developer Ján Zahurančík about his workbench distribution AmiKit 12 and shows how it runs on a Raspberry Pi 5. He also gives tips and tricks and talks about the development of the distribution....

Workbench distribution: New Raspberry Pi installer for AmiKit (07. Aug. 2024)
Ján Zahurančík's workbench distribution AmiKit now includes a new, Debian-based installer for the Raspberry Pi. It adapts to the actual Raspberry Pi device used, be it model 5, 400 or 4. Features of the distribution include: Perform...

Video: AmiKit for PiStorm (29. Jul. 2024)
Even though George 'walkereo' Sokianos mainly focuses on the development of AmigaOS4 software, he also has classic hardware at his disposal. In a detailed Twitch recording, he takes a look at the AmiKit workbench distribution for his Amiga 1200 upgraded w...

Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.7.3 and 6.3.3 (preview) (20. Jun. 2024)
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....

Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.7.2 and 6.3.2 (preview), (update) (03. Jun. 2024)
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....

Workbench distribution: AmiKit 12.5 (24. Apr. 2024)
The Workbench distribution AmiKit for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Vampire, PiStorm and Raspberry Pi is now available in version 12.5, called "Spring Update". Besides updates of system files and included programs, also new software has been added,...

Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.7.0 and 6.3.0 (preview) (21. Apr. 2024)
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....

Workbench distribution: AmiKit for PiStorm using a Wi-Fi driver (alpha version) (15. Apr. 2024)
Since October 2023, the AmiKit workbench distribution has also been available for the PiStorm and PiStorm-liteaccelerator boards (amiga-news.de reported), which use a Raspberry Pi minicomputer as a processor replacement. Emu68, the Motorola68K emulation d...

Boing Attitude: Interview with Ján Zahurančík (AmiKit) (11. Mar. 2024)
Boing Attitude published the seventh issue of the French print magazine "BOING" in October 2023. Among other things, it included an interview with Ján Zahurančík, the publisher of the workbench distribution AmiKit XE, which is now publicly available ...