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Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 11.2 (gaming update) (11. Feb. 2020)
Press release: Today's update brings a number of legendary games to your AmiKit! One of them is premiering on Amiga, actually. It's an action role-playing hack and slash game called Diablo (shareware). Yes, that's right! And you can play it in a window on...

USB stick/key ring in A500 design (03. Jan. 2020)
On the German website lavago.de you can purchase an USB stick/key ring with 16 GB which has an "Amiga 500" look. According to the vendor the stick is produced by an injection moulding process from silicone and a Samsung branded product is used for the mem...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 11.1 (22. Dec. 2019)
For users of the Workbench distribution AmiKit, mainly written for emulators, a free update of version XE (11.0) has been released. The IconEditor 2.0, MUIMapparium 0.8, ModExplorer 2.0 and the Pacman clone HollyMan has been added in versio...

Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.32 (09. Oct. 2019)
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1FE for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey). Any kind of feedback the author Michael Rupp would very appreciate. H...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE (11.0) (12. May. 2019)
The Workbench distribution AmiKit, meant for emulators, has been updated to version XE (11.0). The changes include a new desktop design (inspired by the Workbench from 1986), a picture-in-picture function for playing games in a Workbench window (requires ...

Review: Workbench distribution AmiKit X 10.5.2 (29. Dec. 2018)
Under the title link Marcin Pianka has published his experiences with the Workbench distribution AmiKit X 10.5.2. The distribution would consist of free components but for all those users who do not have the time collecting them together and confi...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit X 10.5.2 (04. Dec. 2018)
Version 10.5.2 of the Workbench distribution AmiKit meant for emulators is available and can be downloaded via the included update function. Additional to 35 new functions, updates and bug fixes the "Dark Mode" was added, which gives the Workbench a dark ...

Patch and commodity collection: MCP 1.49c (30. Nov. 2018)
MCP 1.49c already has been available for two years but only as part of Amikit. The update fixes a bug if MCP is used with an emulator with "Virtual Mouse Driver" enabled: This function now is compatible with the MCP patch "Solid Window Moving & Sizing". T...

Event: Saku 2018 on September 22nd in Oulu (Finland) (16. Sep. 2018)
Press release: "Finnish Amiga Users Group holds its 11th Saku event in Oulu, Finland on Saturday, September 22nd. The event will feature many classic Amiga setups from Amiga 500 to Amiga 4000, FPGA computers like Minimig and MIST, and next gener...

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...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit X 10.5.0 (08. Jul. 2018)
Version 10.5.0 of the Workbench distribution AmiKit meant for emulators is available and can be updated using the integrated update function. Additional to 35 new functions, updates and bug fixes, the new theme "dark mode" was added as a new feature. ...

Workbench enhancement: BetterWB 4.3 (22. Feb. 2018)
Similar to AIAB, AmiKit or AmigaSYS, BetterWB is a collection of Workbench enhancements for AmigaOS 3.1, which are useful but rather simple and therefore require low hardware configuration. Changes in version 4.3: Icon.library updated to 46.4.473 ...

Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.29 (21. Feb. 2018)
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey). Any kind of feedback the author Michael Rupp would very appreciate...

Workbench distribution: AKReal 9 (26. Oct. 2017)
AKReal works with 16 colours and is the inofficial adaption of the Workbench distribution AmiKit to real Amigas. Now version 9 has been released. The changes are listed in the changelog. ...

Dock in Mac OS style: New version of MacLikeDock (update) (19. Oct. 2017)
In a tutorial for beatifying Workbench, Stefan Egger has pointed out that an updated version of the dock MacLikeDock is available. The program which was originally written for AmigaOS 4 imitates the look and the performance of the dock of Mac OS...

Emulator: Plugins for Amikit (12. Oct. 2017)
Ján Zahurančík, who in August registered the trademark "Amiga" in Slovakia , now offers an commercial "plugin" for his emulator distribution Amikit: For 4,95 Euro you get a collection of 13 new Workbench backgrounds ("themes") for the emulator. Two o...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit X 10.3.1 / Plugins (01. Oct. 2017)
Version 10.3.1 of the Workbench distribution AmiKit, mainly meant for emulators, is available and can be updated via the included update function. Additionally three plugins are offered: ArtiGames (35 SDL game ports by Artur Jarosik), Extra Themes (13 the...

Trademark disputes: yet another party wants to own "Amiga" (Update) (09. Sep. 2017)
In the US and Germany, the registration for the "Amiga" trademark already expired. It's still a registered mark in the EU until May next year, but nobody really expects the current owner to ever do something with that registration again. As a result, Hype...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit X 10.3 (03. Sep. 2017)
The Workbench distribution AmiKit is meant for emulators and has more than 390 pre-configured programs. In version 10.3 the Boxx trilogy games of 'Lemming880' and Stephan Rupprecht's replacement of the info-command were added. Besides, a lot of programs h...

Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.28 (02. Sep. 2017)
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey). Any kind of feedback the author Michael Rupp would very appreciate. ...