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Yup... All 329 of them cataloging over 3200+ links! Add that to the database and you have over 4700+ links to enjoy!

Let CRTL-F be your friend!

19 Apr 2025

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Well it happened again. Even with thousands of Amiga websites under my belt I'm STILL surprised when I stumble across one that has been around for quite some time and is both informative and entertaining. The Vintage Amiga Hardware Blog is this in spades! I don't see any owner or contact but maybe I just missed it.

  - On the 'Amiga making waves in the mainstream media' side of the house, both the Register and Toms Hardware have posted stories about the new OS update. Like they say... All publicity is good publicity!

  - And on the 'SOMETHING IS HAPPENING' side of the house, two new things to report.

   First I have NEW page containing ALL THE LINKS in one easily CTRL-F searchable place. For now this is a better solution than opening each page separately and searching. I did some QUICK number crunching and show a grand total of over 4700+ links that have been cataloged over the years. Not to shabby right?

     -- Main database: 1458
     -- Front pages of 2020 - current: 3080
     -- Front pages of 2000 - 2019: ~ 162

   Second is a new SIDEBAR menu called MISC, below Repair & Recap and above A1222/Tabor, for unique pages such as my wonderful stay at the Arcade AirBNB, the Big 'o' List of Amiga Custom Chips, all the Commodore TechTopics I could find and random Misc Files. I'm sure I will be adding more pages in the near future.

Interesting... Keep an eye on

I would like to throw a shout out to the site heckmeck.de. I have stumbled across the site before but this time I've taken the time to dig deeper. Lanched in Apr 2023 there is LOTS of good Amiga related postings from Alexander Grupe that are worth reading! name: description
New event: The "ambitious computer arts festival and a multiplatform demoparty" Edison 2025 is being held on a boat in Stockholm Sweden on 18-20 July. Sounds like a good time!

Amiga Legal News Update

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AmigaOS updated in 2025 for some reason: Hyperion ships another patch, which is nice. Belgian software house Hyperion Entertainment has released Update 3 for AmigaOS 3.2, the version of the classic operating system it launched in 2021. The update targets Amigas with 680x0 processors, including systems enhanced with PiStorm accelerator boards.
33-year-old AmigaOS for Commodore computers gets an unexpected update: Classic Motorola 680x0-friendly AmigaOS 3.2.3 released with over 50 fixes and enhancements.
ZZ9000 with ZZ9000AX": {Thread @ reddit discussing issues with getting the ZZ9000AX sound card working with with ZZ9000}
Amiga: the fastest 68k Mac": {Thread @ 68kmla.org discussing various aspects of an Amiga being the fastest 68k Macintosh}
Amiga Computer Users of Edmonton: {Homepage for the Amiga Computer Users Group of Edmonton Canada. Meetings, Newsletters, SOGs, Members, Tech Talk, Gallery, Links and more}
DragonBox Shop: {A WONDERFUL online shop located in Germany. A LARGE selection of items for new and retro gaming systems and computers. They also provide Retro/Modification services and parts too.}
amiga online: {polish} dobre miejsce na debiut dla twórczych amigowców (a good place to debut for creative Amiga players) {Amiga blog and magazine site}
AmiTCP: In 1993, a group of students from the Helsinki University of Technology, caused great excitement in the Amiga Internet community by announcing a free implementation of TCP/IP for the Amiga which they had built as a part of a software engineering course. Until then, the only available Amiga implementation of the Internet protocol suite was Commodore's somewhat incomplete and costly AS225 software.
Classic Amiga Programming: This book is aimed at coders who are familiar with creating software for the OS of the classic Amiga but have no experience with using the network and the Internet in their programs. The book assumes that there already is a working Internet connection on the Amiga. For Amigas that are emulated with WinUAE there is a short appendix that shows how to enable the built-in network stack of WinUAE. Paperback now available on Amazon
SkidMarks, Amiga Review: Skidmarks for the Amiga was a revolutionary game, both in terms of it’s isometric view point and the fact it was written in Blitz BASIC. It offered unique graphics with seemingly 3D vehicles on a carefully textured track (which just happened to retain the skidmarks you made on it, even after exiting the course).
Lost and Found: Andy Warhol’s Amiga Artworks: What happens when a major figure in the art world has created works on a system that is decades-old and whose images are stored on potentially unreadable media? That was exactly the problem that faced a team of student researchers, curators, and perhaps most significantly, artist Cory Arcangel, in relation to the files created by the legendary Pop Artist Andy Warhol on the Amiga.
My 1st A1200 PC Mid Tower Project 2017: As you can all see I have a Big list of parts to build My A1200 Tower. Please come back and have a look to see how far I have GOT
complete disassembly of the Amiga 1.2 "exec": The following is a complete disassembly of the Amiga 1.2 "exec", as found on a kickstart disk for an Amiga 1000. Everything is shown, right down to the padding introduced by the linker, and unused code fragments which probably made it in by accident.
AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup: Welcome to the page dedicated to the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup articles. Here you will find them all in one place, sorted chronologically from first to last.
Reproduction badges & labels: {many different labels & badges for the Amiga and other vintage systems and devices}

12 Apr 2025

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! From the 'Thank you for your support dept' the WONDERFUL guys over at ACube has announced UBoot updates 2015.d for Sam460EX / Sam460CR / Sam460LE boards to support booting from an NVMe SSD. To quote them "This groundbreaking achievement marks a significant milestone in the evolution of the Amiga platform. Thanks to recent advancements, users can now experience dramatically improved boot speeds and data access times by utilizing modern NVMe solid-state drives—bringing the Amiga into a new era of performance and reliability."
"This development not only enhances the capabilities of current NG systems but also demonstrates the ongoing innovation and dedication within the Amiga community. Booting from an NVMe SSD was once considered impossible—today, it is a reality." GREAT JOB ACube!!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

Here's the first of two videos from last weeks Amiga 40 Roundtable at the Vintage Computer Festival (VCF) EAST held on 5 Apr 2025.
From the description "An unforgettable deep dive into the history of the Commodore Amiga at VCF East Amiga 40 Roundtable 1 of 2 featuring a legendary panel of original engineers: Ron Nicholson, Dale Luck, Glenn Keller, Andy Finkel, Randell Jesup, Peter Cherna, and Jeff Porter coming together to share incredible, behind-the-scenes stories from the birth of the Amiga—covering everything from the groundbreaking Lorraine prototype to the ambitious (but never released) AAA chipset that could have changed everything. Oh what could have been!! Thanks Amiga Bill!!
New issue: Amiga Addict #37 has been published
New issue: ZZAP! AMIGA Micro Action #21 has been published
New issue: APoV #6 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

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Dual Locking Snap-In Supports: standoffs work to secure an A3440 or A3660 accelerator in an A4000 Desktop
Give back: Found a source for accelerator standoffs": {Thread @ Amiga.org discussing a source of nylon CPU card standoffs for the A4000 and possibly others}
AmigaBlueKick: Amiga 500 Kickstart Selector with Bluetooth. {...} Traditionally, a mechanical switch is mounted outside the Amiga by drilling a hole in the plastic case (something I can't even imagine doing). More advanced methods use the reset wire to cycle through Kickstarts at each boot or based on how long the user holds Control-Amiga-Amiga, but even this method requires a wire soldered to the motherboard. The idea is to make the switch wireless via Bluetooth.
WormHole: WormHole allows you to transfer files to another computer on the same LAN without having to make any settings.
Amiga 600: The Amiga no one wanted: The Amiga 600 was one of the last Amigas, and it became a symbol of everything wrong with Commodore and the product line. Retro enthusiasts like it today because of its small size, so it’s the perfect retro Amiga for today. But it couldn’t have been much more wrong for the time it was introduced, March 11-18, 1992 at the CeBit show.
asbcomputer: ASB Computer is a dynamic IT company located in Lorca (Murcia) {Spain} that began its journey in 1999. We sell computer components and equipment, provide maintenance and consulting services to businesses, implement security systems, and carry out installations. ASB Computer, as a local IT company, offers a wide range of services and products. But we want to place special emphasis on support for alternative platforms and retrocomputers. AMIGAstore.eu, accessible from our homepage, distributes the latest generations of Amiga computers in Spain, selling its technology worldwide and supporting its demanding user community. We offer a qualified technical service for equipment repairs and network and system installations. ASB Computer's technical service team is staffed by top-level professionals.
Copyright and the Demo Scene: {In depth discussion about the Amiga Demo Scene}
Amiga 600: From the Amiga No One Wanted to Retro Favorite": {Thread @ Hacker News discussing the merits of the A600}
PiStorm Software Installation (Ferry's guide): IMPORTANT NOTE: This guide is made for the BUSTER version of the Rapsberry Pi OS. The necessary options for the BULSSEYE version will be included shortly. I will not cover here how to physically assemble the PiStorm and the Raspberry Pi A+, although it should be pretty straightforward: in a A500, take out the CPU, put the PiSorm in its place (pins for the RPi on the left side, close to the left end of the computer) and connect the RPi on it (no possibility -well, smol…- of connecting it wrong). Instead, I will try to compile all the info scattered over several places in one single document on how to install the software. The info has been took from respective GitHub places, FAQ at Discord, PiStorm disk, etc., so thanks to the respective authors, i.e., Claude, Bnu, LinuxJedi, ChaosPif, Mcgurk and many others.
Amiga on MTV: "Shades" by House Of Usher (1992): Another nice example of how the Amiga was used as a low-cost video production workhorse. According to an article in a 1993 issue of "Amiga Kickstart" magazine (see links below), the music video for House Of Usher's techno track "Shades" was created on an Amiga 500+, using DeluxePaint IV. And you don't need glasses to immediately recognize somehow familiar colors and shapes. This looks very much like a production from the Amiga demo scene, only the sound quality is better, and the animation clips are more random.
The making of Babylon 5: {COMPUTE! ISSUE 166 / JULY 1994 / PAGE 68} To understand Thornton's success, you must also know something of "Babylon 5," a revolutionary science-fiction television series airing weekly on Warner-affiliate stations. Since the pilot episode early last year, the video effects industry, science-fiction fans, TV Guide, and even Hollywood's high-powered executive class have taken notice of Foundation Imaging, the effects house that provides the brunt of computer graphics for the show. What the series and Foundation Imaging prove in tandem is that you simply don't have to spend millions of dollars for quality work.
AmigaPal: {win, mac, linux} A desktop app for preparing and converting 8bit samples to use in Protracker on the Commodore Amiga. Also suitable for some other trackers, perhaps certain old hardware samplers, Nintendo Game Boy running LSDJ, and similar stuff.
A New Friend: Let’s Play Amiga Workbench 1.3!: A few months after the first release of the Atari ST, the Amiga 1000 was released. This system is still legendary, and it very obviously deserves the legend: essentially every technology on that list shipped with the system out of the gate, in mid-1985, and continued from there. {...} That was not all the Amiga did, though. It was also the first consumer-level operating system with true multitasking of any kind—allowing arbitrary processes to coexist throughout memory, with truly relocatable and sharable code modules—and it did this with modern pre-emptive multitasking, a feat that Microsoft would not match until 1995 and Apple would not match until 2001.
BRA and KET: String Interpolation in AmigaDOS: A Short Word on AmigaDOS Scripts. Without getting caught up in semantics, AmigaDOS in this text refers to the command line portion of the Amiga computers' operating system. AmigaDOS is based on TRIPOS, but was expanded and added to by both the original Amiga team and then Commodore. One thing that remains basically the same is the parser for shell scripts, or sequence files as they're called in TRIPOS. The script parser is reasonably competent for a 1980:s home computer OS and can be used for solving real world made up programming problems.
How Commodore Invented the Mass Market Computer : The untold story of Jack Tramiel, Holocaust survivor and home computing's first king

5 Apr 2025

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! This week we got some VERY good news on the OS development side of the house. Hyperion has announced Update 3 for AmigaOS 3.2. For your convenience Lineof7s has posted the Summary Changelog of 3.2.3.
   So far the reviews have been positive but the BIGGER issue of developers working for free and still no true road map still remain. But as they say... Beggars can't be choosy. And as always.... A BIG THANKS goes out to ALL who were involved!!

  - Happy Birthday Mom! Doo Wop! We LOVE you!

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The March 2025 AmigaOS 4 monthly roundup has been posted. As always it should be considered required reading!
Regardless if you like the concept or not the all in one preconfgured Amiga environment AmiKit is 20 years old and that's impressive! To celebrate their history they have opened the AmiKit Museum detailing all the versions to include DOWNLOADS for all the previous versions! Thanks and here's to another 20 more years!
And to highlight a portion mentioned in the OS4 Monthly GemRB RPG Package (Version 0.8.8) has been released for OS 4. Why is this interesting? It allows you to play the famous PC role-playing games Baldur’s Gate 1, Baldur’s Gate 2 (often called "the best PC RPG of all time"), Icewind Dale 1, and Planescape: Torment. GREAT job Steffen Häuser and Alinea Computer! Get you copy here!
New event: ZZAP! Live 2025 is being held in Kenilworth, UK. This 2 day event will have dozens of interactive Commodore systems, entertainment provided by SLAY Radio, a raffle with food and beverages available. Guest speakers to include Sensible Software's Jon Hare & Stoo Cambridge, Andy Davidson (Worms on the Amiga), DMA Design, Incentive Software, Ocean Software, Frank Gasking from Games That Weren't and others are scheduled to attend. Tickets are requires. Sounds like another GREAT time overseas!!
New crowdfunding: Ready for another nostalgia-filled Amiga playing card game? Well this may be for you! Amiga Trumps: Powerplay: has been launched. With over a little less than 20 days left the game has already been funded but don't let that stop you from ordering your set.

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GemRB RPG Package (Version 0.8.8) Released for AmigaOS 4: {Thread @ amigans.net discussing Steffen Häuser and Alinea Computer's new release of GemRB which allows you to play the famous PC role-playing games Baldur’s Gate 1, Baldur’s Gate 2 (often called "the best PC RPG of all time"), Icewind Dale 1, and Planescape: Torment on an Amiga running AmigaOS 4.}
Support page for the AmigaOS4 Qt6 project: Support page for the AmigaOS4 Qt6 project. The donations here will be used for prizes in the upcomming Qt6Amiga Porting Challenge.
An Introduction to Amiga Hardcore: {...} By the early ‘90s, then-dated Amigas had become the catalyst for a new wave of transgressive hardcore techno and breakbeat that reveled in a lo-fi, homespun sound—a reaction to the explosion of more commercial hardcore that was being made with newer software.
Yawning Angel Retro: Welcome to my website where you’ll find my ramblings about my retro computing systems, namely my two Amiga A1200s, my Sinclair ZX Spectrum collection, and my BBC Master 128. Oh, and there’s an Acorn Electron too. I like to use AMOS on my Amiga and release a number of tutorial videos around this. (See my AMOS playlist on YouTube.)
Enterlogic From Sweden with Love: {Makers of the Amy, Easy Amy and finally the the Denise. Mini-ITX form factor through hole and SMD mounted A500+ compatible motherboard with two Zorro2 compatible slots and a few additional features.}
Amiga 2000 in New York Post March 1 2025": {Thread @ reddit discussing the image of the A2000 on the front page of New York Post 1 March 2025}
Commodore Amiga MIDI my personal REV: {Link to the PBCway board and schematics & BOM}
MIDI interface for the Amiga 500: {Detailed background and building instructions for a serial MIDI interface}
PAULA 3.0: PAULA 3.0 is a Max for Live sampler that dynamically alters the sample rate based on the note played. PAULA was initially built to emulate the resampling behaviour of ProTracker 2 running on a Commodore Amiga 1200. As of version 3.0, PAULA has been fully integrated with Ableton Live’s Simpler device and includes major improvements, new features and bug fixes, including automatable Ableton warping / time stretching
ProTracker note frequencies (PAL): Note: This tool is using the quirky period table found inside ProTracker for exact results.
Canonical List of Commodore Products: Last updated: Apr 6th, 2021. This list contains informations on every piece of Commodore equipment I have heard of to date. Please help me weed out all the inconsistencies and nail down all the information. This list was originally conceived and created by Jim Brain (brain@jbrain.com). It is now maintained by Bo Zimmerman (bo@zimmers.net).
DIY NES to Atari Controller Adapter : I wanted to use my favorite NES controller with my controller-less Atari 65XE and 130XE. The NES controller uses a shift register, while the Atari expects 5 simple buttons. I wrote a simple Arduino program to convert one to the other. Using an Arduino mini, it fits in this little inline enclosure.
Create USB installation stick for AmigaOne X5000/20 with RX graphics card: {Translated google} Here I would like to give instructions on how to create a bootable USB stick from the X5000 installation CD on the AmigaOne X5000/20 with an RX graphics card. (download as PDF in German and English) {lots of pictures}
Dual-booting Workbench: Users of many modern computers are used to the concept of dual-booting, where you can select from distinct operating systems when you turn the computer on. Linux, Windows and even Mac can all let the user pick an OS depending on what their particular requirements are… but sadly not the Amiga. Or can it? {...} It turns out, with a little basic AmigaDOS know-how it’s pretty simple. Let’s show you how, with a quick tutorial on choosing an OS based on Kickstart version. Here we’re using an A2000 with a hardware Kickstart switcher, with 1.3 and 3.1 selected with a switch on the back of the machine.
Workbench 1.3 (Amiga Inc.): This installs the Workbench under WHDLoad. It installs the Workbench and the Extras disk. You may add other software manually by copying it to the installation directory.

29 Mar 2025

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Well another week in AmigaLand has come and gone. Retro Games A1200 is still on hold. Amiga Kit's A1200 NG is still chugging along, everyone is still bickering and there is still no end in site. Ahhh you have to REALLY LOVE this community to still be hanging around...

- On the plus side I've staring to work on the new site again. I'm hoping to get some feedback on some new ideas. Fingers crossed!!!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

Amiga-News.de has posted a really good summary about Ranko Rodik's latest AmiCube F1200 project update. For those not familiar it's a FPGA-based Amiga clone motherboard with both retro ports and a real 68k chip on board.
AmigaKit's latest blog is all about their new A1200 NG. They do a good job covering the history, specs, connectors, software, trivia and future development. Even if you're not a fan it's worth a quick read.
New issue: Passione Amiga #24 has been published. Sorry about missing #23
New issue: AMI Tech-Gazette #13 has been published. Boy am I bad about keeping up with the latest issues. DOH!! Sorry Eric S.
New Issue: Good news for all the Polish Amiga users. After a long wait a new issue of the Polish language AmigaNG #12 magazine has been published.

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Intense Creative - Take Possesion of your Amiga Passion : {Forum and source for Stickers Renew Packs, MagicUAE Legacy and Deluxe Icons}
Stickers Renew Packs: {Floppy disk & CD lables for *HUNDREDS*} of games with visual identity for each edition (ECS, AGA, CD32 and CDTV) so you can classify or locate your games at a glance}
MagicUAE Legacy - 20 optimized Configurations for WinUAE: MagicUAE Legacy is the all-new release of the famous series of ready-to-use Amiga configurations for WinUAE. In this new pack, you'll find all the Amiga models* emulated with breathtaking realism, plus many other new features. All configurations have been revised to surpass MagicUAE 23. Colours and animation have been improved, and other adjustments have also been made to guarantee perfect results.
Deluxe Icons: Dual-PNG icons for {*HUNDREDS*} the greatest classic Amiga games, designed to captivate your Amiga passion with a unique and smart design. Each icon features HD remastered pictures with a remarkable level of detail, while respecting the original visuals. With their unique visual for each edition (ECS-AGA-CD32-CDTV) and the official logo for each game, your AmigaOS will be beautiful! Their bright colours and their clever mix of nostalgia and modernity will invite you to launch your favourite games without delay. The Amiga frenzy starts NOW !
AmiDev: Amidev is just my attempt to build my amiga dev env with libs, where I will be adding more libraries and tests, more specifically to SDL. It´s based on the great work on BartmanAbyss/vscode-amiga-debug that defined a fully integrated amiga dev ide for vscode, and jyoberle fork with libs that integrated complete GCC with SDK libs support
SDL-1.2 port to AmigaOS/m68k : This is one of the ports of SDL to the AmigaOS3/68k platform. I cannot comment much on the origins of the code contributions to this port. I've kept the files I got into my hands, along with the various existing Makefiles. The main purpose of this branch (based on SDL 1.2.14, AFAIK) was to provide some bugfixes and performance improvements. Towards the latter point, most of the blitting functions have been rewritten in 68k ASM. Also, some of the routines can switch to AMMX usage (where applicable). This SDL version should work on all Amigas with RTG (Picasso96 or CyberGraphX).
amiga-debug Visual Studio Code Extension (fork with libraries support): One-stop Visual Studio Code Extension to compile, debug and profile Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 12.2 with the bundled WinUAE/FS-UAE. This fork adds support for libraries.
Interview with Jon Hare of Sensible Software: We’ve spoken with one of the co-founders of British game developer legends Sensible Software. Sensible Software remains one of the most iconic names in gaming history, celebrated for its innovative designs, sharp humor, and a catalogue of unforgettable titles. From Sensible Soccer to Cannon Fodder and Wizball, the studio helped define an era with games that were as diverse in concept as they were groundbreaking in execution.
What Really Killed Commodore? UK MD Kelly Sumner Tells All - The Retro Hour EP468: In the first part of our epic two part interview, we sit down with Kelly Sumner, former Managing Director of Commodore UK, to hear the highs and lows of his 15-year journey at the legendary company. From starting as a trainee engineer in 1979 to marketing the iconic Amiga and C64, Kelly shares never-before-heard stories about selling the Amiga 1000, the infamous C64GS flop, CDTV’s retail struggles, and his surprising appearance on GamesMaster!
The Utterly Bizarre Commodore Gaming PC Case, from 2008: One company out of the UK back in 2007/2008 decided to try and actually bring back a computer with the Commodore brand that paid homage to its gaming history. In fact, they called themselves Commodore Gaming. It was just a Windows PC in Commodore clothing, but at least the clothes had some style. The idea went something like this.
PSCD32 Peripherial Signal Conversion Device 32: The PSCD32 is an adapter allowing you to use wired PlayStation 1- and PlayStation 2-compatible digital or analogue controllers with your Commodore Amiga CD32 console, any computer in the Amiga series (A1000, A500, A2000, A3000, A4000, A600 or A1200).
Mouser ReAmiga1200Rev15 BOM: Here is the BOM available at mouser, for the v1.5 reamiga 1200 {all the parts they sell with prices}
Help with the A4000 Memory Simms RAM: {A very detailed page with tons of information about A4000 RAM}
xmtolsp: xmtolsp is a tool that converts FastTracker 2 XM modules into Amiga LSP (LightSpeed Player) format. Historically, Amiga developers have primarily used ProTracker MOD format for music in games, demos, etc. Although many productions play MOD files directly using libraries like PTPlayer, there are computationally faster options. LightSpeed Player "renders" MOD files into a lower-level format that provides the Amiga audio hardware with pre-baked, frame-by-frame instructions.
Using old iPad screens with MiSTer and retro machines: Right at the beginning, when the MiSTer FPGA project was released, I bought all the needed components to build my own MiSTer setup. I had to wait in a long queue before I had a while to finally build it. However, it started a bit differently this time... with iPad LCD screens.

22 Mar 2025

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Well here we are again at the same crossroads. Any attempt to make a little bit of progress, regardless of communities varied take, is again thwarted by either miscommunication, bad planning, or the every present cluster curse of the Amiga.
  Retro Games Limited announced that the deal for their new system, the A1200 is currently dead in the water. Again we can all debate if this is the future or just another cash grab but either way in the spirit of the CLUSTER that besets the Amiga... Here we go again...

  - Now not to leave everyone on a down note check out this INCREDIBLE list of Handy Amiga Links over at reddit collated by the moderator danby! Looks like I have some catching up to do!

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I knew I missed something last week. Back on 5 Mar Amifan posted over at EAB that the WONDERFUL online Amiga magazine WhatIFF? will probably be put on hold due to "I have not had time to work on the magazine due to a new job and am frankly I am out of ideas for content". Well on 6 Mar he posted "I have agreed with Pyromania for him to take over the magazine". Thank you Pyromania. You have MY support!
THE AROS ARCHIVES has a new domain. Please update your bookmarks to reflect. A BIG thanks to everyone involved with keeping this website alive!!
Over at the A1K.org AMike does an ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC review of many of the 060 accelerators for the A1200. Here he reviews and compares the following: Phase 5 Blizzard 1260 66 MHz, Warp1260 - 66.7 & 105 MHz, TF1260 - 67MHz & 94/100MHz, V1200 X12 Gold 2.17, Icedrake X13 9663 Core tested in V2 mode (chipset via Amiga) and V4 mode (chipset also via Icedrake), Pistorm32 with PiZero2, Pistorm32 with CM4 module, ACA1260 - 66 & 100 MHz & the Trinity1260 - 66 & 100 MHz.
New event: On 22-23 Mar 2025 the Interim Computer Festival will be held in Seattle, Washington US. "18 Exhibits, Demo/Speakers and more". Wish there was something like that in my neck of the woods.
New issue: Komoda & Amiga Plus #27 has been published

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The Amiga No One Wanted: [Dave] takes a look at how Commodore succeeded and then lost their way by the time the 600 rolled out. Keep in mind that low-cost was a relative term. A $500 price tag was higher than it seems today and even at that price, you had no monitor or hard drive. So at a $1,000 for a practical system you might as well go for a PC which was taking off at the same time.
2025-auction/item:Amiga 3000UX: Amiga 3000UX. An Amiga donated to the GNU project some time in 1990. FSF staff programmers used it at MIT to help further some early development of the GNU operating system. Facts * Non-working (battery damage) Amiga 3000UX * Motherboards got damaged by battery leakage. Start price $300 USD
Amiga Computers: A Detailed History of a Revolutionary Computing Line: The Amiga line of computers, developed by Commodore International, represents one of the most innovative and beloved chapters in computing history. Introduced in the mid-1980s, Amiga systems were far ahead of their time, offering advanced graphics, sound, and multitasking capabilities. Despite their technical brilliance and passionate fanbase, the Amiga’s story is also one of missed opportunities and corporate mismanagement. In this article, we’ll explore the history of the Amiga computers, from their origins and groundbreaking technology to their cultural impact and legacy.
AmigaOS 3.1 Command Reference: Index of Commands. This Amiga OS 3.1 Command Reference is also available as a zip file, for offline viewing. {120 commands)
Amiga Format Magazine, The Inside Story - The Retro Hour with former editor Ben Vost: We get the inside story on the Amiga's biggest ever magazine, and the dramatic last years, with Amiga Format's final editor Ben Vost.
Keyboard / Amiga 1200 Mechanical keyboard as I remembered it: Things happened. 2021 – Covid lockdown – Amiga nostalgia – bought 2 of them – one without keyboard. Needed keyboard. Checked auctions – 160EUR for a beater; 200+ for a good one. With shipping and import tax would not make sense. Found offers for mechanical keyboards in several places – presales accepted, zero on stock. Checked how the Amiga keyboard is made and started grinding.
Amiga X-Copy: The Full Story! including an interview with former Cachet employee: This video takes a deep dive into the product, it's history, how it works, other software that came with it and then we investigate Cyclone, and how the hardware dongles work including a rare Amiga 2000 prototype dongle. Finally, we spend some time chatting to Christian Bartsch, a former employee of Cachet who shares some remarkable insights into what it was like working with cachet, Kryoflux and the SPS (Software Preservation Society)
blitter-subpixel-line: Information about how to use the Amiga's blitter to draw sub-pixel accurate lines.
The Crazy Story of How Irving Gould Ended Up Owning and Killing Commodore: Irving Gould was the money man behind Commodore and while he was very rich, he was not very famous. The way Gould was introduced to Commodore and subsequently took it over is a wild one.
SQLMan: This application based on the SQLite database engine and lets you create, view and modify databases. The database handling can happen via the GUI or there is an SQL command shell to serve any needs. There is a preliminary support for open xml spreadsheet files which can be converted to databases and even to native Amiga spreadsheets.
ExoticA: ExoticA is an Amiga and retro gaming/computer music interest wiki including search-able computer music collections, game and demo scene information and plenty more. Use the links on this page to navigate to an area of interest, or hover over the top bar to use the pull down menus (Navigation, Toolbox etc).
Amiga Music Formats: This category has the following 134 subcategories, out of 134 total. {Comprehensive list of the types of formats} The following 161 pages are in this category, out of 161 total. {Comprehensive list of the of music players and composing software}
The Amiga turns 30—“Nobody had ever designed a personal computer this way": Today, Amiga—specifically its initial Amiga 1000 computer—officially turns 30. The Computer History Museum (CHM) in Mountain View, CA will commemorate the event this weekend (July 25 and 26) with firsthand hardware exhibits, speakers, and a banquet where the Viva Amiga documentary will be shown. It's merely the most high-profile event among dozens of Amiga commemorative ceremonies across the world, from Australia to Germany to Cleveland.
Cross-Platform Development for the Amiga 500: We handled the basics last time; now we’ll move on to running compiled and assembled code on an Amiga 500. This will involve the vbcc toolchain, much as it did when we were setting up a toolchain for the Atari ST. Fortunately, the process has been simplified a bit since the last time I checked in on them.
Amiga 500: How Libraries Work and How to Use Them: Last time, we got a toolchain working that will let us compile code for the Amiga 500, and we compiled some code with it. Now let’s actually look at the code we compiled, and discover how it is that programs invoke operating systems services on the Amiga. {...} Using Libraries in C. Let’s start by considering the source code line by line. Here it is in a friendlier format than “typed into a screen-capped console window”:

15 Mar 2025

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! WoW... Another SLOW week. I feel like I may have missed one or two interesting topics and for that I do apologize. Fingers crossed I do better next week! ;-)

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The dates for Amiga/040 has finally been set. Tell your boss you need 1-2 Aug 2025 off to attend at the world famous Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.
Chucky has finally released DiagROM V2.0 Alpha. GREAT NEWS!

Amiga Legal News Update

- << Needle at the end of an LP... Skip... Skip... Skip...>> Today's Theme

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Creating Waffle: An Arduino Floppy Disk Reader for AmigaOS4: As a retro computing enthusiast, we where inspired by Rob Smith’s Arduino Floppy Disk Reader project to develop a version specifically tailored for AmigaOS4. This journey was not without its challenges, but thanks to extensive modifications and deep system-level work, I was able to make it a reality. Waffle, now allows AmigaOS4 users to read old Amiga floppy disks—a task that was previously impossible due to the incompatibility of modern hardware with floppy drives without external hardware like Waffle.
Making an Amigaguide Document {ARCHIVED 23 Mar 2020}: Amigaguide documents are created employing a text-editor. Amigaguide documents contain hyperlinks which enable the person viewing the document to jump from one page of a document to another, these pages along with the links they contain are called nodes. The basic structure for a document is as follows: {...} As long as you follow this template, followed by more nodes of corse, you should have all the fundamentals for your own document.
The Linux/m68k Installation Guide {ARCHIVED 29 Dec 2005}: This document tries to describe the installation process for Linux/m68k which is currently running on Atari and Amiga computers. Although this guide is primarily written for the Amiga, Atari users might also find some helpful bits in it. This file might serve as a step-by-step installation guide, but please read all of this first before attempting to install Linux/m68k.
Networking an Amiga to a PC {ARCHIVED 23 Mar 2020}: This article will guide you through the process of setting up a simple network between an Amiga and a PC using either Windows 95 or Windows NT. he Windows NT instructions will apply to other Windows NT platforms such as DEC Alpha and MIPS systems as well. Note that the emphasis here is on the word simple.
resources & technical support: /home/chipset part numbers {ARCHIVED 21 Feb 2005}: Name, Commodore Part Number & Model Featured for Kickstart, Angus, Paula, Denice, Gary, Buster, Amber, Ramsey, DMAC, Alice, Lisa, Gayle, Budgie, Akiko, Beauty, Grace & the CIA
Amiga - Unix {ARCHIVED 10 Oct 2004}: What is AMIX and the Amiga 3000UX? Commodore hoped to capture some of the UNIX market by bringing out their own version of UNIX that would run on their workstations. Commodore's management at the time was thinking ahead and wanting to look very professional on all the levels. Starting with the Amiga 2630 card (that came with the Amiga 2500 computer) Commodore put the ability to 'dual boot' between the AmigaOS and AMIX. This feature was continued with the Amiga 3000 series and featured in the Amiga 3000UX which was the spotlight for Commodore's UNIX push.
Welcome to the official PowerOS homepage {ARCHIVED xx xxx xxxx}: Welcome to the pages that contain all the information concerning the new PowerPC native operating system called PowerOS. PowerOS is currently under development. With an expected release date in the beginning of the new year, it will bring the look, feel and efficiency of AmigaOS to a native PowerPC RISC chip processor - while taking into account and supporting all modern developments.
monitor repairs {ARCHIVED 22 Dec 2004}: (Over 25+ crt monitors listed with tips on various symptoms and repairs}
Amiga 1080 Monitor Modifications: A number of Amiga 1080 monitors were built by Toshiba. The people at Toshiba could have done a better job in a couple of respects: {...}
"EA IFF 85" Standard for Interchange Format Files {ARCHIVED 24 Feb 2005}: Here is our offering: Electronic Arts' IFF standard for Interchange File Format. The full name is "EA IFF 1985". Alternatives and justifications are included for certain choices. Public domain subroutine packages and utility programs are available to make it easy to write and use IFF-compatible programs.
Welcome To The ColdFusion Accelerator Website. {ARCHIVED 06 Feb 2005}: This website covers the on-going development of a Motorola Coldfire based CPU upgrade for all Amiga models, codename: Coldfusion Accelerator. The finished card will greatly speed up all current 68K programs, giving PPC like speeds, but that is not all, the Coldfire brings the world of cheap, high capacity PC SD-Ram to the classic Amiga's.
AmigaGuide 101: {...} No type of hypertext-like utility was available on the Amiga--that is, until AmigaGuide came along. AmigaGuide can display plain ASCII text files and AmigaGuide databases. An AmigaGuide database is a single file that consists of a set of documents called nodes. If you were to convert a book into an AmigaGuide database, a convenient way to organize the database is to make each chapter of the book into a node.
Q&A with: Game designer Steve Meretzky: We talked with the designer behind games such as The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, A Mind Forever Voyaging and Leather Goddesses of Phobos. American game designer Steve Meretzky startet his career at Infocom, where he created some of the great adventure classics of the eighties.
powerpacker.library (Project rsurrection): Powerpacker.library was popular compression library used on images, {...} This is a re-creation of powerpacker.library is written by Kjetil Hvalstrand in C code, the code I contributed is mostly the code defines a AmigaOS4.1 library and how it works, the compression/decompression routines is based on different sources, that was released under public domain license, and changed to work as part of the library.
Inside clib4: Crafting a Modern C Library for AmigaOS4: Hello everyone! I’m excited to share with you the journey behind clib4, my C library built for AmigaOS4. This project has been both a labor of love and a technical adventure—and I’d like to take you behind the scenes of its development.

8 Mar 2025

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! While it may have been another slow week in AmigaLand I did receive a NICE surprise. My kickstarter for the Retro Gaming Library - Amiga Edition book just arrived. Still FRESH in the wrapper. lol I can't wait to dive in this weekend!

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Back in January there was an announcement over at EAB of a new port of the arcade classic OutRun. In this latest update Reassembler has made some tremendous progress overcoming some major hardware limitations. While the original ran on the 68K, the graphic hardware was much more powerful than any stock Amiga. This version running on AGA has really outdone itself. It's hard work and dedication like this that gives me hope in our little computer that could!
New issue: REV'n'GE #168 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

- Dead'r than a door nail! Today's Theme

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GoVD: If you use Workbench and often run multiple programs, you know how cluttered the screen can get, making it difficult to find the window you're looking for. GoVD extends your Workbench screen to up to eight virtual desktops, making it much easier to manage your workspace. You decide which Workbench windows and programs are displayed on each desktop. Just switch desktops, and everything is neatly organized. With GoVD, you can break free from the limitations imposed by Commodore's traditional desktop layout and take control of your workspace.
Commodore Amiga: Ultimate Emulation Guide for Modern Use: The Commodore Amiga was a groundbreaking computer system that made a big impact on personal computing and gaming. Today, we can experience the magic of this iconic machine through emulation. This guide will show you how to set up and enjoy Amiga emulation on modern devices, so you can experience all the cool things this revolutionary platform could do.
PowerPC System emulator Board-specific documentation AmigaNG boards (amigaone, pegasos2, sam460ex): {QUEM information about their various motherboard emulate boards to include emulated devices, firmware and runnning linux.
Schematics (Vector): {Schematics for the A500, A600, A1200, A2000, A3000, A3000T, A4000, A4000T & CD32. Expansions for A2060, A2065, A2320, A2410, A2620, A2620, A2630, A3640 & CD32 debug board.}
The PowerPC Compiler Writer’s Guide: {PDF Document} Purpose and Audience. This book describes, mainly by coding examples, the code patterns that perform well on PowerPC processors. The book will be particularly helpful to compiler developers and application-code specialists who are already familiar with optimizing compiler technology and are looking for ways to exploit the PowerPC architecture. It will also be helpful to application programmers who need to understand and tune the output of PowerPC compilers and to faculty members and graduate students specializing in the study of compilers.
ISOCD-Win: ISOCD-Win is a C#/.NET Windows replacement for the native Amiga ISOCD application written by Carl Sassenrath and other developers at Commodore. It creates bootable ISO image files which are compatible with the Amiga CD32 and CDTV. It was written to avoid the need to run the original ISOCD application either on a real or emulated Amiga, thus greatly simplifying and speeding up the process for the creators of new CDs for Amiga computers and consoles.
Amiga Boot-up Screen Colors and System Error Checklist: When you boot up your Amiga you are always greeted with a series of flashing screen colors. On most days the screen will change from dark gray to a couple lighter shades then white before marching on. On bad days, it flicks over to an actual color of the rainbow, each with its own heart-stopping meaning. What do those colors mean? And what is the Amiga doing during the boot-up process in the first place? The following is a collection of ancient and excellent information compiled from various sources.
access a JanusTools hard disk {ARCHIVED 23 Mar 2020}: This file describes the steps neccessary to access a JanusTools hard disk partition using CrossDos. You may also be able to use other MS-DOS file systems, such as MessyFileSystem.
Amiga-FAQ {ARCHIVED 23 Mar 2020}: This document lists some frequently asked questions and tries to give answers. Its intention is to help new users and to reduce the amount of news that most experienced users don't like to read anymore. Please notice that there are many questions that aren't answered yet, even more: Whole sections that remain empty! I feel that I cannot give satisfying answers. So it's your turn: Fill the gaps and tell me what i should include into this document!
Bridgeboard Frequently Asked Questions {ARCHIVED 23 Mar 2020}: What is a Bridgeboard? A Bridgeboard is an Amiga specific card with a 8088 or X86 series CPU that allows running PC software as well as sharing of the resources of the Amiga (monitor, disks, keyboard and mouse, etc...) with the PC.
Amiga Hardrive backup via WinUAE: So I’ve been happily using a 2GB SD card inside my Amiga 1200 for a while now but I’m finding that I need a little bit more storage than this card will provide so I’ve opted to swap this out with a 4gb card. However, my Amiga won’t detect SD cards that are of the SD SDHC type (which most SD cards over 2gb usually are these days). I’ve been struggling to find a 4gb non SDHC type card and it seems that the best option is to ditch SD cards altogether and go for CF cards instead. Cheap IDE to CF adaptors are abundant on eBay and brought one a few days ago.
Virtual Reality CS-1000: Last year at Retro Revival I got the chance to don a Virtual Reality headset and step into a vintage CS-1000 VR pod. It’s been ages since I’ve popped down to the museum and having an item to drop off and collect I thought I’d take a little time out from our DIY work and go see what they’re up to... and luck would have it, a glimpse at the technology behind one of the Virtuality pod. That’s the Matrix there and it’s powered by Commodore Amiga technology.
StiGGy's Blog: {Over 2 dozen entries for the Amiga and a hundred plus for Commodore}
A Beginner's Guide to the AMIGA Personal Computer {ARCHIVED 23 Mar 2020}: Congratulations! You own the most powerful home computer the world has yet to see. As with all things, with great power comes great responsibility. This guide will assist you in learning your way around this incredible computer. If you have been frightened about sitting down and playing with your Amiga, now is the time to do it. We will take you by the hand and lead you down the path to becoming an Amiga guru.
DMA and Accelerators FAQ - v1.2 - 22nd March 1995 {ARCHIVED 23 Mar 2020}: Very regularly, there is a posting in one of the c.s.a groups from someone who is intending on buying an accelerator, but has heard horror stories about incompatibility with hard drives. To save having to spend a lot of time explaining the situation each time this happens (and replying to all the follow-ups), I have decided to write a FAQ which I can post/e-mail whenever this question gets asked.

1 Mar 2025

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Rabbits - Rabbits - Rabbits! Now if we could just get the Monty Python Killer Rabbit to hop on over to the court house I bet this case could be resolved in a matter of minutes! RUN AWAY.... RUN AWAY....

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Your mandatory reading has arrived. The AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup covering February 2025 has been posted. Get to it!
New event: 18-21 Apr 25 Revision Satellite {link in Spanish} an event associated with the Revision Party {link in German} held in Saarbrücken Germany, is being held in Puçol, Valencia, Spain on the same weekend. It promises to bring together Amiga and demoscene enthusiasts to share, compete and celebrate digital creativity at its finest. Sounds like a good time! New event: 13-15 Jun 25 Flashback Symposium #2 {link in German} is being held in Jößnitz, Vogtland (Saxony) Germany. Amiga, along with various other retro systems will be represented. Developers and designers will show their new hardware and software along with lots of talks, workshops and competitions {so} it won't be boring. Live music, food, and transportation will be available too. Another good time happening overseas.
New issue: Amiga Future #173 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

- "The case is finally over. Next gen Amigas and OS 5 for everyone!".... Something you will NEVER read! Today's Theme

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Trinity 1240-60 Accelerator For A1200 – Preorder: After four years of development and rigorous testing, we are proud to announce that the best accelerator ever built for the Amiga A1200 is finally ready for release. The Trinity 1240-60 is a state-of-the-art, brand-new accelerator that supports 68040-68060 CPUs and is compatible with all A1200 revisions. We have taken great care to ensure that access to chip memory is optimized whether you have a 68040 or a 68060.
Developer AMIGAOS 3: {Information and articles about developing on OS 3}
Seattle Commodore Computer Club: If you still like to use your Commodore 64, C128, VIC-20, Amiga 500… (Apple II, TRS-80, Quadra 700 Macintosh, Atari Falcon) whatever! You’ve come to the right place. And better yet, the whole point of this club is to get together – now back in person – and share what we’re each doing these days on these fun machines. Not currently active or have any hardware but still love checking out the machines from your youth? That’s OK, too.
Amiga "Classic" USB mechanical PC keyboard: The Amiga "Classic" USB mechanical PC keyboard is a brand new officially licensed Amiga product manufactured by Simulant Systems Ltd. {...} Enjoy the ultimate typing experience with genuine Brown Cherry MX key switches. Now you can use your PC, Mac or Linux computer with an Amiga keyboard that mixes traditional style with modern usability and comfort. If you wish to use this keyboard with classic big box Amigas and not modern systems, an adaptor is available to convert the cables/connectors
TruMouse.com: Mouse Adapters and Accessories for Vintage Computers
Amiga Custom Chips: {VERY detailed information about a broad range of chips to include: Angus, Akiko, Alice, Amber, Bridgette, Budgie, Buster, CIA, Daphne, Denise, DMAC, Gary, Gayle, Kickstart, Lisa, Paula, Ramsey & Toni. Also listing each chip's Chip Number, Part Number & what system it was Used In.}
REDPILL: This tutorial is intended to take a closer look at the AMIGA GameCreator REDPILL and to enable you, yes exactly: YOU, to build a cool AMIGA game without any programming knowledge.
A3000 flicker fixer repair and adjustment: Theory of operation. The A3000 flicker fixer consists of two parts. The scan doubler which converts the 15kHz video signal to 31kHz, and the flicker fixer that converts interlaced Amiga screen modes to progressive 31kHz ones. So the flicker fixer is essentially only active in interlaced screen modes.
Checkmate Retro Monitor: I’ve been following the project closely over the past two years, tuning in to Steve Jones’s regular YouTube updates documenting it’s progress, revisions and refinements along the way. However the wait is finally over now and my shiny new Checkmate Retro Monitor is in my possession courtesy of DHL.
GoVars: GoVars is an easy-to-use Amiga Environment Variables editor. Managing system variables has never been so easy! You can search, sort and edit variables via a convenient GUI - and you don't have to be an Amiga expert!
STONE OAKVALLEY STUDIOS: {Stein Eikesdal's webpage covering various topics to include the Amiga. A bunch of Amiga information to be found and some custom software too. Creator of the largest MP3 archive of Commodore Amiga music (SOAMC=). Norwegian based.}
AmigaGuide Windows Viewer (AGWViewer) by Stone Oakvalley Studios.: {windows} A tool that will display and convert any AmigaGuide .guide file and let you browse around just as the original AmigaGuide viewer for Amiga machines. But, naturally, it features more than the original, such as powerful search, automated index generator, conversion to HTML/TXT/PDF, fixes/workarounds for cranky .guide files, PowerPacker (PP20) and XPK decompressing on the fly!
Commodore Computers, Oslo, authentic & original Technical Support folder : This is an quite cool authentic and original Commodore branded folder of Technical Support internal papers from their office during the 90's, including 2 x 5.25" floppy disks. This item was not purchased by me, but sent to me for lending and scanning, then it will be returned to sender.
Stone Oakvalley's Amiga .Device Collection (SOADC) : Need xxxx.device for the Amiga and the author of "program" did not include it or failed to mention what device should be used until after you checked with SnoopDOS to figure it out? Well, the headache of searching for "xx" version of "xxxxx" device has finally come to an end, in which I present the only collection ever made in an attempt to collect them all!
Improve, repair and testing an Eureka Communicator II for Amiga CD32 : {Information and pictures about the disassembly, cleaning, reassembly and testing of this device}

22 Feb 2025

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Another SLOW week in Amiga Land but on a positive note Steffen Haeuser's crowdfunding project 3D for PiStorm was successfully funded. Due to possible legal issues, the open sourcing may be in jeopardy but there are still several options on the table when released. Either way if we are not going to get a steady stream of new, affordable next gen systems then tweaking PiStorm equipped Amiga computers for maximum performance is a logical step forward.

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Wow I'm not quite sure how I overlooked this but this is an important link to have for anyone needing a deep comprehensive reference source. The Commodore Searchable Parts List contains over 1800+ part numbers presented to you in (3) different formats. (xlsx, csv & txt)
While I don't yet own a A1200NG, iowthere has posted a very detailed 40+ min video talking a user step by step through the process of setting up Workbench, RTG, CD ISO, from beginning to end on the NEW A1200NG. Lots of good information!
Don't want to wait for a new A1200 case to arrive via the post? Well you're in luck. Here's a BEAUTIFUL 3D A1200 model for your printing pleasure!
New issue: Amiga Addict #36 has been published
New issue: ZZAP! AMIGA Micro Action #20 has been released. Apparently I missed issue #19... Whoops!
New issue: Amiga Rulez #4 has been released.

Amiga Legal News Update

- Amiga Land... All static that's all... (My apologizes to Steely Dan) Today's Theme

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Commodore Searchable Parts List: Below is the same Commodore Parts list in three different formats. {xls, csv & txt. Over 1800+ part numbers}
Commodore Amiga 1200 enclosure 3D print model: This is a photorealistic and high-detailed 3d print model with 1:1 resolution, compatible to Amiga 1200 keyboard and motherboard. Amiga 1200(also known as A1200) was a popular home computer in 90s which was a low-end version of high-end Amiga-s with AGA architecture, it had a Motorola MC68EC020 processor inside and a new advanced AGA chipset. It also had a hard drive inside in HD versions, so it was possible to install OS and use it as a very convenient home computer. Model was printed and tested on real keyboard and motherboard.
Amiga DB-23 Video Socket connector: Rare and hard to find D-sub DB23 connector enclosure now available for 3d-printing. Used in Amiga 500/600/1200 (and others) as a RGB video socket. Not only helps to protects socket and wires, but also looks similar to DB9-DB25 factory design.
Commodore Amiga Tank Mouse: Commodore Amiga tank mouse 3d print model. Includes: Enclosure & Button. SolidWorks, STEP, STL files included. Tested on real hardware! Tank mouse is the standard mouse that came with the Commodore Amiga Computer. It is famous because of its edge look and style. This mouse 3d print model case can be used as a replacement for your original mouse printed circuit board.
Amiga 2000 reproduction case 3d model: Revive the classic aesthetics and functionality of your Amiga 2000 with our meticulously designed reproduction enclosure.This 3D print model / CAD design offers a precise and high-quality replication of the high-end Amiga 2000 case, ensuring your vintage computer components have a new home that retains the charm of the original design. Both sheet metal and plastic parts are included.
Amiga 4000 keyboard 3d printed enclosure: This is a high-quality 3D-printable enclosure for the rare Amiga 4000 keyboard, designed for printing on large-format 3D printers or through Chinese manufacturing services. The model is a 1:1 replica, carefully copied from an original Amiga 4000 keyboard to ensure accurate dimensions. A reference photo is included in the images.
Commodore Amiga 4000 case 3d print and laser cutting model: Recreate the iconic look of the classic Commodore Amiga 4000 desktop with our meticulously crafted 3D model, perfect for 3D printing and laser cutting projects. Whether you're a vintage computing enthusiast, a hobbyist maker, or a designer seeking authentic retro aesthetics, this model offers the perfect blend of accuracy and versatility.
Commodore Amiga 500 3d printed enclosure: This is a 1:1 photorealistic full resolution and high detailed 3d print model of Commodore Amiga 500 enclosure. It is suitable for 3d printing or plastic molding. All sockets perfectly fit the original motherboard. You can use this 3d case to mod and improve your Commodore Amiga 500 computer or just to make a full-size emulator on Raspberry Pi and etc. The small printers 210x210 mms are also suitable for printing - just use 6 parts version.
Amiga 600 3D model: Model of a classic computer from the 90s. Commodore Amiga 600.Model made from original product in cinema 4d R20, rendered using Corona.The package contains files: *.c4d, *.3ds, *.fbx, *.obj, *.stl and 13 renders.
AMIPower: AMIpower is the most advanced power supply on the market for the Amiga 500, 600 and 1200 computers. {...} Unlike any other power supply on the market, AMIpower shows you the voltages being supplied on all rails, including positive 5 volts, positive 12 volts and negative 12 volts. That's right, your Amiga requires three different voltages for proper operation. Perhaps even more importantly, AMIpower provides a real time display of the 5 volt current being used - accurate to 0.1 amps.
Fresno Commodore Users Group {ARCHIVED 09 Oct 2013}: The Fresno Commodore User Group - Sixty-Fourum is a club whose members share an interest in Commodore 8-bit computers.
The Other Group of Amigoids WEB Page (TOGA) {ARCHIVED 10 Nov 2007}: TOGA, The Other Group of Amigoids, was formed in 1991 by Lawrence Brown. He had moved to California from another state where he was involved with an Amiga user group called Amigoids. Lawrence is no longer involved with our group. He currently works for Cisco Systems in Menlo Park, CA. While with Cisco and with Cisco's help, he was actively involved in getting computers (specifically Amigas) in to local schools.
Welcome to Sccaners! {ARCHIVED 12 Mar 2011}: Welcome to the Southern California Commodore and Amiga Networkers group, Scanners! We are based in Southern California and are the only Southern California Commodore and Amiga users group around.
ReSrc4 - MC680x0 Disassembler: Portable Amiga 68k Hunk File Disassembler. This disassembler was tested against the Amiga game Civilization (ECS) and Lightwave for FPU support.
Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: AmigaDOS {2024 version}: Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: AmigaDOS provides a long missing addendum to the Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual Series and adds a comprehensive description of the AmigaDOS system component. The AmigaDOS Reference Manual presents a detailed description of the central I/O and process subsystem of AmigaOS. This volume covers the latest version of Amiga’s operating system. {Updated for

15 Feb 2025

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Glad to see Retro Computer Museum located in the heart of Leicestershire has been able to stabilize the situation and reopen their doors again after sustaining terrible flood damage last month. A lot of work still remains but they are making progress. Great job everyone!

- Now onto something that has been a long time coming. Our first full review of the Kickstarter Checkmate Retro Monitor. Overall the review was positive. There were a few issues but I believe they could be attributed to the uniqueness of the product and the BROAD range of systems it's trying to cover. Bottom line is if your looking for a single monitor to cover *all* your retro needs this one comes pretty darn close!

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I just LOVE when the Amiga pop ups in the main stream media and it's happened again. Free Software Foundation is going to auction off original GNU drawings, awards and an Amiga 3000UX that was used in the FSF's old office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the early days of GNU, when these machines were capable of running a GNU-like operating system.
Two good comments I've read. (And I paraphrase...) "Funny that a computer so mired in the depths of lawsuits over an operating system was there at the beginning of the FSF" and "I hope they took out the battery". LOL
Obligement has conducted a really good interview with Simon Neumann of Alinea Computer and one of the partners of Look Behind You Verlag. Lots of good insight but one interesting takeaway was the fact that they weren't Amiga OS 3.2 Reference Manual "currently not satisfied with the sales figures." Personally I think EVERY NEW Amiga sold should come with a copy!

Amiga Legal News Update

- I wonder if everyone at Hyperion is just taking a looooooooooog lunch? Today's Theme

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Checkmate Retro Monitor: {A full review of the Checkmate Retro Monitor}
Pistorm32-Lite {Wiki}: The PiStorm32-Lite is an accelerator for the Commodore Amiga 1200 computer. It has been created by Claude Schwarz. This speeds up the Amiga 1200 by leveraging the Raspberry Pi's computational power. The Raspberry Pi plugs into the PiStorm and emulates the native 680x0 CPU at much higher performance than the original CPU. The Raspberry Pi is running software emulation of the 680x0 CPU using Emu68 developed by Michal Schulz.
Interview on the occasion of version 1.0 of AmiModRadio: Shortly before Christmas - after years of almost asymptotically approaching this version number - AmiModRadio 1.0 was released. Reason enough for us to ask its programmer 'Tygre' for an interview.
Q&As with: Michael Haire – Former Art Director at Microprose: Michael Haire worked on classics such as Sid Meier’s Pirates!, Civilization and Alpha Centauri. {...} Here, he worked on a number of games that are now considered classics, including Sid Meier’s Pirates! and Sid Meier’s Civilization. We had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Haire about his experience as an artist in the games industry.
Amateursoftwaregroup: Creating software for the amiga environment for the fun of it. {Makers of: Music Tagger - The id3 tagger, supports v1 and v2 tags, CDIRIP - This is the linux port of CDIrip-0.6.3 written by DeXT/Lawrence Williams, AirScan - AirScan is an Amiga scanner utility based on the ESCL protocol & AirPrint - A printer utility based on ipp protocol.
KickSmash32: Dual Kickstart ROM replacement for Amiga 3000/4000/4000T with in-system programming and other features
Amiga Animations: Commodore Amiga computers were produced from 1985 until 1994. During the heights of its time Amiga was the leading home computer of western Europe. Models were created in a high-end workstation line, Amiga 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000, and a low-end home line, Amiga 500, 600 and 1200. All models used processors of the Motorola 68000 family, had video and audio chip sets (co-processors), and a graphical operating system with preemptive multitasking and a 32-bit address space.
The History of the Amiga: {A detailed month my month list of happenings in the Amiga from 1982 - 1997. Only with there was more!}
The eframe. A digital picture frame project based on the Efika: I am building a digital picture frame based on the Efika PowerPC mini mainboard with additional value and a classic design
Sign in The Greatest Video Game Tech Demo Ever : {youtube} Shadow of the Beast was a groundbreaking achievement in video games. In 1989 the concept of multi-layer parallax scrolling, and 120+ colors on screen running on a stock Amiga at 7mhz was unheard of. And yet Psygnosis and Reflections made it possible. As a game - Shadow of the Beast was a disappointment, but as a tech demo? It's one of the greatest ever made. In this episode we take a deep dive into the graphics of Shadow of the Beast.
One of the weirdest names for an error message, but what is a Guru Meditation?: Probably all Amiga owners have seen the guru at one time or another. It is analogous to the Blue Screen Of Death in Microsoft Windows, and later used as an error message elsewhere, such as Varnish, a reverse proxy and HTTP accelerator, and VirtualBox, a Hypervisor environment. But what does it really mean for your computer friend?
TALKING WITH JAY GLENN MINER (1932 - 1994): The name badge says it all, Jay Miner, VIP, Father of the Amiga. During my recent jaunt to the A4000 launch in Los Angeles, I was lucky enough to meet and talk to Jay as he cast his fatherly eye over the next generation of the architecture he created all those years ago. We talked and ate as he reiterated the fascinating history of the secret project that resulted in the birth of a remarkable machine, which has survived mainly because of his foresight and supreme effort.
MiSTer FPGA Forum: The online community for MiSTer FPGA enthusiasts
Welcome to the MiSTer wiki!: What is it? MiSTer is an open project that aims to recreate various classic computers, game consoles and arcade machines, using modern hardware. It allows software and game images to run as they would on original hardware, using peripherals such as mice, keyboards, joysticks and other game controllers.
An FPPGA based Amiga – The Minimig: An FPGA-based implementation of the original Commodore Amiga 500 hardware is known as Minimig (or MiniAmiga). Minimig is now available for download as an open-source / open-hardware design with a single 12x12cm PCB with project and assembly instructions published under the GNU public license. {...} This document is my attempt to consolidate the very disperse documentation about the minimig and offer a concise guide if you want to build a board. Most of the websites that hosted files required are also offline currently. So I’m building a GitHub repository at

8 Feb 2025

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! This week I finally decided to create a side bar for Amiga Legal information. My first and go to link for historically accurate information was Amiga Documents. No finer resource can be found documenting all the details but as I started to search for others nothing really came up.
Yes I know over the years there has been hundreds and hundreds of threads and individual postings but no other definitive source time-lining the whole story. It would appear the site has been inactive for the past few months but in all fairness there hasn't been a lot of really news lately. Personally I'm quite confident we will be seeing more updates in the near future.

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AmigaKit.com has been flooding the zone with more pictures and information about their new AmigaNG. Personally I wish if you were going to go that far it would have included the parallel port but again that's just me. Looks to be a nice solution for those who just want a drop in replacement motherboard to an existing Amiga 1200 but the real question.

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- I wonder what Timmy D has been up to this week??? Today's Theme

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ISOCD-Win: ISOCD-Win is a C#/.NET Windows replacement for the native Amiga ISOCD application written by Carl Sassenrath and other developers at Commodore. It creates bootable ISO image files which are compatible with the Amiga CD32 and CDTV. It was written to avoid the need to run the original ISOCD application either on a real or emulated Amiga, thus greatly simplifying and speeding up the process for the creators of new CDs for Amiga computers and consoles.
Amiga Memory: A Computer That Shaped Us: {Translation: German} Did you know that Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung (EAV) wanted to control their light shows with an Amiga? Yes, you read that right! "We tested it technically and it worked," I still say with a smile when we talk about the old days. Stories like that show how revolutionary the Amiga was. In this article, I'll take you on a journey through personal memories, quirky details and special moments that make the Amiga an unforgettable classic. And my favorite computer to this day.
AmigaCF: A CompactFlash adapter with activity clicking noises for your Amiga 600 and 1200. {...} While a CF adapter usually involves using a short IDE cable to fit the adapter properly, the AmigaCF adapter instead mounts firmly onto the IDE connector, and you will be rid of adapters and CompactFlash cards 'flapping around in the breeze' inside your Amiga.
Amiga’s AGA delay: impact on the evolution of Amiga custom chips: The Amiga platform, experienced a significant delay in the release of the Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA), also referred to as the AA (Advanced Amiga) project. This delay had a profound impact on the evolution of Amiga’s custom chips and the platform’s competitive position in the rapidly evolving computer industry.
NanoMig: NanoMig is a port of the Minimig Commodore Amiga FPGA implementation to the Tang Nano 20K, Tang Primer 25K and Tang Mega 138K Pro FPGA development boards. This is based on the MiSTeryNano project and also relies on a FPGA companion to be connected to the FPGA board for USB support and on-screen-display control. This is still a work in progress. The current version is based on the MiSTer Minimig AGA code and runs many Amiga games and demos.
Amiga of Rochester: Amiga of Rochester was formed in April of 2020 with the goal of offering United States based repair services. Located in Rochester, NY our goal is to provide an affordable option. Along side Amiga repair, we also offer game console modifications. We offer ODE installation, RGB modifications for almost all game consoles. You can also have us recap your console for longevity and peace of mind.
poly-play: {German based computer store. Parts for dozens of retro systems. Direct link to the Amiga section. NOS chips, cables, cards and more! OUTSTANDING selection!}
C64 WIKI - Amiga: The Amiga was a series of Commodore computers. They were based on the new (1985) 16/32-bit processors with added custom graphics and audio hardware. Amigas featured advanced video sprites and blitter technology that produced impressive graphics for games. Commodore also produced a line of professional (business) Amigas.
When Commodore ruled the world: "We made machines for the masses," said Jack Tramiel, the founder of Commodore, before motioning to the man beside him, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. "They made machines for the classes." Last night, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, Tramiel and Wozniak joined several other veterans of the 80s PC wars in celebrating the 25th anniversary of Tramiel's Commodore 64 - the home machine that many call the best-selling personal computer of all-time.
name: As a retro computer enthusiast, I have amassed an impressive collection of Commodore computers and various older consoles. My chief hobby platforms are the Commodore 64/128 and the Commodore Amiga line, both of which I used extensively back when these machines were still new. Looking at my Amiga collection, I can safely say that my current 'pride-and-joy'* is a souped up Amiga 600. The 'Mighty A600' features the following: {...}
Amiga 500 plus battery removal – how to: Got an Amiga 500 plus? Haven’t removed or replaced the motherboard battery yet? Well if you haven’t here’s the bad news; it’s got a good chance of having leaked on your motherboard. And if it has, and isn’t rectified that battery electrolyte could well eat away at the tracks on the PCB eventually rendering it useless. {...} This short tutorial only covers the removal of the battery, either by breaking away or desoldering. It does not cover the replacement of the original battery with a modern ‘coin battery’ and holder which can be purchased from the Amiga Kit store. I personally have never found a need to have a clock battery on my A500+ motherboard, therefore removal is all I cover here.
Vampire 1200 v2 on my Amiga 1200 : I finally got around to installing my new Vampire 1200 v2 accelerator into my Amiga 1200 and it works great! A Vampire that actually works for me, finally! As regular readers will know, I have had plenty of issues with multiple failed Vampire 500 and 600 installations over the years resulting in a few broken Amiga systems, lost money and a lot of unhappiness. As regular readers will know, I have had plenty of issues with multiple failed Vampire 500 and 600 installations over the years resulting in a few broken Amiga systems, lost money and a lot of unhappiness.
SetCmd: SetCmd is a utility for the AmigaOS 4.x shell that lets you quickly and easily switch between different versions of installed software.
Why the Commodore Amiga CD32 Failed: A Missed Opportunity in Gaming: In a recent video, The Matrix YouTube channel took a closer look at the Commodore Amiga CD32, a gaming console that, despite its potential, became an industry cautionary tale. Released in 1993 as the first 32-bit CD-based console, it had the technology to lead but failed spectacularly in execution.
Amiga 4000 Z3660 CPLD Update Made Easy with New Add-On Board: In the latest episode of Chris Edwards Restoration, Chris demonstrates the use of a Thermal Master P2 Pro to measure temperatures while showcasing how to update the Amiga 4000 Z3660 CPLD directly from the Amiga. A new add-on board, which snaps onto the program jumpers and JTAG header, is introduced, making the programming process significantly easier.

1 Feb 2025

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Rabbits - Rabbits - Rabbits! While we're back to 'sit and wait' mode on the legal front, Celso Martinho has done an INCREDIBLE deep dive into the restoration and upgrading and an old A1000. THIS is the kind of site that keeps me motivated and brings me hope.

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New Event: Back for its 5th year The Commodore Los Angeles Super Show is being held in Burbank, CA, USA on 26-27 Apr. Presentations & guests, exhibits, door prizes and more await all who attend.
New Event: With a name like Boozedrome how could you NOT want to attend? On 22 Feb 25 the the DEKADENCE youtube channel will be hosting this years Boozedrome - Winter event. Since "Hell has frozen over" they will be holding this year's event online. Simple rules: Has to be able to be played in Hippo Player 2.45, 3 min in length and max 2MB. All entries to be submitted by 13 Feb 25. Have fun!
New issue: REV'n'GE #166 has been published
New issue: AMI Tech-Gazette #12 has been published.

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- Now that the Holidays are finally over can everyone FINALLY get back to work and end this case! Today's Theme

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The first perfect computer: This is a story about restoring and upgrading a Commodore Amiga 1000, the first model of the Amiga {Celso Martinho does and OUTSTANDING job. Lots of pictures}
amiga-qt6: Qt 6.2.0 for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition - with optional support for OpenGLES2
TF330 Info and Installation: The TF330 provides a 68030 CPU, 64MB RAM and an IDE interface for use with the Amiga CD32 console. When a CF card is connected, the system will boot from the CF card, allowing you to play WHDLoad games, without having to use CD games.
Booting AmigaOS 4.1 on QEMU with BBoot: This page is about running AmigaOne or PegasosII versions of AmigaOS 4.1. For other operating systems see the main page.
plipbox: plipbox is an Arduino-based device that allows to connect low-end classic Amigas via Ethernet to your local network. It bridges IP traffic received via PLIP on the parallel port of the Amiga to the Ethernet port attached to the Arduino.
plipbox: The plipbox Arduino HW Adapter to bridge Amiga PLIP to Ethernet
WinUAE Help: {...} This help will give you information on how to Get Started with WinUAE, a description of all the GUI Settings, information about the Emulation itself, and additional information about real Amigas and the creators of WinUAE in the Background Information section. Also, there is a How-To section with step by step guides for some common tasks. The latest version of this file can be found here: Help file release pages. Alternatively, it is also available online.
Action Replay II/III: The reverse engineered schematics for the Action Replay II/III for the Amiga. The eventual end goal of this project is to reimplement the PALs in FPGA or with modern components.
Commodore Amiga Unix Implementation (AMIX): Amiga Unix, also known as Amix, was the official Commodore port of Unix to the Commodore Amiga. Amix only ever achieved a minor share of the market and lacked a cost advantage or killer app to see it to success. Our page is dedicated to the information that comes to light over time of this Unix workstation.
Commodore Amiga development machine on eBay: A seller on eBay in 2020 is attempting to sell a pre-A1000 Commodore Amiga development machine. These machines are rare and were manufactured by the original Amiga Inc. We take a look at the details of this machine and the item that is claimed for sale.
Commodore Amiga Multimedia Computer: Back in a time when the "norm" was playing with interrupt jumpers and admiring grey scale images, the Commodore AMIGA was revolutionizing the world with full multimedia capabilities; Before multimedia was even a word. This notebook collates some of the many awesome artefacts lying around the internet.
Scorpion Engine: Modern game development of the Amiga in 2023: Scorpion Engine, a modern game creation kit tailored specifically for the Amiga, bridges the gap between the past and the future. This cutting-edge toolset empowers developers to unleash their creativity and embark on a new era of Amiga game development. By providing a user-friendly interface and a range of powerful features, Scorpion Engine unlocks new possibilities for creating captivating games that pay homage to the golden age of gaming.
Welcome to PC World 1985—Jack Attack with the Atari ST {Part 1}: The PC World conference in 1985 was a stunning milestone in the age of retro computing. 8-bit microcomputers had established the market for home computers and now the 16-but multitasking powerhouses started to knock on the door. Watch Jack Tramiel talk up the Atart ST, Amiga developers demonstrate true multitasking and basic programming.
Welcome to PCWorld 1985 (part 2): The PC World conference in 1985 was a stunning milestone in the age of retro computing, also known as the vintage computer age. 8-bit microcomputers had established the market for home computers and now the 16-but multitasking powerhouses started to knock on the door. Watch Jack Tramiel talk up the Atart ST, Amiga developers demonstrate true multitasking and basic programming. We see signs of MetaComCo, a light that shone so bright, so quickly.
Boozedrome - Winter Event 2025: Hell has finally frozen over and resulted in the first winter edition of Boozedrome! Billed as the "This is strictly online-only, and will be on our YouTube channel. We're keeping it chill with the rules too, which have been relaxed considerably!

25 Jan 2025

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Sad news. Prolific game critic Jonathan Nash of Amiga Power, Your Sinclair and PCGamer fame has passed. His contributions to the various computer systems and the industry will not be soon forgotten.

  - The creator of Amiga Boing Blog has announced the site is scheduled to shutdown at the end of 2025 unless someone willing to take it over. The Blog is dedicated to "Building The Largest Amiga PD Collection Ever, preserve Classic and even some Modern Games specifically on the Commodore Amiga" and to "bring the Amiga to the masses, by creating an simple, easy to use Click ‘N’ Load Games Collection".

  An *INCREDIBLE* resource of Amiga gaming information. If I had my *&*^* together I would LOVE to be this guy. Fingers crossed **SOMEONE** is willing to step up!

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Obligement has updated their MEGA list of games. They're currently at 14,648 entries of which 254 have been added the 2024. Seems I need to *SERIOUSLY* pick up the pace!

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**ANOTHER CLUSTER OF EPIC PROPORTION**

LOVE OF GOD

**CRAP**

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Draconet International DraCo Resource Center {ARCHIVED 07 Feb 2005}: {Resource for all things DraCo related. Links, HW/SW compatibility, tips ,tricks & FAQs, Cassablanca info, Movieshop info and more}
Tech Media {ARCHIVED 23 sep 2004}: (Information and sales for DraCo & Casablanca systems and associated software located in Australia)
DraCo Systems Australia {ARCHIVED 15 May 2001}: {Information and sales for Casablanca & DraCo systems and associated software located in Australia}
BIGDISK {ARCHIVED 14 Dec 2005}: BIGDISK breaks the 4GB barrier of AmigaDOS. Now you can use 9GB (or larger hard disks) with an Amiga and the DraCo video workstation.
The DraCo, AmigaOS 3.9 and Picasso96 in 10 steps: DraCos come with AmigaOS 3.1, as default. There is a later official AmigaOS 3.9, and installing it on the DraCo is not straightforward, as it crashes or hangs upon first boot. But luckily there is a workaround.
The MacroSystem´s DraCo altair : {Wonderful site covering various Amiga topics to include the MacroSystems DraCo,
Commodore Amiga Vlab Motion PCB Cap Kit: Commodore Amiga Vlab Motion PCB Cap Kit (Commodore Amiga video capture and playback card called Vlab Motion / VLM) 105C 100% Nichicon Capacitors. “Mega Deluxe Cap Kits” Our kits have some of the BEST quality, low ESR, and longest life capacitors included. This kit has all the electrolytic capacitors included for the PCB and this kit was made from the Revision 1.2 PCB but should work for all 1.0, 1.1 and 1.3 revisions made by MacroSystem. All of our Cap Kits / Get Well Kits include a sticker so you can place it on the PCB to help you keep track of the work you did and when it was done. 18 Capacitors included in kit with great instructions.
Commodore Amiga 1081 Standard & 240V PAL Versions Cap Kit: Commodore Amiga 1081 Standard & 240V PAL Versions Monitor Cap Kit 105C Nichicon “Mega Deluxe Cap Kits” and the Kit includes 58 Capacitors which include 1 Bi-Polar / Non-Polarized High Frequency cap. Our kits have some of the BEST quality, low ESR, and longest life capacitors included. All of our Cap Kits / Get Well Kits include a sticker so you can place it on the monitor to help you keep track of the work you did and when it was done. Great instructions included with every kit. NOTE: Filter cap for this PAL chassis is a 100uf 400v Snap-in Type and 26mm diameter or less and is not included in kit but can be purchased separately on our site.
VirtualEngine {ARCHIVED 12 Feb 2005}: {German. Homepage for VirtualEngine. Software for the VLabMotion card}
Are you keeping up with the Commodore? Lyrics: I reveal the full lyrics to the famous commercial by Commodore for the Commodore C64. Everyone knows this advertisement by the chorus, Are you keeping up with the Commodore? Let us re-live the enjoyment of the original commercial and see what makes this adverisement so good. To my ears, the advertisement sounds as fresh today as it did back in the 1980s.
PiStorm installation and setup guide – Apps, PiDisk, Networking and RTG (A314): {...} In this guide, I’ll do my best to navigate you through the process of getting a fully sorted Raspberry OS and Workbench installation that includes all (hopefully) the standout features of PiStorm including the PiDisk, Networking and RTG.
*Need Setup HELP** with Classic Amiga 2000 HARD DISK (Bridgeboard)": {EPIC Thread @ Amiga.org discussing the topic. 62 pages}
HiSoft BASIC 2: HiSoft BASIC 2 is an advanced structured BASIC language development system. It is a MAJOR upgrade to the popular HiSoft Basic PRO with integrated multi-window editor, compiler, and source debugger. WB 1.3, 2.x, and 3.x support with AGA. Amiga BASIC compatible.
Oregon Research {ARCHIVED xx xxx 97ish}: Home of innovative software for Amiga and Atari Computers. {Archived page - Developers and vendor of the following} Termite TCP, Mail News, FTP,Telnet, On The Ball, DiskMagic2, Twist 2, Zip/Jaz Tools, Cinema 4D, Media Magic, SMD-100 MPEG, MegaloSound, Clarity 16, VideoMaster AGA, Sequencer One+, Devpac 3, HiSoft BASIC 2, HighSpeed Pascal, SurfSquirrel SCSI, Squirrel SCSI & Pro-MIDI
Files for commodore-amiga-demos-animations-and-videos: {Archive.org's listing of 1024 available demos, animations and videos for download}

18 Jan 2025

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Another slow week in AmigaLand but I would like to just say THANK YOU to all the good people who STILL LOVE and SUPPORT the Amiga. We are an AMAZING community with AMAZING people. Amiga Rules!!!

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New Top 10+: AmigaLove has been added. An excellent source for source for news and information!
Crowd Funding: With the popularity of the PiStorm a new bounty for a Warp3D.library for PiStorm systems equipped with Pi4 and Pi CM4. "Warp3D" for PiStorm will access to the Videocore VI Chip allowing a higher resolution, faster fps and more stunning looking visuals for 3D Gaming on PiStorm-equipped Amiga systems. Sounds GREAT!
The Croatian Amiga WARP Association has released their 2025 Amiga WARP Calendar. Print your copy today!

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- Let's keep this train a mov'n! Today's Theme

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Quake 1.09 for AmigaOS and MorphOS: This is a port of id software's famous first-person shooter Quake 1 for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4.x, MorphOS, WarpOS and PowerUp.
QuakeWorld for AmigaOS and MorphOS: This is a port of id software's Quake World for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4.x, MorphOS, WarpOS and PowerUp. QuakeWorld is a multi-player specific version of Quake, optimized for playing over the internet. It allows a server to predict the movement of an object based on its current speed and trajectory, so the server doesn't need to receive continuous data from the client and can deal much better with lags.
UADE plugin for Audacious music player: - Custom fork of UADE including support for additional formats and platforms not (yet) supported in official UADE releases:
UADE - Unix Amiga Delitracker Emulator: UADE is a music player for UNIX platforms that plays music formats used on the Amiga computer.
T H E S C A V I R U S: {SCA has posted the source code of their infamous SCA Amiga Virus. Released on 5 Jul 1987}
Commodore's official comp.sys.amiga posting regarding the SCA Amiga Virus: {Bill Koester of CATS detailed investigation of the virus.}
'Virus' plague taps a system: {The West Australian newspaper article reporting on SCA Amiga and other viruses}
Amiga G-Copy for PC: It is a PC Windows program that uses the Greasewaezle by Keir Fraser, ADF-Drive by D. Tonn or DrawBridge aka Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer by Rob Smith to create backup copies from/to HD/USB/SD and of course from/to floppy disk
ADF-Drive is here: {Translated German} ADF drive is the extension to a USB memory interface which uses the media transfer protocol (MTP), which is usually used by handies. {...} The new firmware provides a drive that can be formatted and can generate files from the floppy disk with drag & drop, but can also write to a floppy disk.
OpenC64MegaDrivePadAdapter: OpenC64MegaDrivePadAdapter is an Open Hardware adapter that allows the safe connection of a Sega Mega Drive (known as Genesis in the US) controller to a Commodore 64 or Amiga computer.
Accessing Amiga HDD on a PC via USB ": {Thread @ amibay covering some details of using WinUAE with a real Amiga formatted HDD}
Amiga SCSI and IDE Devices: Disk Image Files and Direct Access: This document explains how to: Create an HDF disk image of an Amiga disk drive attached to a Windows PC, which can then be used both as a backup and in Amiga Forever. Attach any SCSI or IDE device to a Windows PC and use that directly in Amiga Forever
How to format and install AmigaOS on a hard disk in UAE {ARCHIVED 04 Jun 2009}: {Step by step instructions w/pictures}
WavConvert4Amiga: A Windows utility designed to convert WAV files for optimal use with Amiga computers and music trackers. Features an intuitive interface for sample rate conversion, waveform editing, and ProTracker note tuning. Sound Sampler in the style of the Older Amiga Applications, to create Amiga 8svx(iff) samples
The Sage IV computer system and the Amiga 1000: a legacy of innovation: The Sage IV computer was the ideal development platform used by Commodore engineers for testing and refining early hardware prototypes. It was essentially a development and debugging environment that helped simulate the behavior of the eventual Amiga hardware. As the Lorraine prototype was being developed, it used a combination of early versions of the Motorola 68000 processor and custom chips that would form the backbone of the Amiga architecture.

11 Jan 2025

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! So it looks like Hyperion might finally be 'dead'? See below for people smarter than me summarizing the news. What does this all mean? Well if I go by the forums it doesn't mean a lot right now, but who knows what's REALLY happening in the background. Fingers crossed!

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New issue: Amiga Addict #35 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

train wreck

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Commodore founder Jack Tramiel dies at 83: Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore and an influential figure in the early days of personal computing and video games, passes away Sunday at the age of 83.
Memory Lane. From The Interface, newsletter of the Fresno Commodore User Group: This is a limited series of articles saluting some of the past members of the Fresno Commodore User Group, people who have made a significant contribution to the club. Our more recent members did not have the pleasure of knowing these men and women, many of whom have passed on. However, they made a lasting impression on the club and the author.
That's why CRT is unbeatable! CRT vs PIXEL PERFECT!": {Thread @ reddit discussing in depth the advantages of the CRT vs an LCD}
Portland Commodore Users Group (PDXCUG.org): Commodore Users Group in Portland, Oregon. Our group specializes in Commodore 64, SX-64, Commodore Vic-20, Commodore 128 and other Commodore computers. We meet regularly to discuss ideas, code, brainstorm projects, participate in the scene, and play games.
Puget Sound Commodore Users Group: Whether your interests are games, productivity suites like GEOS, hardware hacking, or getting together to reminisce about some of the best, most interesting 8-bit computers, come to a meeting and leave knowing you're not alone. We've got a lot of ideas and dreams for these electronic playgrounds that Commodore created.
TOGA The Other Group of Amigoids WEB Page {ARCHIVED 26 Feb 2024}: TOGA, The Other Group of Amigoids, was formed in 1991 by Lawrence Brown. He had moved to California from another state where he was involved with an Amiga user group called Amigoids. Lawrence is no longer involved with our group. He currently works for Cisco Systems in Menlo Park, CA. While with Cisco and with Cisco's help, he was actively involved in getting computers (specifically Amigas) in to local schools.
SAUG - Sydney Amiga Users Group: The user group was focused on the Classic Commodore Amiga but also newer developments such as the NG (Next Generation) Amigas – which eventually came to be known as the AmigaOne. A lot has changed since then. The Classic Amiga is now well and truly a “retro” machine. The NG Amigas came and went, and are now mainly a niche product. The user group is now focused on 1980-1990 era retro computers in general, such as Commodore, Apple and Atari machines. This also includes the Amiga of course!
Czech Amiga News: {Reproduction of the original website - From 1998-2003 this website was a MAJOR player in the tracking of daily Amiga events. REAT source of historical Amiga happenings! To that point if you scroll to 19 Oct 2001 you will see my posting for the launch of AmigaSource.com}
Sales Analysis of GVP (Great Valley Products) Hardware for Amiga Computers": {Thread @ Amigalove.com discussing the history, product development, sales figures, comments from Gerard Bucas (CEO) and more. AWESOME thread!}
The Eye Of Infinity: Wicked is tactical arcade game, designed and written by Paul Norris and Rupert Bowater of Binary Vision, released on 28th June 1989 for the Amiga, Atari ST and later, the Commodore 64. It was published by Electric Dreams/Activision. This site documents and analyses the game to preserve its legacy.
AGuide Viewer: AGuide Viewer is an open source reader for AmigaGuide documents implemented as a browser extension. It works with Firefox and Chromium on all platforms.
Amiga Hardware Faults and Solutions List": {Thread @ lemonamiga.com covering: GENERAL FIRST STEPS GUIDE TO FAULT FINDING, GENERAL DEAD AMIGA ISSUES, DISPLAY, ROM, FLOPPY DRIVE, KEYBOARD, MEMORY, HARD DRIVE, JOYSTICK/MOUSE, POWER/PSU, ANGUS, SOUND, NTSC, GURU's & Misc}
Workbench 3.1 Installation, Tour and Tools Guide": {Thread @ lemonamiga.com covering: Workbench Guides, Config Files, Advanced Hard Drive/Media Setup, Floppy Guides, Display Setup, Advance Setups, Games and Controllers & Misc}
Amiga Shops that you can Trust this Christmas!: Several online stores specialize in Amiga hardware and software. Here are some of the most popular options for doing an Amigan happy this Christmas {2024}
Virus Help Team's 30'th anniversary: {...} So from the 1'st of January 1995 Virus Help Team in Denmark took off, and within 6 month we opened Virus Help Team's in Norway, Holland and Canada. Our common aim and goal has always been to help Amiga users with virus problems and support the antivirus programmers. If you are curious and want know how we all got started with our antivirus work for Amiga community.

4 Jan 2025

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Second posting of the year but the first one with new links.

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Little over a month ago AmigaLove.com announced the opening of their new software archive.

"I’ve been immersed in this project that has been years in the making—a project I’m incredibly excited to share with you: a dedicated Software Archive for Amiga content. It launches today on Amigalove.com with over 200 disks imaged and over 300MB of total content so far.
This archive is a labor of love, aimed at preserving Amiga history from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Over time, I’ve collected and digitized hundreds of disks—pieces of digital history that are either unavailable online or nearly forgotten. Many of these artifacts hold cultural and technical significance, providing a unique glimpse into a bygone era of computing."

WOW what a collection and work of LOVE... Amiga Love to be precise!
And not be outdone on the preservation front they did it again! intric8 posted a thread where let us know of his latest endeavor of preserving historical user group magazines. The first one is three years of the "AmigaUser" Newsletter (Starting with Oct 1988 Vol 3 Number 10) from Everett Washington. (USA). 16 pages of PURE GOLD!!

Now I LOVE computer history and HOLY COW what a HIGHLY interesting and fascinating look at our Amiga from the local user perspective. I was going to try and summarize this issue but I know I couldn't do it justice. So just take my word and read it!
Amigaworld.net is again back from the dead! The old server finally bit the dust and a new one is up and running. Glad its not gone forever!
New event: The 2025 LA Maker Faire is being held on 12 Apr at Exposition Park in Los Angeles California. Over 65+ Makers & Exhibitors will be in attendance with our own Robert Bernardo, of the Fresno Commodore User Group and the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network will be there supporting Classic Los Angeles Computers! (CLAC!)

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Games Released in 2024 Index": {Thread @ lemonamiga.com} Rather than go through and update the old thread I thought I'd include links to all Amiga games released this year in a new easy-to-use thread (I hope).
ProTracker 2 (v2.3D) clone: {windows} I have written a portable ProTracker 2 (v2.3D) clone in C using SDL 2
Fasttracker II clone: {windows} I have written a portable Fasttracker II clone in C using SDL 2.
30pin SIMM RAM expansion for the Amiga A500: In preparation of receiving the first Amiga 500 for my retro-computer collection, which sadly didn't come with an A501 RAM expansion, I decided to make my own memory expansion board for it. Keeping with the "using whatever I happen to have in my hardware bin" theme, I decided to use 30pin SIMMs in this. I had to use at least two modules, since each SIMM is 8bit wide and we have a 16bit bus to populate.
Amiga 500 ATA hard disk interface: This is an ATA hard disk interface board, for the Amiga 500. It's designed to connect on the expansion port on the left side of the amiga, and it's compatible with the ide.device driver included in rkide.lha in the aforementioned archive.
Summary of 2024 AROS x86: The end of the year is a time for reflection and recapitulation. After years of less activity, we can safely say that this year has brought us many positive developments. From month to month we recorded significant progress, which you had the opportunity to follow on our blog. AROS has moved forward with momentum and does not intend to slow down!
Pimp my Ami #1 – Fluo: For the past few years, I’ve restored hundreds of retro machines to their original state (sometimes with minor mods) and I am kinda bored with it. Time to try something different.
The Faery Tale Adventure - Amiga: This repository contains the source code to the original "The Faery Tale Adventure" published by MicroIllusions on the Amiga in 1987. It was written by me (Talin) over the course of seven months.
Amiga PD disk index: This page contains links to indexes of some Amiga Public Domain (PD) disk series. 17 Bit, Amiga E PD, Amiga Magazin, Amigan, AMOK, AMOS PD, ARUG, Assassins Games, Assassins Utils, AUGE 4000, Bavarian, Cactus, Club Amiga de Montreal, Demo-Utils, Faces of Mars, Franz, Fred Fish, General PD, German, German Games, KickStart, LSD LegalTools, Nordlicht Spiele, NZUG, PD Soft, PD Soft, PDK, Purity, Saar, Scope, SNAG, Taifun, TBAG, Time {and more}
AMIGAMEGA: Made by sceners, for sceners. Enjoy this collection of Amiga Demos & Games
DevWare: Public Domain library collected, cataloged and sold by DevWare Inc. DevWare created a public domain disk library composed of three different series. “DevDisk”, “WorkBench” & “FunDisk” series.
Amiga Software: This archive is a preservation effort dedicated to building a historical archive of Amiga abandonware, software, files and written content distributed on disks from 1985 to 1996. The collection encompasses Disk Magazines - subscription-based curated disks — along with disks from local User Groups, Public Domain collections and individual Shareware and Freeware software titles. AmigaLove.com aims to safeguard these digital treasures for future generations, offering both documentation and downloads of the original files. If you have relevant software you think should be represented here, contact. AmiDock, Amiga Animation, Amiga Arizona (AMAZ!), Amiga Users of Calgary (AMUC), AmigaGames, AmigaWorld Tool Chest, AMnews, Best of Amiga, Bronx Users Group (BUG), Daytona Beach Amiga Computer Enthusiasts (dbace), DevWare, Disk2ADF and ADF2Disk, Doctor AMI, National Capital Amiga User Group (NCAUG), The Commodore 64 Door & Tracy Amiga Group (TAG)
Preserving Amiga History: The Launch of a New Amiga Software Archive": {Thread @ amigalove.com announcing the launch of their new software archive. WOW what a collection and work of LOVE... Amiga Love to be precise!}
"AmigaUser" Newsletter (Oct 1988), Now Preserved with 3-Year Timeline": {Thread @ Amigalove.com about the ongoing preservation of various local user group magazines from the beginning of Amiga and its glory years. ABSOULTE GOLD in those pages!}
MorphOS Hardware Compatibility: On this page, you find a list of hardware that is directly supported by MorphOS 3.x.

1 Jan 2025

Today's Highlights
- Time to stick a fork in 2024... It's done! All I can wish for is a better 2025!!

Wishing everyone a safe and productive New Year from the whole AmigaSource family.

31 Dec 2024

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Well one last update before the end of the year then it's off to 2025. While I didn't break last years record of 1112 new links, I did at least make it past the 700 mark. (720 to be exact) Still not to shabby! If anyone thinks this is caused by a lack on links TRUST me that's not the case!! There are NO shortages of site to catalog!

  - Now to better prepare for the end of next year like Amiga-news.de did, I am going to start tracking the 'best' website and 'biggest' stories so I can do a recap just like them. Until then you will have to settle for their WONDERFUL recap of their site and Amiga happenings for the past 6 months. Server admin Markus Bonet goes into detail of how they compiled their stats a listing of the top news items. Boy do I LOVE their website!! Oh and here's one more year end review. Epsilon gives us his take on Amiga Games in 2024. Enjoy!

   -So with that said Good Bye 2024 and Welcome 2025.

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Amiga-news.de has posted a WONDERFUL review of their site and Amiga happenings for the past 6 month.
The last OS 4 monthly roundup for the year has been posted. As always it should be considered required reading!

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Amiga gaming research(?) project: {Thread @ reddit where user danby has played and reviewed 614 Amiga games to see how they still hold up today. A complete list of games and ratings can be found there}

Company behind Amiga OS 4 seems to be either going or is in fact bankrupt: So, I won’t be wasting too many words on this – partially because I’m not into cheap soap operas, and partially because there’s no way to know what’s going on with this nonsense without dedicating a year’s worth of detailed study into the subject. So it seems that the company Hyperion, which develops and owns the rights to Amiga OS 4 and Amiga OS 3.2 has gone into bankruptcy proceedings.

AMOS programing for Amiga: {Links to download various AMOS resources. AMOS, Complier, AMOS 3d, Easy AMOS, AMOS Pro, Pro Complier. Also AMIGA AMOSZINE}

Consumer - Amiga Memory Log Tool: Have you ever needed to know how much memory something is consuming? Maybe a game or a memory hungry app? Perhaps you made your own game, and want to know how much system requirements are needed. This tool is a printed text log of your Amiga memory, either manually operated or fully automatic.

A Review of the A600GS from AmigaKit: Back in the summer, I put in an order for the then upcoming A600GS from AmigaKit. {...} Thought I’d do a quick write-up about how it has worked for me so far. I hope you’ll find it helpful if you are in the market for one, or of interest if you are just curious about it in general.

wolfSSL on Amiga: As many of you are probably aware, I am one of the developers of wolfSSL. I specialise in porting to various platforms, everything from 16bit microcontrollers to big iron 64bit server processors. I decided to see if I could get wolfSSL running on a 30+ year old platform, specifically “Jops”, the Amiga 4000 I just finished restoring.

Australian Commodore & Amiga Review: The Australian Commodore & Amiga Review was a popular magazine dedicated to Commodore and Amiga computers. It was published from 1983 to 1996 and was known for its in-depth articles, reviews, and tutorials on software, hardware, and gaming for these platforms.

Amiga 5000 System: Block diagram of the proposed #Amiga 5000 system created by Dave Haynie in 1991. This document was generously contributed by Randell Jesup.

This is Meynaf's Amiga projects page: {Translated French}This is Meynaf's Amiga projects page. If you don't know what an Amiga is, this page doesn't contain anything that might be useful to you. {Port of the game Heroes of Might and Magic 2, New dungeons for Dungeon Master, Port of the game Gauntlet from the ST to the Amiga, Port of the game Joust from the ST version, A few players and other utilities, for good old DT2,Mpega.library optimized for 68030 and more.}

IFF Master: IFF Master is a tool which lets you inspect IFF files. It's the EA 85 variant which is quite popular on AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS. It's a partial reimplementation of IFF Master from Kay Drangmeister.

USB 27C400 EPROM Emulator: This module emulates and is pin compatible with the 27C400 4 Mbit (512Kb x8 or 256Kb x16) EPROM. The 27C400 UV EPROMs have compatible pinout with ROMs used in many computers and electronics from the 1990s. The Commodore Amiga 500/A600/A1200 and Acorn A3020/A4000 all used this ROM pinout. The module can be used as a drop in replacement for the ROMs in compatible systems.

Boing #9 - Interview with Oliver Roberts: You probably know Oliver Roberts as he's the current author of the iconic Amiga browser, IBrowse. Maybe his name also makes you think about the Warp Datatypes. He kindly answered our questions...

Ktadd's Software Applications for AmigaOS: {maker of VideoClipper, SimpleSub, ffmpegGUI, ClipDown and more}

Sam460 - PCIe pioneer: {Translated Czech} Even though the Sam460ex has been with us for almost fifteen years, it is a bit of an inconspicuous computer in the AmigaNG world. You won't find almost any blog or review about it. Maybe just a few videos on YouTube. And yet this computer is exceptional in several ways. So since I have had its latest version, the Sam460LE, since last year, I will introduce it a little.

Amiga Games in 2024: It is wonderful that in 2024 we have so many interesting brand new games to try out on the Amiga platform. For me I was surprised how many new games we saw released!

28 Dec 2024

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Well another year is almost in the books. In the big picture the musings of a bunch of vintage computer users really doesn't mean much. Seriously... There are BIGGER issues in the world that need to be addressed. But with that said having a hobby or even a passion to keep us to keep us distracted in our spare time is a good thing!

   While the lawsuit is STILL unresolved, we are all STILL waiting 'two more weeks' and we are STILL no closer to a definitive path forward, I believe we all have something in common. Something about this computer STILL make us happy, and for that I say 'Thank You'!

   More sad news this week. Martyn Brown, co-founder of game developer Team 17 has passed. With his oversight he was responsible for such game as as Alien Breed, Body Blows, Superfrog, Project X and Worms! Apparently he had been sick for some time. Our deepest condolences go out to his family and friends.

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New hardware. Looks like the guys at AmigaKit are at it again. The BIG story this week is their release of the A1200NG motherboard. In the same vein and their A600GS but this time it's close to a fully functional, full size replacement motherboard for a A1200 case. Still no official word if OS 3.2 can be directly installed on it. From the looks of the forum responses it hasn't been to overwhelming. One big question being asked is will they be selling a complete system? One in case with a keyboard, drive an OS? I guess only time will tell.
Free software update: Amikit is offering free updates to version 11.9. As it seems this is truly becoming the go to turnkey version of the OS What are you waiting for?
Video: amigatronics.com has conducted a 25+ min interview with Trevor Dickenson "In 2011, we had the privilege of interviewing Trevor Dickinson, head of the company behind the next generation AMIGA systems. Today, we are fortunate to do it again, review what has happened since then, and analyze the current situation, among other topics.
New event: Amiga-News has a news story about Amiga 40 18-19 Oct in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Since the information is German I'll let the link give you the details.
New issue: Amiga Future #172 has been published
New issue: REV'n'GE #165 has been published
New issue: ASM Magazin , the GERMAN retro computer print-magazine, #12/14 has been published

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Amiga 30 and the Unkillable Machine: Thirty years after its introduction, the Amiga is still influencing computing
Happy Birthday Amiga Computer!: Thirty years ago, the Amiga computer launched at Lincoln Center. Count me among its fans who are remembering and celebrating
Amiga: The Computer That Wouldn’t Die: Having outlived a number of its corporate owners, and spurred on by its passionate users, the Amiga computer is going back to market again—but this time, in very different forms
Documentaries for Engineers: Mission Control, Denial, and Viva Amiga : These three films will keep you thoughtfully entertained during your vacation travels
Silicon Valley Mourns Amiga and Lynx co-creator Dave Needle: Fans of the Amiga computer turned to social media to react to the death of Dave Needle, one of its creators
Chip Hall of Fame: Motorola MC68000 Microprocessor: The processor that powered the original Macintosh, as well as the beloved Amiga computers
VIVA AMIGA: THE STORY OF A BEAUTIFUL MACHINE {ARCHIVED 9 Jun 2019}: In a world of green on black, they dared to dream in color. 1985: An upstart team of Silicon Valley mavericks created a miracle: the Amiga computer. A machine made for creativity. For games, for art, for expression.
Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame: The Gadgets You Loved Most: Hundreds of IEEE members entered our contest. Here are the most memorable submissions
Amiga 500 (A500) Computer History: The Amiga series represented Commodore’s attempts to garner the home market, and the Amiga 500 was their budget-friendly model. Although they marketed the A500 as a multi-purpose device, most users of the time remember playing games on the system.
Amiga 500 to Amiga 1084 RGB Cable: Quick documentation of the pinout of making a replacement RGB cable for the Amiga 500 to connect to the Amiga 1084 Monitor, primarily because I couldn’t find a pinout diagram online that worked properly.
ReSDMAC: Verilog code to replace the Commodore SDMAC found in the A3000. This project is has been a community effort with the PCB design by Jorgen Bilander and the code by Mike Taylor. It has been exercise in reverse engineering the Commodore SDMAC 390537 as found in the Amiga 3000
Amiga 1200+: This project is a re-implementation of the Amiga 1200 board started from the schematics. I made some changes and enhancements to the original schematics.
How fingerprinting identified a press leak: Back on the Atari ST and Amiga illegal copies were a big problem. It's impossible to stop, but it was often worth trying to at least make it hard for copies to get cracked and distributed. For some reason, we suspected press versions might be a source of leaks. So for Ambermoon, I implemented a fingerprinting mechanism. And lo and behold, it helped us identify a leak! And now that I've released the source code, I can more easily show how I did it.
QuarkTex: QuarkTex is a 3D graphics hardware virualization solution first released in 2003. It transforms calls to the Warp3D API inside an emulated AmigaOS to native OpenGL calls for a host Windows system.
Blender’s prehistory - Traces on Commodore Amiga (1987-1991) : Today Blender is one of the industry leaders, but it started quite small, three decades ago. If you ever wondered when and where some of the most iconic Blender conventions like "right-click select" or 3D cursor originated, it’s then, in the Amiga era, even before Blender was born.
Blender’s History: {...} Roosendaal wrote the first source files titled “Blender” on the 2nd of January, 1994, still considered Blender’s official birthday. Originally, Blender was planned as an in-house application for NeoGeo; it grew from a series of pre-existing tools, including a ray-tracer built for the Amiga. This early version of Blender was intended to address a perennial frustration among creatives: when a difficult client requires multiple changes to a project, how do you implement those changes painlessly?
Tracer: The 1991 AmigaWorld Tech Journal Raytracer written by Brian Wagner
(Amiberry powered) Lightwave Render farm: In the distant 1990, a 3D modelling, animation and raytacing package was released to the world: Lightwave 3D – it was originally running on Amigas with the Video Toaster card, but later became available as a standalone software package as well. It went on to become available to other platforms besides the Amiga as well (which had the last release with v5.0r), being used in multiple Hollywood productions and independent films, and is still around today. But we’re interested in the Amiga version here, and specifically what we can do with it today. Yes, we’re a weird bunch of people, I know…
rendernode: Tools to automate an Amiga-based ScreamerNet render farm
Networking an Amiga to a PC {ARCHIVED 28Oct 2020}: Thanks to the inclusion of Screamernet with Lightwave 4.0 and higher, you may use a single copy of Lightwave to render your work on multiple computer systems. This greatly speeds up your rendering time, and if you have several computers around, Screamernet is flexible enough to allow you to use Modeler on one system while the others are busy rendering.{...} But before you can 'start Screaming', you have to have a network up and running. Screamernet will use your existing network, it will not do the networking for you.
Emu68-Imager: The Emu68 Imager is a utility to allow PiStorm users to easily prepare an SD card with Emu68 and a basic pre-configured AmigaOS 3.1, 3.2 or 3.2.2.1 installation.
Installing PFS3AIO on Amiga OS3.2": {Thread @ amiga.org on how to setup PFC3AIO under OS3.2}
Using MediaVault & mediavault_script (OS4) : So, in this entry, I'll provide an in-depth review of MediaVault v1.5.1 written by George Sokianos, who has made many great contributions to the AmigaOS4 community. I'll also cover using it with mediavault script version 1.6, which I wrote to allow choosing an audio player or saving the stream via a requester. MediaVault v1.5.1 is an AmigaOS4 program that allows you to search for and play streaming radio stations as well as podcasts.
GoldenCode: GoldenCode is an independent one-man software company located in Kerpen / Germany. {Games: Souverän Soccer & Atomic Bomberman. Taborized ports of: Atomic Bomberman Remake SPE, Battle Squadron SPE, Tower57 SPE, VoxelBird SPEn & VoxelNoid SPE}
AROS News: Periodic overview of the AROS scene. Distributions, AROS sites, Tutorials, Downloads {and more}
Writing my own dialogue scripting language: Magicore Anomala is an Amiga game I'm working on. I made Doki Doki Literature Club using Ren'Py, a Python-based visual novel engine that has some staggering capabilities. But thinking about it, there are tons of games with visual novel-like dialogue features—maybe even the majority of them at this point. How is dialogue implemented in these games? Do most of them use existing dialogue scripting libraries, or are they more often spinning up their own solution? I have no idea, but given the extremely specific features and limitations of Magicore, I had no choice but to create my entire stack from scratch (like literally everything else in the game engine).
Amiga Assembly Game Programming Tutorial series: Hello, I'm writing an Amiga game in assembly for myself and I thought that would be interesting to share the knowledge with other people. The tutorials will be addressed to beginners, the only pre-requisite is the knowledge of Motorola 68000 Assembly language programming.
Programming the Amiga Series Part 1: Installing AMOS Basic the Easy Way!: AMOS BASIC is a fun, powerful, and user-friendly game programming language and environment for the Amiga. In this video we look at installing AMOS in a couple of easy way... Amiga AMOS Basic Programming Tutorials: Installing AMOS, Loading images and configuring AMOS screens, “Dual Playfield”, Bobs and Sprites, Maps and Scrolling, Better Tile Scrolling, AMOS AMAL Animation Programming & Playable Shoot-Em-Up Game
Amiga Basic Tutorial: This tutorial will help you to begin to understand how to write Amiga Programs using AmigaOS and Workbench. To create a GUI interface or aGames using the bu
CanDo For Amiga Fans: Welcome to our CanDo website! We provide support for this great development environment for the Amiga... Looking forward to hearing from you...

21 Dec 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Christmas is almost here! I hope everyone has been good so Santa brings you that new Amiga you've been asking for. I have my fingers crossed!!

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Is Amigakit working on another 'new' Amiga? It looks like they are. The domain of a newly posted website is pointing us in the direction to a A1200 version of the A600GS but this maybe somthing a bit more. Since there's not a lot of official information to go on, I'll just let the wonderful amiga-news.de summarize what they know. If it turns out to be just another motherboard then it's still better than nothing. Another source of replacement parts is always a positive thing but ultimately what we really need is a new source of replacement chips. Santa are you listenikng?
New issue: Amiga Future #172 has been published
New event: On 14-16 Feb 2025 MountainBytes 2025 will be held in Lorzensaal, Cham Switzerland. "Join us for a weekend full of shows, competitions and workshops, celebrating one of the oldest digital arts." Sounds like a good time!

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my ARexx scripts for OctaMED SoundStudio my ARexx scripts for OctaMED SoundStudio for AMIGA These are some tools I wrote in ARexx for OctaMED. Hope they're useful to someone :)
Quick Start Guide AmigaONE X1000 First Contact System: AmigaONE X1000 First Contact System. Developed by: A-EON Technology. Guide design by: ACube Systems Srl. Distribution: AmigaKit LLC. Original Guide layout: Stefano Guidetti. X1000 Guide Updates: Darren Eveland. X1000 ISO preparation: Carl Moppett. 1st edition - December 2011
Commodore exhibition to show off rare Amiga prototypes: An event celebrating the Amiga's 30th birthday is gearing up to show off rare prototype versions of Commodore's iconic computer over the weekend. Hosted at Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum, the "Amiga is 30" exhibition will feature the Ranger - Commodore West's follow-on to the A1000 - alongside Amiga Lorraine Prototype wirewrap boards.
fw2odf: FinalWriter (Amiga word processor) to Open Document Format conversion
Pistorm32-Lite: Introduction. The PiStorm32-Lite is an accelerator for the Commodore Amiga 1200 computer. It has been created by Claude Schwarz. This speeds up the Amiga 1200 by leveraging the Raspberry Pi's computational power. The Raspberry Pi plugs into the PiStorm and emulates the native 680x0 CPU at much higher performance than the original CPU. The Raspberry Pi is running software emulation of the 680x0 CPU using Emu68 developed by Michal Schulz. As a community project it is assembled and distributed by well known suppliers such as Amiga Kit.
PiStorm32 – Getting started guide Pt.1: This guide is designed to help overcome that barrier and help those that might need a little help in the right direction. I know there is a beautiful EMU68 image that’s provided by most suppliers but I didn’t get the PiStorm32 to play around with CaffineOS. I wanted a fully featured Workbench with all the extra features, something to feel like “traditional” hardware but with the speed and extras that are often beyond most people’s budgets.
amigafonts: Faithfully remade multi platform Amiga fonts in Amiga aspect.
What is a Guru Meditation Error?: A Guru Meditation Error is a critical error message that originally appeared on Amiga computers, signaling a system crash akin to the "blue screen of death." It was an imaginative way to indicate that the system encountered an irrecoverable issue. Though it was primarily linked to the Amiga, the term has found new life in modern computing, most notably in VirtualBox.
Amiga Translators' Organization: Amiga Translators' Organization was created because for a long time, programmers who wanted translations for their programs would either have to post "Translators wanted"-mails onto newgroups and mailing lists, or they must use translators they knew. {...} ATO was then built as being an organized pool of translators. We want to make programmers' lives as easy as possible by offering many translators for a wide range of languages, and still offer the quality assurance. This quality assurance is done through the proofreading concept which you can see here.
Spritework on the Amiga 500: Disregarding the specific intent of the designers, though, I also think it’s interesting to repeat the exercise moving from the Atari 800 to the Amiga 500; many of the Amiga Original Chip Set’s design decisions around sprites feel like reactions to pain points when developing for the 800, while a few others feel like they’re preserving some old design decisions in the Ataris.
Amiga 500 Keyboard - Arduino Leonardo: This Arduino sketch converts an original Amiga 500 keyboard into a USB HID, allowing it to function as a modern USB keyboard. Using an Arduino Leonardo, which supports native USB communication, the sketch reads the Amiga 500 keyboard signals and translates them into USB keystrokes, preserving the vintage feel with modern compatibility.
RISKYKVM: Amiga adapter targets KVMs, but can be used as USB to DB9 and Amiga Keyabord interface
powerpc/chrp: Remove CHRP support: {News posting about the removal of CHRP support from maintainers of the PPC version of the linux kernal)
The story of the Amiga cult classic Twintris: We spoke with developer Svein Berge, as well as another Svein Berge, about Twintris on the Amiga. In 1990, the German publisher Digital Marketing released an Amiga game called Twintris. It was essentially an attempt to recreate the legendary puzzle game Tetris, but specifically inspired by Atari’s arcade version of Tetris. As a result, much of the focus was on two players competing against each other simultaneously on a split screen.
py-guide-viewer: Extended Amiga Guide File-Viewer in Python. Written by Zeittresor. This is a File Viewer for the Amiga Guide Fileformat (.guide).
Mini Amiga A4000 (Pi 3b Emulated/3d Printed): Being a bit of an amiga fan I have always wanted an a4000 but they were (and still are) unreasonably expensive so we decided to design and 3d print a miniature one including a replica mini 1084s colour monitor.
Nightly Build Downloads (ABI-v1): {AROS nightly builds. amiga-m68k, darwin-i386, darwin-ppc, darwin-x86_64, linux-i386, linux-x86_64, mingw32-i386, mingw32-x86_64, pc-i386, pc-x86_64, pc-x86_64-smp, raspi-armhf & sam440-ppc}
Amiga 500: Completing a Simple Game: {Last part of a series documenting the development of a simple game for the A500}
Retro32 - Amiga: {A quick link to all of Retro32's Amiga pages. Lots of good stuff here!}
WhatIFF? Forum: Post here only about the magazine, including information on current and upcoming issues. Share feedback for writers, suggest changes, etc.
Amiga 30th Anniversary Event: {Homepage to the 30th Anniversary event held at the Computer History Museum on July 25th and 26th 2015.}
Amiga Oktalyzer tracker: Oktalyzer was a commercial tracker for the Amiga computer by the German developer Armin Sander and distributed by Mayer Verlag in 1988. The latest version (1.57) was published in 1991.
Flight Simulator II - In-depth Amiga Written Review With Pics : In an office in the city of Santa Clara California, 1984, a team of designers worked feverishly on a custom chipped computer built around the Motorola 68000 processor. Many may know the story of how Jay Miner, Dave Needle, R.J. Mical, Dave Morse, and perhaps even Mitchy the Dog came together to create one of the most legendary single computer models of all time, the Amiga. Often neglected in this story telling is another legendary designer, Bruce Artwick. According to Computer Gaming World, Artwick had been plucked away from SubLogic's Illinois offices and was working just as frantically on the Amiga as any other on that team, though with a slightly different goal in mind.
How to Setup Your Raspberry Pi 5, 4 or Pi400 with PiMiga Amiga Emulator + Games Bundle: In this video we look at how to set up your Raspberry Pi 5, 4 or 400 with PiMiga, the best Amiga experience you can get in 2024. Below you will see the changes to the instructions you need to take a note of for the brand new release.
Raspberry Pi Amiga Emulation Options: When I bought my Amiga 500 I was excited to be able to test my programming on real hardware, but unfortunately I can’t effectively do the development on my 500 due to the fact the systems I was aiming to use all require beefier hardware, and obviously I don’t have the money to buy physical versions of all the hardware I need to test performance with.
AMOS programing fro Amiga: {Links to download various AMOS resources. AMOS, Complier, AMOS 3d, Easy AMOS, AMOS Pro, Pro Complier. Also AMIGA AMOSZINE}
Amiga E: Amiga E is a programming language and compiler I started creating for the Amiga in ‘91, released publicly in ‘93, commercially in ‘94, and released as open source in ‘97. It was most similar to C++, in the sense that it was fast and weakly typed, and had a rich set of features from procedural, object oriented and functional programming languages. I wrote the entire thing in assembly language, which will always persist in my mind as the craziest software engineering exercise I have ever gone through (400kb of mostly uncommented assembly in a single source file, for a complex compiler).
MilkyTracker - Cross-Platform XM Tracker: MilkyTracker is an multi-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker 2/3 compatibility.
APOLLO - FREE SOURCE - Code written by Matt: GZIP'D TARS. A lot of this stuff is very old. dice-1.15.tgz - 68000 C compiler suite. This is the DICE C compiler suite which I wrote as shareware for the Amiga in the early 90's. I no longer do any development work on this project but there seem to be enough people still in need of it, including myself for some old commercial projects, that I decided to wash it off and report to run on a BSD or Linux host.
DICE-NX : DICE-NX is a C compiler suite for Commodore Amiga computers and for Motorola 68000-based embedded systems. It is a fork of the DICE product developed by Matt Dillon of Obvious Implementations Corp in the 1990s, now relicensed under the BSD License. DICE-NX aims to restart development of DICE with a focus on the modern retrocomputing scene, including support for the latest AmigaOS 3.2 line. DICE-NX is currently early in development. There is no packaged release yet, and building DICE-NX may be challenging!

14 Dec 2024

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! Sad news this week. Mark Sibly, the founder of Acid Software and the author of fabulous Blitz BASIC, has passed due to multiple health problems. His programs were LOVED by virtually all who used them and BB was starting point for many Amiga programmers back in the glory days!

I still remember driving from Oceanside to El Cajon California in 1995 to visit the ONLY Amiga store still around in my area, The Lively Computer. What a AWESOME store. In fact I STILL have my Tee Shirt!! There on the shelf was Gloom. I LOVED that game and must have played it 1000X time summer alone. Fair winds and following seas!

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New event: Continuing on the success of Amiga 30th back in 2015, Amiga 40th was just announced. Scheduled for late 2025 and being held in lovely Silicon Valley gives us all plenty of time to arrange our travel plans! MOre details will be forthcoming!
New issue: WhatIFF? #15 has been published

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BLITZ BASIC 2 Official Acid Software Amiga development tools by Mark Sibly with contributions from Simon Armstrong and the wider Amiga Blitz community.
T-C's Blitz Tutorials: On this website I have placed some of my helpful and in-depth tutorials, to help both novice and experienced programmers, to learn creating games (and programs!), using an easy-to-use programming language called BlitzBasic.
Welcome to the Blitz Research Homepage {ARCHIVED 21 Mar 2006}: Blitz Research Ltd is a software development company dedicated to bringing you the ultimate in game creation tools and utilities. Our flagship product is Blitz3D, the hit 3D games programming language used by thousands of programmers around the world. Our latest product is BlitzMax, a cross platform programming language based on BASIC, but with many weird and wonderful additions. We also offer BlitzPlus for simpler 2D game and application programming, and Maplet, a wonderfully easy to use modeller.
Acid Software: Founded in 1990, Acid Software was an independent video game development house located in New Zealand and a subsidiary of Armstrong Communications Limited. Skidmarks, X-COM, Theme Park {and more}
The Lively Computer {ARCHIVED 29 Aug 2004}: Welcomes you to the world of animation and video production. We bring over ten years of experience and TLC service to you: The Video Professional. We specialize in Non linear video editing systems; Lightwave 3D animation and the computers these products run on. We are an authorized Newtek dealer, Amiga and PC service center. Let us provide you, the artist, with the modern day equivalent to paint and brush. As cable and the internet expand the entertainment bandwidth, the need for content grows exponentially. El Cajon, CA
Cannon Fodder New Campaign: Cannon Fodder New Campaign consists of 72 completly new maps grouped in 24 missions. Phases system is the same like in old good Cannon Fodder. CNFC has new mission titles and soldiers, there is also modified graphic of sprites, game engine is unchanged though. Every map can be completed. Maps were tested by testers and author. Additional information can be found in guide file inside CFNC archive.
WHDLoad-Database: This is a database of the awesome WHDLoad collection by Retroplay in various formats. There is also a CLRMamePro dat file as well. AmigaGuide Reccommendation: Real or emulated Amiga with fast memory. The Amiga guide version needs the WHD-Data drawer in the WHD-Data.zip extracted to the same path as the guides.
Zeb’s WHDLoad image Sept 21 now available for the Amiga + Bonus Intervew: For those of you who love the Amiga but struggle with setting up a Workbench install with all your favorite games, Zeb has the answer. His regular releases of his Zeb’s WHDLoad contain pretty much everything you need to enjoy nearly every game, demo and disk magazine so far converted for WHDLoad all contained in a single 16GB Amiga disk image. Simply download the file and write it to your Amiga’s hard disk using Win32Disk Imager.
WHDLoad-Download-Tool: A tool to help manage and download Retroplay's WHDLoad archives.
Amiga Raytracing Society: The home of Amiga Raytracing enthusiasts
The History of Commodore, Part 1: Chuck Peddle, the 6502, MOS, and the PET.
The History of Commodore, Part 2: The VIC-20.
The History of Commodore, Part 3: Are you keeping up with the Commodore?
The History of Commodore, Part 4: The Amiga, The Decline, The Fall. This is part four of a series on Commodore. If you haven’t already, you may be interested in reading part 1, which covers the creation of the 6502, the founding of MOS and Commodore, and the circumstances that led to the creation of the first Commodore computers. Part 2 covers the Commodore VIC-20, and Part 3 cover the Commodore 64.
Amiga A500 Restoration Trash to Treasure: We had in our possession a broken Commodore Amiga A500 with workbench/kickstart 1.3 roms installed. The amiga was one of my favourite computers from my childhood so I was looking forward to restoring and possibly completing some minor upgrades and making a dream amiga. The first thing we needed to do was repair the Amiga itself and then look at the memory upgrade.

7 Dec 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Glad to be back. So in my absence I see there was no conclusion to the legal mess. Color me surprised... lol. Oh well maybe Santa is saving this one for the Christmas tree.

- {Update} My deepest apologizes to Cammy for not posting this sooner... With the Christmas season upon us and in full swing everyone needs to drop by the Amiga Advent Calendar to get your daily dose of Amiga Yuletide cheer!!!

She states "Each day leading up to Christmas, the Amiga Advent Calendar will reveal a special surprise - an Amiga game, mod, demo, artwork or piece of software contributed by the amazing Amiga community. It’s a celebration of creativity and festive fun, with something new to discover every single day. While not every entry is Christmas-themed, they all capture the magic of the Amiga scene. Have something to share? There’s still time to get involved, your contributions are welcome!" . Santa approves!!

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The submissions for AmiGameJam 2024 have concluded and voting for the winner concludes on 18 Dec. So hop on over to Amigamejam, check out all the submissions and vote for your favorite one!
The Vintage Computing Christmas Challenge 2024 (VC³ 2024) is currently underway. Drop by, check it out and make Santa happy by submitting a project or two. The challenge ends 25 Dec so don't waste anymore here and get coding! Ho Ho Ho!
New event: The 2025 Vintage Computer Festival SoCal will be held 15-16 Feb 2025 in lovely Orange California. "You'll find aisle after aisle of vintage goodness to explore!" From exhibitors, retro gameplay, lovingly preserved historic machines, new tech tailor-made for these vintage machines, lots and lots of treasures for sale by vendors, an entire consignment area dedicated to buying and selling retro and much more, it looks to be a GREAT time!
New event: Classic Computing 2025 will be held next year from 11-14 Sep at Freiheitshalle Hof, Kulmbacher Str. 4 95030 Hof. Germany.
New issue: Amiga Germany Fan’zine #13 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

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BBoot boot loader: BBoot is a simple, minimal boot loader to load AmigaOS on QEMU emulated amigaone and pegasos2 machines. It is replacing the second level boot loader (amigaboot.of on pegasos2 and slb_v2 on amigaone) and makes booting AmigaOS on QEMU simpler and without needing a firmware ROM. The original amigaboot.of only works with the non-free pegasos2 SmartFirmware and slb_v2 is tied to U-Boot, whereas BBoot also works with QEMU's built in minimal Virtual Open Firmware (VOF) on pegasos2 or without U-Boot on amigaone.
NewsRog: NewsRog is the most powerful newsreader available for the Amiga platform. Combining a Magic User Interface frontend, an OOP approach and its overwhelming list of features, it provides the best experience even to the most demanding Usenetters.
Amiga 500: {Overview of the Commodore Amiga 500 with information on the various chess programs that are available for it.}
SDBox-v2: SDBox-v2 for Amiga, compatible with the new updated card-detect firmware {Parrallel port to SD card adapter}
Amiga Parallel Port to SPI Adapter: The goal of this project is to make a cheap and easy to build SPI adapter that connects to the parallel port of an Amiga. Furthermore, the performance of the adapter should be as fast as possible.
coffin - a ready to boot OS3.9+ distro for AC68080 and PiStorm systems: coffin - a ready to boot OS3.9+ distro for AC68080 and PiStorm systems
About the Solas Board: Solas is a clockport device that adds addressable RGB LED strip support and a number of other features to a clockport-equipped Amiga.
Project Osiris: Project Osiris is a remake/reimagining of the Amiga FPS game Alien Breed 3D, using the GZDoom engine. {windows}
Project CD32 We have what it takes {ARCHIVED 10 Jul 2017}: Welcome to AmigaCd32.com! This site is a collaborative effort between myself, Brian Green, and Brad Johnson, both long-time collectors of Amiga CD32 games. The site has been a thought for years, an work finally started on it in 2009 but stalled while I took care of my newborn daughter. Now that she's a bit older, it's become a lot easier to sit around and write code and update databases.
Neon-World (Shoot-em-up hobby-project for the Amiga): After 30 years of not-assembly-coding I wanted to start a small project for my beloved Amiga 500. Because many games did not use the full PAL resolution (320x256), I wanted to try exactly this.
GuruNet For the Amiga: The GuruNet board provides network connectivity to you Amiga (600, 2000, and 3000) computers. It is compatible with the PlipBox. It is available for purchase today.
SCSI2SD: 1 April 2024 - A direct successor to SCSI2SD V6, ZuluSCSI V6.4, is now available for purchase today at the Rabbit Hole Computing on-line shop. {SCSI to SD card adapter}
The AmigaOne X5000: An alternate universe where the Amiga never died: The AmigaOne X5000 is a high-end Amiga computer developed and released by A-EON Technology in 2016, with a focus on delivering modern performance while maintaining some sort of compatibility with classic Amiga software and hardware. The X5000 is power by a dual-core Freescale PowerPC CPU and provides fast and efficient performance, making the AmigaOne X5000 a powerful machine for modern Amiga computing.
Amiga VNC Server: Amiga VNC Server. Protocols: Only v3.3 and v3.7 is supported. {...} Missing: Well, there are lots... like screen cycling, more tile encodings are two things high on the to-do list.
rVNCd 1.38: A New Era of Remote AmigaOS4 Control: Empowering Remote Access to Your AmigaOS4 Machine. For AmigaOS4 enthusiasts who often find themselves away from their beloved machines, rVNCd 1.38 offers a significant upgrade to remote access capabilities. Developed by the talented Rene W Olsen, this latest version brings a host of enhancements and fixes, further solidifying its position as a must-have tool for remote AmigaOS4 control.

1 Dec 24

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Can you all believe it's that time of year again?? Time to break out your Jing-Tinglers, Floo-Floobers, Tah-Tinkers, Who-Hoobers, Gah-Ginkers, Trum-Tookers, Sloo-Slonkers, Blum-Blookers, Who-Wonkers and Want-Winkers.

This year, like the past 20+, I'll be wishing for Santa to bring closure to Amiga's legal issues. Let's see if this year he can finally deliver the goods! lol...

From everyone here at AmigaSource we want to wish you, your family and friends good health, prosperity and safe travels in the coming year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

30 Nov 2024

Today's Highlights
- Ahoy Mateys! I'm back..... A bit more tan than I was a week ago. Now off to see if the legal case has been finally resolved. LOL!!!

- Side note... If you ever get the chance to take a cruise... DO IT!!! Trust me you won't regret it!

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New issue: Amiga Addict #34 has been published
New issue: Passione Amiga #22 has been published
New issue: REV'n'GE #164 has been published
New issue: AMI Tech-Gazette #11 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

- No new ships on the horizon Captain.... Today's Theme

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WHDLoad Support Page: Welcome to the Home Page of WHDLoad, the AmigaOS friendly Harddisk-Install package. WHDLoad makes it possible to install quite a lot demos and games, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, to your harddisk.
Amiga 5000: Block diagram of the proposed #Amiga 5000 system created by Dave Haynie in 1991. This document was generously contributed by Randell Jesup.
What exactly was the Amiga Ranger?": {Thread @ stackexchange covering the never released Ranger line}
What are the Ultra-Highres registers in ECS and AGA for?": {Thread @ stachexchange discussing the registers in ECS and AGA}
A guide to Guru Meditation Error Codes {ARCHIVED 15 Mar 2017}: A guide to Guru Meditation Error Codes
BFG9060: The BFG9060 is an advanced processor card for the Amiga 3000 and 4000, both tower and desktop models. It's been developed by Matthias 'Matze' Heinrichs, and he has made all source and production files available in his gitlab repository. Thank you for this great card, Matze!! DISCLAIMER THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL REPOSITORY OF THE BFG9060. IT IS NEITHER ENDORSED NOR AFFILIATED WITH MATTHIAS 'MATZE' HEINRICHS. INSTEAD, THIS IS AN ATTEMPT OF A USER/BUILDER OF THE CARD TO DOCUMENT ITS MANY FEATURES AND THE QUIRKS THAT MAY EXIST.
Multifix-AGA: This is a ECS and AGA-combo scandoubler and flicker fixer for big box Amigas. A scandoubler doubles the horizontal frequency of the Amiga output from ~15.6kHz to ~31.5kHz to let a VGA monitor think it has the double number of lines. But in real every scanline is just doubbled ;). In interlace two suceeding lines are transmitted via half frames @25Hz. A flicker fixer stores one frame in a field mem and uses it to complete the second frame @ 50 Hz. It removes the nasty interlace flicker.
Amiga BigBox Picasso Flicker Fixed graphic board V0.9: Here is a Picasso 4MB Flicker Fixed for Amiga 2000, 3000 and 4000. The Picasso graphic board is made of two PCBs. The main one includes the designs of the Picasso and of the Flicker Fixer. The second one is a little male slot connector PCB which must be connected into the video slot of the Amiga. It's used for the Flicked fixer. In an Amiga 4000, this little PCB is onto the same axis as the Zorro edge slot. In the Amiga 2000, it must be connected into the video slot which located between its PSU and its cover case. Two ribbon cables as used to connect this PCB to the Flicker Fixer part of the board.
Basics for Setting up Firebird (Prometheus) A4000 3000 Daughterboard ": {Thread @ amiga.org providing a basic guide to setting one up}
Basic Guide on Setting up a Prometheus (Firebird) Daughterboard on A3000 and A4000 now here on Amibay ": {Thread @ Amibay discussing the Prometheus (Firebird) daughterboard}
Retrozen komponenty Elektroniczne: We mainly engage in SMD machine assembly commissioned by external companies, and we are also an importer of electronics from China. {A VERY impressive selection of BLANK Amiga related PCB boards, assembled boards, adapters, some chips and more. Definitely worth your time to take a look around!}
Firebird PCI Daughterboards: {Thread @ Amibay discussing the finalization of the board.} Finally I had some time to finish the first revision of this project. Firebird PCI Daughterboards Firebird is a PCI daughterboard series for the Amiga 3000, Amiga 4000 and AA3000+ motherboards. The PCI bridge is based on the Prometheus by Grzegorz Kraszewski / Matay.
Mediator PCI Software: Information about the latest versions of Mediator System Files and the latest driver versions for the supported PCI cards. For the latest information on the PCI cards, drivers to which are available for the Mediator PCI busboards, see the Mediator Driver Guide.
QEmu - Amiga PPC Emulation: {Download links and install guides to get QEmu for the Sam460ex, Pegasos II & AmigaOne}
QEMU Binaries for Windows and QEMU Documentation: Get QEMU related binaries for Microsoft Windows and QEMU documentation.

23 Nov 2024

Today's Highlights
- Ahoy Mateys! Quick update. I'm going to be away from the computer for the next week so can everyone PLEASE play nice and to the ones in charge could you, PRETTY PLEASE with sugar on top, F-N wrap up the legal cluster F!!! Thanks in advance! ;-)

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New event: On 1 Dec 24 the World of Commodore 2024, will be held in lovely Mississauga, Canada. This looks like it will be a GREAT time!

Amiga Legal News Update

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Commodore_Strategic_Plan_1985-1987 {ARCHIVED unknown date}: Attached is the memorandum on Commodore's strategic options and priorities over the next two years.
Amiga Technologies Announces RISC Processor Decision: {An email from Harv Laser discussing his time at the 2nd annual Video Toaster User Expo where he tells of Petro Tyschtschenko's announcement of newly produced Amiga Technologies A1200 and A4000 tower, sales figures and that the next generation Amigas will use Motorola's PowerPC CPU and will be dubbed the Power Amiga.}
Petro Tyschtschenko, General Manager, Amiga Technologies GmbH: {ESCOM press release of the new General Manager of Amiga Technologies GmbH on 30 May 1995} Ladies and gentlemen, As the General manager of Amiga Technologies GmbH, I would like to welcome you to the first press conference of our new company and also tell you how much we appreciate your presence here. At a spectacular auction five weeks ago in New York, ESCOM AG acquired the rights to the intellectual property of the former Commodore company for 10 million dollars, including all trademarks, logos, products and licenses.
Manfred Schmitt, Chairman of the Executive Board, Escom AG: {ESCOM press release from the Chairman of the Executive Board, Escom AG from 30 May 1995} Ladies and gentlemen, Since we won the auction for the intellectual property of Commodore and Amiga, the ESCOM AG is flooded with congratulation messages. Amiga clubs and Amiga users write to ask us to revive and continue to develop and improve the Amiga. Many of them actually sent us their wishes for future hardware architectures and operating systems improvements. However, it is still unclear for many users how a PC manufacturer and retailer will use the Amiga technology. Here is our answer:
Don Gilbreath, Chief Technical officer for VisCorp: {ESCOM press release from the Chief Technical officer for VisCorp from 30 May 1995} Hello, my name Is Don Gilbreath I have 12 years' association with Commodore I have worked in various capacities from engineering to technical sales and marketing. As a Director of Product and Market Development, I designed and managed among other products the team that brought CDTV to market. I am happy to be here today for the re-birth of Amiga. After spending some quality time with ESCOM management, I am convinced they possess the marketing finesse and strength to make Amiga successful into the 21st century.
Ed Goff, Escom Attorney: {ESCOM press release from their lead Attorney from 30 May 1995} My name is Ed Goff I'm a Philadelphia lawyer working with ESCOM and Amiga technologies GmbH, on a wide variety issues related to the relaunch of Amigas. In particular, I will talk today on issues of Licensing. Our strategy will be somewhat different than the strategy that you saw from Commodore in the past. It is our intention to have strategic program for Amigas that with be as open at possible, and which will therefore drive the Amiga technology into as wide a range of products and applications as is possible.
Wolf Dietrich, Phase 5 Digital Products: {ESCOM press release from Phase 5 Digital Products from 30 May 1995} Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, My name is Wolf Dietrich from phase 5 digital products a Frankfurt based manufacturer of AMIGA peripherals. I am happy to present to you at this re-introduction of the AMIGA series of computers the latest generation of the 68k series of processors the superscalar 68060 CPU. phase 5 digital products has developed the first fully operational implementation of this processor for the AMIGA marketed as the Cyberstorm 060 accelerator which is available now and shipping.
Jon Bohmer, Founder of Scala, Vice President, New Business Development: {ESCOM press release from the founder of Scala from 30 May 1995} Scala is in the business of computer televison: that is, using a computer to produce and distribute television-type programming. The company is one of the world's leading developers of computer-based television information solutions and the undisputed leader in multimedia software for the Amiga platform. Available in eleven languages, Scala's multimedia tools are distributed in more than 40 countries. Scala was founded in Norway in 1987. Today we are headquartered outside Washington DC, with international headquarters in Oslo and offices in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. Scala's team of software engineers includes most of the people who originally developed the Amiga operating system for Commodore.
Jeff Frank, Engineering and Manufacturing Amiga, Amiga Technologies GmbH: {ESCOM press release from Amiga Technologies Engineering and Manufacturing from 30 May 1995} Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen. My name is Jeff Frank and I have been retained by Amiga Technologies GmbH to provide technical assistance with respect to Engineering and Manufacturing Amiga related products. Previously, I have been with Commodore International Ltd. for nearly nine years, primarily as Director of Engineering. I am sure you are all as happy as I to hear that the "Amiga" is indeed alive and well!
Jeff Frank, Engineering and Manufacturing Amiga, Amiga Technologies GmbH: {ESCOM press release from Amiga Technologies Engineering and Manufacturing from 30 May 1995} Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen. My name is Jeff Frank and I have been retained by Amiga Technologies GmbH to provide technical assistance with respect to Engineering and Manufacturing Amiga related products. Previously, I have been with Commodore International Ltd. for nearly nine years, primarily as Director of Engineering. I am sure you are all as happy as I to hear that the "Amiga" is indeed alive and well!
Dr. Peter Kittel, Head of the Product Planning Group, Amiga Technologies GmbH: {ESCOM press release from the Head of Product Planning Group from 30 May 1995} Ladies and Gentlemen, As Head of the Product Planning Group of the new Amiga Technologies GmbH, I would like to give you an overview about the past and the technical future in our view. {...} Under the wing of ESCOM AG, Amiga Technologies GmbH will concentrate exclusively on the Amiga, to restart its production and develop it further.
Dr. Peter Kittel, Head of the Product Planning Group, Amiga Technologies GmbH: {ESCOM press release from the Head of Product Planning Group from 30 May 1995} Ladies and Gentlemen, As Head of the Product Planning Group of the new Amiga Technologies GmbH, I would like to give you an overview about the past and the technical future in our view. {...} Under the wing of ESCOM AG, Amiga Technologies GmbH will concentrate exclusively on the Amiga, to restart its production and develop it further.
Dr. Hartmut Esslinger, Founder and president of frogdesign: {ESCOM press release from the founder and president of frondesign from 30 May 1995} Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen, {...} We all know what Commodore and Amiga meant as high-tech brands: Commodore was an affordable way to get into personal computing, the first Amiga machine actually was created just one mile off my house in Los Gatos - and personally I know some people who created the machine very well. But for some not so trivial reasons, the brands were managed out of the market. {...} We have set you three goals: Our new products will emerge from what Richard Wurman calls TEDology, or what Nicholas Negroponte calls the new domaine of "creative digital life"
Bernard van Tienen, Head of Distribution, Commodore and Amiga Products: {ESCOM press release from the Head of Distribution, Commodore and Amiga Products from 30 May 1995} Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I'm delighted by today's announcement and confident of the significant benefits that it brings to customers of Commodore, to our employees and, of course, to our new larger company. I'd like to talk to you about how we are going to distribute Commodore products, and by that I mean both the Commodore Intel Pentium and the Amiga Motorola based computers. Distribution will be centralised in the Netherlands, where Commodore is based. Commodore products will be distributed in Europe, whereas Amiga will be worldwide distributed. However, we are already in the process of recruiting distributors for the Amiga range, and I'm sure we'll be able to give you more details on this at a later date.
RVF Honda, great racing game - but impossible serial link?": {Thread @ reddit where the figure out the Datalink cable needed to allow multi player game play}

16 Nov 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Another computer pioneer passed away this week. Thomas E. Kurtz the co-creator of the BASIC programming language has passed away at the age of 96. For many of us our first interaction with a computer came from using BASIC. What a glorious time it was. I find it so hard to describe to kids today the feeling of turning on your Commodore 64 and just start creating. Everything was so NEW and the sky was the limit. I just wish the kids today could experience that thrill.

Thomas went on to co-create True BASIC with John G. Kemeny and there was even an Amiga version. I know this because I still have my manual and disks but to my surprise I can't find a copy of either on the web. I will have see what I can to to get this back out there for us Amiga users to enjoy.

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New event: On 30 Nov Alkmaar Amiga Meetup will be held in Alkmaar Netherlands. From the website "It is an Amiga meeting with the theme Amiga Next-Gen, think of AmigaOne (OS4), MorphOS, Amithlon, Vampire, PiStorm, Aros and emulation. Of course, it is encouraged to bring such systems and demonstrate them, of course all Amigas are welcome." Sounds like a good time!

Amiga Legal News Update

- Even lower than zero... Today's Theme

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New Amiga A1100 is Out: Amiga A1100 by Miguel Fides is out. It was found on the Spanish retrowiki.es Forum site. Here the new Amiga A1100 was presented. In the news on Amiganews.de they reveal about the YouTube video too! On the Wikiretro blog, the official presentation of the original Commodore Amiga 1000 housing motherboard was announced on the 9th of February 2021. The idea of the post that was made is to test the interest of making the new Amiga 1000 clone. It is an replacement for a motherboard that is damaged or that only have the casing, because the plate has died etc.
Prototype : AmigaMCC : From Amiga Inc website in 1999. “The Amiga Multimedia Convergence Computer (Amiga MCC) - a hardware/software platform specifically designed to meld outstanding multimedia performance, a new level of ease of use, transparent access to the Internet and, through home networking, access to a growing family of Amiga-compatible devices around the home.
Hardware : A600GS : Amigakit a UK long-established Amiga store have developed their own custom Amiga compatible emulation system, similar to the A500 Mini but designed to be a much more complete and advance system. The system is powered by Orange Pi Zero 3, which is another Arm CPU based system, very similar to Raspberry Pi boards. {...} The board feature a easter egg name "Good Stuff" an Amiga tradition to take a Song name from The B52 music band, something almost all classic Amiga had. The GS part of the name A600GS can however both mean Good Stuff and Gaming System according to AmigaKit.
Legadon: A simple ePub reader (Text only + Cover Art)
Amiga Boing Blog: Where the world bounces around backwards.. – Building the largest Public Domain / Shareware / Freeware Amiga Collection Ever! – Come join me on this Epic Journey
Someone just bought the Amiga MCC prototype for $3500US.... So which one of you was it? ;)": {Thread @ reddit discussing the sale of the infamous Amiga MMC prototype}
Amiga User Interface Style Guide: Glossary: Revision 1.5 (April 5, 2023) Original Copyright © 1991 by Commodore Electronics Limited. Expanded and maintained by Gregory S. Donner
TRIPOS sources: These are the sources for TRIPOS, an operating developed between 1976 and 1982, headed by Dr Martin Richards and others between the University of Cambridge and later University Bath (origin of the MC68000 port, used as the foundation of AmigaDOS). You can find more out about the history of this operating system on its Wikipedia entry.
VOODOO-AMIGA.COM {ARCHIVED 4 July 2007}: Welcome to VooDoo Amiga News {Bosnian Amiga news site}
The Text Editor "Vim" as we know it was born on the Amiga (V1.14 shown here): {Thread @ reddit w/pic of the original VIM}
VIM: Quite a long time ago, Vim development started on the Amiga. Although it's a really old system now, it might still work. However, this has not been tested recently. You may have to use an older version for which Amiga binaries are available. For Vim 5.x and Vim 6 look in the amiga directory (ftp). Vim 7 files can be found at os4depot.net. This is for AmigaOS 4. Made by Peter Bengtsson.
pointdesign {ARCHIVED 15 Feb 2003}: {translated} As an Austrian provider of Amiga software and hardware, we look forward to your visit.
Amiga: It's Alive, Alive!: Hola, Amiga! The seminal computer company's assets were sold off by Gateway late last year, and the new company is about to announce a new OS partner. Reports of the Amiga computer's long-awaited revival apparently are not exaggerated in the least.
The Cost Of Owning A MiSTer FPGA Is About To Come Down Dramatically: MiSTer FPGA is a remarkable platform for retro gaming. {...} However, the high cost of owning one of these devices has always been a prime consideration to potential buyers, and recent parts shortages have pushed the price up even more. It's welcome news, then, to hear that a $99 MiSTer mainboard is on its way, which massively reduces the barrier of entry for anyone interested in taking the plunge.tion
COMMODORE CDTV-CR: Over the years there have been a number of rumours that Commodore developed a follow-up to the CDTV. Many believed it was a CDTV with a DCTV built-in, others said it was an expanded machine with AmigaOS2, more memory, keyboard and disk drive. These rumours were confirmed in March 2000 when two machines appeared on eBay. The first was sold for $199, the second for $1000. A third prototype was owned by National Amiga, who sold it to Oliver Hannaford-Day, the CDTV.org administrator for $250.

9 Nov 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Can you believe it was 29 years ago that Petro Tyschtschenko made the announcement that the next generation of Amiga will use the Motorola's PowerPC CPU and will be dubbed the Power Amiga? At the time, to some, it seemed like logical next step. Heck Apple did it so why not the Amiga? Well we all know how that turned out. Unfortunately ESCOM WAS NOT Apple...

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As always Amiga-News.de has done a wonderful job of consolidating a list of all the videos from Amiwest 20204. Thanks amiga-news!
New Diskmag: Just added this to the list. Amiga Rulez is a German Diskmag now on issue #3 done in the style of the old-school diskmags in the .adf format.
From the 'Don't know how I missed this page' department: Amigans.net has a VERY informative page on the A1222. Covers the history, specs, a BUNCH of support links and more. It's SO GOOD I added it to the A1222/TABOR side menu. Check it out!!!
New issue: Komoda & Amiga Plus #26 has been published
New event: The 39th annual edition of the retro computer meeting is being held in Schwentinental, Germany. Interface XXXIX looks to be a good time for all.

Amiga Legal News Update

- Well it's been over a week and it's nothing but crickets. Can't say I expected much but the news was big enough that I thought there would be more rumors and speculation to be discussed. As always I guess we need to wait two more weeks for the 'real' news.. lol ... Today's Theme

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Hardware : A1222 Plus: Introduction. Since A-Cube stop producing the Sam motherboards and the high price points of the X1000 & X5000 there were calls for a low-cost entry to the AmigaONE market. In 2015 A-eon announced the A1222, designed to be a low-cost system based on the P1022 1.2Ghz CPU in a Mini ITX design.
Amiga Rulez: AMIGA RULEZ is a regularly published magazine on diskette (Disk-Mag, .adf) The magazine is free and is filled with our own and guest contributions. The aim of the magazine is a relaxed sharing of information and opinions in the style of a disk mag of the 90s. The first issue was actually available on diskette on October 7, 2023 at Amiga38 (www.amiga-event.de). The idea for the magazine came about in April in the Facebook group "Amiga Rulez". Most of the contributors to the magazine hang out there. Why not take a look?
HARDWARE MANUFACTURER ID REGISTRY 12 March 2003 {ARCHIVED 13 Feb 2005}: {list of hardware manufacturer ID registry}
Your Manufacturer Number {ARCHIVED 15 Feb 2005}: Attention hardware manufacturers. If you are developing a hardware expansion product for the Amiga then you will need to obtain a special manufacturer ID number from Amigan Software to identify your product. This manufacturer number is used by the Amiga to link your hardware with its driver software at boot time. Your manufacturer number is part of the special protocol that the Amiga uses to automatically configure all expansion devices on the bus without the user having to cut jumpers or adjust dip switches. This is called auto-config.
DIY Chris Lets Make Stuff: As a company, DIY Chris specializes in retro computing, more specifically in all things Commodore related. We started out by designing a C64 cartridge several years ago and just grew from there. We now spend a lot of time reverse engineering vintage electronics. We create schematics using modern tools while creating a faithful replica of the original... As our love for all things vintage and some current electronics, we don’t just design and reverse engineer but also repair and restore vintage systems for others. Our repair service includes but is not limited to computers and gaming consoles both vintage and current.
How to Burn a Kickstart ROM for an Amiga 500: I found myself needing to update my Amiga 500 to Kickstart 3.1 to support my IDE device, which is a combo IDE / 8MB Fast RAM and uses an SD to 2.5 inch IDE adapter to utilize a 2GB micro SD card {...} As with all things that I try to do, I find bits and pieces of information that I tend to compile into a fully working solution.
MMULib OpenPCI for all bridge boards: In short: "PCI is for PC what Zorro is for Amiga". {...} It is therefore not unsurprising that several vendors started to offer through which an Amiga system can be equipped with a PCI bus, and through which components designed for PC systems can be plugged into an Amiga. {..} The version in this archive is a complete re-implementation of openpci and based on a different design philosophy: Instead of depending on proprietary drivers, it interfaces directly to third party hardware, entirely replacing vendor specific drivers. At the same time, it provides a super-set of services the original openpci.library offered, addressing some of its shortcomings. {Written by Thomas 'Thor' Richter}
Demystifying WHDLoad: If you’ve not heard of it before, WHDLoad is a fantastic piece of software which streamlines the loading of games from an Amiga equipped with a hard drive. {...} In fact many Amiga games used a non-DOS disk format to perhaps squeeze a few extra bytes on, or provide copy protection, and if you pop one of these in to your Workbench environment all you’ll see is DF0:NDOS and no way to launch the game
WHDLoad: The Amiga’s Secret Weapon: WHDLoad is an entirely software-based system designed to allow users to quickly and easy launch floppy-based games and demos and have them accurately run on the entire range of Amiga hardware. It was originally released in 1996 to address the issue of games running improperly or not at all on more recent Amiga systems featuring more powerful MC680x0 CPUs, the more advanced ECS and AGA custom chipsets, and newer versions of AmigaDOS.
PiSTORM 2K - RPi 3A+ 3B 3B+ ADAPTER FOR COMMODORE AMIGA 2000: PiStorm is an adapter which uses a Raspberry Pi to provide a CPU accelerator for the Amiga 2000. It also provides a file-based SCSI device, RTG graphics and several other optional enhancements.
AMIhelper: Amiga computing solutions - networking, graphics, file conversion, system setup, development, ... If you have suggestions, corrections, additions please leave a comment - thanks!
How to prepare a CompactFlash card for Amiga PCMCIA using Linux: An example how to prepare a CompactFlash card for Amiga compactflash.device (cfd) / FAT95 using Linux Fedora Core 33. The idea is to wipe the CompactFlash card, and create one big partition for Amiga PCMCIA slot use. The procedure should basically be the same on all Linux distributions. Make sure your "mkfs" command has "vfat" support (which it probably has).
How to set up NFS and mount on Amiga: Here's one way to set up an nfs server under Linux, and mount an nfs share on your Amiga.
Docs: TerribleFire accelerators : Information about Stephen Leary's TerribleFire line of accelerators for the Amiga computer. Due to some people blatantly copying and disregarding Mr. Leary's work, he shut down all his Amiga-related projects in September 2020 for some time, but since has found new motivation and is giving occasional updates here and there. *** This page is work-in-progress - please add your experience, know-how, corrections, contributions, etc. by leaving a comment, so we can make this a comprehensive documentation. Thanks! ***
How do you convert lha to ADF? : You can do so for example by inserting some ADF (preferably a copy, or an empty one!) to your Amiga emulator. Make sure your emulator settings allow for writing to ADF files. Format the disk (ADF) if required, then extract lha to that disk.

2 Nov 2024

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Well another year another AmiWest. While there was no earth shattering news, I will let the WONDERFUL Amiga-News.de give you the all the juicy details.

  - This week I received my copy of the Amiga OS 3.2 Reference Manual and it better than I expected!! Now if you haven't ordered your copy what in the world are you waiting for???

  - And a Vampire, Blippi and AmigaMan hopes everyone had a scary and frighteningly good Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!
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"Nice Surprise" department: Wayne Hunt, the founder of one of the granddaddy's of ALL Amiga websites, Amiga.org, popped in at his old website to say he was "I’m both humbled and amazed that you guys and this site are still going strong." Wayne ran the site for 8 years before he stepped down. Here's a bit more on the transition. I for one am VERY happy to hear from him again and wish him and his family all the best post Amiga life.
New Recap: DIY Chris offers a Recapping service for your Amiga 500/600/1200. Located in the US (Florida)
New issue: Amiga Future #171 has been published
New issue: Amiga Germany Fan’zine #12 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

Amiga-News.de

Hyperion continues to be managed by court-appointed administrator

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JST: JOTD startup - a program to start amiga games from hard drive.
One Ancient Commodore Amiga Runs the Heat and AC for 19 Public Schools: Somewhere in Grand Rapids, Michigan, there is an ancient Commodore Amiga that is hard at work. For over a quarter century it has been controlling the heat and air conditioning at 19 different schools and running nonstop. It's still kicking, for now anyway.
June Bug Junior V1.3.1. BOM: All parts are 1206 size, except where defined otherwise. {Amiga 600 Junior PCB board}
Interview With the Creator of Distant Suns – Mike Smithwick: The process of researching the last article: “Stepping Into Other Worlds”, the history and products of Virtual Reality Laboratories, Inc. – produced more questions than it answered. One particular title: Distant Suns, has a particularly rich history. It’s author, Mr. Mike Smithwick has graciously agreed to provide us with deeper insight into his title. 30 years on, Distant Suns is still giving star gazers their own planetariums.
The AGA Chipset (Amiga 1200/4000): **** WARNING **** AGA Registers are temporary. They will change. Do not rely on this documentation. No programs written with this information can be officially endorsed or supported by Commodore. If this bothers you then stop reading now. Future Amigas will *NOT* support *ANY* of the new AGA registers. If you want your product to work on the next generation of Amigas then either:
CXA2075M: Lately I have been seeing many Amiga 600 and Amiga 1200 with bad Band Pass Filter (Z221) and Delay Line (Z222). This generally causing bad picture quality on composite and the RF-modulator. {...} The modification is rather simple if you have some SMD soldering experience and you only need to components. So, why wait!
Push-Over (Ocean, 1992) : Retro games reviewed and compared as unbiased as possible by a Finnish guy, and occasionally helped by his friends. {A comarison of the Amiga, Atari ST, IBM-PC & Super Nintendo versions}
Amiga Game Scripting Languages: I was directed recently to a utility that laid bare the maps, items and other structures of the classic Bitmap Brothers' game Cadaver on Amiga. It was fascinating to be able to dig into how the game was put together, not least because I'm working on something very similar with my as-yet-unnamed Amiga isometric game.
new art: An oldschool Amiga demo for Deadline 2024 where it won the anaglyph 3D competition. “Anaglyph” meaning that you need a pair of red/cyan glasses to properly enjoy the effect – it’s an oldschool production in oldschool 3D! {Lots of detail of how the demo was made}
DEMOZOO Amiga OCS/ECS: {Demos for the Amiga OCS/ECS}
DEMOZOO Amiga AGA: {Demos for the Amiga AGA}
Commodore Employee Fireside Chat at VCF East 2022!: Do you recognize this guy? That’s Bil Herd co-inventor of the Commodore 128 microcomputer. How about this one? That’s Dave Haynie co-inventor of several Commodore Amiga microcomputers. How about this one? That’s Andy Finkel. Software engineer on several Commodore Amiga microcomputers. All of these people list above worked for a company called Commodore which made some of the best selling, innovative microcomputers of all time! Would you like to meet these people? Well you are in luck! We are excited to announce the biggest Commodore employee reunion in years! Where can you find them? At VCF East 2022!
"The Commodore Story" Documentary Premieres Today: What is it about a computer that was introduced 36 years ago by a company that would be defunct 12 years later that engenders such passion that people still collect it to this day? We’re talking about the Commodore 64, of course, the iconic 8-bit wonder that along with the other offerings from Commodore International served as the first real computer to millions of us. There’s more to the passion that Commodore aficionados exhibit than just plain nostalgia, though, and a new documentary film, The Commodore Story, seeks to explore both the meteoric rise and fall of Commodore International. Judging from the official trailer below, this is a film anyone with the slightest interest in Commodore is not going to want to miss.
EmuTOS: EmuTOS is a Free operating system for Atari ST computers, and more.
The Computer Chronicles - Amiga 3000 (1990): {The Computer Chronicles covering the Amiga 3000, Amiga user Groups, the Video Toaster, Amiga Vision, Disney Animator and more}

26 Oct 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! While we just turned 23, Grind just turned 2 and who is further along? LOL Happy Birthday Grind!!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

If you are a glutton for punishment and want to relive some early days of Unix you couldn't do much worse than installing Amix on your copy of WinUAE. Now for those not to familiar with Amix it was Commodore's port of AT&T System V Release 4 Unix to the Amiga in 1990. You've been warned and HAVE FUN!!! ;-)
New issue: Amiga Addict #33 has been published
New issue: Boing #9 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

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blog.append(Brian.thoughts.getRandom()): {Blog posts from Brian trying to get Amix running a real A3000 and issues he encountered and other random thoughts}
Threads in Forum : support.Amix: {The English Amiga Board official Amix support forum}
Who used AMIX?": {Thread @ Amiga.org discussing who used Amix and some interesting history tidbits}
Amix Box {picture} {ARCHIVED 4 Apr 2014}: {If you ever wondered what the box Amix came in looked like}
Amix Box Contents {picture} {ARCHIVED 4 Apr 2014}: {If you ever wondered what was inside the box Amix came in}
TekMagic 4060T aka Ultrasound accelerator: There are plenty of accelerators for big-box Amigas, some fits fine to all Amiga models such as Cyberstorm MK2 and 3, some are especially designed for A3000 (G-Force 040), another ones only for A4000 (Cyberstorm MK1) and some only for A4000T (QuikPak 4060). Amiga 4000T is big and spacious so ideal for any kind of cpu accelerator. I thought QuikPak is the only one accelerator designated for A4000T only. Until now!
Building an Amiga 600 Junior I bought an Amiga 600 on eBay that was in very nice external physical condition, but it wouldn’t boot. Replacing the reset circuit capacitor didn’t fix it either. Inspecting the board, I could see a lot of corrosion around many of the surface-mount capacitors. The board was beyond repair, at least with my skills. I searched online for replacement motherboards, and I found out about the Amiga 600 Junior.
Amiga 600 Junior PCB board with Autoplaced Passive Parts: Arrived to idoregesz.hu the next genereation of the Amiga 600 mainboard’s! (Rev 1.3.1) With autoplaced passive parts (SMD1206 ant SOT23), pcb color: Glossy Piano-Black!
Building the Junior600 (A600 Clone): Next in my series of building Amiga clones.. the Junior 600. What is the Junior 600? it is a A600 clone made by Róbert Tihanyi.
List of Amiga BBS Software: {A direct link to the Amiga BBS software download section archived at bbsdocumentary.com}
Amiexpress BBS: Welcome. The old amiexpress.co.uk site disappeared because the domain name expired. I am not sure if the original owner lost interest or forgot, but at the same time I was renewing my own in retro computing. Out of love for the great BBS and the old scene days, I started the task of building a website in support of the old bbs. This is a labor of love and in hopes of bring back some old-schoolers and sparking interest in the new generation. A big thank you to the original creator, developers , sysops and door programmers of Amiexpress. AmiExpress was originally written by Michael Thomas of Synthetic Technologies and later sold to Joseph Hodge of Lightspeed Technologies.
The Amiga BBS Blog: Here you will find a repository of information and resources for running and/or using Amiga Bulletin Board Systems (all Amiga OS variants, AROS, MorphOS).
THE BBS DOCUMENTARY: Long before the Internet escaped from the lab, connected the planet and redefined what it meant to use a computer... there was a brave and pioneering band of computer users who spent their time, money and sanity setting up their home computers and phone lines to welcome anyone who called. By using a modem, anyone else who knew the phone number of these computers could connect to them, leave messages, send and recieve files.... and millions did. They called these places "Bulletin Board Systems", or BBSes. And their collections of messages, rants, thoughts and dreams became the way that an entire generation learned about being online. When the Internet grew in popularity in the early 1990s, the world of the BBS faded, changed, and became a part of the present networked world.. but it wasn't the same. In the Summer of 2001, Jason Scott, a computer historian (and proprietor of the textfiles.com history site) wondered if anyone had made a film about these BBSes. They hadn't, so he decided he would.
Fred Fish Disk Contents: {From disk 1 - 1120. Name, Description, Author and file location path}
64-bit Odyssey 2.0 and JavaScript story: In this short article I’m going to show you different ways that upcoming 64-bit version Odyssey 2.0 can execute JavaScript code and performance implications of these choices. Some of the results are quite interesting, coming very close to modern-day (October 2024) Firefox performance. This is especially important taking into account that Odyssey 2.0 WebKit engine has been released in February 2019.

24 Oct 24

Today's Highlights
- Like I stated in the previous post "I've been busy" and to that point I missed another birthday. So with no further ado... Happy 23rd Birthday AmigaSource!!

Good things are coming!!

19 Oct 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Busy week... At least for me ;-)

Interesting... Keep an eye on

New issue: ZZAP! AMIGA Micro Action #18 has been released.

Amiga Legal News Update

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Retro Wi-Fi On A Dime: Amiga’s Slow Lane Connection: In a recent video, [Chris Edwards] delves into the past, showing how he turned a Commodore Amiga 3000T into a wireless-capable machine. But forget modern Wi-Fi dongles—this hack involves an old-school D-Link DWL-G810 wireless Ethernet bridge. You can see the Amiga in action in the video below. [Chris] has a quirky approach to retrofitting. He connects an Ethernet adapter to his Amiga, bridges it to the D-Link, and sets up an open Wi-Fi network—complete with a retro 11 Mbps speed. Then again, the old wired connection was usually 10 Mbps in the old days.
Herr Doktor Diskettenlaufwerk (Amiga-HDDLW): Adapts a regular PC floppy drive for high density operation on an Amiga computer.
Amiga "Unofficial" DiskMaster2 5RC10 Beginner's Tutorial : Disk Master is an application manager and file utility for the Amiga OS which is fast, configurable and very sparing of system resources. The program was originally written by Greg Cunningham and originally released by Progressive Peripherals and Software, Inc as a commercial product. Greg turned the source code over to Rudolph Riedel who currently maintains the program, which is now freeware.
Janeway Amiga Scene Demo Search Engine: {Kestra Bitworld searchable Demo Scene database. LOTS of stuff here!!}
DiskMaster2: DiskMaster2 is a file-manager for AmigaOS that I received the sources for in 1997 from Greg Cunningham. Over the course of more than ten years I moved it forward removing all assembly parts, porting it to GCC putting endless hours into it and countless lines of code and then adapting it for OS4 and using GUI classes when I was at first part of the AmigaOS4 Beta-Testing and later the Development Team. Around end of 2008 I gradually moved on and away from AmigaOS without realizing it at first.
VNCFOX – Better way of browsing modern web on vintage machines: TL;DR Firefox with TightVNC server in a Docker container. I often work on vintage Unix Workstations and other obsolete systems. I have a need to browse modern web on old computers somehow. Enter VNCFOX – a Firefox browser with TightVNC server packaged as a Docker container. It’s small, lean, easy to run and there is no boot time and lengthy updates.
amiga-sculpt3d-big-render: A demonstration of Sculpt 3D's 24-bit renders, and a program to combine them.
name": {Thread @ reddit discussing different Gotek models. Artery AT32F415 / AT32F435 }
Prototype : Concept Amiga : Prototypes, Rebuilds, and other new Amiga projects that just dont quite fit anywhere else on the web site will end up in here. if you know of any Amiga project that should be covered let me know. Amiga Fantasy, AmigaCD64, Natami & Amiga A1000 Laptop
Converting a PC Floppy Drive to Amiga: I recently purchased an external floppy drive the for the Amiga which was sold as “untested”. Unfortunately “untested” in this case meant “doesn’t work and someone did a bad attempt at repairing it”. There were parts of the drive physically broken and it was beyond repair. I lucked out because unlike the Rotec drive I repaired in the past, this one uses a standard floppy connector inside. So, instead I decided to convert a PC floppy drive to work in the case.
Z3660 Accelerator First Boot A4000TX: What is this? Its an WIP accelerator based on the 3660 design Chuck (John Hertel) did with a catch. Below is taken from the GitHub page. For more information visit this Discord and the Github links below. So far its running absolutely amazing.
Wrangler Amiga Review of the new Z3660 Accelerator": {Thread @ AMiBay discussing the new Z3660 all-in-one accelerator for the big box A3/4000 accelerator by Double H Tech.}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqiEQtzGk-Q: sHaNsHe (Double H Tech) has created a new all-in-one accelerator for the A3000 and A4000 Amigas, which has some neat tricks up its sleeve. I set up my card and benchmark it against other accelerators. {Review done by Wrangler Amiga. Normally I tend to stay away from youtube videos but this one is seriously worth it!}
Wrangler Amiga: {Normally i tend to stay away from youtube links but his page covers VERY relevant and interesting topics and reviews such as the Z3660 board, Prelude sound card reamke, BFG9060 and lots more!
CPLDICY: Commodore Amiga 2000/3000/4000 I2C controller as Zorro-II card. This controller is software compatible to M. Boehmer's ICY board. The main difference between the original ICY card and this design is that the PCF8584 I2C controller chip is mapped indirectly to the Amiga bus here. This way, occasional mis-configuration of the PCF8584 bus protocol and timing issues can be worked around. While the main purpose of this board is to provide an I2C controller, there are some optional on-board extras.

12 Oct 2024

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Well it happened again. Somehow I was NOT tracking these two projects, which are already on their THIRD reorder batches. Ordyne over at AmiBay has two main threads covering a Amiga A4000 Reproduction Case Pre-Order and a A4000T Replica case.

  WOW. Now with all the redesigned PBC boards, keyboards & cases all we need is someone, with REALLY DEEP POCKETS, to do a LARGE production run of all the custom chips, throw in a few CPU's too sweeten the deal, and we could be back in business again!! Long live 1994!!!! LOL!!!

   - And this week we hit 500 new links mark. Yae me... < grin >

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A4000 and A4000T replica cases.

Amiga Legal News Update

- The legal train just keeps chuggin' along.... Or does it???? Today's Theme

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adflib: A Rust library and command-line tool for managing ADF (Amiga Disk File) files. While working on cross-development for the Amiga, I needed a way to manage ADF files. Existing libraries weren't written in Rust, which was my preferred language for tool development. Thus, I decided to create a Rust-based library for managing ADF files. The library is still in its early stages and is not yet feature-complete or extensively tested.
APEO (AMOS Professional Executable Optimizer): APEO (AMOS Professional Executable Optimizer) is a tool for AMOS Professional applications developers and users. It patches the executables produced by the AMOSPro Compiler V2.00 (and possibly squashed by the AMOSPro Compiler Shell V2.00) to make them faster.
AQA (Amiga Quality Audio): AQA (Amiga Quality Audio) is (mainly) a collection of CPU-based audio playback tools for classic Amigas that stream stereo audio samples from mass storage devices through the Paula chip also at frequencies way beyond the canonical 28 kHz of the Amiga or the 44.1 kHz of CDs (e.g. 96 kHz), and with a resolution of 8 or 14 bits. AQA is therefore suitable for listening to high-quality music even on the good old classic Amigas.
TestCode: TestCode is a tool for developers (especially assembly ones). It takes a blob, i.e. a relocatable file made of a given number of sections (hunks), executes the code sections, prints a detailed report and, if the blob requests it, creates a dump file. In particular, TestCode executes the core section with AmigaOS and the hardware in "off" state (but the section can modify the hardware state almost without limits) and measures the duration of the execution with color clock precision.
JOTD startup: JST is a program which understands JST/whdload slaves and loads its data from hard drive. It's been around since 1996 but was revived a few years ago, with 1.3 compat. & better whdload compatibility. Now focuses on - whdload compatibility, - low spec machines {&} - keyboardless machines (using CD32 joypad redirection to keys) So it's ideal for: - CD32 machines with HD & fastmem, - Emulated hard disk files, - Kickstart 1.3 machines with HD & fastmem {&} - CDTV stock machines
M68K Mode for Emacs: Motorola 68k Assembly environment for Emacs. Focusing on Amiga in the beginning with lsp-server and debugger. Might extend to support other platforms based upon interest Includes setup for lsp-mode, and experimental dap-mode.
Interview: Matthew Leaman (Amiga Kit, A-EON) about the A600GS: {amiga-new.de conducted interview with Matthew Leaman (Amiga Kit, A-EON) about the A600GS
AVX Bitwise ternary logic instruction busted!: How a modern AVX instruction shares a similar design with a 1985 blitter chip, by Arnaud Carré. This post is for any enthusiastic SIMD CPU programmer curious about weird AVX instructions. But also for any veteran Amiga programmer who never quite figured out how to calculate that cursed “minterm” blitter value!
Licensing is a complicated business!: We spoke with Simon Turner at Plaion about their range of replica consoles, such as TheA500. Plaion is the distributor of modern replica consoles such as TheC64, ThA500 and the forthcoming The Spectrum. We had the opportunity to ask Simon Turner, who is UK marketing director and responsible for global marketing of the retro division at Plaion a few questions. We discussed the inspiration behind these consoles, about getting the rights to old games, and their plans for any future releases.
rePlayer (another multi-formats music player): With this piece of software, you can play a lot of oldschool music format from the old times, such as the Amiga (which was the original purpose of this player), Atari, C64, Nintendo, Sega... As a maniac collector, it started to get very annoyed to keep up to date with newer songs from an artist, check for songs duplicates, and also some missing playback functionalities. So I started to write my own player, first to play default modules from the amiga using ImGui (for the interface), OpenMPT (to play amiga modules) and libcurl (to handle the downloads from the websites).
TooIzzi: Hi, my name is Rodrigo Cesar Vertulo, but many call me just Vertulo. I am an Electronic Engineer and Computer Scientist of Italian origin born in Brazil. I am passionate about developing technologies, both at the hardware and software levels, but I especially spend a lot of my time developing games, especially for old computers like those in the Commodore Amiga line.
name": {Thread @ eab.abime.net Listing of Amiga games with attract mode}
The Obligatory Amiga Blitter Video: It’s time…time for a video on the Commodore Amiga Blitter! Topaz walks through the memory copy capabilities of this feature in the context of a small demo written to exercise the blitter, copper, and sprites.
Escom Amiga 4000T Door: This is a replacement for an Escom Amiga 4000T door that I modeled directly off of a real one.
Demoscene the Amiga renaissance. Volumne 3 1997-2023: {Third book in the series this time covering the demoscene after the downfall of Commodore}

5 Oct 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! This has been a pretty good week in AmigaLand! Tomas Richter has released a new manual for the dos.library in the spirit of the original Commodore Reference Manuals. Now on the one hand this is a GREAT effort and HIGHLY needed and but on the other hand I'm upset that this type of documentation isn't coming from those in charge.

Hey... Note to those in charge... DO YOU THINK YOU COULD STOP THIS CRAP AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESOLVE THE DAMN LEGAL MESS ALREADY!!

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New issue: REV'n'GE #162 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

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ASMotor: ASMotor is a portable and generic assembler engine and development system written in ANSI C99 and licensed under the GNU Public License v3. The package consists of the assembler, the librarian and the linker. It can be used as either a cross or native development system. The assembler can output ASMotor's own object format, Amiga hunk format (link and executable) and ELF. The assembler should slot right in to another toolchain without any trouble, if that is preferred.
4champ: An app that provides a mobile interface to Amiga Music Preservation database on iOS devices.
Amiga "Pregnant" Mouse (Two & Three Button Variants): This design is the two and three button versions of the Amiga "pregnant" mouse. I didn't model the cord, but did do the plug. I made it only from pictures I found online, which required a lot of guesswork, so I'd be most grateful if someone who owns one would be willing to give me some measurements. I may eventually 3D print one and put some modern mouse guts into it (have to think about how a mouse wheel would best be integrated...).
Amiga Pregnant Laser Mouse: An optical mouse replacement pcb for the Amiga pregnant mouse.
Amiga "Pregnant" Mouse - 3 button version: You can print a new shell for your existing 3-button Amiga mouse, or make use of the project by Board Folk (chris-jh) to create a new one from scratch!
Q&A: PC pioneer Chowaniec looks back at the Amiga: Adam Chowaniec, who is now chairman of supercomputer maker Liquid Computing Corp., was one of those computer industry pioneers. Chowaniec joined Commodore Computer just a year after the popular Commodore 64 was launched 25 years ago this week. His task was to build the successor to the C64, then the most popular machine on the market with more than 20 million units sold. Chowaniec, as vice president of technology at Commodore, was responsible for creating the Amiga PC.
everything2.com: {Interesting search results for the word AMIGA}
Topaz NG: This font is a vector interpretation of the venerable "Topaz" font, used on Amiga's workbench.
In the beginning was CAOS: The very first issue of Amiga Transactor - spun off from the original Transactor - featured an article by Andy Finkel, then the Software Manager at Commodore-Amiga. Fortunately, the article survived, although Amiga Transactor didn't. It's interesting to contrast the state of AmigaDOS then and now, especially in comparison to the CAOS specs. Thanks to Andy - and an intrepid Amiga owner who typed in the text and sent it to Andy - ViewPort is able to reprint that article in its entirety. So set the WayBack machine for 1988, and read on...
TOSEC: The Old School Emulation Center (TOSEC) is a retrocomputing initiative dedicated to the cataloging and preservation of software, firmware and resources for arcade machines, microcomputers, minicomputers and video game consoles. The main goal of the project is to catalog and audit various kinds of software and firmware images for these systems. As of release 2014-10-31, TOSEC catalogs over 280 unique computing platforms and continues to grow. As of this time the project had identified and cataloged 781,347 different software images/sets, consisting of over 4.97TB of software, firmware and resources.
Amiga Networking FAQ: Answers to both generic and Amiga specific networking questions. It covers both hardware and software questions. It should be read by anyone that has a network related question before posting it to comp.sys.amiga.datacomm or comp.sys.amiga.hardware news groups. This FAQ about Amiga Networking was compiled and written by Richard Norman with numerous contributions by others.
Fresh Workbench Installation: As I go further down the Amiga memory lane rabbit hole, I ended buying a few actual real Amigas. The 600 and the 1200 both have an internal hard drive which allow the latest Workbench to be installed and booted from. Of course part of the fun in being able to do this from scratch. Turns out I’d forgotten a lot about the process, and on top of that a lot of new things have emerged since the last version of Workbench I used back in the days. For example, here I’ll be using Workbench 3.2 here so I’m not limited to any disk or partition size. I’m also installing the OS on a SD card plugged in to my TF1260 card’s IDE port so some steps below are specific to that.
Book List Amiga Books Reference: {A very comprehensive list of books published about the Amiga with links to some of them}
HRTmon: Amiga lowlevel monitor. Have you ever wanted to get an Action Replay on your A1200, A3000 or A4000 ? If the answer is yes, then you should have a look at HRTmon. HRTmon is a monitor for your Amiga, which doesn't use the libraries. You can invoke the monitor at any point. Even if a game or a demo switched off the interrupts. Once in HRTmon you can watch all the memory, disassemble, edit, save, etc... and continue, as if nothing happend. You don't have to care about any picture address. ALL the CHIP-memory can be edited transparently.br>
Building a custom A600 Kickstart with HRTmon: It’s not fair that Amiga 1000s and 500s gets to have all the fun with the Action Replay. But wait... There is a way to get the same functionality on an Amiga 600 or 1200. It’s called HRTmon. In order for this to work the same way as an Action Replay cartridge, HRTmon needs to be resident in ROM as part of the Kickstart. Here is how to do it on macOS…

28 Sep 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! WOW check out this event. On 12 Oct the South West Amiga Amiga Group (SWAG) will be holding their last event of the year Workbench 2024. They will have everything from troubleshooting (bring you hardware along), free recapping, a raffle, buy and sell area, a games tournament and a few special guests will be there too. Come meet AmigaKit, Rob Smith, Nick Veitch and Amiga Addict! Sounds like a GREAT time!

- If you haven't been following recently Hans de Ruiter has launched Kea Campus, a "place for serious and aspiring developers & creators, and their supporters..." and for a limited time he is offering 20-40% off ZitaFTP Server, a secure and easy-to-use FTP(S) server that works on both AmigaOS and Windows. If you haven't gotten you copy now's your time!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

New event: On 12 Oct Workbench 2024 will be held in Birmingham, EN.
New event: 31 Oct - 1 Nov Amiga-Meeting Nord 25 will be held in Neumünster, DE
New issue: Passione Amiga #21 has been published.

Amiga Legal News Update

- Two more weeks???? Today's Theme

New Links (15) YTD (470)

Games that passed you by but still hold up well ": {Thread @ eab. Check out Lionagony's input about him playing every Amiga game every and rating his top 300+}
BattleCraft: If Forgotten Forever can be described as a Command & Conquer clone, this little beauty can surely be described as a Warcraft-II clone. The Dutch programmer 'Peter De Boer' has been working on this one for quite some time now, and his main goal is to make it the best amiga (ECS/AGA) strategic action game that is available. As you can see from the image to the left Peter de Boer is working on a total and complete conversion of the PC Warcraft-II game. He is converting all the original graphics in an Amiga 32-color version so that ECS-AMiga's wont be left out. And looking at the screenshot of the level-Editor he hasn't done a bad job!
Retroleum - The Retro Spares Shop: Retroleum sells various new, old stock and salvaged components mainly for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 (but also a few items for the VIC20, C16, Plus4, C128, ZX81 etc). {Note: they do have some Amiga items too}
RetroKit: RetroKit started with an simple idea to become a one-stop shop for retro computer and game console kit. Starting with Commodore and Amiga brands, long-term we will stock other vendors.
First demo to...": {Thread @ eab discussing the various 'firts' in the history of the Amiga demo scene}
Microsoft Sunsets Amiga’s Killer App: Internet Explorer:It’s been nearly 27 years but, as life teaches us, all good things must come to an end. On June 15th, Microsoft ended support for Internet Explorer on all desktop systems, including its launch platform, the Commodore Amiga. Microsoft tweeted the news yesterday from its official @MicrosoftEdge account. In the poignant tweet, the Redmond software giant bade farewell to its venerable web browser, stating with some sadness, “Now, it’s time to surf the big web in the sky,” while marking the woeful moment with an animated image of IE’s orbited-“e” logo, centered on a glowing blue screen which fades out to darkness on an Amiga 1000 computer.
3D Object Converter: This page is the official homepage of 3D Object Converter for Windows / AmigaOS, a powerful 3D polygon model translation and interactive viewing shareware tool that allows arbitrary 3D model data to be imported from external sources, exported to various industry standard 3D file formats with great accuracy and quality. The program supports 885 file formats. It is available for Windows95/98/Me/NT x86, 2K/XP x86|x64, Vista x86|x64, Windows 7 x86|x64, Windows 8.x x86|x64, Windows 10 x86|x64, Windows 11 x64 and Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2 x64, 2016 x64, 2019 x64 and AmigaOS 3.x / 4.x.
Untangle: Amiga port of a popular logic game. The Game. Untangle is a logic puzzle, where the player faces a set of dots connected by lines. Usually the set is untidy, many lines cross another ones. The game goal is to untangle lines by moving dots, so finally no line cross another.
morsconv: Modular converter of text to various forms of Morse code. Shell command, no GUI. AmigaOS 3.x, M68000.
squirt: squirtd is a small server (the executable is less than 5kb) that lets you remotely manage your Amiga over TCP/IP using set of command lines tools running on a modern system. This project has two main purposes for me. I want to be able to quickly transfer, install and automatically test games that I am developing on various Amigas from Makefiles; and incrementally back those Amigas up into git repos.
Recreating Dune II for the Amiga: We’ve spoken with ex-Westwood developer Bob Koon, who is working on a new Amiga version of Dune II. Bob Koon was part of the original Westwood team that created the groundbreaking real-time strategy game Dune II, which is considered the first «modern» game in the genre. His main task was converting the game to the Amiga. While the Amiga version was met with a very positive reception and is still fondly remembered today, Koon never felt completely satisfied with how it turned out. So now he’s set out to recreate it from scratch, and make the definitive version of Dune II in the process. We got in touch to ask him about the project.
South West Amiga Group: The South West Amiga Group (SWAG) originally formed in December 1997. They met once a month in Bristol to discuss their favourite computer. The group continued in various forms until 2005 when the group finally disbanded.
Amiga Developer Conference Denver 1990 {ARCHIVED 17 Jun 22}: Documentation from the Amiga Developer Conference 1990.
Amiga Developer Conference Denver 1991 {ARCHIVED 17 Jun 22}: Documentation from the Amiga Developer Conference 1991.
DevCon93: {a 27 page PDF of the last Amiga Developers Conference. What a informative read!}

22 Sep 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Sorry but this will be a quick weekly update. Glad nothing interesting has happened... LOL!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

New Big Shops and Vendors added to the list. Check out Retrokit. Selling Amiga & Commodore items plus various other retro items. Located in Perth Australia.
New event: {from eab} "Finnish Amiga Users Group is happy to announce the return of the Saku events! Started in 1997, Saku is the longest running Amiga show in Finland. We will hold our Saku 2024 event in Oulu, Finland on Sunday, September 22nd. The event will feature many classic Amiga computers from A500 to A4000, FPGA setups, and next generation systems. Visitors can use all setups freely for gaming and other activities. There will be several game competitions with prizes and demos are shown on a big screen. The latest Amiga Future magazines are available for reading, as well as other magazines from all decades."

Amiga Legal News Update

- Is this thing plugged in?? Today's Theme

New Links (15) YTD (455)

Retrokit: {Australian retro computer shop located in Perth. Selling various items for the the Amiga & Commodore, books, various accessories and much more.}
CGA to VGA scaling with GBS-8220 board: Connecting an old PC machine with a CGA video output to a modern VGA monitor requires changing the horizontal display frequency from 15kHz to 30kHz. Professional video scalers are very expensive devices, but fortunately there are popular Chinese alternatives, which cost only around 20$. The problem with them is that they rarely work out of the box. I will describe here how I forced GBS-8220 video scaler to display my Schneider Euro PC CGA screen on a Sony VGA monitor.
Amiga M1438S Monitor: {Information and detailed pictures of the internal pcb boards and other components along with capacitor list}
Amiga 4000: {Information and detailed pictures of the internal pcb boards and other components}
Amiga 1000: {Information and detailed pictures of the internal pcb boards and other components along with capacitor list}
Commodore 1084S-D2: {Information and detailed pictures of the internal pcb boards and other components along with capacitor list}
Amiga 2000: {detailed breakdown of an Amiga 2000 with various board and upgrades with lots of pictures. (keyboard, motherboard, A2630, A2052, A2320, A2091, SCSI2SD , Gotek, Samsung SyncMaster 755DFX and more}
Amiga CDTV: {detailed pictures of motherboard, power supply, video i/o board, CD-Rom, front panel, power switch & headphones module, MIDI port, expoansion card module, remote control, keyboard, mouse, external floppy drive, schematics, service manual & more}
Marketed Commodore monitors: {Virtually EVERY commodore monitor with virtually EVERY bit of tech information about it. WOW!!!}
CRT DATABASE: Choose a brand below to see a list of all available CRTs in the database. Alternatively, narrow down your perfect CRT by feature using the CRT Discovery Tool. The Database is still being populated and more CRTs will be added every day. The goal is to have a comprehensive list of all worthwhile professional and consumer CRTs ever produced.
Legends of the games industry: Jim Sachs: We spoke with pixel artist and programmer Jim Sachs about everything from Defender of the Crown to virtual aquariums. American Jim Sachs is one of the true greats in the area of classic pixel art. He is particularly known for his work on the Amiga, where he was responsible for the graphics in one of the platform’s most important system sellers, Defender of the Crown, as well as Ports of Call, which was a favourite here in Norway. However, his career didn’t end there, and if you were impressed by virtual aquariums around the turn of the millennium, it was probably his fish you were looking at.
Crypto Ancienne 2.2: now supported on AmigaOS and classic MacOS/MPW: As threatened we're up to the next checkpoint with Crypto Ancienne, the TLS 1.2/1.3 library we maintain for pre-C99 vintage compilers and architectures, so here's version 2.2, or "Crypto Ancienne Meets the Hooded Fang"
Preserving Floppy Disks: Time is almost up for magnetic storage from the 80s and 90s. Various physical limitations in storage methods from this era are conspiring to slowly degrade the data stored on things like tape, floppy disks, and hard disk drives, and after several decades data may not be recoverable anymore
Copy Protection In The 80s, Showcased By Classic Game Dungeon Master: Making a copy of a purchased game used to be as simple as copying a disk. As the game industry grew, so did fear of revenue loss which drove investment in countermeasures. These mainly consisted of preventing the easy duplication of magnetic diskettes, or having users jump through tiresome hoops like entering specific words from the printed manual.
Amiga Keeper List: {From a post by Lionagony over at eab.abime.net. "Last year I tried a few minutes of every game on the Amiga, SNES, MD, PC Engine and PS1 and came to the conclusion that the Amiga has the most games that I want to come back to. My main criteria were for action games that were fun and had good graphics. My final numbers were Amiga 316, PS1 232, SNES 202, MD 198 and PC Engine 69. Here's the Amiga list, could probably update it with a few more games now including Roguecraft"}

14 Sep 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Another quiet week here in Amiga Land but if you're the kind of person who likes PI accelerated Amiga's the latest posting from Michael Schulz looks FANTASTIC!!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

The latest Linux long-term kernel (5.10.225) for the AmigaOne, X1000/5000 computers was released.

Amiga Legal News Update

- Just another manic Monday... Wish it was Sunday... Cause that's my funday.... Just another manic Monday... Today's Theme

New Links (15) YTD (440)

aiostreams: All In One streams is a pack of Python scripts for streaming video from various platforms, like Twitch.tv, YouTube and Vimeo.com. The target Operating Systems are AmigaOS 4, AmigaOS 3, MorphOS and AROS, but they work on other systems just fine.
West Midlands Amiga Group: A new Amiga user group for the centre of the UK
Topic: If An OS Was An Airline.....": {Thread @ Amiga.org}
Starting on the Amiga 2500: {9 part series about ruilding a A2500. Covering battery removal, booting, gotek and flashfloppy installation, keyboard refurb, hard card, FickerFixer, the 5.25" bay and more}
Commodore A501 memory expansion battery removal: When I first got my Amiga 500, it wouldn’t boot. Suspecting something was wrong with the A501 512K memory expansion, I pulled the card, at which point it did boot. It didn’t take me long to realize that battery corrosion had killed it.
Bluer than velvet were her SCSIs: If you need a SCSI hard drive for your old computer, there are a lot of great options becoming available for a solid-state substitute. A great one of those options is the BlueSCSI, and I’m not just saying that because I won a free one. It’s because I won a free kit, so I got to put it together myself.
Go Back to GBS: here are a lot of people buying fancy upscalers these days. And who can blame them? Old videogames are great, but new monitors are lazy and inept. What, the signal is too slow for you?
Flat Panels Aren't MultiSync 3D: While I adore my NEC PC-TV151, there is one monitor that NEC shipped to our shores that may be the ultimate CRT. This one was cheap, and this one is also very, very sick. Can I cure it so that I can enjoy CGA the way it was meant to be?
Vanilla Conquer Red Alert - Amiga port: Vanilla Conquer is a fully portable version of the first generation C&C engine and is capable of running both Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert on multiple platforms. This port is targeted for Amigas equipped with PiStorm/Emu68, Apollo/Vampire V4 accelerators and Warp1260.
Back to the Amiga 500 Batman Pack 30 years later: Target Acquired: Batman Pack! November 1989. I have no idea how many magazine adverts I’d read but I knew all the prices out there, and the packs available and emerging. It had to be the Amiga 500 Batman pack. Batman looked amazing, and it came with the must have “F/A 18 Interceptor”. My first flight sim. New Zealand Story I have to confess, had no draw for me at all.
Amiga Quarterback ADF file extractor: This python script is designed to accept the Central Coast Software's Quarterback backup disks as .ADF files, identify the file markers within the file, and perform the LZW decompression algorithm on raw datastream, and write those decompressed files back into a qb_dump subdirectory of the current directory. The current file markers supported are CFM for compressed files, and FMRK for uncompressed files.
Classic Amiga "Kickstart" ROM Versions: Classic Amiga "Kickstart" ROM Versions
Babylon 5 ships in Imagine format: For Amiga users, some models of a few Babylon 5 ships in Imagine format, along with sample renderings in JPEG, have been uploaded to the ftp server.
The Lurker's Guide to Babylon5: {The universe, episodes, making of the show and LOTS more}
Latest Builds for Netsurf on AOS 3.x: {Latest Builds for Netsurf on AOS 3.x}

7 Sep 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Well another Kickstarter is over and the book Retro Gaming Library: The Games That Made the Commodore Amiga a Popular Cult Classic was funded on the 4th. I always look forward to adding another book to the Amiga shelf.

Interesting... Keep an eye on

New issue: AMI Tech-Gazette #10 has been published
New issue: Passione Amiga #20 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

- Pissing or getting off the pot... Anyone taking bets on which will happen first? Today's Theme

New Links (15) YTD (425)

Amiga Micropython: Amiga Micropython is a fork of the MicroPython project for the Amiga classic computers (running Amiga OS 3.1).
rjd324's AmigaOne Daily Driver Blog: The first blog entry will encompass my current usage of various applications and/or tools and my reasons for using them. In subsequent blogs, newly found applications, tools or hints and any updates to those will be shared.
J o c o s e H a v e n: Problems and fixes {ARCHIVED 14 Feb 2005}: Ok folks, I'm compiling a list of what has caused flaky operation of the Amiga computers. This is a very unpopular subject with Amiga worshippers, but it should be one to pay particular attention since it can harm any product faster than obsolescence and DOES cause untold user-hours of frustrations. Flakiness affects everyone and everything from product development to end-users and especially service.
What do those various colors mean as the Amiga boots up? {ARCHIVED 23 Sep 2018}: When the Amiga boots, the screen changes color to indicate the progress of several internal tests. Here is what happens:
Guru Meditation Errors - How to Read Them: {Thread @ AmigaLove discussing Guru Meditation Errors - How to Read Them: Transcribed from an old document. Author and year unknown. Stamped by "Megadisc", a small Australian magazine-on-a-disc. It's not always obvious why your Amiga guru's. With the codes below, you can break the meaning down to its basic components and get to the bottom of things.}
FACTS BEHIND THE FLASHES (The Amiga Startup Messages): It is not unusual for a computer to try to communicate with its owner during the start-up routines. Remember the flashing of the lights on the 4040 and 8050 disk drives?
Amiga Error Codes": {Thread @ AmiBay discussing "...some error codes I found from the November 1993 edition of CU Amiga. Perhaps some might find them useful"}
pixeltune: {Over 500k MIDI & chiptunes. This is a direct link to the Amifa files}
Metin Seven: Dutch visualizer, pixel artist, illustrator, 3D designer ─ metinseven.nl. Former Blender Foundation Technical Artist, Blender Nation reporter, news cartoonist, comic creator, TV show animator, computer magazine editor and 16-bit game developer. {Dutch game development group Team Hoi}
Trackers: The Rise, Bloom and Later Developments of a Paradigm: description
name: Trackers are music software whose history spans over three decades. They are tightly linked to the history of home computers, and they made previously unreachable digital composition tools available to enthusiasts in the 1980s. Over the years, trackers have been used both for commercial and non-commercial purposes, for example games and demos, and they have given rise to lively hobbyist communities. In this article, I go through the history of trackers, their characteristics and typical uses.
AmigaOS Manual: Early Startup: This appendix describes the following special boot options in the Amiga Early Startup Control system: Disabling devices and processor caches for software compatibility, Choosing display options for running games {&} Diagnosing expansion board failures
AmiModRadio: Did you know that, as of 2015/06/02, there are more than 20,000 packages in the mods directory on Aminet? Yes! That's more than 20,000 modules to play and enjoy! There are also thousands of modules on AMP, Haxor.fi, Modland, Modules.pl . So, why not have a program that could automatically download one module at-a-time, extract it, and play it using your favorite player? This is the purpose of AmiModRadio! It can download, unarchive, and send modules to your favorite players: AmigaAMP, DeliTracker, EaglePlayer, HippoPlayer, MultiPlayer, or TuneNet (see this comparison).
rkrm-dos: An RKRM-style reference of AmigaDOS/dos.library. This project is a documentation of the AmigaDOS subsystem of AmigaOs, the dos.library, its handlers, file-systems and structures. It is available under the THOR-Software License v3.
Rogue: Reassembled Amiga Rogue, fixed bugs and optimised it

31 Aug 2024

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! By my count, if you will overlook the 'occasional' double listing of a link or two, we have hit 400+ link mark for the year. Yae me!

  - Now on to more exciting news. Back in March we all saw a new Amiga OS 3.2 Reference Manual being published but it was in German. Then they announced a limited run of an English version. Well this week I received the advanced PDF copy of the book and all I can say is I am TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY!!!.

   481 pages of glorious page turning goodness! This is the manual that should come with EVERY copy of AmigaOS. PERIOD!!! They cover virtually EVERYTHING from the installation of the ROMS into every Amiga model, installing the OS, Workbench basics, Prefs, various OS programs, the Shell, Power User tips, ARexx, connection to the internet, info on various HW (memory, accel boards, scan doublers, graphics/network/sound cards) and much more!

   I promise you I'm counting the days until the book arrives!

What are you waiting for? Order your copy <b>NOW</b>!!!

What are you waiting for?
Order your copy NOW!!!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

Trevor has a new blog entry. Always a good read.
New issue: Amiga Addict #32 has been published
New issue: REV'n'GE #161 has been published
New event: October 5-6 the The Interim Computer Festival Fall 2024 is being held in Seattle Washington. Drop by for 2 days of retrocomputing fun featuring exhibits and demos from the Commodore / Amiga collector community.
New event: October 18-20 the Back to the Bay Maker Faire Bay Area is being held at Historic Mare Island, California, USA. Hotel packages are available.

Amiga Legal News Update

- HELLO ... HELLOOOOO... HELLooooo... HEllooooooo... helloooooo... Today's Theme

RetroTechLabs

New Links (15) YTD (410)

How Many Commodore Amiga Were Sold? A Look at the Sales Figures: One of the most common questions about the Amiga is how many units were sold during its lifetime. According to various sources, the Amiga line sold an estimated 4 to 5 million machines worldwide. However, exact figures are difficult to come by, and there is some disagreement among experts about the actual number of units sold.
What is the Best Upscaler for Retro Consoles in 2024?: Retro gaming is all the rage these days, with many gamers returning to classic consoles to relive the glory days of gaming. However, with modern TVs and monitors, the image quality of these classic consoles can be lacking. This is where an HD upscaler comes in – a device that takes the low-resolution output of retro consoles and upscales it to high definition.
How to ReCap an Amiga 1200 – The Ultimate Guide to Capacitor Replacement 2023 Update: The Amiga 1200 was a popular home computer released by Commodore in 1992. After 30 years, it’s common for the electrolytic capacitors on the motherboard to start leaking or fail. Recapping involves replacing all aged capacitors to restore functionality and prevent further damage. This guide provides a step-by-step walkthrough of the recapping process for the A1200.
How Did the Amiga Handle Multitasking?: This guide will examine how the Amiga’s operating system architecture and custom chips allowed remarkable multitasking abilities for the era. We’ll look under the hood at concepts like preemptive multitasking, prioritized processes, and fast context switching that enabled the Amiga’s celebrated multitasking prowess.
Getting Started with Amiga Workbench: This beginner’s guide will provide an overview of core aspects of the Workbench experience. We’ll look at Workbench basics from visual interface elements to mouse operation, launching apps, finding files, multitasking abilities and popular accessories. These fundamentals will help new retro computing enthusiasts get the most from their Amiga workflows.
Connecting Amiga 500 to Modern TV: In this guide, I’ll go over the step-by-step process for connecting an Amiga 500 to a modern high-definition or 4K TV. We’ll look at the different cable options, adapters, and settings needed to get the best picture quality. By the end, your Amiga 500 should be running nicely on your flat screen TV!
Amiga VGA Buffered vs Unbuffered: This article will examine the differences between buffered and unbuffered VGA on the Amiga, the pros and cons of each method, and help you determine which solution is best for your needs.
The Untold Story Behind The Andy Warhol Deborah Harry Amiga Portrait-Commodore Engineer Jeff : {youtube} Andy Warhol pained a portrait of Blonde's Deborah Harry at the launch of the Commodore Amiga on July 23, 1985. However, almost 40 years later we learn that there is much more to the story than was ever told. AmigaBill talks with Jeff Bruette, the Commodore Engineer who worked with Andy Warhol in the weeks leading up to this momentous moment , and saved some very important pieces of art that are now up for sale for $26 million dollars.
Quick Guide: Cross-compiling to AmigaOS 4.x+ the easy way: The video above shows you how to get a cross-compiler for AmigaOS 4 up and running on your machine quickly. Here's a short summary of how it's done... {with written instructions on the webpage too}
New Z3660 Accelerator for Amiga3000/4000 !!!": {Thread @ AmigaLove briefly discussing the Z3660 board}
Color photos on the first PCs: When did photography first begin to be handled on the PC? Which of these systems have made history and which have remained virtually unknown? The following review is an attempt to answer these and related questions with technical details. Of course, it's about the Amiga, but not only.
-- Amiga Error Colours, Blinks and Guru Codes --": {Thread @ lemonamiga covering: Amiga Hardware Boot Sequence, Disk Boot Sequence, Amiga Boot Colours, Amiga Boot Blinks on the Power LED, Amiga Boot Blinks on the Keyboard Caps-Lock LED, Guru Meditation Error Codes & AmigaDos Error Codes Displayed in CLI or Shell}
Amiga Boot-up Screen Colors and System Error Checklist": {Thread @ AmigaLove covering Boot-up & Failure mode screen colors}
AMIGA TROUBLESHOOTER - PART 1: A500 QUICK CHECK {ARCHIVED 23 Apr 2008}: A simple-to-use symptomatic guide for diagnosing faulty IC components on Amiga computers (includes all version of the A500/1500/2000/2500)
AMIGA TROUBLESHOOTER - PART 2: A500/A2000 {ARCHIVED 30 Apr 2008}: A simple-to-use symptomatic guide for diagnosing faulty IC components on Amiga computers (includes all version of the A500/2000)

24 Aug 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! I'm glad not to many visit the site right now (LOL) because this week I just stumbled a screw-up pertaining to duplicate new link entries going back to 27 Jul. DOH!!! So with a bit of 'cut and paste' magic I have purged and replaced them with new links. So if you feel like going back over the past 4 weeks and look for some new links then enjoy! Fingers crossed there are no more duplicates!

- Well now that that issue has been resolved onto this weeks links! I LOVE when stuff like this turns up. A posting by the Commodore International Historical Society reveals the Introducing the AMIGA 300 manual. For those who weren't tracking this model the WONDERFULamiga-news.de has a bit more on the back story!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

Amiga-news.de reports that the fake company known as Amiga Technologies UG is no longer. Over the past few years former Phase 5 employee Salvador Fernand1ez Gomez had been registering a large amount Amiga related websites in an attempt to imply ownership of the IP. In July one of them has been taken down. Hopefully they rest will be too.
New issue: Amiga Future #170 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

- Guess what time it is kiddies? I can't hear you.... Today's Theme

New Links (15) YTD (395)

Getting online with PiStorm32, Miami DX and Encrypted WiFi": {Thread @ Amiga.org where AndyFC discusses his '...the steps I took to be able to browse using the new WiFiPi wireless network driver, and Miami DX.'}
DeluxePaint: DeluxePaint/DPaint original 1986 amiga source code; Includes manual book and reference card pdfs for DPaint 1
IP Innovation v. Red Hat/Novell - The Prior Art They Used at Trial - Updated: {An interesting story where in this case the Amiga 1000 was used to argue prior art in the patent case between IP Innovation vs Red Hat/Novell}
GloomAmiga: Source code to the Amiga FPS classic by Black Magic
Ambermoon: Historical source code and documents related to Ambermoon, the role-playing game developed by Thalion Software GmbH, and published for the Commodore Amiga in 1993.
LOAD Magazine: {Translated German} LOAD is the magazine of the association for the preservation of classic computers. LOAD is a magazine for retro lovers who are interested in home computers, classic game consoles and their software. Whether it's hardware, games, application programs, articles about long-forgotten computers or news and reports from the retro scene, all of this makes the magazine interesting for every reader who is interested in the topics of retro computing and retro gaming. LOAD first appears as a printed edition. The magazine is designed entirely by the association's members - we write articles, do the layout, prepare the prepress and also take care of distribution.
Hyperion Confirms Leak Of AmigaOS 3.1 Source Code: Hyperion Entertainment confirmed that at the end of December the source code to AmigaOS 3.1 was leaked, which is now causing problems for the company continuing to develop this proprietary operating system. Hyperion owns an exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to AmigaOS 3.1 granted by Amiga Inc following Hyperion's development of AmigaOS 4, which is derived from the v3.1 code-base. Because of this deal with Amiga Inc, the source leak of AmigaOS 3.1 is causing big problems for the company even though AmigaOS 3.1 is more than two decades old.
Multimonitor Amiga Setup with P96: {youtube} A demonstration of a multimonitor setup for classic Amiga OS using P96. It's still a bit clunky, but with some recent updates to P96, it feels a lot more modern.
Fitting an External, Boot – selectable Gotek Drive to an A500: I wouldn’t really call this an upgrade as such, more taking advantage of the latest developments in the Amiga scene. In case you’ve never heard of it, the ‘Gotek’ drive is basically a 3.5″ Floppy Drive emulator. Instead of putting floppy disks in it you plug in a USB flash drive that can contain up to a thousands Amiga Disk Files or ‘ADF’s’ (floppy disk images).
DIY Amiga VGA adapter – GBS-8200 Part #1: This adapter would allow me to use the VGA input of my PC monitor for “testing” purposes and open up many more display possibilities without having to steal the OSSC from my 1200.
Amiga 2000 / 2500 to VGA using GBS-8200 “Arcade” Scaler: The Commodore Amiga produces RGB video output @ 15khz. It has the ability to run in a higher resolution mode which causes a crazy amount of flicker when the screen refreshes... I used one of the scalers that are popular with us arcade people to scale the video to drive a VGA monitor. This is pretty well known, really the most limiting part is getting hold of DB-23 connectors.... I was more than impressed by the output from the scaler board, it looks really good.
AmigaGCConDocker: AmigaGCConDocker is a project with different Docker images that can be used as the base for a cross-compiling development environment for AmigaOS 4 (ppc-amigaos). They are based on GCC versions 8, 9, 10 and 11 and they are using Ubuntu OS. They have installed everything needed (gcc compiler, SDKs, libraries) for compiling your applications out of the box. The purpose of the project is to be an up-to-date, flexible and out-of-the-box solution for cross-compiling applications for Amiga OS4, using the GCC C/C++ compiler. Those Docker images can be used on CI/CD solutions for automatic testing, compiling, packaging and deployment.
Andy Warhol: Machine Made - Sale of 5 Unique NFTs Totals $3.38M: ...The sale success again underscores Andy Warhol’s stature as the reigning king of Pop Art, now in both physical and digital-native art forms. Originally created in 1985, Andy Warhol’s ‘Amiga’ drawings were meticulously restored from obsolete floppy disks in 2014. For the Christie’s sale, The Andy Warhol Foundation exclusively minted five unique NFTs that point to restored and preserved files from the 2014 project.
Previously Unknown Warhol Works Discovered on Floppy Disks from 1985 {ARCHIVED 08 Jun 2017}: A multi-institutional team of new-media artists, computer experts, and museum professionals have discovered a dozen previously unknown experiments by Andy Warhol (BFA, 1949) on aging floppy disks from 1985. The purely digital images, “trapped” for nearly 30 years on Amiga® floppy disks stored in the archives collection of The Andy Warhol Museum (AWM), were discovered and extracted by members of the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Computer Club, with assistance from the AWM’s staff, CMU’s Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry (FRSCI), the Hillman Photography Initiative at the Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA), and New York based artist Cory Arcangel.
Long-lost Andy Warhol portrait of Blondie singer Debbie Harry discovered in Delaware, going up for sale for potential millions : A long-lost Andy Warhol portrait of Blondie singer Debbie Harry from 1985 that has been hanging in rural Delaware, is going up for sale, we hear, for potential millions. The Harry portrait — and a signed disk of 10 Warhol images — was created on an early home computer when Warhol was an ambassador for a now-defunct tech outfit. Nearly 40 years ago, the famous artist signed on as a brand ambassador to early tech company Commodore and created a portrait of the “Heart of Glass” singer on an Amiga 1000 home computer as part of a promo at Lincoln Center.

17 Aug 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Another slow week but I'm still here!

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I'm not quite sure I missed this but Walkero, and I quote, "devoted a lot of time working on the aiostreams package for the AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS, making online video and audio streaming easier for the user, especially for websites that are resources hungry like YouTube and Twitch". Here's the 'rest of the story'... Do you want to find and watch YouTube content blazing fast?

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Do you want to find and watch YouTube content blazing fast?: For more than 3 years, I devoted a lot of time working on the aiostreams package for the AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS, making online video and audio streaming easier for the user, especially for websites that are resources hungry like YouTube and Twitch. Those websites need a lot of power and a strong web browser to work, which plenty of times the AmigaNG systems do not have. So I created a few python scripts, which can also be used on other system like Lnux and MacOS.
aiostreams new release": {Thread @ amigans.net covering the release and comments about the wonderful program aiostreams by walkero}
aiostreams: {Homepage with the links for Twitch & Invidious(youtube)}
The Innovative Apollo Team Amiga Interview: The team behind one of the most innovative accelerators for Classic Amiga is on fire. They don’t hold back anything it seems as Apollo Team really wants Classic Amiga to be a strong computing platform. So, I’ve got a nice talk with the main person behind it Gunnar von Boehn.
Apollo Vampire V4 SA & ICEDrake Notes: {Lots of very detailed notes}This is a placeholder for a short set of notes on configuring and using your Apollo V4 SA and ICEDrake. This guide will obviously grow over time and do so at my own pace. I find that building and maintaining a resource like this is very helpful for myself and sharing it without warranty for others to use at their own risk.
Commodore 1084 monitor: The Commodore 1084 monitor was Commodore’s flagship monitor, a monitor that worked with everything they produced in the late 1980s, including the C-64, the C-128 in 40 and 80 column modes, the Amiga line, and Commodore’s CGA-equipped PC clones like the Commodore Colt. Its versatility makes it popular with retro computer enthusiasts today. Not only does it work with almost any Commodore computer, it also works with a lot of non-Commodore computers.
Amiga Pi : Welcome to my AmigaPi page! AmigaPi is a collection of menu driven scripts that ease the installation of Pi Package and Configuration of Raspberry Pi Amiga related hardware and software based solutions.
8bit Legends: Legends of the Commodore 64 & Amiga scene {Dedicated memorial pages for Commodore & Amiga legends that are no longer with us}
Forward Porting with Legacy Media and Code – Part 1: AlphaPixel often gets called upon to work on legacy codebases, sometimes VERY legacy. We have contact with code from the 80s and 90s on a regular basis, in a variety of dialects and languages, and stored and archived in various difficult containers and mediums.
coffin - a ready to boot OS3.9+ distro for AC68080 and PiStorm systems: coffin r63 requires at least GOLD2.16 core on V2 and core r9128 on V4 (Standalone, IceDrake, FireBird or Manticore) to run. If you do not have an updated core, coffin will offer you on first boot to update it to latest recommended version.
CaffeineOSC: I am finally authoring a blog post on an Amiga, albeit a emulator it seems to be working well. Using Final Writer 97 on CaffienOS. I am always amazed how many releases of Amiga OS there are and how many modern products continue to be developed. I believe the Amiga just refuses to die and lives perpetually at this point. Only time will tell whether a younger audience will come in to play and infuse more interest and this additional life. Many of us are getting older and that is the risk of the interest dwindling verses continuing to live forever.
CaffeineOS for PiStorm / PiStorm32: If you bought CaffeineOS on Ebay, Etsy or wherever, ask for your money back! You have just been ripped off! CaffeineOS is free. Buy me a coffee.
CaptLeChuck: Welcome to CaffeineOS. If you enjoy it, please consider supporting what I do. Thank you. To request access to the download use the link below.
Welcome to CaffeineOS: {CaffineOS page}

10 Aug 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Well color me surprised... Another slow week in the world of the Amiga but at least we're still here to enjoy it!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

New event: October 31 to November 3 Amiga Meeting 25 is being held in Neumünster, Germany. Petro Tyschtschenko will the special guest.
New issue: WhatIFF? #14 has been published

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TooIzzi: TooIzzi is a small game development studio located in Brazil. Its name is a play on words combining "too" with "easy" in English, representing our commitment to creating games that are easy to learn but not so easy to master. Our focus is on developing intelligent games with mechanics that challenge players logical reasoning. We believe games should be both enjoyable and cognitively stimulating. We are a small team that creates small games, but they are fun and enjoyable to play.
30 years ago: When the C64 and Amiga pioneer Commodore went bankrupt : 30 years ago today, the home computer era came to an end with the bankruptcy of Commodore. For fans of the cult computers C64 and Amiga, it is a day of mourning
What was Burst Mode on the 68030 and why didn't the A2630 support it?: Inspired by this question, I'm curious what burst mode was on the 68030 and why wasn't it supported on the A2630 accelerator card commonly found in the Amiga 2500/30? I had one of these machines and always enabled burst mode and was under the impression it did something.
Copy Protection Used on Commodore Amiga Computers: Background. The Amiga floppy controller is unusually flexible since it is implemented in the custom chips of the Amiga itself. It can read and write raw bit sequences directly from and to the disk via DMA or programmed I/O at 500 (double density) or 250 kbit/s (single density or GCR)... CopyLock - Rob Northen Computing
8bit Legends: Legends of the Commodore 64 & Amiga scene {Dedicated memorial pages for Commodore & Amiga legends that are no longer with us}
The Greaseweazle: I've always liked the idea of the Greaseweazle. I tried to build one some time ago with a spare Blue Pill board I had. Suffice to say, I never got it working for one reason or another and soon lost interest... ... It has just arrived so I thought I'd document the learning process now so that when I need to use it, I can just refer back to these notes instead of having to try and piece it together. For all I know, it might be simple enough to not need these notes.... we shall find out.
Sensible World of Soccer: {Updated home of the SWOS. News, Downloads, Tournaments, Online Leagues, Rankings, Forums, Support and more!}
Kick Off 2 – Online: Kick Off 2 Online is a fan-made project which brings the classic 90s Amiga fun directly to your internet-enabled Windows machine.
Raemixx500: Rämixx500 is an Open Hardware remake of the Commodore Amiga 500+ mainboard, revision 8A.1.
Raemixx500 V2 - Amiga 500+ Mainboard Remake: Raemixx500 is an Open Hardware remake of the Commodore Amiga 500+ mainboard, revision 8A.1, which fully passed all tests.
Bumbershoot Software: An Umbrella Site for Michael Martin's software experiments. {A VERY nice site covering the internal details on MANY different systems. Within the Amiga section you will find A LOT of Amiga 500 programming tutorials covering everything from: Drawing a Bitmap on Bare-Metal, Mode Switching, Alt Graphics Memory Layouts, Bare-Metal Startup Code and More}
Platform Guide: Commodore Amiga: {Michael Martin's links for: Online Resources, Reference Books, Setting Up an Emulation Environment, Setting Up a Cross-Dev Environment, Writing a C Program, Writing an Assembly Language Program & Articles About the System}
Welcome to the Amiga Libraries FTP !: You can find here all the latest Amiga Classics Libraries.
Simulated Evolution for the Amiga: The Amiga port of Simulated Evolution is done. This started out as a one-shot project—taking a project specification from Scientific American‘s old “Computer Recreations” column and putting it through its paces with the full power that the 21st century had to offer—but it ended up inspiring a bit of extra work as well.
zz9000-firmware Releases: {Direct link to the zz9000 firmware and drivers page. From 1.8 beta to the most current version.

3 Aug 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Nothing interesting to report this week so just sit back and enjoy the links!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

The David Pleasance book Dare to Dream was successfully funded. Good job everyone!

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Remembering the Amiga (25th Anniversary): A few weeks ago (July 24th to be exact) was the 25th anniversary of the Amiga. Although it wasn't my first computer, the Amiga 500 was probably the first computer I owned that felt special in some way. It was a hacker's computer, an audio/video entertainment box, a unique and colorful thing full of possibilities. The Amiga users I knew were different, too.
Amiga 500 archive: The best source of tested ADF images of the best GAMES, DEMOS and TOOLS for your Amiga 500 computers. All the images have been properly tested on configuration: Amiga 500, 1 MB RAM (512kB Chip, 512kB Fast), KickRom 1.3, DF0 + DF1 (if the game is not loading properly, please turn your DF1 drive off to free more RAM and do a hard reboot), DrawBridge for using floppydisks or USB flashdisk for using with Gotek.
Commodore 1084 monitor: The Commodore 1084 monitor was Commodore’s flagship monitor, a monitor that worked with everything they produced in the late 1980s, including the C-64, the C-128 in 40 and 80 column modes, the Amiga line, and Commodore’s CGA-equipped PC clones like the Commodore Colt. Its versatility makes it popular with retro computer enthusiasts today. Not only does it work with almost any Commodore computer, it also works with a lot of non-Commodore computers.
Amiga Guide – Flash your own Gotek for less than £20 with no tools: We’ll cover how to install it into a 3D printed gotek mount in a later article and how to install an OLED screen. This will allow your gotek to fit snuggly inside your beloved Amiga with the case closed.
8bit Legends: Legends of the Commodore 64 & Amiga scene {Dedicated memorial pages for Commodore & Amiga legends that are no longer with us}
C64PSU.com: COMMODORE C64 PSU, AMIGA PSU, ATARI PSU, ZX SPECTRUM PSU. New, TOP quality, reliable power supplies for vintage computers. C64, C64C, C64E, C128, VIC-20, Amiga 500, 600, 1200, Atari 520ST, 260ST & ZX Spectrum +2/+3 (A/B) Always powered by retro computing love the C64PSU is the only source of reliable power supply for your retro computer. Superior quality and unique features confirmed by thousands of Commodore C64 , C128 & Amiga users worldwide!
Raspberry Pi A+/B+/2/3A+/3B/3B+/4 Amiga 500 case: A case for a RPi A+, B+, 2, 3B, 3A+, 4 in the shape of an amiga 500. This is based on Falken76's Amiga 500 model but has been stretched so as to fit a pi nicely without having to print an oversized case.
Amiga 500 Computer: {Thingiverse A500 model}
extract-adf: extract-adf is a tool that extracts files from (broken) Amiga OFS ADF/ADZ/DMS disk images. It will create all files with the correct directory hierarchy and the correct timestamps on the local filesystem. It is specially optimized for broken filesystems, and can recover as much as possible even on those. One use case is to extract the leftover files on the Kickstart 1.0 disk.
Amiberry Amiga emulator for ARM boards: Amiberry is an optimized Amiga emulator, for ARM32, ARM64, x86_64 (macOS and Linux) and RISC-V platforms. The core emulation comes from WinUAE, and the main GUI is designed to look similar to that. However, not all WinUAE features are implemented, as Amiberry tries to achieve a balance between good performance on low-powered hardware and emulation accuracy. It includes JIT support, to get high-performance results on CPU-intensive emulated environments, like desktop applications. On top of that, there are some unique features developed specifically for Amiberry, such as the WHDLoad booter, support for RetroArch controller mapping, and several more.
Gloom MODs: Have you already completed all levels of original "Gloom" (CD32 version)? If you bought a Floppy Disk Drive for CD32 (Analogic FDD is the most inexpensive), play following mods. You can download these mods for FREE. Enjoy these games as "Console games" !! You can also use 6 button pad for Mega Drive, one of the greatest control pad.
Collection of Amiga part numbers collected while refurbishing repair an Amiga 500 Rev 8.1a in november 2013: {Tremendous list of Amiga chips, Commodore Part Number, Machine Used In, Troubleshooting Tips and more}
Welcome to the Amiga Libraries FTP !: You can find here all the latest Amiga Classics Libraries.
Unijoysticle (tm) 2: Unijoysticle is a device that allows you to use modern Bluetooth gamepads and mice in retro computers.
Amiga questions you've always been too embarrassed to ask": {Thread @ EAB asking the question 'Did you ever have an Amiga related question that seemed too simplistic, something you should normally know the answer to and are therefore too ashamed to ask? I thought it would be nice to have a thread for such questions. Thread rule: nobody is allowed to laugh, no matter how stupid the question is.'}

27 Jul 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Things are again kinda quiet here in AmigaLand but that's not always a bad thing. This gives us time to sit back and smell the roses!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

I like this video of a Multimonitor Amiga Setup with P96. Yes it's not as smooth as a modern system but even with some limitations but it does work. While this is cool, us fellow Commodore 128 users have been there done that for quite a few years!. << grin >>
It seems like 1/2 of the posts in this section is me saying 'I'm not quite sure how I missed...' but that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Well this time I know I don't spend a lot of time on the Apollo forums but when I do somehow I missed this proposed design. Behold the V4-ShapeShifter and V4-Salamander. These are V4 Firebirds including adapters for Amiga 1000 and 2000. WOW! Now if the could just finish the Kraken.
Here's something I wasn't tracking. probably because they are not a monthly or even sometimes a yearly publication. The German magazine LOAD. They just published issue #10. Enjoy
New issue: Amiga Addict #31 has been published
New issue: REV'n'GE #160 has been published
New issue: Commodore Free #99 has been published
New issue: LOAD #10 has been published

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Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) Version 3.0: Simple Directmedia Layer, 2.x / 3.x for AmigaOS 4. SDL3 is in "main" branch and SDL2 is in "SDL2" branch. SDL1 is in another repo
ACE - Amiga C Engine: Game engine / framework / support library written totally in C for classic Amiga hardware. Lightweight, flexible and hackable. ACE uses Amiga hardware features directly, aiming for as much speed as possible. The code is OS-friendly, allowing running from and exiting to Workbench gracefully. Current feature set is OCS-oriented, although produced code should work on AGA just fine.
Consumer - Amiga Memory Log Tool: Have you ever needed to know how much memory something is consuming? Maybe a game or a memory hungry app? Perhaps you made your own game, and want to know how much system requirements are needed. This tool is a printed text log of your Amiga memory, either manually operated or fully automatic. The results are printed on the screen, and also in a text file stored in S:.
Low Profile RGBtoHDMI for Amiga 500 : This board gives a pixel-perfect HDMI output from your Amiga 500 using a Raspberry Pi Zero (not included). It is a brand new version of the CPLD RGBtoHDMI for Amiga 500/500+. The Raspberry Pi Zero / Zero 2W (not included) goes through the board to make it extra low profile, it easily fits under an accelerator that is on a relocator, such as a TF536. If you have a revision 3 Amiga 500 motherboard, you will need the CSYNC clip option. All other motherboard revisions will not need this.
Amiga 1000 Repair: I was at the Norwich Games Festival last week, along with six of Amigas and a BBC Master 128 with Valiant Turtle. Whilst I was there, OMTG Retro handed me his Amiga 1000 and asked if I could fix it for him, it wouldn’t boot. So, I had a look into it.
Amiga IPX library: Amiga IPX library - from the late 90s. Originally written to support Doom networking on a LAN with PC. Makes use of SANA2 drivers.
System73: Real Programmer with screwdriver. Born to nerd. Respawned 80s game developer. Tech, games, cycling, sci-fi and old computers. Contents may vary.
Codecraft Integrated Development Enviroment: Codecraft is the powerful IDE for developing software natively on the Amiga. Codecraft makes it easy for you as a developer to write code, then build, execute and debug your resulting program. And everything is at your fingertips in one unified user interface. Shows your project tree as a hierarchical list of source files, Provides easy modern text editing, Builds the project tree invoking your build system, Runs your resulting program & Does source level debugging with breakpoints and inspection of variables. The software is free. But it works as an extension to TextEdit so AmigaOS 3.2.2 or better is required.
Happy birthday, Amiga: The 'other' home computer turns 30: On July 23, 1985, Commodore kicked off a new era in its history with the launch of the Amiga 1000. Through the 1980s and into the early 90s, the Amiga built for itself a cult following and gained a reputation as a personal computer ahead of its time.
The Amiga cannot be redefined at will!: Commodore’s bankruptcy left behind a host of orphans who continue to this day to keep alive the memory of those marvellous machines that made us rejoice, and among them a prominent place is certainly that of the Amiga, because it presented features that revolutionised the “personal” computer sector.
[DEVLOG] Alien Breed 3D 2: The Killing Grounds total conversion for GZDoom: The release of Doom was a great day for PC users. For Amiga users, however, it was just another nail in the coffin. FPS games were uncommon on the Amiga, and John Carmack himself said that the Amiga just wouldn't be capable of running Doom. But the Amiga community just wouldn't take no for an answer. A select number of games were released for the system including Gloom, Fears, Alien Breed 3D and Alien Breed 3D 2: The Killing Grounds... So here I am introducing my devlog for a total conversion project of Alien Breed 3D 2: The Killing Grounds (TKG) for GZDoom.
E-VO Amiga E Compiler: E-VO Amiga E Compiler is a derivative of the original Amiga E compiler written by Wouter van Oortmerssen. It adds many new features, bug fixes and optimisations including object UNIONs, string merging, non word-aligned objects and many more.
Commodore 1084 monitor: The Commodore 1084 monitor was Commodore’s flagship monitor, a monitor that worked with everything they produced in the late 1980s, including the C-64, the C-128 in 40 and 80 column modes, the Amiga line, and Commodore’s CGA-equipped PC clones like the Commodore Colt. Its versatility makes it popular with retro computer enthusiasts today. Not only does it work with almost any Commodore computer, it also works with a lot of non-Commodore computers.
Retro Fuzion: Retro Tech, State of the Art Solutions! {Online shop for Commodore, Amiga, Mac, Radio Shack, Amstrad, IBM & PC, Atari and Sinclair parts and more}
8bit Legends: Legends of the Commodore 64 & Amiga scene {Dedicated memorial pages for Commodore & Amiga legends that are no longer with us}

20 Jul 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! While things have been quiet on the Amiga side, earlier this week LemonAmiga was taken down by a hack of their site. Fortunately they have been able to quickly get the site back up again. GREAT job!!!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

I'm surprise I'm not seeing this project mentioned in more places... Currently an unknown user (I'm trying to locate a name), over at Amiga Retro Brisbane is working on a mini-DTX sized edition of the Amiga 2000 called the BUSHFIRE. Currently they are on their 2nd working prototype and intends to release it open source once everything is correct. Some of the highlights are: the custom chips and the CPU have been moved to separate boards, onboard RGB2HDMI interface (just add a PI), lots of internal headers and more. I like that it's designed to be upgraded and they are thinking about addign a RTG card based upon the GBAII++ project. VERY COOL! I with then all the best and can't wait to see where this winds up!

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Introducing the SMD2000 “Bushfire”: This is the SMD2000 “BUSHFIRE”, a mini-DTX sized edition of the Amiga 2000. It is designed to fit into a Silverstone ML09 case. This project was begun in July 2023 and is now nearing the end of development... The “Why?” question got asked a lot when I first told our local Brisbane group what I was doing. The short answer is because I want to and I can, and it’s led to a deeper understanding of how our machines work.
A500-GraKa GBAPII++: This is an Zorro/Expansionport -expansion card for the big Amigas: A2000/300/4000 or A500 on the expansion port. It has a Picasso96-compatible RTG-driver and an automatic monitor switch. The board is based on the PicassoII++ card originally developped by Georg Braun, who unfortunately left the Amiga community. The used VGA-Chip is a Cirrus GD5434 in ISA-mode and 2MB RAM.
New GBAPII++ RTG-ZorroII graphic cards": {Thread @ EAB discussing the New GBAPII++ RTG-ZorroII graphic cards}
Adding a Graphics Card to the Amiga 500: Always after ways to push the trusty Amiga 500 to new limits, I discovered a post on the German A1k.org website about someone who had fitted a graphics card to his A500. This was a feat I felt I should replicate. I’m almost, but not quite, there. However, there were lots of hoops which needed jumping through first...
Adding a Graphics Card to the Amiga 500, part 2: After a bit of debugging, it started to look like one of the memory chips wasn’t working properly. I dropped a message to the Kryoflux team and Matze, the card’s creator, asked me to send it in for repair. Despite the Christmas holidays getting in the way, Matze did a grand job and sorted it out promptly.
Getting the Amiga CD32 online: Yes, 59 kilobits per second of PURE INTERNET! But how did I get here? Well, follow me and I’ll show you. The basic concept is to use the Amiga’s serial port to talk to an ESP8266 running a SLIP Router, which will then link to your wifi and the internet.
Installing AmigaOS 3.2 - First Impressions!: So, AmigaOS 3.2 is available, at the moment as a physical installation from selected resellers. No matter your opinion of Hyperion, I hope people are at least in favour of supporting the resellers who keep the Amiga dream alive by purchasing the CD (yes, CD!) and any rom chips needed.
name {ARCHIVED 23 Sep 2018}: Lately I’ve noticed a lot of questions on how to partition and prepare Compact Flash card (or HDD) for use with Amiga, so I’ve decided to write this tutorial on how to do it and format them as PFS3 partitions. At least this is how I do it :). Using PC with WinUAE to prepare everything and just pop finished card in Amiga, ready to go.
binutils-gdb: binutils targeted for ppc-amigaos systems (AmigaOS NG like OS4.1).
libs-ports: Scripts to port third party libs for AmigaOS 4

14 Jul 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Just another standard update this week. Nothing to out of the ordinary but that's ok. At least we are ALL still here and that's what matters!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

I saw this thread on EAB by Tchucolate (Retronaut) asking "Do you need a new Amiga floppy disc drive?" Here is links to a 1 hr long video where he shows you "how I converted 3 common models of PC drive... Samsung SFD-231B, Alps DF354h {&} TEAC FD-235 all to work perfectly on an Amiga. Ultimately you will find yourself at youtube watching this VERY well done and detailed video. Converting PC 3.5" floppy Drives to work on the Amiga. Now if someone could find a way to convert a pc drive to an Amiga HD floppy I would be ecstatic!
It looks like David Plesence is at it again and this time he's delving into fiction end of the pool. He along with Dave Haynie Dare to Dream: Commodore and Amiga Today? A Vision of What Commodore and Amiga Could Have Been... Should Have Been.... Together they tell a story on what 'could' have been. To be honest I think this will be a hard one to read.

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Converting PC 3.5" floppy to work on the Amiga {youtube} {Tchucolate (Retronaut) asks "Do you need a new Amiga floppy disc drive? In this 1 hr long video he shows you how he converted 3 common models of PC drive... Samsung SFD-231B, Alps DF354h & the TEAC FD-235 to all to work perfectly on an Amiga.}
Serial Transfer for a fresh Amiga Part 1 {ARCHIVED 5 Dec 2021}: Using serial to transfer files. When i was setting up my amiga, i needed a way to get files onto floppy disk. My first instinct was to look up how people used to do it or how people do it now. The first suggestion everywhere was to use Amiga Explorer and a null-modem cable or parallel laplink cable. I had the cable already but being me, i didn’t want to pay for an out of the box solution. I settled on the opportunity cost of DIYing it with free resources was my way forward.
A.S.T. Amiga PAGE: I have written a program called ADF Sender Terminal, which should make it easy to get your ADF files back to your Amiga or from Amiga to PC. Since V1.2 both directions are possible. Transwarp allows a baudrate up to 115200 from Amiga to PC. V 1.3 and higher can send single tracks. This progarm is useful for Amiga Computers with little RAM (512k,1MB) System requirements: 32Bit Windows (e.g.: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP)
ITX small form factor Amiga computer case: A computer case shaped like an Amiga 500. Externally modeled accurately from my real life Amiga 500+. Advanced project for builders that know how to fabricate some things like cables and adapt and paint parts to fit their hardware. All parts will fit a normal 200x200 size bed. The non-split IO needs at least 234x234 mm bed or similad rectangular bed, but the split versions do not.
Commodore Amiga 1200 enclosure: This is a photorealistic and high-detailed 3d print model with 1:1 resolution, compatible to Amiga 1200 keyboard and motherboard. Amiga 1200(also known as A1200) was a popular home computer in 90s which was a low-end version of high-end Amiga-s with AGA architecture, it had a Motorola MC68EC020 processor inside and a new advanced AGA chipset. It also had a hard drive inside in HD versions, so it was possible to install OS and use it as a very convenient home computer. Model was printed and tested on real keyboard and motherboard.
Commodore Amiga 500 case 3d print model: This is a 1:1 photorealistic full resolution and high detailed 3d print model of Commodore Amiga 500 enclosure. It is suitable for 3d printing or plastic molding. All sockets perfectly fit the original motherboard. You can use this 3d case to mod and improve your Commodore Amiga 500 computer or just to make a full-size emulator on Raspberry Pi and etc. The small printers 210x210 mms are also suitable for printing - just use 6 parts version. You can find a model split to 6 parts, which fit the 3d printer table, and a model for 400x400 printers(with 4 parts). Parts are connected using M2 screws, which are soldered inside the plastic.
Restoration : Spengat Technologies IWS500 Industrial Amiga Workstation": {Thread @ Australian Computer Museum discussing the Spengat Technologies IWS500 Industrial Amiga Workstation. A rack mounted A500. Lots of pictures and ex staffer Paul chimes in with a lot additional details. Very nice find!}
Dune II: The Building of A Remaster: Documenting the development of a new Amiga AGA and OCS version. Dune II on the Amiga was a really popular game. Most gaming magazines gave it rave reviews and it can consistently be found on "Best Amiga Games Ever"-type lists. Despite all of those accolades, the game on the Amiga wasn't as good as it could have been... My goal is to document the creation of a remake of Dune 2 for the Amiga from scratch the way it was meant to be released and to right all of those wrongs — and more; there was no native PAL support, for example. I was on the original Dune 2 Amiga team at Westwood. Even though I did the bulk of the Dune II conversion, leaving Westwood before it was released was something I still regret, and so I want to give the Amiga community the Dune 2 experience they deserve.
J'AmiStore: This is an implementation of the Amiga AmiStore application in Java. The reason for implementing a clone is, because the Amiga native app didn’t let me login. (So I couldn’t buy anything.) Nobody could help me resp. tell why I cannot log in. Thus I helped myself and went into the rapid hole black box analyzing the communication between the server and the application. The result ins’t a feature complete relica. Furthermore it doesn’t bother to make it pretty with images from the offered products, etc. And it probably doesn’t behave well if errors are encounter. But nevertheless it fulfill my needs to buy stuff from the store. Maybe others can have use of it, too.
Clib4 - C runtime library for AmigaOS4: This is a fork of official clib2 present in adtools. The point of this library is to make it Amiga OS4 only to maintain it easily and add all missing clib2 features that are hard to add also on classic amigas. Classic amigas has also ixemul that is the most complete, POSIX compliant, library we have. It is useless share code that most probably no one will use. Te goal is to try to make it POSIX compliant and fix also all C++ problems we have with newer compilers. All warnings (except really few one) produced by GCC 10 and above are now gone. All deprecated OS4 functions are replaced by modern OS4 one

6 Jul 2024

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! It feels GREAT to be posting in 'real time' again! If there's one thing I LOVE about the Amiga community is how dedicated and passionate we are. No matter how bad things seem to get we just keep hanging in there, Baby!

Hi how ya doing? I'm just hanging around...

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Check this out. Due to issues of his native Amiga AMIStore application, developer migthymax took matters into his own hands and wrote a java version called J'AmiStore. As he puts it "The reason for implementing a clone is, because the Amiga native app didn’t let me login. (So I couldn’t buy anything.) Nobody could help me resp. tell why I cannot log in. Thus I helped myself and went into the rapid hole black box analyzing the communication between the server and the application. The result ins’t a feature complete relica. Furthermore it doesn’t bother to make it pretty with images from the offered products, etc. And it probably doesn’t behave well if errors are encounter. But nevertheless it fulfill my needs to buy stuff from the store. Maybe others can have use of it, too." Sorry it had to come to this but this type of dedication should come as no surprise to your average Amiga user. Thank you migthymax!
I was not tracking this program at all. A new version of AirScan, a document scanner utility, has been released. It uses the ESCL protocol which allows network scanning directly from the device without having to install drivers on the Amiga! VERY COOL!!
Long time Amiga supporter and the head of the "Fresno Commodore User Group", Robert Bernardo, take us on an almost 1hr tour of Trevor Dickinson's INCREDIBLE Amiga collection. Dickinson Tour of His Computers -- March 2024: Trevor Dickinson of A-EON shows his massive collection of Commodore and Amiga computers. Then he briefly shows the AmigaOne X1000, X5000, and A1222+ , and he makes some comments on the A1222+ finally being produced. Now the only one I can think who would give Trevor a run for his money would be Bo Zimmerman. Check out his MINDBLOWING collection!
This the kind of thing that warms my heart. Original Westwood team member Robert Koon has created a patreon account to track his development of a new Amiga AGA and OCS version of DUNE ][. As he puts it "My goal is to document the creation of a remake of Dune 2 for the Amiga from scratch the way it was meant to be released and to right all of those wrongs — and more; there was no native PAL support, for example." I'm sure he will do a fine job!
New event: on 15 Sept 24 the 4th annual Passione Amiga day will be held in Piazza Garibaldi, 31 06049 Spoleto (Italy. Held by organized by Passione Amiga, the printed magazine for Amiga enthusiasts and lovers in Italian language with commercial exhibitors, conferences with Italian and international guests and a flea market. Sounds like it will be a very nice time!
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Amiga 1200: Installing AmigaOS 3.9: After having Amiga OS 3.1 on the 1200 for a while, I'd decided it was time to upgrade to Amiga OS 3.9. I had instantly realised there was a problem with this; the installation media is on a CD! There was no way I was going digging for an accelerator card with SCSI, or a PCMCIA CD Drive, so I resorted to emulation to get the OS installed. Therefore, henceforth are the steps required to build a compactflash card with a real OS for use on real hardware. Godspeed.
WHDLoad-Download-Tool: WHDLoad-Download-Tool is a tool to help manage and download Retroplay's WHDLoad archives. Main Features: Uses Retroplay's dat files for it's database, so is always up to date, Flexible on where files are saved to, Supports the beta WHDLoad sets and WHDLoad disk magazines, Download to different folder setups, Over 50 filters available including all supported languages, Create your own curated lists that can be shared, Scan your existing set and remove unneeded files, Only downloads what you are missing, HTTP and FTP support & Full CRC32 file checksum support.
Dickinson Tour of His Computers -- March 2024: Trevor Dickinson of A-EON shows his massive collection of Commodore and Amiga computers. Then he briefly shows the AmigaOne X1000, X5000, and A1222+ , and he makes some comments on the A1222+ finally being produced.
Commodore Computer Prehistory: {History of Commodore from 1948 till 2012}
An Essential Guide to Commodore Computer Models: If you were a child of the 1970s or 1980s you probably have fond memories of the early days of the “home computer” industry. Apple, Atari, TI, and several other companies all made their mark but none of them have a legacy quite like Commodore. Most people alive in that era remember the Commodore 64. After all, it’s still the best selling single computer model of all time. But there’s a long list of other Commodore computer models as well. Let’s take a trip down memory lane and see what else they did.
commodorehistory.com: Welcome to commodorehistory.com! We are a team of passionate computer enthusiasts and history lovers who are focused on documenting and sharing the history of Commodore computers. Our mission is to create a comprehensive archive of information about the history of Commodore, including the development and evolution of the various models, as well as the impact they had on the computer industry and broader society. We aim to make this information accessible to anyone interested in the history of computers, regardless of their level of technical knowledge.
Commodore History. Commodore's Retro Computer History. : This site was made mostly thanks to The 8-Bit Guy’s Commodore History video. And serves mainly for a brief and easy to scroll through timeline of Commodore’s place in early computing history.
Aira Force: A downloadable tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux. This is a tool for reverse engineering Amiga 680x0 software. It allows binaries to be disassembled and investigated. The primary goal of this project is to provide a graphical user interface on top of the excellent ira “reassembler” to accelerate the workflow. Aira Force implements “reassembly” using the ira disassembler and the vasm assembler. Ira transforms the source executable or raw binary into assembly language source code, then vasm assembles the source code. The output binary should be identical (or equivalent) to the input binary.
Birthplace of the Amiga": {Thread @ reddit with a picture. This is where Hi-Toro's Amiga "Lorraine" was born. Probably the last great creation of Jay Miner and crew. This was their office at 3350 Scott Blvd, Building 7 in Santa Clara, CA almost 40 years ago. They worked here before moving to Los Gatos and later Westchester, PA. Picture taken March 30, 2024.}
amateursoftwaregroup: Creating software for the amiga environment for the fun of it. {Makers of AirScan an Amiga scanner utility based on the ESCL protocol, Music Tagger the id3 tagger, supports v1 and v2 tags and CDIRIP the linux port of CDIrip

30 Jun 2024

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! Well I did it! I'm finally caught up! I'm sure over the last 4 months I have missed quite a few important stories and topics but I'll see what I can do to make up for that and I can PROMISE you I don't plan on do this %$^^&$ again anytime soon! LOL!

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New monthly update: AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – June 2024 has been released
New issue: AMI Tech-Gazette #9 has been published
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Finnish Amiga Users Group (officially Suomen Amiga-käyttäjät ry.): Finnish Amiga Users Group (officially Suomen Amiga-käyttäjät ry.) is a registered, non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Finnish Amiga computer users by preserving and advancing the Amiga hobby and knowledge of the Amiga computing platform in Finland. The group aims to reach its goals through volunteer efforts such as maintaining a website and discussion forums and organizing events.
Coppenheimer 0.2: Realtime Amiga monitor. Powered by vAmiga and vAmigaWeb {Live on the Web}
coppenheimer: An alternative UI for vAmigaWeb with realtime memory inspection.
AmigaPCI: The AmigaPCI is an OCS/ECS Amiga computer in the ATX form factor. It provides a flexible CPU Local Bus port, five AUTOCONFIG PCI slots for expansion purposes such as video and sound, an on-board dual port ATA controller, and offers performance improvements over legacy Amiga designs.
AmigaPCI Hardware Reference: This document is an in-depth description of the architecture of the AmigaPCI system. Although all efforts have been made to make the document as complete and error-free as possible, it is presented AS-IS. No warranty or guarantee is made that the contents are valid for all use cases. This document assumes at least basic knowledge of Motorola, Amiga, and PCI architecture. This document introduces unique concepts, including specifications for AUTOCONFIG capable PCI devices.
PCI Hardware Developer Reference: This document defines how the PCI Local Bus Rev. 2.3 specification is implemented in the AmigaPCI. It is not a substitute for the PCI Local Bus Specification or relevant Motorola user manuals. It is expected the reader has reviewed and understands the tenants of the PCI Bus as defined in the PCI Local Bus Specification, Rev 2.3, and the relevant Motorola user manuals.
-- Amiga Error Colours, Blinks and Guru Codes --: Here is some info I gathered from around the web concerning your Amigas boot sequence, and the error codes which your computer will provide to help pinpoint damage and issues. Do let me know if this info is correct or wrong!
Transferring Software and Data from Amiga to PC: The Amiga Explorer software, which is available in a stand-alone version and as part of Amiga Forever, provides a very easy way to copy software and data from one system to the other, as long as the Amiga and the PC are connected with a serial cable (optionally via a USB serial interface or a Bluetooth adapter), or with TCP/IP (Ethernet, etc.) Other methods are explained in the pages referenced below.
Amiga Video Slot to HDMI with Through Hole Components: This project was inspired by the Amiga Digital Video project by c0pperdragon. This design makes use of the Amiga 2000/3000 video slot and easy to solder through hole components, making it friendly for even the novice DIYer. At the time of writing this, all the components are available through DigiKey. This has been tested with both standard and Super Denise on Amiga 2000 rev 4.x and 6.x boards. The picture output is outstanding. It should be fully compatable with the Amiga 3000, but I do not have access to one for testing.
Amiga-Mechanical-Keyboard: Mechanical keyboard for the Amiga 2000/3000/4000. This is a project I started while pausing on another project. This IS NOT a drop-in replacment for legacy Amiga keyboards. Rather, it is a new design using Cherry PCB mount switches and off the shelf key caps. I am not planning to work on this at the moment, but I may work on it again in the future. The schematics, PCB layout, and routing are complete (as far as I remember). All that's missing is the code for the STM FPGA.
Marketed Commodore monitors (including Escom Amiga Monitors): by model number: {18 categories: name, picture, display type, made in, manufacturer, voltage versions, supported video input, video connectors, audio connectors, maximum resolution, release date, chassis design, best matching for (by time and class), user's manual, service manual, schematic diagram, repair info, others & additional photos or additional info covering 85 different models WOW!}
Amiga 500 NTSC to Component Video Adapter: I saw this RGBS/VGA to YPbPr adapter on ebay for around $30 and thought I'd try it out. I already had a buffered VGA adapter (bought off ebay also) so I hooked it up with Amiga --> buffered VGA --> RGBS to YPrPb --> component output --> TV. At first, I thought it didn't work because the first TV I tried didn't support the component signals. I got a black screen. But I kept trying different TVs and about half of them would work, and when it worked, the output was absolutely beautiful. The TV deinterlacing was often perfect so you could use interlaced modes without any jitter.
Rolling Picture on Commodore 1084S-P1": {Thread @ misterfpga.org discussing a rolling picture using a C=1084S-P1 monitor and in depth discussion about video signals and more}
Creating a new Amiga OS: Reflections of a 50 year old developer: My first programming experience was Basic on a ZX81. Then my step-dad bought me a c64 and I was hooked. And I have been a software developer ever since. When I was lucky enough to get an Amiga, I started with Amiga Basic while dabbing in Kuma Seka Assembler, learning the ropes. Eventually Blitz Basic came onto the scene and it was a perfect match since it compiled to real binaries (real machine code, as opposed to bytecodes or “P-Code” as it was called back then), and allowed users to write inline assembly side-by-side with basic statements.
Formatting an IDE Drive for use in an Amiga 500: You may have previously seen the IDE Adapters that I'd built for my Amiga 500 over here (internal) and here (external). Whilst they worked very well with FAT32 drives attached, I had no end of trouble trying to work out how to partition, format and mount as a native Amiga disk. For everything below, you'll want to use this bootdisk.
Amiga 500 – Internal IDE Port: Whilst looking for side-car Amiga A590 Hard drives for the Amiga 500, I found this deisgn at PCBWay of an internal IDE interface. The design seemed pretty straight-forward, but it did have its caveats. The main one was that this device does not Auto-Configure and therefore needs a boot floppy to use it.
Amiga 500 IDE Emulator: Very easy to build, small, internal, speed is 400-720kb/sec, able to mount OFS/FFS/fat95/...any? partitions. No autoboot, but it is working on a stock A500 (1.3 kickrom without fastram)!
A500ide, a simple non-autobooting IDE Hard disk interface for Amiga 500 {ARCHIVED 15 May 2020}: These are instructions for building a simple non-autobooting IDE hard disk and ATAPI CDROM interface for Amiga 500's side slot connection. It might work with other Amigas. Many people have built this hack and it has worked without problems for many of them. But for some people it has not worked.
Amiga 500 – External IDE Port: After building an internal IDE port for the Amiga 500, it was time to try an external port that connects to the expansion slot. This happened to be another lesson in taking-your-time-and-doing-proper-research.
Zorro II Cards On The Amiga 500: The next build for my Amiga 500 was a Zorro II Card Slot Adapter. This unit uses the expansion slot on the left-hand side of the Amiga (just like the external IDE adapter) and provides a vertical slot to plug your Zorro II card into. It also has a standard floppy power plug and circuitry to choose this supply if provided, otherwise use power from the Amiga itself.

22 Jun 2024

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! My LAST backdated posting then I'm back on track! For what it's worth I will NEVER let myself get 3 months behind again! ha ha. This has been an absolute NIGHTMARE to update! AAGGHHH.. LOL!

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WOW. Just stumbled across this project by Jason Neus. A reenginered Amiga motherboard with PCI slots. Looks VERY impressive! Now could you imagine if we could just get a new run of the custom chips and someone made a batch of 1000?. Jason also has two detailed reference manuals covering AmigaPCI Hardware and PCI Hardware Developer development.

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Retro meeting, CZ and 1080p video on AmigaOS 4 with A1222: {Another wonderful blog post by Epsilon about his trip to the early May Adelaide Retro Computer group meeting and his adventure getting 1080p video on his A1222.}
kernels: Linux kernels for X1000 and X5000 PowerPC computers.
A-EON X1000: {Pictures, screenshots of the X1000 internals and it running various Linux distributions. Also older Linux kernels for the X1000 and X5000.}
A1222 (Tabor board) Linux downloads: User Name: tabor. Password: amigaone {VArious Linux kernals, application, utilities, games and more}
Using a Logitech K400 Plus Keyboard with the A1222 Plus: Using a PC oriented keyboard, and especially, one with a touchpad, can present challenges when used on an Amiga. In this blog, I'll outline the challenges, and present my solutions to make this keyboard very usable with the A1222 Plus. Many of these tips apply to other keyboards with other models of computers running AmigaOS4.
The Guru Mediatation: {Translated from French} Who has never been enraged by wild crashes while using their machine? Windows is well known for its records in this genre but the Amiga remains a machine where crashes are still present. They are called "Guru Meditation" or "software failure" and we will try to find out more about them.
Prevue (ESQ): The Prevue software (internally named ESQ) was used to power the Prevue Channel from its inception in 1988. In the US, it was phased out in 2000, and replaced by the Windows-based Hollywood platform. In other markets, it was maintained until 2002. Like EPG Sr., Prevue ran on the Amiga platform.
Running the Prevue Channel Software in WinUAE: This guide teaches you how to set up an emulated Amiga with WinUAE running the Prevue Channel software. {Here you can find links to v. 9.0.4, 7.8.3 & 7.3.13}
AmigaPCI Hardware Reference: This document is an in-depth description of the architecture of the AmigaPCI system. Although all efforts have been made to make the document as complete and error-free as possible, it is presented AS-IS. No warranty or guarantee is made that the contents are valid for all use cases. This document assumes at least basic knowledge of Motorola, Amiga, and PCI architecture. This document introduces unique concepts, including specifications for AUTOCONFIG capable PCI devices.
PCI Hardware Developer Reference: This document defines how the PCI Local Bus Rev. 2.3 specification is implemented in the AmigaPCI. It is not a substitute for the PCI Local Bus Specification or relevant Motorola user manuals. It is expected the reader has reviewed and understands the tenants of the PCI Bus as defined in the PCI Local Bus Specification, Rev 2.3, and the relevant Motorola user manuals.

15 Jun 2024

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! They did it! The publishers of the AmigaOS 3.2 Reference Manual have translated it into English! If you haven't been tracking it the book is 450 pages covering OS 3.2 in all its glory! Delivery time: August 26, 2024. From the website.

  “AmigaOS 3.2 Reference Manual” features clear explanations of the basics and advanced functions of AmigaOS 3.2 and valuable insights into the Amiga system, from A to Z.

  The book is aimed at ambitious users who want to master the basics of the operating system, learn more in-depth techniques and gain an insight into the possibilities for advanced use of the system. And it is intended to awaken the desire to use and get back into using the system and pave the way for the basics beyond the operating system.

  The book is aimed at ambitious users who want to master the basics of the operating system, learn more in-depth techniques and gain an insight into the possibilities for advanced use of the system. And it is intended to awaken the desire to use and get back into using the system and pave the way for the basics beyond the operating system.

  Please note that the print run of “AmigaOS 3.2 Reference Manual” will be strictly limited. Early bird customers who purchase their book until 21st July 2024 will benefit from our special offer: the combined price of the book and the digital edition (PDF) is 35 €, saving 10 €.

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Amiga Future is looking again for reinforcements Do you think you have what it takes?
New event: Interface XXXVIII is being held in Kiel, Germany, on 22.06.2024

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Coffin/OS: Coffin/OS (versions R52, R53, R54, R55, R56, R57, R58),R59, R60, R61, R62, R63 and Pistorm Versions, are customized distributions from the Amiga OS 3.9, please note you can already download these for free but our versions are already pre-setup with updated drivers ready out of the box for Vampire cards a500v2 a600 and A1200 also the V4 sa version. Firebird and icedrake boards.
The Amiga 8 sprite myth : There seems to be a common misconception regarding the sprite hardware used in the Commodore Amiga line of computers. I do hear it every once and a while being repeated when people are comparing systems, so I decided to write this post to try and set the record straight.
42 Years of programming – The Amiga: I’m doing a retrospective of 42 years on programming, concentrating on how the various computer differ from the current ones. Today I will talk about the Amiga.
Classic Workbench Green Amiga Alien Edition: Welcome to a very special Workbench - one that comes in Alien Green or Earthly Blue! This Workbench includes a design, dockbar (with hand drawn images) and programs put together by Paul the Green Amiga Alien , who sadly is no longer with us. He began a project that never got finished back in 2002, essentially wanting to create a Workbench pack for A600 users like himself. The work was never completed, until now... This release is dedicated to him and his contribution to the Amiga community over the years. Our memories are with you Paul, rest in peace.
PicoWyfy: PicoWyfy is a wireless network interface controller (WNIC) that connects to the clockport of an Amiga computer. It is designed around the Raspberry Pi Pico W board.
Is compact flash worth bothering with any more?": {Thread @ reddit discussing the pro/cons of using a compact flash
Amiga and The Weather Connection": {Thread @ reddit discussing "a complete weather graphics system based on the Amiga 2000, with the target user being TV stations in the production of there daily weather broadcasts."}
Interview with Sid Meier from 2004: This is an interview with games industry legend Sid Meier, originally posted on Addicted to Pirates!, a now closed fansite for Sid Meier’s Pirates! that was run by Kristian Foshaug. It was originally published November 23, 2004, to coincide with the release of Firaxis’ remake of Sid Meier’s Pirates!
An Addicted Interview with Sid Meier - Part 1 {ARCHIVED 3 Jan 2006}: Addicted to Pirates! has been so lucky to do an interview with the God of all games, Sid Meier himself! Sid Meier has come up with some of the greatest games of all time, such as Railroad Tycoon, Colonization, Alpha Centauri, the Civilization-series, and of course, Sid Meier's Pirates! All of them are games that I myself have played hundreds of hours, each! Anyways, enough of me talking, let's get down to business!
An Addicted Interview with Sid Meier - Part 2 {ARCHIVED 17 Dec 2005}: Addicted to Pirates! has done an interview with the creator of games such as Railroad Tycoon, Colonization, the Civilization-series, Alpha Centauri, Sim Golf, and not to mention - Pirates! Here is the second part of the interview, read and enjoy!

8 Jun 2024

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! Only two more posting to go then I'm FINALLY caught up! As a BIG fan of all the Softwood products, I am VERY HAPPY to see not only is Final Writer back in development but, it's coming preinstalled on the A600GS. A BIG THANKS goes out to Timothy Deters for keeping FW alive! I wonder if my floppies in the attic still work?

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As always amiga-news.de has a wonderful writeup about the latest plugin for Hollywood.Hollywood goes LaTeX: hTeX 1.0 released Press release: "Airsoft Softwair, the unstoppable coding machine, is back on your screen with a massive new Hollywood plugin release: hTeX. hTeX allows you to experience the wonderful world of LaTeX as it makes it possible to use the LaTeX markup language from Hollywood. This makes it possible to easily display mathematical formulas in your Hollywood scripts and Hollywood Designer projects. On top of that, you can also use more advanced LaTeX features like tables, boxes, and finetuned formatting. Finally, hTeX also allows you to export LaTeX formatted text as PDF documents, SVG images, and PNG images."

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The mouSTer project is here: The mouSTer project was initially described in one of my previous posts as an adapter that will support multiple retro computers. This is a device that allows connecting any USB (not ps/2 protocol type only) mouse to as many old computers as possible.
Why was Amiga not as successful in America?": {Thread @ reddit descussing "I know the Amiga was popular in Europe, UK and Australia. But why did it not reach the same heights in US? Do you think because Atari there was just too popular? Or was there not enough marketing of the Amiga in US? What are your thoughts?"}
MilkyTracker - Cross-Platform XM Tracker: MilkyTracker is an multi-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker 2/3 compatibility.
BlueSCSI tools for the Commodore Amiga: 2 utilities for managing a BlueSCSI V2 or ZuluSCSI in a Commodore Amiga. You can select the device/unit from the properties of the icon. Optionally you can specify these on the command line. CD Changer. The CD Changer allows you to swap between CD ISO images on your SD card on the fly. SD Transfer. The SD Transfer tool allows you to transfer files from the SD card to the Amiga.
BlueSCSI: BlueSCSI is hardware that reproduces SCSI devices (hard disks, optical, etc) with an Pico 2040 dev board.r>
The birth of 3DPro": {Thread @ reddit when a user gives an in depth response about the birth of 3DPro at Waldorf computers in Alexandria, VA.}
Portal:Amiga: {Wikipedia's Amiga Portal}
Power A5000: The Power A5000 was a planned Amiga clone computer, announced by German DCE Computer Service GmbH and British Amiga peripherals manufacturer Power Computing Ltd. (Not to be confused with Power Computing Apple clone manufacturer). It was one of the first Amiga clone computers announced after Gateway purchased the Amiga in 1997.
An Ode to Deluxe Paint: The Kaleidoscopic Magical Motion Machine. When first seeing an Amiga 500 computer, it wasn't the games but a copy of the painting program Deluxe Paint II that really got me hooked. Since then, computers and visual art have forever been linked in my mind.
Computer Legends: Amiga - A tribute synthwave song by Victor Vergara "Awesome": This is the second song in my Computer Legends Series. Next release will be the ZX Spectrum song. "Awesome" by Victor Vergara pays homage to the iconic Amiga computer through a catchy synthwave pop song. Dive into the nostalgia of the Amiga era with awesome games, 4 channels music and the greatest demoscene ever! (C) 2024 Victor Vergara "Awesome" Computer Legends: Amiga is available in all music platforms.

1 Jun 2024

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! Holy CRAP!! I finally made it to June. Rabbits - Rabbits - Rabbits! Only 3 more posts until I'm back on schedule and rock'n again!
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Zoom Event: TPUG Meeting for May 30, 2024: Dave Haynie !: Please join us for an evening of discussion with a living legend – Mr. Dave Haynie. His career at Commodore began in 1983 as an engineer under Bil Herd. He was later promoted to chief engineer, and stayed with Commodore until the very end in 1994.
New issue: Boing #8 has been published
New issue: REV'n'GE #158 has been published
New issue: APoV #5 has been published Don't know how I wasn't tracking this.

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Gotek internal A500 mount: An internal Gotek mounting bracket for the Amiga 500 designed in DesignSpark Mechanical 4.0. I was not happy with the internal mount I got when buying a Gotek floppy emulator for the Amiga 500. I did a respin to better position the usb socket and the oled display, and to fit both the revision A and B of the A500/500+ Cases. This is the result.: description
APoV Magazine: An Amiga magazine from Abime.net.
GottaGoFastRAM 8MB Autoconfig Fast RAM: This is an 8MB Autoconfig Fast RAM for Amiga 500/1000/2000/CDTV based on mkl's mem68k. It's small size allows it to be stacked on top of an ide68k board. Rather than use the original mem68k Abel code I have written a new memory controller in Verilog
GottaGoFastRAM2000 8MB Autoconfig Fast RAM: This is an 8MB Autoconfig Fast RAM for the Amiga 2000
GottaGoFaZt3r Fast RAM: 256MB Autoconfig Fast RAM for the Amiga 3000/4000
GRETA: Expansion board for the Amiga A500 computer providing SDRAM, Secure Digital mass storage and Ethernet interface. Features: Attaches to the Amiga A500 expansion bus, 8 MiB Fast RAM (Zero wait state & Always available to the system via Amiga AUTOCONFIG protocol, SPI controller (For interfacing with Secure Digital storage) & 10/100Mbit Ethernet PHY
Joydivision: This adapter was created because I missed to be able to control my old games in emulators with a real controller (Joysticks), just as they where inteded to be played =) This adapter is created as a HID that doesn't requires any specific drivers (thanks to V-USB which is used). That means that you just need to plug it in, configure your emulator to use the HID-device and start playing!
OPEN AMIGA SAMPLER: Open source schematics, parts lists and documentation for building a generic 8bit/mono Amiga parallel port sound sampler
OpenA1200RTC: OpenA1200RTC is an Open Hardware RTC module for the Amiga 1200.
OpenAmigaVideoHybrid: OpenAmigaVideoHybrid is an Open Hardware implementation of the Video Hybrid integrated circuit used in some Commodore Amiga computers (Commodore Part No. 390229-0x).

25 May 2024

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! Still catching up... Last entry for May. Can't wait till the next one because I will have FINALLY made it to the same month as the next 4 postings!
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A-EON releases news that will have native ARM acceleration. The device is looking promising.
New issue: Komoda & Amiga Plus #25 has been published

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BOING interview with George Sokianos: At the end of 2022, George Sokianos announced that he was launching a very ambitious project: to port WebKit rendering engine on AmigaOS 4 in order to be able to display the pages of the most modern websites. He kindly agreed to say a little more... The interview was done by Glames and published in our (French) Amiga magazine BOING, issue #7 (October, 2023).
Custom Chip Register List: This is a listing of the Amiga custom registers housed inside the Agnus that control the various custom chips in the OCS, ECS, and AGA chipsets. This is the basis of hardware programming - you use these registers (and the CIA registers) to control all of the computer hardware. Click a register description to read more.
Amiga Development Reverse engineering for the Commodore Amiga: This page is intended to serve as a central place for information related to development using the Amiga hardware.
Building an Amiga PSU around an RPT-75B: A lot of people use Meanwell power supplies as the replacements for the poor quality ones that came with the Amiga. Typically, the 50W variants such as the RPT-60B are used because it fits nicely inside an original Amiga power supply. I wanted to see if I could use a 75W PSU for heavily upgraded Amigas. Here is the journey.
Amiga RPT-75B PSU: Testing and enhancements: In my previous blog post, I showed how to make a new, high-spec power supply for Amiga 500 / 600 / 1200 computers. Now I want to do some testing and there are a few improvements that can be made. Let’s get to it!
Lite XL: Overview. Lite XL is derived from lite. It is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide something practical, pretty, small and fast easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either. The aim of Lite XL compared to lite is to be more user friendly, improve the quality of font rendering, and reduce CPU usage. Customization. Additional functionality can be added through plugins which are available in the plugins repository or in the Lite XL plugins repository. Additional color themes can be found in the colors repository. These color themes are bundled with all releases of Lite XL by default.
NDK Setup for the SAS/C compiler: Although its development has been discontinued some years after Commodore went under, SAS/C Version 6 still is one of the best and recommendable C-compilers for classic AmigaOS development until today.
NDK Setup for the VBCC Compiler: vbcc is a highly optimizing portable and retargetable ISO C compiler by Volker Barthelmann. It supports ISO C89 and a subset of C99. It's also still being developed and offers a variety of target distributions and cross-compiling options. Best of all: It's free. The AmigaOS distribution of vbcc is maintained by Frank Wille and can be downloaded here. Frank added support for the NDK3.2 in vbcc 0.9h, so you'll have to get this version or a later one.
FlashROM: The Amiga FlashROM solution from OnyxSoft is a OpenSource project which is intended as a drop-in solution for Classic Amiga kickstart ROMs. The project is based around the flash chip AM29F800BB from AMD (and other manufacturer). This chip can (if used in the right pin configuration) be a direct drop-in solution for the older EPROM styled chipset like AM27C400 but have the advantage to be by nature easier to work with since it's a flashrom and does not need a special eraser for UW light etc.
Floppy_adaptor V2.5: Converts PC floppy drive interface to Amiga/Shugart bus interface. Now also supports the Atari ST/TT. Only supports Double Density (DD) disks but works with an HD drive in DD mode. The native files in EagleCAD format are included. The Zip file contains the Gerber data

18 May 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Still catching up but I'm over the hump and picking up speed!

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At some point I plan to group all the A1222 links in to one searchable page but until then I think Ktadd's tutorial on partitioning a new SSD drive for your new A1222 system looks to be MANDITORY reading!
ACube Systems is pleased to announce a new release of the U-Boot firmware for its Sam460 line of motherboards. New in this version: added support for Radeon RX cards, updated x86 emulator, fixed USB handling especially for keyboard support, new boot logo and menu graphics, added FAT support and fixed several typos and small graphic mistakes. You have to appreciate the fact they are still updating and providing support for their systems.
New issue: ZZAP! AMIGA Micro Action #15 has been released.

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Modifying a PC floppy drive to work inside an Amiga 500: My Amiga 500 Plus no longer has an internal floppy drive. It was given away months ago to help another Amiga user. I needed to replace it, and I realised that I’m completely out of Amiga floppy drives. So, I decided to see if I could convert a PC one to fit. Here is the story.
1984 Amiga Presentation by Amiga Computer, Inc. : On June 14, 1984, Don Greenbaum, the Treasurer of Commodore International Limited, was at a secret meeting to negotiate the acquisition of Amiga Computer, Inc. This document was provided to Commodore by Amiga Computer, Inc to describe the Amiga computer. Don couldn't recall if the document was given to him at the June 14 meeting, or if he received it prior to the meeting. This document was generously contributed by Don Greenbaum.
Weird Amiga 1200 Issue Repaired: In the last week, an Amiga 1200 was dropped off at my workshop to be repaired. That isn’t unusual, but the faults were unusual enough that I thought I should blog about them. The Problem... Just the motherboard was brought to me, and I was told that it would work for 15 minutes and then crash to a black screen. Sure enough, when I tested it, I could only run it for about 15-20 minutes at most.
DiskFlashback: A Windows package to use Floppy Disk Images Files & Non/PC Real Floppy Disks in Windows, directly. I wanted to be able to access floppy disks from my Amiga, and other formats without having to boot an emulator. I wanted to be able to open a disk image file (like ADF, IMG etc) in Windows in the easiest way possible, as well as be able to use a real floppy drive too and see whats on it. So I decided to build this - which allows you to view and edit the contents of real disks and disk images directly from Windows Explorer, and yes, you can even read non-PC floppy disks in real time too (hardware required).
A simple AmigaOS GUI in assembler: This tutorial also fitted in as an example for my first book The complete source of the example can be downloaded from the downloads page. Since the book is also intended for assembly programmers I decided to produce a similar example source to do the same GUI related things in assembly. This post is not as much a tutorial but more a accompanying text to the assembly source, which has also been made available on the download page
amiga-hddlw: Adapts a regular PC floppy drive for high density operation on an Amiga computer
Wi-Fi driver for AmiKit PiStorm: The content of this archive, if copied to AmiKit, will enable 2.4GHz or 5GHz Wi-Fi with WPA/WPA2 encrypted support for your Amiga with PiStorm. You don't need any of those outdated Amiga network cards anymore, because now the Raspberry Pi's internal Wi-Fi module will provide a super fast internet for your Amiga!
A1222Plus up and running. What now? : So, the hardware is installed, and I've successfully booted from the Emergency USB recovery stick. What now? Partitioning the SSD drive of course. Now this may sound like a simple task and, in general, it is. The most difficult part is deciding how many partitions, what they will be used for, and how big each one should be.
CBMretro: {Online shop with parts for the Amiga and C=64}
backslide to arcanum: I’ve always really enjoyed reading about the technical details involved in other demos, like the write-ups from Leonard, Paradroid, and Slummy. So, I’ve included my own commentary below.

11 May 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! On a roll!! One more week down... Six more to go!
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New issue: Amiga Future #168 has been published
New Event: MicroAlchimie VIII is being held 1-3 Nov in Clérieux, France.

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Serena: Serena is an experimental operating system with an object-oriented kernel for Amiga 3000/4000 computers with support for pervasive preemptive concurrency and multiple users.
Soundtracker origins, part 1: Where in the World is Karsten Obarski?: Today I’m starting a series of articles which is no less about passion and nostalgia, but tries to go further behind the curtains, and talks about the ones who made soundtracking possible: Mr. Obarski of course, but also those who inspired him (and those who, in turn, inspired them).
Soundtracker origins, part 2: Welcome to Turrican, aah hahahaha: So, where were we? In part 1 of this series, we learnt more about Karsten Obarski, who became the « Father of the Soundtracker » at age 22. Through existing interviews, we got to understand where he came from, how he came to create his Ultimate Soundtracker tool on Amiga in 1987, why he called it quits a few months afterwards… and where he probably took his inspiration for The Ultimate Soundtracker.
Soundtracker origins, part 3: Facing a stone mountain: In Part 2 of this series, Chris Hülsbeck told me that he remembers using Steinberg’s MIDI Multitrack Sequencer tool on the Commodore 64 computer, around the time he wrote his own tool, Soundmonitor.
Soundtracker Origins, interlude: The coders behind the Cambrian explosion: Remember Part 31 of this series of articles on Soundtracker? Those were the days! I fondly remember writing the following, near the end of that article: The next parts will focus on each of the two parallel paths that I highlighted above: The Fairlight CMI path: finding out how they came up with the idea for their Page R sequencer. The « Commodore » path, going down the JMS rabbit hole, and their Multitrack Composer. Will there be more parts? Who knows? I sure don’t!
Stickers Renew Remastered - A Wonderful set of 174 Remastered labels for 59 Games: Get reahttps://codeberg.org/CBMretro/Amiga_RGB_SCART_Adapterdy to make your floppy disk and CD collection shine like never before with Stickers Renew Remastered. Previously available in their original releases, this new edition has been designed with a single objective : Illuminate your collection! Completely remastered, these new labels has been fully reworked with cleaned and high-definition pictures, a striking level of details and colours that are more vibrant than ever. Other minor elements have also been improved to strengthen the visual identity. Quite simply, they are as
http://blog.retro-link.com/2024/05/assembling-a1222-from-eon.html: Once again Blogger has put my photos in reverse order, even though I renamed them. Oh, well, enjoy the pics of the assembly of the A1222+. My thanks to Duncan M. of The Other Group of Amigoids and his expertise in putting the machine together; I would have done a hack job on it if I were to do it!
different as chalk and cheese!
rkrm-dos: An RKRM-style reference of AmigaDOS/dos.library. This project is a documentation of the AmigaDOS subsystem of AmigaOs, the dos.library, its handlers, file-systems and structures. It is available under the THOR-Software License v3.
Amiga-Scoopex-C: My attempt at converting Scoopex's superb Amiga Hardware coding tutorials into C.
Announcing NetBSD 10.0 (Mar 28, 2024): {They are still supporting the 68k Amiga & MacoSystem Draco systems and the PowerPC-based Amiga boards.

4 May 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Finally got caught up to May. Only 8 more updates to go... Yup it's the 4 of of May... And while I'll ALWAYS pick Star Trek over Star Wars, I'll leave you with this...

Nanu Nanu!
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I came across this link in a thread. Markus Nerding mentioned "A few years ago I did a "PDF Translation" of the German OS 3.9 Das Buch book. Here is a link to my Dropbox" and here's the link English translation of the German OS 3.9 Das Buch book. GREAT job Markus!

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English translation of the German OS 3.9 Das Buch book: {I came across this link in a thread. Markus Nerding mentioned "A few years ago I did a "PDF Translation" of the German OS 3.9 Das Buch book. Here is a link to my Dropbox"}
AMOS Pro BSD Socket Extension 1.1.4 Released: Version 1.1.4 of the AMOS Pro BSD Socket extension is out, and it’s a big one. Thanks to both an anonymous contributor and some improved M68K assembler debugging techniques, this version has multiple crash bugs fixed, as well as an issue that prevented the extension from working well on non-emulated Amigas. Upgrading is highly recommended!
Anniversary 30 Years Ago Today, Commodore Died On this day 30 years ago, computer giant Commodore announced it was to enter voluntary bankruptcy and liquidation.
Commodore Bankruptcy – Associated Press 1994 WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Commodore International Ltd., a pioneer in the personal computer industry, said late Friday it is going out of business.
We're Getting A Full-Size Amiga 'Console' In 2024. With a working keyboard! Retro Games Ltd., the company behind the C64 and A500 Mini micro-consoles, has revealed its product roadmap for the next few years. The headline news is that the company plans to release a full-size "Amiga console" in Q4, 2024. This will sit alongside the A500 Mini system, which launched in 2022. It has been confirmed that the new system will have a fully working keyboard.
Lets make an ADF and populate Lets get files to your Amiga. There are plenty of times where we want to copy files to your Amiga. How do we do it? What options exist? Well here I will discuss how to make an ADF then copy files to populate it!
GoDRIvE600 Commodore Amiga 600 Floppy emulator: GoDRIvE600 is a complete solution for A600, to keep original Floppy drive and have FDD emulator. GoDRIvE600 lets you have both inside and switch between them on the go. You can use either an FDD or floppy drive emulator, but NOT both at the same time.
Commodore Executive Rift Denied As Tramiel Quits – New York Times: By DAVID E. SANGER JAN. 16, 1984. jack-tramiel-atari-august-1984The chairman of Commodore International Ltd. denied yesterday that a dispute with directors had led to the unexpected resignation late Friday of Jack Tramiel, Commodore’s hard- driving and mercurial founder.
Mambo's Amiga Blog: {All off Mambo's Coffin OS pages}
Best Amiga Games Of All Time: The finest games on Commodore's beloved 16-bit system... The Amiga is perhaps the most beloved example of a home computer turned gaming machine and is responsible for bringing many classic series to the world. Sensible Soccer, Lemmings, Worms and Speedball 2 all began life on Commodore's system and helped to cement its place as one of the most exciting gaming platforms of its era.

31 Apr 24

Today's Highlights
- Let's celebrate International Amiga Day.

This is GREAT!

Pic from from IndieRetroNews.com

Happy Birthday Jay Miner.

29 Apr 24

Today's Highlights
- Can you all believe today we celebrate, or morn, the 30th anniversary of the death of Commodore. And 30 years later we are really no closer to finally resolving the DUMPSTER FIRE that it left behind. .

27 Apr 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Train keeps a rollin' all night long....

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New issue: REV'n'GE #157 has been published

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vAmiga 0.9: Webassembly port of the Amiga emulator vAmiga by Dirk Hoffmann; requires a recent version of Chrome/Edge or Firefox.
Amiga RGB SCART Adapter: This adapter converts Amiga video connector to RGB SCART. The Adapter has 3,5mm stereo audio input so Amiga audio can be routed from RCA connectors to SCART ouput.
Ami Sampler: VSTi 8-bit Sampler inspired by the sound of the famous Commodore Amiga for Windows/MacOS/Linux using VST3/AU/LV2. The Ami Sampler brings that feel and that sound into the modern world of Digital Audio Workstations. Obviously heavily inspired by the Amiga, as well as Protracker and Fasttracker, it also draws inspiration from last trackers like Triton's Fasttracker II and Milkytracker in addition to some modern sampler VST plugins. While in no way an emulator nor a recreation of the limitations that the late 80s software had, the Ami Sampler strives to take the classic sound of the Amiga but still allow it to stand up with a modern DAW setting.
GreaseweazleGUI: GreaseweazleGUI.Net is a Windows GUI wrapper for the python script running Keir’s STM32F1/F7 “blue pill” micro-controller widget. I attempt to easily construct the command line arguments that are expected by his python code.
Gopherized : A Gopher browser for classic Amiga!: Lately I've been rediscovering old technologies, especially everything that existed before the WEB as we know it today... I therefore decided to develop a Gopher client for Amiga (68k) using AMOS Professional and after a first version I'm here to share with you the second one with various fixes, removed bugs and other interesting features.
What exactly was the Amiga Ranger?: Ranger was to be the next generation Amiga, which the original West Coast Amiga engineers began working on in 1986-87, following the release of the Amiga 1000. Jay Miner improved the graphics chipset for Ranger to address the twin problems of chip (i.e. Graphics, Sound, DMA) RAM memory space and bandwidth in the Amiga 1000.
Amithlon Info/Patches/Kernel Source: As a former Amiga user, having owned the A1000, A2000, A3000 and A4000 with a multitude of hardware add-ons, I was very late to discover Amithlon, an Amiga emulation that uses standard x86 hardware to run the Amiga OS, Amiga OS 3.9 in fact. Once discovering this awesome software, I've spent hours on the net searching for more information and how to get the best out of it. Lots of dead-end links as well as some very useful tips helped me get Amithlon running on a number of old computers I had with varying pieces of hardware. I'm hoping to make available as much information and resources as possible, though Amithlon itself can not be provided.
Digital Retro Bay: The seller for high quality Retro computing items such as the GoDrive, Keyboard membranes and 3D Printing.
CF / SD and large drives FAQ": {Thread @ English Amiga Board}
BSzili's AmigaOS ports: {LOTS and LOTS of ports. Including: Duke3dw, uHexen2: Hammer of Thyrion, GLQuake-SDL, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, WildMidi, Aliens vs. Predator, Freeciv 2, Warzone 2100, Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny, Dark Forces, Doom & much much more!!!}

20 Apr 2024

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! Chugga... Chugga... Chugga...

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Airsoft Software, the hardest working men in the coding business, after 20 years have released v7.0 of Hollywood Designer. Gentlemen congratulations and here's to another 20 more years of success!!
Quake 2 for OS4 has been released as a digital download from Alina Computers.
How's this for cool! DJ Calvin Harris teamed with Ellie Goulding at the 2024 BRIT awards and he was rocking his A1200 from Retropassion. Calvin Harris Using An Amiga 1200 At The Brit {youtube}. Mad night at the @brits with @elliegoulding I even got the Amiga 1200 out {instagram}. The full performance {youtube}. Is that a Sony TV I see on stage??? It's refreshing to see main stream coverage and positive comments for a change!
And a big congratulations goes out to Games That Weren't for a quarter century hard work and dedication!

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At the BRITS! (well one of our refurbished A1200 units was): Having been refurbishing Amiga’s for the last 5 years professionally. Never did I think we would be in 2024 and live on TV you see not only one of our Amiga A1200 units on an Instagram story but the story is from Calvin Harris himself! Check it out:
Calvin Harris A500 Plus! story": {Thread @ lemonamiga.com covering the DJ Calvin Harris and his A500 story!}
Interview: Calvin Harris on software, hardware and hit-making: Ask chart-topping, multiplatinum producer Calvin Harris for the secret behind all of his recent success and he'll answer you with remarkable honesty. "Luck! Pure and simple," he says with a grin. "I'd been sending out demos and CDs for years. I knew my stuff was good enough, but I was getting nowhere. Then, three people - my future manager and two publishers - happened to send one of my tracks to EMI publishing in the same week. All of a sudden, they were interested!
Building an ReAmiga 4000CR Part 1: This time it is time to build an ReAmiga 4000CR..
RIPPLE IDE: Zorro 2 IDE Interface for Amiga 2000/3000/4000. Features: Autoboot, ROM can be updated simply by booting the update disk, Works with Kickstart 1.3 and up, Supports up to 2TB drives, Supports ATAPI Devices (CD/DVD-ROM, Zip disk etc), Boot from ZIP/LS-120 etc, Boot from CD-ROM, SCSI Direct, NSD, TD64 support & Uses lide.device
Amiga Games That Weren't: Welcome to Amiga Games That Weren't. Legend tells of a breed of Amiga games that never crawled out of the primordial development swamp of their early existence. Games that never stood blinking in the sunlight of the gaming world. Games that were never devoured by predators of the Amiga jungle. They are the... Amiga Games That Weren't.
25 years of Games That Weren’t: Games That Weren’t has been running for a quarter of a century this year, which is not only staggering, but also a bit scary if I’m honest. For 25 years, we have been documenting and preserving as much unreleased software as we can for a variety of platforms. Though it all began with just the Commodore 64 at the start, the machine I grew up with and still play today.
Found Vocal Tracks from the 1987 Song - Only Amiga Makes it Possible: {Thread @ reddit where vocal tracks for the 1987 song Only Amiga Makes it Possible have been found}
{archive.org} CBM COMDEX 87 Elaine Vocals - Amiga Song: CBM COMDEX 87 Elaine Vocals - Amiga Song
The Commodore Amiga was the COOLEST: Dominik Diamond recently deemed the Amiga as 'painfully uncool'. It is my mission, nay, my DUTY, to set the record straight.

13 Apr 2024

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! I'm plugging right along. Hopefully I'm caught up by next year. LOL!

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AmigaKit is pleased to announce they have a new ARM based graphic library for the A600GS which will increase performance of the upcoming device.

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Looks like Hyperion has been managed by a receiver since last week

had acquired co-ownership of AmigaOS 4 back in 2019

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FluxMyFluffyFloppy : A GUI for Greaseweazle Host Tools
The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk: {A good history of the 3M's Floppy disk}
Amiga 2K Front Panel: {Description translated from DE} The Amiga 2K front panel expands the Amiga 2000 with a panel for the 5.25" slot. This allows an external keyboard switch from the 7-bit A234 to be used internally and fully operated from the outside by plugging a USB keyboard / USB wireless dongle into the top left slot... The USB slot in the middle is used to externally access the RaspberryPi USB port that sits on the PiStorm 2K , so you can easily make files accessible to the Amiga OS... The button in the middle is connected to an HDMI switch and lights up as soon as the HDMI output of the PiStorm is switched to the RGBtoHDMI output. This allows an HDMI monitor to be used comfortably both for the classic HIRES resolution of games but also via the PiStorm you can work with the Workbench up to 4K. The lower slot leads the RaspberryPi's micro SD card to the outside using an extension cable. The space on the left side of the panel is for the later installation of a GoTek Systems USB Drive
Sampling sound on the Amiga : Almost any modern PC is capable of recording sound. I mean, even the sound interfaces that are part of the mother board nowadays have microphone connectors as well as line-in connectors. This was different in the days of the Amiga when a PC by default could only beep. At least each Amiga came with stereo line-out connectors that allows it to playback audio, but unfortunately none came with audio inputs. To be able to record sound on your Amiga additional hardware needed to be purchased. This article describes one example of such hardware, the "sampling cartridge" for the Amiga.
kultmags.com: {celebrating and archiving German Computer magazines}
Sam460LE and A1222 Plus, a welterweight duel: Today, at the beginning of 2024, we are experiencing an unusual situation in the AmigaNG world. We have two entry-level computers to choose from: in 2023, ACube launched a new version of Sama460 - Sam460LE, and this year, after a long journey full of vicissitudes, AAA technology also introduced A1222 Plus. Concurrence of two computers of the same category is something completely unusual in the AmigaNG world, therefore it is often discussed which of them is which and who is better.
lide.device: An Open source IDE driver for Amiga computers. Features: Autoboot, Works with Kickstart 1.3 and up, Supports up to 2TB drives*, Supports ATAPI Devices (CD/DVD-ROM, Zip disk etc), Boot from ZIP/LS-120 etc, Boot from CD-ROM* & SCSI Direct, NSD, TD64 support.
My undying love for the painfully uncool Amiga: It may have looked like something you’d see a bank teller use, but it withstood heavy battering. And it ran the coolest games
Specy: The all in one web editor for M68K
AmiBench: AmiBench is a proprietry desktop environment developed by AmigaKit Ltd for the A600GS, Commodore-Amiga computers and Next Generation Amiga-like computers. It is built upon AmigaKit's System Release V46 distribution supplemented by some AROS components. Features: AK-Datatypes, Commands Release V46, Gadget Classes Release V46, AmiBench desktop environment & AmiSphereServer

6 Apr 2024

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! STIIIIILLLL catching up! Well this week it looks like SOMETHING NEW has happened on the legal side. Everyone's favorite Amiga lawyer gatekeeper, Ben Hermans has had bankruptcy proceedings reopened against him. There is no way I could summarize this any better than the above link so I wont even try!

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Here's a bit more forum talk about the possible Hyperion bankruptcy.
Amiga Future is looking for more editors. If you think you're up for the challege send an email to redaktion@amigafuture.de and see what happens.
New issue: WhatIFF? #13 has been published

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Cassic AmigaOS Programming: This book is an introduction to the programming of the classic Amiga OS using C as well as MC68000 assembly language. For the novice it will be an introduction into the basics of the Amiga and its OS, for the programmer who used to do this 30 years ago it will be a nice refresher. Since this book is meant as an introduction it will not cover every single function call of every single library of the OS, nor will it cover every single flag or option for the functions that are covered. It will, however, provide a solid base from where you can start writing your own software for the Commodore Amiga.
Kalms C2P routine collection: Here is a fairly complete set of c2p routines, almost one routine for every occasion! The main aim is towards 68030-68060 processors, using CPU-only conversion, although you can find the occasional oddity in some darker corners of the archive. The main aim of this archive is to provide a fairly broad range of fast and easy-to-use c2p routines, so all other programmers need not re-invent the wheel.
68k Counter: Analyses 68000 assembly source to profile resource and size data. For each instruction it will tell you. CPU cycles, Bus read cycles, Bus write cycles & Size in bytes
Public Chunky to Planar Converter Sources Chunky to planar converters are something which is needed frequently. Coding one of your own is a difficult and time consuming task. Here is a collection of downloadable sources. Please dont forget to give credits when using one of these sources.
Kickstart 02 UK Amiga Expo: UK Commodore Amiga show 29-30 June 2024. Special Guests, Traders, Community, Performers and more.
Interview with Camilla Boemann: Today, we're featuring an interview with Camilla Boemann, a Danish developer who is part of the AmigaOS 68k development team and who is in the process of revitalising this mythical operating system. Thank you for all your relevant answers!
Packet Radio: Last time I was writing about progress on WiFi driver I have happily received first packet from WiFi chip. Awesome! That did gave me a huge motivation boost! I told you that I will now work on packet scheduler and start scanning for networks. The first part of this task, the scheduler, was simple but still with some issues to be solved. There are several constraints which need to be considered.
Furnace The Ultimate Chiptune Music Tracker: System and sound chip galore - supports nearly every old-school 8-bit/16-bit system out there! from the Atari 2600 and Commodore PET to SNES, Genesis and arcades, you'll feel at home with the vast selection of systems Furnace supports. True, real-time sound engine - every sound chip is emulated using many of the best emulation cores out there for a fantastic, true-to-hardware sound. One interface. infinite setups. {win, mac & linux}
Revision 2024: "We Are Many": {Amiga demo party results} 29th March - 1st April 2024 Regionalverband Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
2024 Summer School on Retro Gaming History, Critic, and Development: A summer school dedicated to retro gaming, which invites both humanities and engineering to provide unique insights on retro gaming, both theoretical and practical, and opportunities for cross-fertilization among research fields. Supported by the ACM SIGSOFT and Cloanto.

28 Mar 2024

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! Still catching up! Boy am I behind!

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Emu68 has finally hit v1.0. GREAT work Michal Schulz!
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Amiga Video to VGA adapter and Monitor Switcher all in one: {Translated} All-in-one Amiga video port to VGA adapter with automatic monitor switching and RGB amplifier to minimize typical LCD jail bars.
Disk Jockey for macOS: Disk Jockey is a simple-to-use disk image creator and analyser for your retro computers (or emulators!).
How to build an Amiga Joystick to USB adapter (DB9 to USB): After ordering a custom joystick from Immortal Joysticks, I was in need of a way to use this legendary stick on the A500 mini. Rather than buy a solution, I opted to build one using my horrible soldering skills and drafted in one of my many 3D printers. As Amiga “builds” go, it’s a simple (and rewarding) project, perfect for someone who just likes to tinker.
Amiga 4000 Technical Specifications: Thanks to Amiga Zone for posting all of their press releases on the Amiga Format CD. These tech specs were posted by Commodore some time in 1992. They have been altered slightly to feature other models of the A4000.
Minimig compatible Toccata 16-bit sound card: This is a module emulating the playback functionality of the Toccata sound card for the Commodore Amiga. Toccata sound card. The module is written in SystemVerilog, and is intended to be used in the Minimig core. It was not possible for me to get an actual Toccata sound card, or find the documentation for the sound card. This module is implemented by reverse engineering the Toccata sound card emulation of UAE, and looking at the OpenBSD driver. The Toccata sound card uses the AD1848 audio chip, the AD1848 data sheet was used to implement the indirectly exposed registers to the zorro II bus.
Booting from a hard drive with the Amiga 500 (kickstart 1.3) on the Replay: One way of booting harddrives on the Replay is by using hard disk files (HDF’s). The Amiga 500 (kickstart 1.3) had no native support for harddrives though, so we need to patch it in. We want to add IDE support to the kickstart, and this patch will, don’t let the SCSI part of the name confuse you. I will not go into the details on why it’s called SCSI patch, but this is the one to use. It’s a backward compatibility thing.
Amiga memory map: {Covering it all: Address space, CIA registers & Chip registers}
AmiSpeedTest: Test your Amiga's Internet speed!
msRay: This is my AMIGA / WINDOWS Raycaster project. The main engine files has been written in C without using any external libraries, so the engine is OS independent. It can be easly adapted to OS that uses 32 bit RGBA buffer rendering.
Bare-Metal Amiga Programming : The second book in my "Amiga Programming" series has just been published. Where my previous book concentrated mainly on using the functionality provided by AmigaOS, this book is about programming the hardware of the Amiga directly. Programming the hardware directly is known as "bare-metal programming", which is a technique employed by a large number of game and demo programmers in order to squeeze the last drop op performance from the system.

22 Mar 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Still catching up!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

Event: Outline Demoparty 2024 Being held in Ommen, NL on 9-12 May 2024

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mouSTer: mouSTer is a universal USB HID class device to db9 adapter. mouSTer is the first fully configurable USB adapter for old computers.
Amiga Icon converter: Display, convert and generate Amiga Icons in plain JavaScript. All Amiga icon formats are supported; Classic OS, Classic OS2, NewIcons, ColorIcons(GlowIcons), Dual PNG and OS4 trueColor transparent ones. The main library works both in the browser as in node. In the browser icons get rendered to canvas. In node, icons are converted to PNG. Example project for both environments are included.
Flashback Symposium #01: is the first event laying the groundwork for further events of this kind. The venue is relatively centrally located in Germany, making it accessible to as many vintage computing enthusiasts as possible. In the coming weeks, there will be more information about the program and a schedule. The Flashback Symposium is platform-agnostic, bridging the gap between demo parties, user meetings, and digital holiday camp. The goal is to spend 3 days seeing as many familiar faces as possible, forging new friendships, in a relaxed, entertaining, and familial atmosphere.
WinUAE Setup Guide – Step By Step: iWith WinUAE, you can emulate every official Amiga variant as well as a huge range of third-party peripherals such as accelerator cards, RAM expansion & custom ROM images. It is without a doubt, the standard when it comes to Amiga emulation on the PC. Setup on Windows is very straightforward, it comes with pre-loaded configurations, so you can simply select the Amiga you wish to emulate. All you need to do is provide a floppy disk image of a game to get up and running. Also, be sure to check out our guide to the greatest Amiga games, to get inspiration on what to play first on WinUAE!
Amiga-Development {ARCHIVED 15 May 2018}: Created for developers of all Amiga camps {Forum for Amiga Development. Vampire, News, Crossplatform-Development, OS specific Development, System, Standard 68k reference platform, AROS Vision, Projects, Hardware-Development, Project Funding, Utilitybase, Other languages, Amiga-Development - Info Center and more}
Graphics card emulation for AmigaOS: AmigaOS 4 drivers exist for different graphics cards but each platform specific version of AmigaOS only inlcudes a limited number of drivers for cards supported on that platform. Also QEMU can emulate a number of graphics devices but most of these are not supported by AmigaOS. Therefore it is a problem to find a combination that works and provides good results without much effort from users. This page discusses the different options for graphics card emulation and meant to be a place to collect information about this topic and to give inspiration for potential contributors who may want to look into one of these.
The Amazing Amiga: The Amiga represented an evolutionary leap forward in computing’s creative potential.
Amiga 500 NTSC VGA 15khz monitor list : My personal list (Golden Child's List) of monitors that will sync to Amiga 500 NTSC 15khz signals with a buffered VGA adapter (purchased from ebay)
Amiga Posters & Artwork: Welcome to Amiga Posters & Artwork by Vasilis Psomiadis! This site contains beautiful retro posters and related artwork about some of the most revolutionary home computers of the 80s and early 90s: the Commodore Amiga family! All the available images are done by me, either as recreations of original Commodore posters, packaging, cover boxes, print ads, brochures and catalogs about the Amiga or as my own design concepts and ideas inspired by visual material of the Amiga era.
Amiga Christmas Tree (2023): Welcome to the Amiga Christmas Tree website! Please feel free to download anything you like and contact me at arcadecammy at gmail.com if you have something to add.

15 Mar 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! I will be retroactively updating my weekly posts until I catch up to current week. Even though I haven't been updating site I am still keeping up with the daily happenings in the Amiga community and cataloging websites.

- But with that said the biggest news this week was the A1222 TABOR was finally released for purchase. WOW!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

Event: Interface XXXVII Being held in Kiel Germany on 16 Mar 2024
New issue: Commodore Free #98 has been published
New issue: Passione Amiga #18 has been published
New issue: Amiga Addict #28 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

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Looking at the new AmigaOne A1222 : This week it was announced that the AmigaOne A1222 system is now available for people to order! We have a new AmigaOS 4 system in 2024! For me, it's release completes a long Hyperion Entertainment official beta testing program I was part of for this new system. I have been under NDA during this process and unable to talk about it, but with the A1222 system now released and final form of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition now set in stone, I confirmed that I can talk about the new system now! So let's dive in!
Amiga E v3.3a Compiler for The E Language By Wouter van Oortmerssen: E is an object oriented / procedural / unpure functional higher programming language, mainly influenced by languages such as ++, Ada, Lisp etc. It is a general-purpose programming language, and the Amiga implementation is specifically targeted at programming applications.
C++ considered Harmful (and why E is better): This UNFINISHED article is my attempt to comprehensively catalogue most C++'s main failings, since I haven't yet come across anything that does so to my satisfaction. While it is based upon several years of thought on the subject, I may have made some mistakes, since I tend to steer clear of actual use of C++ where-ever possible.
EmptyADF: EmptyADF is an easy-to-use blank (empty) ADF files creator. Main features: creating DD (880 KB) or HD (1.76 MB) disk images, OFS or FFS disk images, images with or without system bootblock, disk images with your own label {and more}
Sidecar Restauration, Part 1: I was lucky and got hand on a Commodore A1060 "Sidecar". This first part is about the teardown of the Sidecar, and the damage assessment. But what is a Sidecar? When Commodore released the Amiga 1000, its graphics and sound capabilities were unmatched in that price range. However, because the machine was based on the Motorola 68000 processor, users were unable to run existing MS-DOS software on the machine.
ApolloExplorer: ApolloExplorer is a file sharing utitlity for getting files to and from your Amiga from the comfort of you PC. It is very simple but very fast. Probably the fastest network transfer software you can find for your amiga. A server software runs in the background on your Amiga and allows a client running on a PC running Windows, Linux or MacOS to connect to the Amiga and browse the local disks.
name: BBoot is a simple, minimal boot loader to load AmigaOS on QEMU emulated amigaone and pegasos2 machines. It is replacing the second level boot loader (amigaboot.of on pegasos2 and slb_v2 on amigaone) and makes booting AmigaOS on QEMU simpler and without needing a firmware ROM. The original amigaboot.of only works with the non-free pegasos2 SmartFirmware and slb_v2 is tied to U-Boot, whereas BBoot also works with QEMU's built in minimal Virtual Open Firmware (VOF) on pegasos2 or without U-Boot on amigaone.
CD32 / Amiga / C= / Atari controller to USB adapter: This small form-factor USB adapter makes it possible to use Amiga CD32 / Amiga / Commodore / Atari controllers on your PC (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux), Raspberry PI or MiSTer. The adapter has a native 1ms/1000Hz polling rate so input lag is minimal (average less than 1ms). All of the buttons on the Amiga CD32 gamepad are supported, also third party Amiga CD32 controllers are supported. Commodore / Amiga / Atari 1- or 2-button joysticks will also work fine with this adapter, including possible turbo-fire functionality of those joysticks.
Dreamland: {Last updated 1 oct 2001 site with a GREAT listing of Sound/Music editors, Samplers, Players, MIDI, Mpeg, Converters and various tools. Wish it maintained}
HyperCacheAmiga: Source code to the 1980s Amiga product, version dated 1992. A fellow named Matthew Kott reached out and asked me to release the source code to HyperCache if I still had it, so I dug around, and sure enough I did, so I opted to post it here on Github.

3 Mar 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Since I'm not adding 30+ sites a week I have had a bit more time to work on the new backend and add some new content. Fingers crossed I can keep it going a few more weeks to completion! yeah right... LOL!! But I AM trying!!

- And a BIG TODLES to our little buddy SKP!! We LOVE YOU!!! Grandpa can't wait to get you your 1st Amiga!!

I'm two

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WOW does this look %$@*# AWESOME! As someone who LOVES dead tree stuff an actual manual for OS 3.2.x. Why is it only in German? And why did I only take Spanish in High School??? Lol.. Fingers crossed for an English translation!!
New issue: Amiga Future #167 has been published

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Book: AmigaOS 3.2 – The manual: A practical guide to the Amiga operating system for beginners, advanced users and professionals. “AmigaOS 3.2 – The manual” is the comprehensive reference book for the current Amiga operating system. The book presents the operating system from A to Z and provides tips and tricks for efficient use, explained simply and comprehensibly
Coding the anime "woosh" screen on Amiga: The Amiga was a spectacle of graphics and sound when it debuted in 1985. While it can trivially display colorful images like in the above example, doing so in the context of a game engine presents a lot of unique challenges. If you haven't seen the gameplay proof-of-concept video for Magicore Anomala, you can check it out here.
The Tech Behind Eon: Tooling!: Eon represents four years of work and during this we made several iterations to various tools and pipelines. I’ll save the 3D scene packer and track loader for separate posts, but this post will cover the other aspects of our pipeline.
Let's modify some drives.: The trick to getting PC drives to work with the Amiga is twofold: Get diskchange to pin 2 and ready to pin 34. Then jumper the drive as DS0.
Introducing Unijoysticle 2 A500: Unijoysticle 2 A500 is a device that enables Bluetooth gamepads and mice on the Commodore Amiga. It is similar in functionality to the Unijoysticle 2+, but with some additional features tailored for the Amiga, like: Fits in the Amiga 500 / 1200 joystick port without additional cables, New buttons: “mode” button: To easily cycle between “normal”, “mouse” and “enhanced” modes, “swap” button: To easily swap joystick ports. Useful in many scenarios, specially in the Amiga 4000 where the joystick ports are swapped. Additional LED for status: Tells whether Bluetooth pair is enabled, and in which gamepad mode is selected
How to configure Picasso96 for AmigaOS 3.x: How to configure Picasso96 for AmigaOS 3.x. Picasso96 is a Retargetable Graphics driver set for graphics cards for the Amiga. A popular make of card were the PicassoII and PicassoIV Zorro cards, hence the name.
AmigaNOS (KA9Q) TCP/IP configuration: TCP/IP through serial, between an Amiga 500 and Linux. AmigaNOS (or AmigaTCP or KA9Q) is as far as I know the only TCP/IP stack that works on Kickstart 1.3, besides Commodore's AS225 stack (and probably just it's r1 version), made for the A2065 Zorro-II Ethernet card for Amiga 2000/3000/4000. By the time the Internet became more widespread, Kickstart 2.0 was already out and the more advanced applications all use the capabilities of the newer OS. AmigaNOS is the port of the TCP/IP stack originally written by Phil Karn (callsign: KA9Q) and was intended for amateur packet radio users. As it's tiny and was written in C, it got ported to many systems. The Amiga port was done by John Heaton.
CD32WB - Workbench CD for CD32: I made a simple Workbench CD for the Amiga CD32, which can be used on an unexpanded machine. It needs no keyboard, can be used with only the joypad via an on screen keyboard. There are many game collection CDs available (some can even be used for listening .mods or watch .anims), but I missed the AmigaOS look'n'feel, so I made a system for myself. What can it do? You can listen to .mods, .sids, you can watch Amiga and scene related pictures, anims, try some games and demos, read documents (the complete AmigaDOS manual, the CD32 developer kit and many CD32 related articles from Aminet), you can browse other CDs, listen to audio CDs, and most of all, you can expand it to fit your needs, put your favourite games, demos, on it before you burn the iso, if you want.
Construction of a PCB in A4000: {A graphic if what the PCB board looks like along with the layers and how to repair an open circuit}
Retrotechtacular: Amiga Pips The PC For Mission-Critical Computing At NASA: In 1986, a group of NASA engineers faced a difficult choice in solving their data processing woes: continue tolerating the poor performance of PC architecture, or pony up the cash for exotic workstations. It turns out that the Commodore Amiga was an intriguing third choice, except for the fact that, paradoxically, it didn’t cost enough. Oh, and Apple wanted nothing to do with any of it.
BBoot boot loader: BBoot is a simple, minimal boot loader to load AmigaOS on QEMU emulated amigaone and pegasos2 machines. It is replacing amigaboot.of on pegasos2 and slb_v2 on amigaone and makes booting AmigaOS on QEMU simpler and without needing a fimrware ROM.
The homepage of Chris Handley: {Author of} AmigaAttributes, AmiSystemRestore, eGame, eNewsReader, FolderSync2, OdysseyLauncher2, OpenWinURL, PictureAlbum, Portabl E programming language {and} RunInUAE
A Beginner's Guide to Amiga E: This Guide gives an introduction to the Amiga E programming language and, to some extent, programming in general.
Amiga & Windows cross-compilers for Linux (64-bit x86): Portabl E's r6 release allows (64-bit x86) Linux users to cross-compile Amiga & Windows executables using the PEGCC program. But for that to work you will need to have installed the relevant cross-compilers.
The Portabl E language & compiler: Portabl E is a recreation of the AmigaE programming language, along with many improvements, and the aim of being portable across different platforms.

24 Feb 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Back from the off cycle update. I don't know if anyone found that 'Big Old List of Chips' useful for I for one think it's at least pretty complete. I think I'm going to start working on my next project. The 'Big Old List of Every Amiga Chip and their Version/Revisions. Plan of that one to be completed by 2034.. ha ha.

Interesting... Keep an eye on

New Event: Flashback Symposium #01 is the first event laying the groundwork for further events of this kind. The venue is relatively centrally located in Germany, making it accessible to as many vintage computing enthusiasts as possible. In the coming weeks, there will be more information about the program and a schedule. The Flashback Symposium is platform-agnostic, bridging the gap between demo parties, user meetings, and digital holiday camp. The goal is to spend 3 days seeing as many familiar faces as possible, forging new friendships, in a relaxed, entertaining, and familial atmosphere. Held in Jößnitz, DE.
New Event: Alternatives Computer Meeting 2024 is the 10th get together for this group supporting retro/older systems. Held in Dorfgemeinschaftshaus Flechtorf bei Wolfsburg, DE.
New Repair Shop: RetroSix Repairs, mods and upgrades. Located 9D Millrise Road. Stoke-on-Trent. ST2 7BN in the UK.
New issue: Amiga Addict #27 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

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Amiga Keyboard USB Adapter: This adapter converts original Amiga keyboard’s to become a standard PC USB keyboard, this makes it easy to install into a case if building an emulated system based on Emulation such as WinUAE, Amibian or an A500 Mini, Raspberry Pi, Mister, Android Box or a PC
Gotek Rotary Encoder Install for FDD-UDD U144K / ELS34E: The U144k Gotek pcb does not havy any connections on a header like the standard board, but you can solder the correct connections directly onto the Microcontroller if you have a steady hand
Guide to using Greaseweazle Floppy Disk Hardware Kit: This guide shows how to install Greaseweazle software with an easy to use graphic user interface on your windows PC, first download the main Greaseweazle Host Tools archive and the GUI Menu from the links below.
USE Real floppy disks in WinUAE with FloppyBridge or GreaseWeazle: Floppybridge is a plugin by Rob Smith that allows owners of a Drawbridge, Greaseweazle or Supercard Pro USB disk controller’s to use real amiga floppy disks on a PC
% Most Influential Commodore Amiga Programs: Programs come and go. They’ll get updated, see revisions, and eventually may end up being discontinued entirely. And given how long Commodore Amiga has been around, there are plenty of programs that once saw the limelight on our favorite computer platform, but have since fallen out of favor. Lets take a trip down memory lane with these beloved but forgotten Commodore Amiga programs.
Modding the Amiga boot hand: {how to change the Amiga animated insert disk' image}
Amiga pixel art: I remember Amiga games looked pretty great back in the day. Some still do, if seen on real hardware. Pixel artists adapted their art for an environment with specific video out signal processing, CRT scanlines, gamma and ghosting. Using an emulator, certain scroll text movements, copper gradients, or frame flicker tricks will look harsh and skippy. The gamma might be way off, judging by the peculiar black-points I'm seeing coming out of a lot of emulated old hardware, in particular MAME.
Amiga HDD project: It was time to say hello to my dusty yellowed friend and see if I could open it up and salvage the HDD. Well, not quite what I expected to find. It's either 60 or 80 megabytes, Conner. Metal cradle looks clamped onto board, but I was able to just pull it out.
Amiga cleaning time: The midsummer night's sun beckoned -- "Take out your Amiga 500 and check for battery leak damage. Do it now." So I did. I covered up the top of the case in this photo to cover a rather diverse gathering of filth. {...} Oh, there you are you leaking bastard, pissing all over my expansion memory.
topaz-unicode: A version of the Amiga 500 "Topaz" font updated for the 21st century. {...} As a monospaced font, it'd be great for use in modern terminals, except for a couple of problems {...} This project attempts to solve both these problems.
Amig400 (Amiga) Raspberry pi (UPDATED) amiga, 500, 600, 1200, : The Amig400 (235 X 235 Bed) is a case for the pi keyboard or pi 400. raspberry pi 4 (with pi keyboard) or pi 400
nPiStorm - The evolution of an open source Amiga acceleratorame: PiStorm is a community driven project which aims to provide a cheap accelerator solution for your Amiga using an off-the-shelf Raspberry Pi. In this talk I will be covering: What the PiStorm really is, both as hardware and a community, {and more}
PiStorm turbocharges vintage Amigas with the Raspberry Pi: Who needs the present when you can relive the '80s at warp speed? FOSDEM 2024 The PiStorm is an ingenious way to make real vintage Commodore Amiga hardware not only run again, but do it over three orders of magnitude faster – using cheap, open source hardware and software.
Assassin Disk Download: This page contains links to our Assassins PD Compilation Disk collection.
QEMU: QEMU main repository. QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and virtualizer.

20 Feb 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Quick update today. For everyone's enjoyment I just added a page that attempts to list *EVERY* Custom Amiga Chip and Chipset ever made. Behold the Big Old List of *EVERY* Custom Amiga Chip and Chipset Name I Could Find.

Big Old List of Chips...

For some of the more obscure chips, such as MONICA, I could only find one or two bits of information. For others, like ECS, there were HUNDREDS.

And YES I KNOW THERE ARE ERRORS!!
But fortunately to the right of every entry is a comment button. I will be more than happy to update this WORK IN PROGRESS. Enjoy!

17 Feb 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Another week has passed without anything exciting happening. Well that's not exactly true but you know what I mean... But at least we have more links to enjoy!

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The Roadshow TCP/IP stack was updated. Good job to everyone involved!

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Toaster 2000 Flyer Ribbon cable pinout needed": {Thread @ Amiga.org discussing the pinout for a Video Toaster Flyer 2000 ribbon cable}
BestClassicWB v2.0 for OS3.2 : BestClassicWB v2.0.4 is an expansion pack that aims to bring the ClassicWB look to OS3.2.1. It adds the GlowIcons found in ClassicWB, as well as some extra programs, tools, utilities, and datatypes. It is suitable for 020+ and AGA chipset (or similar UAE setup). You'll need a clean OS3.2.1 installation, after extracting the .lha file double click the BCWB icon to start.
How to mount ADF file": {Thread @ frum.amiga.sk amikit support forum on how to mount a ADF}
Ultimate AMOS: The complete guide to games programming with AMOS: The Amiga too has its own standard BASIC. In the early days it was the universally disliked AmigaBASIC. This disappeared from Amiga packs, and was not replaced by Commodore. At the same time, a new type of program appeared. AMOS was BASIC-based, but utilised the Amiga’s own custom hardware to provide a programming language which was not only easy to learn and understand, but extremely powerful too. AMOS has come to be accepted as the Amiga’s ‘standard’ BASIC. Although it can be used to program just about any application under the sun, its main strength (and the reason for its huge popularity) is its abilities as a games creator. The results can be stunning.
wxWidgets-AOS: AmigaOS port: wxWidgets is a free C++ framework to facilitates cross platform software development. wxWidget-AOS is the port of the official wxWidgets on AmigaOS compatible platforms as Classic, AmigaOS4 or MorphOS, and theirs respective native s UIs.
Porting to AmigaOS4 thread": {Thread @ Amigans about porting to AOS4}
How Doom didn't kill the Amiga: A detailed account of the rise and fall of an Amiga zealot
How to cross-compile for AROS on Windows 10 / 11 with WSL2: Cross-compiling is the process of developing software on one system that is intended to run on another system. You can compile software for AROS using an AROS port hosted on Linux. Under Windows, this is possible using WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux 2).
Viewing Amiga images on a DOS PC without conversion? Let's find out how!: Young Topaz has an IFF ILBM image he wants to show his dad, but his dad’s on his PC. Learn about what it takes to write a simple IFF ILBM reader for DOS.
"ILBM" IFF Interleaved Bitmap: {The official document from January 17, 1986 by Jerry Morrison, Electronic Arts about the "EA IFF 85" Electronic Arts' standard for interchange format files. "ILBM"}
The Amiga: Meet Agnus, the Fastest, Mathiest Painter: Painting a reproduction from life is a challenge. At least, it is for me. It gets even harder when you’re trying to paint from life and combine in additional elements to the piece. It makes it even harder when you need to do this at least 30 times a second. It gets even harder when you’re a silicon chip and you can’t even hold a paintbrush! One of the great things about the custom chipset in the original Amigas (the Original Chip Set, or OCS, and the Enhanced Chip Set, or ECS) are the tools they have to do 2D graphics very, very well. Agnus, the controller of Chip RAM, comes equipped with a tool called a blitter, whose purpose is to copy big blocks of memory around in Chip RAM very quickly.
The Amiga: What the heck is NoFastMem?: The Amiga was a marvel of computing at release, with a custom set of processor chips that took over audio, video, and I/O from the CPU, allowing the computer to do so much more than other machines of the era. These custom chips - Agnus, Denise, and Paula - made the Amiga the Amiga, and when the Amiga first came out, all of the RAM in the machine was made accessible to them, to really show off the machine’s potential. The RAM these custom chips had access to was called Chip RAM, ‘cause the custom chip Agnus, and not the CPU, managed access to that memory. My first real computer, an Amiga 500, came with 512KB of Chip RAM. Back then, this was a lot, but, as with all things computers, memory needs steadily grew, and the 512KB it was released with in 1987 quickly became insufficient.
Amiga Copper Demo and Module Music Video: While researching a future post about the Copper functionality of the Amiga’s Agnus custom chip, I decided to really dig in and figure out how the Copper worked and how you would write some of the bare metal custom chip code. The process of making this video made me realize I need to do a few other posts before I can do one about the Copper, as there are a lot of prerequisites to understand it, at least at the level I am now able to understand it at. I also wanted to showcase a lot of the kind of music the Amiga was known for, module music made on music trackers.
TURRAN FTP: The Ultimate Retro Repository for Amiga Nuts
USE Real floppy disks in WinUAE with FloppyBridge or GreaseWeazle: Floppybridge is a plugin by Rob Smith that allows owners of a Drawbridge, Greaseweazle or Supercard Pro USB disk controller’s to use real amiga floppy disks on a PC

9 Feb 2024

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Another small site update but the links are still coming! On the plus side it is nice to see the issues with AmiUpdate being addressed in a very timely manner. Thank you to everyone involved.

  - While the TABOR is still a mystery, recently Eldee Stephens (Eliyahu) updated his A1222 Guide. An ABSOLUTE MUST READ if you want to know virtually everything about the 'little computer that could'.

  On that note I just checked and saw I placed my order back in 18 Jan 2020. Holy CRAP I can't believe I've been waiting over 4 years ago for this computer to ship. Other than the 'red box of goodies' that arrived over two years later on 31 Jan 2022, I have yet to received any other official word. I guess I just have to keep waiting 'two more weeks'...

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Gaming on AmigaOS 4 has released their monthly Where to buy AmigaOS 4.x compatible systems? – Updated January 2024. As always... Thanks for the update!
Eldee Stephens (Eliyahu) updated his A1222 Guide. AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ!!!
Jens at Individual Computers has released a new version of P96 (V3.4.1).
From the 'You learn something new every day department'. Please take the time and check out Well-known Secrets of AmigaDOS. LOTS of good information!
Download the 2024 English (EN) or the Croation (HR) 2024 WARP calendar for your wall.

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A2320 "Amber" Reference: The A2320 is a video deinterlacer board originally designed for the A2000. It is essentially the motherboard deinterlacer circuitry from the A3000 on a board. Based on the Amber chip used in the A3000, the board is often referred to as the Amber board. Physically, the board is built to fit into the video slot of an A2000. Electronically, it works fine in an A4000.
Amiga Reference Books: This is a list of all known publications/books relating to the Commodore Amiga. This list has been created as a reference for the classicamiga project Amiga Reference Book Library Archive(ARBLA). The aim of this project is to create a central online resource of Amiga Reference Books/Manuals/Publications in PDF format. Once permission is granted for classicamiga to host each book in PDF format as part of the ARBLA project it will be scanned in and converted into a PDF version. A copyright/permission disclaimer from the original publisher/author of each publication will be included with each PDF before they can be allowed to be uploaded and published on ARBLA.
Commodore Books: {Various Commodore and Amiga Manuals}
The Amiga Guru, ROM Wack & SAD: Almost everyone who has used an Amiga has seen the flashing red box on a black background, with some cryptic text, and known that whatever they were doing is now gone. This was shown when the computer experienced an error that it could not recover from (crashed to use the more common terminology), and the cryptic text gave an idea of what had gone wrong. Most people just pressed the left mouse button, which would then restart the machine, and go back to whatever they were doing, often cursing the guru.
You Can Now Bootstrap Your Amiga Without A Floppy With This One Weird Trick: Traditionally, most Amigas were intended to boot from a floppy disk. . An Amiga can readily make its own boot floppy, but only once it’s already booted up. If you don’t have a floppy ready to go, you’re out of luck, as PCs can’t readily make them for Amigas. [Roc] whipped up the amigaXfer bootstrapping method to solve this very problem.
AMIUPDATE - AmigaOS Update Server Administration: Public updates released since AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition
pciutils: What's that? The PCI Utilities package contains a library for portable access to PCI bus configuration registers and several utilities based on this library.
HOW TO MAKE AN AMIGAOS 4 BOOTABLE USB KEY / SD CARD FOR SAM4x0: {Directly from ACube a guide for setting up a bootable USB/SD card.
Summary of the Year 2023 from the perspective of an AmigaOS 4 user: {Polish translated: Mufa's review of the Amiga in 2023}
Commodore CDTV: Despite being essentially boring technology (ooo, I can just tell some people aren’t going to like that one), CD applications are taking off. First there’s Kodak’s PhotoCD system for storing pictures, and now along comes Commodore with CDTV. CDTV is interesting because it’s basically a wolf in sheep’s clothing, or this case, a computer in CD’s clothing.
Community: The AmigaOS community is one of the oldest and most dedicated. The loyalty of this community is one of the reasons that AmigaOS still exists today and continues to be actively supported and developed. The community has expanded worldwide, featuring users from various cultures and with different experiences. But they all have something in common, they continue to enjoy using AmigaOS daily. The following list contains some of the community websites around the world that are available to visit.
User Groups: {listing of User Groups from AmigaOS.net}
PiStorm: The PiStorm itself is an adapter board intended to be paired with a Raspberry Pi Model 3A+. It goes in the DIP socket on and acts in place of the CPU, but functionality can be extended beyond simple CPU emulation.
PiStorm: There's a Discord server dedicated to PiStorm discussion and development, which you can join through this handy invite link
Tiny Aros: {A smaller version of AROS which doesn't include the developer software.}
Well-known Secrets of AmigaDOS: This is a quick look at a few of these interesting features, some more obscure than others, but all of them decidedly useful. Most of them only apply to versions 2.x and/or 3.x of the OS. With that said, let's dive right in!

2 Feb 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! I can't believe January is already over. One down eleven more to go. At least we still have over 330 more days for something interesting to happen... Maybe a true winner emerges and has full control over the operating system... New Amiga systems that can run 3.x or 4.x right out of the box is produced... Or some rich philanthropist takes pity on us, buys everything, appoints a new CEO, steering committee, Chief of Hardware and Operating System design and FINALLY presents us with a road map to sanity and happiness with our little computer that could... ;-)

Interesting... Keep an eye on

Long time Amiga shop Vesalia has closed up shop and put the rest pf their stock up for sale on ebay. I know I would have liked it to have changed hands but that was not the case. As always... It's sad to see another shop close it doors but we with them 'fair winds and following seas'!
This month's Old School Game Blog AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – January 2024 has been published
Hyperion released a new version of the elf.library (v. 54.1). Lots of work has been done and it's recommended you update your OS.
New issue: AMI Tech-Gazette #7 has been published
New issue: REV'n'GE!' #155 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

- Still nothing... Does anyone even care anymore? I know I STILL do!! Today's Theme

New Links (15) YTD (59)

Amiga power supply guide: This document details how to diagnose and replace a faulty power supply on the Amiga range of computers. Options for replacement using either an ATX PSU or smaller, compatible switch mode supplies are presented the reader.
c64psu.com: COMMODORE C64 PSU AMIGA PSU ATARI PSU ZX SPECTRUM PSU. New, TOP quality, reliable power supplies for vintage computers. C64, C64C, C64E, C128, VIC-20, Amiga 500, 600, 1200, Atari 520ST, 260ST & ZX Spectrum +2/+3 (A/B)
Developer AmigaOS 3: The one-stop website for AmigaOS3 developers. {Articles:} Recommended reading for the Amiga Developer, NDK Setup for the SAS/C compiler & NDK Setup for the VBCC Compiler.
Tech Blog – Native GCC Pack: In the old good times installation of GCC compiler on Amiga was not an easy task. Now GCC Pack makes it easy with Installer script. It installs native (both hosted on and targetted to m68k-amigaos architecture) GCC 2.95.3. Then it integrates it with AmigaOS 3.2 NDK.
Amiga + Unix = AMIX : So, what is it? Well, according to lore, the Amiga engineers at Commodore were very interested in the Unix operating system(s), and wanted to bring it to their own machines. Unfortunately, the Motorola 68000 CPU in the Amiga was deemed insufficient, as it lacked the sophisticated MMU required. This, in turn, led to the creation by Commodore of the Amiga A2630 CPU accelerator which contained a 68030 processor and mmu. And this, in turn, led to the creation of the Amiga 2500UX, which is basically an Amiga 2000 with the aforementioned A2630 card and an A2091 SCSI hard drive card with a hard drive containing AMIX.
Attack of the Mouse Clones: Let me introduce you to the Commodore 1350, Commodore 1351, and the Commodore 1352, also known as the Amiga "Tank" Mouse. The big question: If you get handed one of these things, how do you tell them apart?
AmiSSL OpenSSL Cryptography and SSL/TSL Toolkit for Amiga: AmiSSL is a port of OpenSSL for AmigaOS. It is a shared library that allows developers to easily add SSL/TLS/HTTPS support to their applications or access cryptographic functions, without having to worry about all the ins and outs of porting OpenSSL, whilst also reducing bloat because all applications can share the same AmiSSL library. Starting with AmiSSL v5, OpenSSL 3.x even provides a built-in basic HTTP(S) client which makes it even easier for developers to read resources from the web without needing to worry about networking code.
No, the limits of HAM have not vanished!: We had already spoken in some detail about the Amiga’s HAM mode in an article a few months ago (sorry, it’s in Italian. But you can easily translate it with DeepL, Bing, Google, etc.), dissecting (especially from a technical point of view) all the problems that beset it and, therefore, the reasons why it was rarely used, relegating it mostly to displaying static images or movies/animations.
PiStorm and Emu68: Recently, theres a new project, fully open source that really has taken the classic Amiga to the next level. No, I’m not talking about the Vampire. I talking about PiStorm. PiStorm is an amazingly inexpensive piece of hardware that will take your 68000 Amiga to the next level.
Prelude Remake Zorro II Sound Card: The Prelude is a full length Zorro II 16bit sound card. It contains a 2K FIFO Cache, and a CSSC 4231A sound processor capable of playing ALaw, uLaw, 8bit, 16bit ADCPM encodings. The remake card gerbers have been made available via github. This includes all the files needed to send to a PCB manufacturer to have the blank boards made. I had mine made using JLCPCB. The cost was very reasonable and the quality of the boards is very good.
Amiga 2000 EATX: The Amiga 2000 EATX is a project by Jason Beer and is an open source Amiga 2000 PCB in the EATX form factor. EATX is an ATX variant that defines larger PCBs, measuring 12 x 13 inches (305 × 330 mm). These are referred to as Extended ATX, or, EATX. The length of Zorro II cards and the abundance of components on the Amiga 2000 makes EATX the best choice for this project.
A-Max II Plus by Readysoft: In the donation, I almost jumped out of my skin to find this Readysoft A-Max II Plus box. When I had my original Amiga 2000 system in the early 1990’s, I had one of these cards in my system. This card opened up an entire world of new software on the Amiga. Not only did you have the entire library of Amiga software, but the ENTIRE library of Macintosh software. I was even able to run AOL software for school research. Imagine that, running Mac software on an Amiga at full Mac speed!
Phase 5 – Cybervision 64/3D RTG: I recently picked up this RTG video card for my Amiga 2000 system. This makes a wonderful improvement to the A2000 video http://amigaworld.net/output. While surfing the internet, the webpages are displayed in their full color pallet. The only issue I have is that this card doesn’t support mode promotion.
Amiga Plipbox: What is it? Plipbox is an Arduino-based device that allows to connect low-end classic Amigas via Ethernet to your local network. It bridges IP traffic received via PLIP on the parallel port of the Amiga to the Ethernet port attached to the Arduino.
Sam460LE 1.14 Ghz: {Homepage of the Sam460LE from acube system}

27 Jan 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Another slow week but were still here! ;-)

Interesting... Keep an eye on

I know I've previously listed this site but it deserves to be mentioned again. Back in the day AMIGA REPORT REPOSITORY was one of the BEST resources for Amiga information PERIOD! Of all the site/resources that are no longer active this one is at the TOP!

Amiga Legal News Update

- Just keep swimming... Just keep swimming... Today's Theme

New Links (11) YTD (44)

AMITEN: AMITEN TV - YOUR AMIGA & RETRO TV CHANNEL IN YOUTUBE
Boings World: {German} Hello dear Amiga fans, this year we have another great episode for all Amiga fans. We are talking to Markus Tillmann about the Amiga 37, which is coming in October. We apologize for the dropouts in the Skype interview, ARD & ZDF are sometimes no better at it with Skype... We would also be happy to receive any suggestions or topic suggestions from you to continue making a great and interesting podcast together. With this in mind - stay healthy! We wish you a lot of fun and good entertainment with the current issue of BoingsWorld... BoingsWorld Episode 95 will be released... when it's done..! Your BoeingsWorld team
amiga the wet machine: alternative computing with amiga and icaros desktop. {ICAROS, Amiga & Emulation tutorials & more}
Amiga Suisse.ch: {French} Amigasuisse aims to promote the Amiga, by helping you with your Amiga problems: whether on so-called classic machines (like the Amiga 500, 2000, 1200, etc.) or on the new machines called Amiga-NG. They are on PowerPC (Aone, Pegasos, SAM) without forgetting emulators such as WinUAE and others.
AROS Research Operating System: Wikis {ARCHIVED 27 Jun 2019}: {Info and links}
Amigaspirit.hu: {Hungarian - News and links}
Amiga Passion: {French} Hello everyone and welcome to this site dedicated to the Amiga. Since the end of October, the home page had not been updated, and so, here is what is done, and before the month of January ends, we take advantage of it for you wish a very happy new year 2001.
AMIGAoneX: An Amiga blog posting mostly my own development work for the Classic and NG (AmigaOS) machines.
AMIGA NEWS.IT: {Italian} Amiga News was born from a project carried out by a handful of young people passionate about computer science. At one time it was know as Ikir Sector}
name {ARCHIVED 13 Mar 2016}: {Italian - Former site of ikirsector.net which is now know as AmigaNews.it}
Amigaland.com V7: {French & English - News and information.}

20 Jan 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Slow week. Let's see what happens next week.

Interesting... Keep an eye on

New issue: Amiga Future #166 has been published
New event: Revision 2024 in Saarbrücken, DE. It is billed a the worlds largest demoscene event. March 29th to 1 Apr 2024.
New event: MountainBytes 2024 in Lorzensaal, Cham Switzerland. A week full of shows, copetitions and wordshops. February 16th - 18th 2024.

Amiga Legal News Update

- I think the compass is broken... Today's Theme

New Links (10) YTD (33)

AmiKick: {Polish & on Aminet} A {windows} program for checking images of Kickstart memory (ROM), which is located in every Amiga computer. It allows you to easily verify the correctness of the Kickstart and detect possible errors, before uploading the image to the memory chip (EPROM, EEPROM, FLASH) and mounting it in the Amiga. It supports 69 basic versions of Kickstart (support for new versions can be easily added) and your own 1 MB Kickstarts created with the Remus package. It was written in C using the free "Open Watcom 1.9" environment. Runs on Windows 95 or later (requires 386 or better processor).
AxRuntime (AxRT): AxRuntime (AxRT) is a tool for application developers who enjoy creating their applications using Amiga APIs. The runtime allows developers to continue developing Amiga applications in unmodified way while at the same time being able to utilize modern development tools available on Linux or Windows like IDEs, debuggers, profilers, etc.
Romy A4000 & A3000": {Thread @ amiga.org discussing Romy A3000/4000. The function of Romy is very simple : it allow a new 512 KB block space for Kickstart}
Sophisticated Development: {Downloads and manuals for Ariadne, AriadneII, ConciertoIV, P-II(plus), P-IV, PabloIV & PalomaIV}
name: I've written some Am*ga software, of which the most famous probably is the BlizKick tool. I am too lazy to maintain a separate webpage for them, so this page will re-open in the software directory shortly. If that doesn't happen automagically, click here. Am*ga programs written by Harry "Piru" Sintonen
Radeon Driver and USB/SD Boot on Sam4x0: description
Dear valued customers, We have received numerous inquiries regarding the appropriate Radeon driver to use and how to go about it. We understand that using AmigaOS 4.1 can be a bit challenging in this regard, so we would like to provide you with some helpful information to make the process easier. Please take a moment to read the linked article, which discusses the various versions of Radeon drivers and provides instructions on how to install them on AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition. It is crucial to carefully go through the article to ensure a smooth installation.
BassMX: description
As a bit of an audiophile, the one thing that has always bothered me a little is the Amiga's perfect channel separation, also sometimes known as "drums on one speaker and the bassline on the other". This can cause the sound to feel unbalanced. {...} So here is my solution, called "BassMX". It takes the audio from one channel, filters it so that only the low frequencies are kept and mixes that with the audio from the other channel. In short, it mixes the bass. And it does that for both channels of course.
Kooky Tech {ARCHIVED 15 Aug 2019}: Remember when computing was fun? Kooky Tech is a blog for those who enjoy the more quirky side of technology, which includes alternative operating systems, obsolete systems and new developments for classic computers and consoles with a healthy dose of nostalgia. I grew up in the home computing boom of the late 80s/90s, started on Commodore 8-bit machines, fell in love with the Amiga and continue to enjoy these systems today. Dan Wood
CU-Amiga: The World's best selling Amiga magazine. CU-Amiga Magazine published its last issue in October of 1998. This site is preserved for historical purposes only.
I Crashed My Fiesta: The random ramblings of a random citizen. {Lots of Amiga & classic commodore related blog entries. Good read!}

13 Jan 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! It's nice to be able to do small updates each week again. Quiet times in the Amiga community but hopefully once the weather gets better so will the news.

Interesting... Keep an eye on

I know I have already cataloged this link but it's worth posting it again. Component Locator Chucky 1.41. It's an INCREDIBLE parts locator for the: Amiga 2000, Amiga 3000D Rev 9.4, A3630 (reamiga project), A3660 Rev 1.1 (reamiga project), Amiga 4000 RevB - Acill, Amiga 4000 Plus - ALICE - NONSUPPORTED, Amiga 4000TX -, NONSUPPORTED, AA3000 Plus NONSUPPORTED, AA3000 Plus DB Firebird - NONSUPPORTED, Blizzard1260, Junior 600, RE-AMIGA 1200 Rev 1.4, RE-AMIGA 1200 Rev 1.5, ReAmiga 3000 Rev 1.0, ReAmiga 3000TH Rev 1.0, ReCD32, TF1230, TF1260 & TF536. It also links to the individual project pages too! WOW!!

Amiga Legal News Update

- What's the frequency Kenneth? Today's Theme

New Links (12) YTD (23)

ADFMaster: Tool to work with ADF Files on Mac. Still in development but works so far for many tasks. Files can be easily copied to or copied from Image by drag and drop.
WarpWebP.datatype: WarpWebP.datatype is a datatype which allows you to view and read WebP image files. As far as I know, this is the first WebP datatype for AmigaOS 3.x or MorphOS. A unique feature of this particular WebP datatype is that in addition to supporting the 68k (with optimized versions for 020, 030, 040 and 060), it also supports the PowerPC processor, with native OS4, WarpOS and MorphOS versions.
Turbo 2000 Super - Wireless Controller Amiga Design: Wireless controller with additional functions for classic computers and consoles with 9-pin connector. Suitable for, among others: Commodore 64/128, VIC-20, 16, 116, Plus/4*, Amigas & CD32, Atari 65XE, 130XE, 400, 800, VCS/2600, 7800, XE, Atari ST, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Sega Master System {and others}
- Smart File System, Walkthrough -: This "how-to" is more or less a walkthrough made due to the high amount of questions regarding SFS posted on several forums and mailing lists. This walkthrough covers everything from editing the kicklayout to the usage of tools like Media ToolBox and it's divided into sections for easier reading. 1. SLB 2. Kicklayout 3. MTB 4. Shell Commands
Smart File System: The Smart File System (SFS) is a journalling filesystem used on Amiga computers. It is designed for performance, scalability and integrity. This project has been created to release the source code of the original C version under the LGPL license.
Smart FileSystem {ARCHIVED 16 Apr 2013}: {Smart Filesystem 1.277 full archive with tools and docs. AmigaOS 3.x/m68k: SFS 1.279 (23.12.2007) & AmigaOS 4/PPC: SFS 1.279 (23.12.2007) versions}
PFS3 All-In-One v19: {Github of PFS3}
HDD LED module for Amiga 1200: As an owner of an expansion card with its own storage connector (e.g. in Vampire V2, Icedrake V4, PiStorm, etc.), you face the problem that displaying the operation of the device via LED activity on the Amiga 1200 is not possible. Unfortunately, manufacturers have neglected to include this feature in their extensions. The solution to this problem is the HDD LED adapter for the Amiga 1200, which provides 2 separate inputs. This allows the activity of, for example, hard drives or the PCMCIA port to be displayed using the original LED module on the Amiga panel.
The Amithlon Debacle is The tale of the X86 Amiga that Moved the Community: In the early 2000’s Haage & Partner commissioned 2 software engineers Bernd Meyer and Harold Frank. The goal was to secure the survival of the Amiga from uncertain death on the X86 platform. What is Amithlon and how did it ended up being the biggest legal debacles of the Amiga scene? It’s a Linux and latter QNX kernel based emulator. The beauty of Amithlon comes from the fact that the software had direct hardware access and custom chip emulation disabled the Amithlon outperformed the almighty A4000.
TF1230 and 3Com PCMCIA Ethernet": {Thread @ exxosforumn discussing the TF1230 and 3COm PCMCIA Ethernet card, WIFI and more}
ReAmiga: What is the ReAmiga project? The ReAmiga project is simply put a project I started to get replacement PCBs for broken Amiga Computers. Technically the project never intended to make new machines, it is more to try to salvage what is possible from the old machine. {replacement and upgraded boards: A3630, A3640/A3660, ReAmiga 1200, ReAmiga 3000 & ReCD32.} Also an INCREDIBLE parts locator for the: Amiga 2000, Amiga 3000D Rev 9.4, A3630 (reamiga project), A3660 Rev 1.1 (reamiga project), Amiga 4000 RevB - Acill, Amiga 4000 Plus - ALICE - NONSUPPORTED, Amiga 4000TX -, NONSUPPORTED, AA3000 Plus NONSUPPORTED, AA3000 Plus DB Firebird - NONSUPPORTED, Blizzard1260, Junior 600, RE-AMIGA 1200 Rev 1.4, RE-AMIGA 1200 Rev 1.5, ReAmiga 3000 Rev 1.0, ReAmiga 3000TH Rev 1.0, ReCD32, TF1230, TF1260 & TF536.

7 Jan 24

Today's Highlights
- Happy Anniversary Babe! Thank you for 30 WONDERFUL Years!!!

143 me ;-)

6 Jan 2024

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Well it's finally 2024 and the Amiga is basically where we were last year. Still no A1222, OS4 is just creeping along, and no real changes in the legal situation. But despite this 68K development is still strong as ever! Raspberry Pi accelerators for the classics, the never-ending devotion of the many unpaid 3.x developers and a few all in one retro systems on the horizon (Vampire, A600GS, RetroGames new stand alone system and more. So rather than being depressed I'm looking forward to the new year!

- Also after adding 1112 links last year I look forward to not having to add 30+ links a week! ;-)

Interesting... Keep an eye on

A good thread over at Amiga.org discussing how to burn Amiga Eproms.

Amiga Legal News Update

- Nothing yet... Today's Theme

New Links (11) YTD (11)

Amiga North Thames: Amiga North Thames is a computer user group, based in North East London (uk) which was started back in January 1999. We are a dedicated bunch of enthusiasts who fondly remember the computer that history forgot, the Amiga range of Computers originally built by Commodore International. Despite Commodore's death, the Amiga continues to survive even with the many changes of ownership. Now after many years of legal wrangling, the future of the AmigaOS is in good hands once more and moving forward.
Amiga: Amiga Mexican Restaurant and Bar. London, United Kingdom
name: Hello Cave Dwellers and welcome to The Cave. A place where the history of technology is explored, enjoyed and celebrated with your host and keeper of The Cave, Neil. What began by innocently sharing a hobby on YouTube in 2017 has evolved into a thriving channel of over 100,000 subscribers at youtube.com/RMCRetro where popular formats including "Trash to Treasure", "Retro Road Trips" and "Show & Tell" episodes see Neil restore, preserve and protect retro technology.
Welcome to the Retro Collective: Hands-On Vintage Technology Museums. Set across two floors of a listed mill in Stroud, UK, the Retro Collective is a visitor attraction comprising two hands-on retro technology and gaming museums, The Cave and Arcade Archive. With an expanding assortment of old computers, consoles and arcade cabinets to try out, there is a whole history of technology and gaming to explore across several nostalgic exhibits, including a comprehensive retro magazine archive and recreated high street store.
Amiga Boot-up Screen Colors and System Error Checklist": {Thread @ amigalove.com discussing Amiga Boot-up Screen Colors and System Errors}
Super Buster 11? Why? ": {Thread @ amibay.com discussing the differences between the various buster chips}
GBS Control: an alternative firmware for Tvia Trueview5725 based upscalers / video converter boards.
name: What does it do? Processes (line doubles) retro games with NO input lag – Unlike other scalers, such as the XRGB Mini, the OSSC works on individual scanlines rather than a frame at a time, that means there’s no input lag whatsoever (well, a few nanoseconds if you really want to be precise). Eliminates ugly deinterlacing artefacts and bad scaling. Converts SCART and Component to DVI/HDMI. Convert VGA to DVI/HDMI – Connect a retro PC directly to the unit and enjoy HDMI processing of all your games. Convert analogue audio to digital DVI/HDMI. Fast deinterlacer.
Medusa rev. B SCART EU : Medusa project was started 6-7 years ago, when 2 people - old retro stuff geeks have met - Acidmaker (creator of Sio2sd and proffesional file system used at Harvard, Columbia university and many others) and me. Since very beginning Acidmaker was into gettting perfect picture from ATARI ST / ATARI 8bit / Amiga. Meanwhile, me (lotharek), as opposite side, was into simple usage, ergonomy and user friendly interface. After 5 long years of develomennt, many protototypes, hours of discussions/testing, thousands of euros spent (obviously...) we are very happy to announce, that final project is coming and it is about to be released in preorder for retro community soon.
How to build AmigaOS4 cross-compiler (binutils 2.23.2 & gcc 8.2.0) on MSYS2: The advantage of having up2date crosscompiler for amigaos4 probably have no needs to explain, as everything move forward, and even on amigaos4 we had to move even by small steps. While for having cross-compiler at all there is very good reassons: speed and ability to use all range of helpfull tools such as cmakes,autoconf and scripting languages, but for having updated cross-compiler there is even more reasson: ability to use c++XX till c++17, thread support in c++XX, bugfixes (and new bugs, of course:) ) and all the fancy stuff which come with new gcc.
Welcome to Capitoline: At it’s core Capitoline (Cap) is an Amiga kickstart editor, but like any software project, it’s grown arms and legs, added features which may or may not be useful to everybody. Main features: You can load ROMs in various different formats, decrypt, extract from ADF etc. Once loaded you can take a ROM apart, “ROMSplit” into modules then you can put a new ROM together “add” from these modules or other ROMs and ADFs. You can patch ROMs to change text or behaviour. You can save ROMs for burning to EPROMs (byteswap, interleave, split). You can create skick files for softloading Kickstarts or use within WHDLoad {and much more}

1 Jan 24

Today's Highlights
- Another year in the bag! All I can wish for is a better 2024!!

Wishing everyone a safe and productive New Year from the whole AmigaSource family.

31 Dec 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Well I did it. I added 1112 links this year! Honestly there was NEVER any doubt! Was it worth it? Definitely. One thing this site shows me is the incredible grit and determination of the Amiga community. While v2.0 of the site is STILL under construction I feel good about next year!

- Now with that out of the way can you believe another Christmas has come and gone and the New Year is only a day away? I hope Santa got everyone what they wanted. (pssss Santa.... Where's my A1222??) While I'm waiting I got a retro tank mouse for my pc. There's noting like using a corded mouse with no scroll wheel in 2023. Almost like using a real Amiga! All it's missing was the ball! Ha ha!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

Both IBrowse and NetSurf released updates to their browsers. If they keep this pace up they just might catch Wayfarer.
This month's Old School Game Blog AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – December 2023: has been published
New issue: Passione Amiga #17 has been published
New issue: REV'n'GE #153 has been published
New issue: Komoda & Amiga Plus #24 has been published
New issue: Amiga Addict #26 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

- <<< NOTHING >>> Today's Theme

New Links (37) YTD (1112)

NATAMI Advanced Amiga Compatible {ARCHIVED 15 Aug 2012}: {Official NATAMI Blog} In a consumer version the NatAmi is intended to be a very affordable Amiga successor. An Amiga that is powerful enough to be useful for today's typical tasks. The major long-term intentions for NatAmi are: beeing an Amiga compatible design, have the original AmigaOS, binary OS replacements and Amiga applications running, enable playing new and classic Amiga games, expand features to 24bit truecolor gfx and 16bit audio on custom chip register level, implement USB, Ethernet and flashdisk support, provide immediate system on/off and hilbernation, provide enough resources and power to surf the internet and watch online videos, add features to be able to playback DivX, Xvid and DVD

The Commodore Amiga. Everything was better on the Amiga {ARCHIVED 16 Oct 2012}: {Various articles about the Amiga}

GURU-MEDITATION {ARCHIVED 28 Jun 2012}: If you have been programming the Amiga for a while you have most certainly seen your nice Amiga blow up in front of your eyes. However, the Amiga is a nice computer, and if it crashes it will try to do that as neatly as possible. You are usually (!) allowed to save any important files, and when the Amiga goes down it will give you a last message, trying to tell you what went wrong. Many programmers have not realized how important that last message is. For them, it is just a collection of strange numbers. But those numbers can actually tell you what exactly went wrong, and once you know what went wrong, it is usually no problem to find the bug.

Vintage Computer Federation Forums - Commodore: From the Pet to the Amiga

15kHz SVGA Monitors: {A table currently listing 211 monitors}

15kHz SVGA Monitors: {A page listing 15kHz SVGA monitors}

CRT PC monitor 15khz": {Thread @ reddit discussing 15kHz monitors}
Back to the Amiga – Pt. 1: I will publish various Parts to this series when I get time to write about them, but to start you off this is Part 1 which shows you what you require to get your Amiga to output to VGA

How can you connect an Amiga 500/600/1000/2000 to a modern monitor?": {Thread @ reddit discussing how to get the Amiga connect to a modern monitor}

Amiga 500 CPLD RGBtoHDMI v2: Allows you to use a Raspberry Pi Zero to output a perfect digital image via HDMI. The pixel clock is derived in a very different way to other implementations which means no Denise / Super Denise jumper and no "sparkling" pixels.

ACA1231 on OS3.1.4.1: After installing Amiga OS3.1.4.1, I’ve noticed that the 68030.library and MMU support with ACATune does not work correctly on my older ACA Card. Running ACATune -status shows that the ACA1231-41Mhz card is being detected as a ACA1230-28Mhz card with not features enabled. To fix this problem please follow the guide below

Building an MDA/CGA/EGA to VGA Converter: Over the past few years there have been many occasions where I've wanted to connect an old Hercules, CGA or EGA card to my VGA multisync monitor, but these require a converter - something I've never managed to acquire. Back in mid-2022 I started looking for an alternative, and quickly found one that appeared to fit the bill - the GBS8200 video converter. Sadly, I fell victim to the same false advertising as many when I purchased this board from a popular Chinese retail online store. The GBS8200 was attractively-priced at around 20 EUR, not including tax and shipping. In this article, we'll explore what this converter board can and cannot do, and my updates to successfully get it working on a retro PC.

15 kHz CRT Monitors: If you are a dabbler in DOS gaming and prefer to use a CRT instead of a modern "flat panel" LCD/LED, you might be looking for a good all-rounder CRT that supports the full frequency range employed by Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA and SVGA. In addition, these monitors will also support both digital and analogue RGB inputs, since all PC video standards prior to VGA were digital.

Jay Miner Interview: The 1992 AUI interview with Jay Miner has become an important artifact to understand the pre-Commodore era of the Amiga, and learn about the development of the Lorraine prototype. However, it was not the first time the magazine had interviewed the man behind the machine- Jay had also gave the magazine an exclusive interview four years previous. At this point in time he was still bitter about the decisions made by Commodore and the direction that they took the Amiga. The interview is scanned from the June 1988 issue of Amiga User International and saved in JPEG format. Hopefully the former publishers will not mind it being distributed to a wider audience.

Amiga Ranger: {German - Page detailing the prototype Amiga Ranger computer. w/pictures}

Tech Blog: This page has technical write ups for our demos. Right now we will publish various parts from Eon over the following weeks/months. Making Eon

Beyond Akiko: grafica packed al minor costo usando i bitplane: {Italian - A detailed artice about the Akiko chip in the CD-32}

Commodore-Amiga Sales Figures: Information on the sales of the Amiga throughout the world may be lacking in many respects. However, there are some figures available that indicate how many were sold during the Commodore era. These only show official figures, the number of Amigas world-wide has been estimated to be 4 times as much.

Dave Haynie - October 01, 2003: {Mirror of an interview conducted on Amiga.org} I wanted to thank you for taking the time to answer some of the questions we have lined up for you ... Here goes:

Xena questions": {Thread @ g the Xena chip and its usage.}

Xena Resource: The Xena Resource provides access to the Xena chip on the AmigaOne X1000. Two functions allow you to use the Xena chip.

Sentinel X-Logger: {PDF} Standalone Xorro serial data capture card & logger. A=EON Technology Ltd is pleased to announce the completion of the Sentinel X-Logger, a standalone Xorro based serial data capture card and data logger for Amiga one X-series of computers.

Fantastic animation: "Dance of the Stumblers" (Steve Segal, 1987): t doesn't happen too often that one stumbles [pun!] upon Amiga material from 1987, and is genuinely surprised. "Dance of the Stumblers" is a staggeringly beautiful, dynamic Amiga-generated animation that just has to be seen.

What chips did the Amiga 1500 ship with?": {Thread @ reddit discussing what chips shipped with the A1500}

AKReal: Pre-configured distribution for AGA/RTG Amigas. Based on AmiKit. Unofficial. AKReal is a collection of more than 350+ pre-installed programs

Setting up a Compact Flash card with Classic Workbench and WHDLoad for Amiga 600/1200 : About a year ago, I bought an Amiga 600. It did not have a hard drive, but all Amiga 600 have an IDE port, and you can use a Compact Flash card with a CF-IDE adapter as a hard drive. That worked fine, and I could install Workbench on the CF card, and use it. But eventually I though I should try to use WHDLoad, so that I could run more games directly from the hard drive.

F2R16 - HN62402/27C400 ROM emulator - Amiga Kick: Flash-based HN62402 ROM and 27C400 EPROM emulator for vintage computers and arcade machines. The Amiga, like many other computers of the late 80s, uses 16-bit wide mask ROMs to store the machine firmware. Unfortunately, the pinout of these ROMs is incompatible with the JEDEC defined EPROM pinout. F2R16 brings all the benefits of modern flash memory technology to any platform designed to use these obsolete devices.

Hyperion Teases Amiga Community: People, this is an interesting thing to follow first-hand. Hyperion, the company behind AmigaOS4, has been talking about its “Most Ambitious Project” for a while now, but on December 31, they started teasing the Amiga community like crazy. They opened a site called a-eon.com, which is most likely about the MAP.

25 Years of AmigaOS Development: Hyperion Entertainment have posted a visualisation of the AmigaOS source code repositry. You can see it grow from AmigaOS 1.0 back in 1985 right through to today.

Hyperion Entertainment VOF Partners with SciTech Software to Add Graphic Power to AmigaOS 4 and Beyond {ARCHIVED 24 Jul 2004}: SciTech Software Inc. and Hyperion Entertainment VOF are pleased to announce they have enterered into a strategic partnership which will see SciTech's SNAP(tm) technology integrated into AmigaOS 4.x which is currently under development by Hyperion for PPC based systems.

Stratagus port for OS 3.x is released: {Thread @ eab.abime.ent discussing Stargus Startgus is a Starcraft Mod that allows you to play Starcraft with the Stratagus engine}

Stratagus: Stratagus is a free cross-platform real-time strategy gaming engine. It includes support for playing over the internet/LAN, or playing a computer opponent. The engine is configurable and can be used to create games with a wide-range of features specific to your needs {Starcraft}

Starcraft 1 and Warcraft 2 for Amiga OS4: So, I think I blogged about Stratagus a long time ago. It was an RTS engine that was ported to Amiga OS4 (and possibly 3.x as well). Using some addons, called Stargus, Amiga users could play Starcraft 1. It’s been around for a while but there is something called Wargus for Stratagus that makes Warcraft 2 available for Stratagus.

CrowPi Lite laptop running Amikit 12, MIDI and real Amiga floppy disks: Recently I found out about a Raspberry Pi laptop solution called CrowPi Lite. I have seen plenty of these solutions in the past, but they were never truly mobile solutions - but this one is different. I decided to get one, and get it working with AmiKit 12, with MIDI hardware support and even using real Amiga floppies via drawbridge usb floppy drives! Keep reading for more details!

AKReal: AKReal is a collection of 350+ programs for real Amiga AGA/RTG computers. Based on AmiKit

AmigaSDK-gcc: Contains the AmigaOS 3.2 NDK, AmigaOS 4.1 SDK 54.16 plus extra SDKs fixed to work with the GCC compiler. Please note these are meant to be installed on top of Bebbo's Amiga GCC devkit so install that first if not done already.

Analogue Pocket - Commodore Amiga: This is based on the MiSTer Github of the Amiga MiST project (Also known as Minimig) and the VexRISCV RISC-V chip for the Media Processing Unit (MPU) between the core and APF framework for floppy, hard drive and CD-ROM access.

17 Dec 2023

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Well 2023 is almost over and boy has it been a busy one. On the PLUS side I'm happy to report I'm ALMOST at the 1000 new links mark. Only 25 more to go!

   And on the flip side not much good news in the world of the Amiga, the lawsuit is still ongoing, A1222 costs more than twice the original price, OS4.x is barely chuging along but AmigaSource.com is still here so let's call that a DRAW! ;-) lol Hopefully 2023 will be the year of V2.0 of the site....

   - HOLY *&^(*&^ Only 8 days left until Christmas!!!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

Not sure how I missed this one for so long but GGS-Data has been added to the SHOP menu. They are one of the few places to get yourself a new X5000 plus a WHOLE LOT MORE!!!.
Need detailed information about a GURU mediation error? Well look no further. This long gone page goes into great detail on every aspect of the GURU mediation error.
The Commodore Amiga 500 : Story: The Gaming Chronicles Ep 1 was succesfully finded on kickstarter! Congrats!
New issue: AMI Tech-Gazette #6 has been published
Not sure how I overlooked this magazine for so long... New issue: Amiga Germany Fan’zine #9 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

- Did someone forget to pay the lawyers??? Today's Theme

New Links (30) YTD (975)

Amiga history guide - Amiga Models: {One of the BEST websites for Amifa information ever!! The INCREDIBLE, but no longer updated, page containing VERY detailed information about all the classic, Amiga Anywhere, Prototypes, Concepts, Set-top Boxes, Transputer, Arcade, Spinoffs, MorphOS, D.I.Y machines and the various OS version and more. Last updated 3 Aug 2002. Boy do I wish this site was up to date!}
KATO: {Homepage for the MelodyZ2, Melody1200pro, Melody1200plus sound boarda and AMPlifier and Simmfonie software}
AmigaOne X5000 PCIe Slot Questions": {Thread @ Amigans.net discussing PCIe slow questions and links to the CYRUS PLUS MOTHERBOARD TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL VERSION 1.1.1 AMIGAONE X5000}
x1000 documentation and other x1000 related questions": {Thread @ amigans.net covering Firmware, USB, and more. Good info}
x5000: Scary story & MCU Debug interface": {Thread @ Amigans.net covering puttying into the motherboard using a FTDI cable and the output received. Good information}
Amiga 1200 Escom floppy fix: Escom 1200 machines used modificated panasonic PC drives, which caused serious problems with trackloading games.
Fixing the AT A1200 FDD connector: A1200s produced by Amiga Technologies (Escom) had been shipped with a PC-type floppy disk drive, resulting in many problems with trackloading games. AT had to modify the mainboard to make the Panasonic JU-257A605P drives work on an A1200 (by redirecting the _CHNG signal and cutting off the _RDY signal). The following steps describe how to revert these modifications.
Modifying the Pansonic JU-257A605P: The Panasonic JU-257A605P drive used in A1200s built by Amiga Technologies is designed for IBM compatible computers, that’s why it has _CHNG on pin 34 and why the _RDY signal is missing. The following steps describe how to rebuild the Panasonic disk drive.
Connecting an Amstrad EME-231 compatible 3" drive to an Amiga: Ever wanted to connect an Amstrad 3” disk drive to your Amiga for emulator usage or disk dumping? The circuit presented here can be used to interface double sided, double density 3” disk drives like the Amstrad EME-231.
AmigaSID : AmigaSID - A2000 version is main. Amiga SID Zorro II card. Use at your own risk!!!. Project forked.
AmigaSID Zorro II card: {A fork of another AmigaSID Zorro II card project. Schematics and code to build a Zorro 2 SID card. Install, control and play sound using a MOS 6581, or compatible, SID chip}
GGS-Data {Swedish computer dealer that has a nice selection of Amiga items, to include the X5000, among many other items.}.
Amiga Germany Fan’zine: {German language Amiga print magazine. Looks to be released quarterly.}
iRIXLABS: {Manufacturer of Classic 520: A500/A1000 32 bit accelerator, SD Drive Z2: SD card slot for big box Amigas, ScanPlus AGA: Scandoubler for A1200/A4000, ScanPlus ECS: Scandoubler for A500/A2000, HC 508 MK II: A500/A1000 16 bit accelerator, ZRAM 8: 8 MB Zorro II Fast RAM card and IDE4: Amiga 2000 IDE controller}
ScanPlus AGA: ScanPlus AGA is a internal scandoubler designed for Amiga 1200 / 4000D and CRT monitor. Supports DPMS energy saving and PAL / NTSC screenmodes. It fits into A1200 and A4000D perfectly.
amitools - various AmigaOS tools for other platforms: Amiga OS binaries and files on macOS and all other *nix-like platforms supporting Python. Windows might work as well, but is heavily untested. However, patches are welcome. I focus with my https://amitools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tools/xdfscan.htmltools on classic Amiga setups, i.e. a 680x0 based system with Amiga OS 1.x - 3.x running on it. However, this is an open project, so you can provide other Amiga support, too. The tools are mostly developer-oriented, so a background in Amiga programming will be very helpful.
xdftool: The xdftool is a tool from the amitools tool set that allows to read disk images intended for Amiga emulators like ADF or HDF files and display or extract their contents. Furthermore, you can: create new ADF or HDF images, copy files from the image, copy your own files to it, master own images, repack existing images, work on partitions inside RDISK/RDB hdf images or on real disks
xdfscan: scanner to validate AmigaOS file systems in disk or hard disk images. The scanner does an in-depth check of all structures used in the AmigaOS OFS and FFS file system. If something does not fulfill the file system specification then an error or warning is generated. Warnings are usually tolerated when using this image in an emulator but errors might hint to corrupt files on the disk. Each scanned file results in a single line output that gives you a quick overview of the errors and warnings found in the image (if any). You can also enable the verbose mode. Then all errors and warnings are reported.
romtool: A tool to inspect, dissect, and build Amiga Kickstart ROM images to be used with emulators, run with soft kickers or burned into flash ROMs. Features: show detailed infos on a Kickstart ROM, dump ROM as hex, diff to ROM images, split a ROM into modules with split data from Remus/Romsplit, build a new ROM from modules, concatenate a Kickstart and Ext ROM to a 1 Meg ROM, patch a ROM, scan a ROM for residents & copy a ROM
UnAmiga FPGA: UnAmiga is a Amiga 1200 computer in a FPGA board. The main core is based in a minimig core of MiST ported by Jepalza to this FPGA. There is a version AGA of the UnAmiga 1200.
Amigamerlin 3.1 R1: This Amigamerlin latest release does get benefit by newer SFFT driver core to improve hardware compatibility with Direct3D based games and new Glide3X and MesaFX v.
Prometheus - Open Source: {bugfix and information about the Prometheus PCI board}
Guide: how to use a Prometheus PCI board in a Amiga 4000 Desktop case.": {Thread @ amiga.org covering how to setup and use the Prometheus PCI board in an A4000}
Amiga: {The Video Game Music Preservation Foundation, the Wikipedia of video game music entry for the Amiga.}
The Bifrost Project: The Bifrost board is a direct keyboard LED replacement board for your Amiga 1200 computer. It uses some of the latest cutting edge technology to bring you an updated, fully feature packed and highly customizable cosmetic experience for your beloved retro computer, available literally at your fingertips. Customize the POWER-, FLOPPY- and HARDDRIVE LEDs to any colours and brightness of your choice using the LEDs themselves as programming buttons.
Akiko32 Computer: Akiko32 - Amiga in mini ITX form factor. Akiko32 - An Amiga-AA compatible computer with extensions in modern mini ITX form factor. The board is a hobby development and will be released as open source for non-commercial purposes. The firmware is currently still under development, the first boards will go to the testers in July 2020. After a successful test run, all data is released. The following features are available: 68030 processor, AA chipset plus Akiko, 2 MB Chipram, 64MB Fastram, IDE controller, Clock port, CD32 kickstart & I2C Bus. Connectors: Mouse/joystick - DB9, Keyboard - An A4000-compatible, VGA - DB15 VGA-Connector (15kHz), Sound jack plug - a 3.5mm jack plug, RJ45 - A network connector, USB - 2 USB, IDE Anschluss - A 2.5" 44pin IDE connector, Clockport, I2C connector & RGB connector - An expansion board provides a D, B23 video connector.
Repulse Sound Card: {German} Welcome to the (unofficial) support page of the Repulse sound card for Amiga. The Repulse is a sound card for the Amiga 2/3/4000 and Amiga 500/1200 with Zorro II expansion cards. It is intended for users with high demands. It combines the latest sound card technology with a low price. The Repulse sound card uses modern 3.3V technologies to keep power consumption as low as possible. A self-developed ASIC is the heart of the sound card. The Zorro II bus interface allows transmissions with full bandwidth. No wait states occur.
CD32 Gamepad A100 re-engineered documentation {ARCHIVED 5 Oct 2016}: The CD32 Gamepad is one of the worst controll devices I ever saw. When playing CD32 game I usually gets into troubles cause the left handed joystick replacement thing turns around and stops to work. There is a good CD32 Gamepad replacement available from CompetitionPro but it has the same disadvantage like any other Gamepads: They are all designed for left-handers ! Cause I am a right-handed person, I would prefer to controll the movement of a game character or spaceship with my right hand.
TheGuruMeditation.org: The Guru Meditation is a collection between long time friend and Westchester Amiga User Group (WAUG) co-presidents Bill Winters {Amiga Bill} and Anthony Becker. {Video links, live streams, Events, Newsletters, Photo's and more.
15.6KHz TFT: I’ve been reading a lot about modern TFT monitors that are compatible with the “infamous” horizontal frequency of 15.6KHz that the native Amiga outputs. This has not been an easy task to find and most of the models are old and not sold anymore. A friend of mine told me about a Philips IPS TFT that supported this frequency, even if the specification did not specify it. This monitor displays the Amiga native mode without any problem at all. You only need a DB23 to DB15 VGA converter and you are ready to go. I tested both LowRes, HiRes in PAL and NTSC without any problem at all and the screen did not have any flicker at all. But it did not like LACED mode at all, you had an even more annoying flicker than you had in the old days when you tried to use LACED on a non-LACED mode monitor. You can choose between 16:10 and 4:3 ratio and it actually works good. It centered perfectly each time I changed and I did not need to modify any settings.

8 Dec 2023

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Quick update this week. Things are getting busy with Christmas quickly approaching. I'm hoping Christmas gets rescheduled to March!! LOL.

   With that said my biggest highlight this week is I'm **ALMOST** at my 1000 link mark for the year! I CANNOT stress how happy I will be when I'm done adding 30+ links a week!

   Friendly reminder... Only 17 more shopping days until Christmas. Don't to wait until the last minute to buy your favorite Amiga stocking suffers!!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

After a 6 year hiatus the WONDERFUL online Commodore Magazine Commodore Free is being published again!!! Happy Days!!!!
A new Kickstarter has been launch, a little bit ago, for a new documentary covering the creation of the A500. The Commodore Amiga 500 : Story: The Gaming Chronicles Ep 1. It closes on 14 Dec 23 so you better show your support soon!
The Wayfare Web Browser for Morph OS hits v7.0. GREAT JOB!!
New issue: WhatIFF? #12 has been published
New issue: Amiga Addict #25 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

- Nothing on the RADAR Sir! Today's Theme

Techtravels.org

RetroZone

New Links (40) YTD (945)

Triumph Official Webpage {ARCHIVED 01 Oct 2014}: Source code for Amiga Triumph demos and intros. More will be available soon, just have to copy it over from my Amiga.
Triumph Software: Triumph Software is a Norwegian Amiga group which has been producing quality utilities, demos, intros and animations for at least 12 years.
GURU Team: {Homepage of GURU Team. Their page loads to a functional TAWS (The Amiga Workbench Simulator) WB1.3 workbench}
Rebels Island {ARCHIVED 17 Jun 2010}: The official Rebels Homepage. {Creators of Paranoid - Winnner of Remedy'97 Demo Competition. Members, photos,mods, releases, news and more}
Nostalgia: Hi! and welcome to my nostalgic Amiga demo archive... This is an attempt to document what happened in the demo scene during the first few years... I don't have that much time for this project, but I'll update it from time to time, so keep an eye on what's new.
Why Is the Amiga so Beloved in the Demoscene?: This essay investigates the gestation of the demoscene, the Amiga platform's revolutionary beginnings, its emotional resonance within a dedicated community, and its broader influence on the field of computer graphics and music. Why is the Amiga still one of the most beloved and significant platforms in the demoscene?
How to use the SAS C Compiler: The SAS C compiler was released by SAS Institute Inc in 1992. The product was originally called Lattice C. The last version of SAS C was 6.58. You can download latest patches from Aminet and the Unofficial SAS C Page.
Amiga CD32 + TF330: Yup, CD32 this time as I’ve realized I’ve never covered this machine on my blog. This particular machine was bought for my client and it needed standard SPA plus some other stuff which I will describe in this post.
How to use the VBCC Compiler: The VBCC compiler was released by Dr Volker Barthelmann in 2001 (0.8). The lastest version of VBCC is 0.9h. Contents of VBCC Package: VBCC consists of two parts: A binary package and a target package. There are binary/targets for AmigaOS (68K or PPC), Morphos, Powerup, Warpup and Atari MiNT.
SAS/C Development System User's Guide, Volume 1: Introduction, Compiler, Editor, Version 6 {ARCHIVED DOC}: {Link to the Doc on Archive.org. Publication date: 1993}
Amiga SAS/C 6.5 Library Reference {ARCHIVED DOC}: {Link to the Doc on Archive.org. Publication date: 1994}
Amiga Manual: Lattice C v5.10 Volume 1 (1990)(SAS Institute) {ARCHIVED DOC}: {Link to the Doc on Archive.org. Publication date: 1990}
Amiga Manual: Lattice C v5.10 Volume 2 (1990)(SAS Institute) {ARCHIVED DOC}: {Link to the Doc on Archive.org. Publication date: 1990}
Curious to know more about this Amiga 500 REV 3 board that I have": {Thread @ reddit.com discussing a Grapevive Group, Inc upgraded A500 motherboard to version 5.2}
ZGLoom – It’s Gloom on AmigaOS 4! : In today’s post, I’ll be looking at ZGloom, which is a C++ re-implementation of Gloom from classic Amiga. The source code was made freely available by the developers, but it is in 68K Assembler. The code has partly been converted manually to C++ and put in an SDL2 framework. ZGloom was done by Swizpig. BeWorld ported it to MorphOS, and Javier de las Rivas brought it to AmigaOS 4, with some help and tips from Salass00, Kas1e, and Samo79.
Thinking Back on ‘Turbo Pascal’ as It Turns 40: {History about Turbo Pascal and the never released Amiga version}
The Amiga 1000 Sings Songs of the Season for Holiday Music Week VII: The new year has begun and the holidays are pretty much behind us, but before undecking the halls I wanted to share my contribution to the “Holiday Music Week VII” competition over at r/Retrobattlestations that ran until the 31st.
Tsunami 1230: The most compatible accelerator for the A1200 since Blizzard series.
Randomize, Inc {ARCHIVED 13 Apr 1997}: Welcome to the world of Randomize! Randomize Imaging and Animation , a company focused on producing broadcast quality graphics and animation as well as computer based multimedia, was my initial creation. Randomize Imaging and Animation continues to grow and expand to provide professional quality animation to the film, video industry and interactive multimedia industry. For its computer platform, Randomize Imaging and Animation has relied on the unique abilities of the Amiga line of computers to provide the computing power, flexibility and creativity demanded by applications such as image processing and animation. As a result, we became very adept at using, maintaining and upgrading Amigas. Responding to contacts, friends and associates needing service for their Amigas, Randomize Computers was born by providing sales, service and technical support.
Amiga Wares {ARCHIVED 06 Nov 2007}: {Amiga clothing. Powered by Amiga T-Shirt , Premium Embroidered T-Shirt, Zip Polo Sweats and Hats}
www.eFUNZINE.com: {Polish Amiga retailer}
German Amiga Community: {German} The new home for all Amiga Users out there! {Amiga Forum}
Turbo-CF: This is development of Amiga A1200 accelerator board on Motorola ColdFire(TM) processor support page.
A501 512K DRAM Card Redesign Project: So in my overall quest to understand more about the Commodore Amiga 500, I decided just recently to take on a new project. I want to build a replacement A501 512K memory expansion trapdoor card. Not a sidecar memory expansion. Not even a 1MB version or larger version(yet). Just a straight-up simple A501 replacement.
Amiga floppy blog pages: The blog entries that are in the “Amiga Floppy” category make up the bulk of the content on the site about the Amiga Floppy Project. This project is the trials and tribulations of the making of an external amiga floppy drive controller. Attach a regular PC drive via IDE to the FPGA hardware, connect the FPGA via USB to a PC. Run the Java software, create .ADF images from the physical amiga formatted floppy disks.
Commodore Amiga AutoConfig expansion card process: Since I’ve been reverse engineering a DataFlyer Plus HDD SCSI expansion card for the Commodore Amiga, I’ve needed to get a much better understanding of how the AutoConfig process works. I’m by far no expert on it, but I have learned a lot and wanted to share a couple logic analyzer traces of this occurring in the wild. The Commodore documentation refers to these expansion cards as PICs or Plug-in Cards.
Some reverse engineering notes on DataFlyer 500 BUSS Pal: As you may have seen in this other post here I have an interest in this Amiga hard drive controller designed for the Commodore Amiga 500. I used this for years to interface an HDD. At the time I took some photos of the PCB and shared some my notes, I also dumped the Boot ROM from the board, which had already been done previously — and compared it. I did it both as an exercise to play with this stuff, but also to see if mine differed from existing sources, which it did not.
Commodore Amiga 500 Plus: The A500++ is a newly designed circuit board that is a direct copy of the Amiga 500+ PCB with a few minor improvements. This circuit board can be bought off a gentleman Rob “Peepo” Taylor in the UK. It is a beautiful shade of purple and really is a work of art by itself.
Expansion Systems DataFlyer Plus 2.1: Enter the hard drive era... Besides upgrading the memory and processor, I also added on a hard drive expansion on the left hand side of the A500 case. This expansion was the Dataflyer 500. There were several different versions of the Dataflyer depending on the specific Amiga. It can be inserted as a card into the Amiga 2000, sidecar expansion like the 500, or completely separate box for the Amiga 1000.
Amiga MAST enhanced unidrive external drive teardown: MAST stood for Memory and Storage Technology out of Sparks, Nevada. Sparks is just outside Reno, NV. I probably found this drive in either AmigaWorld magazine or Computer Shopper, which iirc was a thin newspaper type printed on large format paper. This external amiga-specific floppy drive with DB23 connectors had a few unique features. It had a two-digit track indicator for which track was being read or written. It also had a few switches in the back.
Building a PAL reader for TL866A: So I’m in the process of trying to reverse engineer some custom PALs from a Commodore Amiga Dataflyer 500. It would be ideal to read those PALs directly, however I don’t have a compatible PAL reading solutions. I’ve found some online but they are easily $800-$1200. So someone on a previous blog post commented about a potential solution that works with the TL866A eeprom reader.
CDTV Joyport Adapter: After finally getting hold of a Commodore CDTV, first thing I noticed was that it did not have the usual DB-9 connectors that the other Commodore models have. The machine did have a mouse port, but it turns out it is not a standard one, and I did not get one with the machine, so I had to find another solution for using mouse and joystick, because the remote controller was a weak subtitute for a real joystick and mouse in my opinion.
PS/2 to Amiga/Atari adapter: I really wanted a PS/2 to Amiga adapter, so I ended up making this PCB in Eagle CAD based on information freely available on the Internet. I ended up making one that can use both USB and PS/2 connector, and the option to change between Amiga and Atari ST mode with jumpers. It also works on Commodore 64 in certain applications.
Amiga External Floppy controller: This project was initially made for the purpose of using an internal Amiga floppy as a secondary drive for copying disks. But later, I added jumpers so that PC floppies can be used too, since these are easy to find. I later also found it useful to have a jumper selector for selecting DF1:, DF2: and DF3:
DIY Amiga 500 memorycard: Its always fun to make your own things. This time I decided to make some memorycards for me and a couple of friends. I now have 2 A500 without trapdoor memorycards, because they had battery damage. So instead of buying another old more or less battery acid damaged unstable card, why not make brand new PCBs and solder them for yourself?
The Amiga 500 Rev.5 Kickstart upgrade: A friend came over with his beloved Amiga 500 and wanted me to help him get Kickstart v 3.1 installed. It turned out to be a rev.5 motherboard. The kickstart is basically a part of the Amigas OS, and the software is stored on ROM chips. The Amiga 500 has only one ROM, but other models might have two.
Retro Amiga Products: Accessorize Your Amiga...
IDE-harddisk projects for Amiga - IDE68K - ABIDE - a500ide {ARCHIVED 30 Apr 2016}: A500ide: A DIY "project" IDE-interface for Amiga 500. IDE68K: The adapter plugs in to the 68000 socket, and the 68000 is placed on top of it. ide68k here. ABIDE "Auto-Boot IDE": Interface PCB plugs to the side slot of Amiga 500, has a PLD, 74LS245 buffer for other half of data bus, and two IDE-connectors. Also there is a place for I2C-serial EEPROM.
Amiga600 8 megabytes autoconfiguring fastRAM board (2008 year revision): This board is the successor of earlier revision, it now offers reduced size, better CPU ventilation and variety of memory configurations.
A600_8mb_2008: My old A600 memory expansion project, as of 2008, released under GPL v3 license.

1 Dec 23

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Well it's that time of year again to start 'decking those halls and trimming those trees'.

This year, like the past 20+, I'm wishing for Santa to bring closure to Amiga's legal issues. Let's see if this year he can finally deliver the goods! lol...

From everyone here at AmigaSource we want to wish you, your family and friends good health, prosperity and safe travels in the coming year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

27 Nov 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Sorry for the lack of updates, the holidays have been keeping me pretty busy the last week or so. This update brings me past 900 links added to the site this year. Not to shabby if I do say so myself. The next stop is 1000 links then I can resume my normal update schedule. ha ha. Only 28 days until Christmas. Don't to wait until the last minute to buy your favorite Amiga stocking suffers!!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

the IBrowse dev team. After 20 years they released v3.0 of their web browser and have even more new features in the works! See good things DO come for those who wait!
Obligement for publishing their 8000th article!!

Amiga Legal News Update

- I bet Santa is getting coal ready for a few Amiga companies... Today's Theme

Amiga Users Group (AUG) Melbourne Australia

New Links (35) YTD (905)

Matching Commodore breadbin beige: I don’t think it’s any great secret that RAL 1019 is the color of the Commodore 64 breadbin and its matching peripherals. But what can you do in parts of the world where you can’t find RAL 1019 in spray cans? Here are some other tips for matching Commodore breadbin beige.
File: The Boing Ball {Translated from French} The Boing Ball ("bouncing ball" in French) has been the emblem of the Amiga since its first day and, as we will see, even before! This animated audio-visual demonstration has established itself as the de facto symbol of the technical superiority of the Amiga compared to its competitors from the mid-1980s: PC, Macintosh and other Atari STs. The Boing Ball was the first "graphic" of the Amiga, ahead of the icons designed for the Workbench and the famous Kickstart hand displayed on the first Amigas. It is still widely used today by the Amiga community in all areas. In this article, we will delve into its history, its creation, its various uses... in short, take a complete tour around the most famous animation on the Amiga!
Greaseweazle V4.1 Read and write Amiga format floppy disks using a PC or Mac! Plug a floppy disk drive into Greaseweazle and then connect it to a USB port. Use the software to read or write an Amiga format floppy disk - it even supports ADF files. This adapter is great for backing up Amiga floppies to image files WinUAE supports Greaseweazle in beta currently: this lets you insert/eject real Amiga floppy disks and they appear on the Workbench. Read and write to them as if you were using them on a real Amiga.
AmiWeatherForecasts: This is a weather forecasting application that provides you with the latest weather information for any location. The application was built using the C programming language on Amiga OS 3.2 via SAS/C to retrieve weather information. This app provides weather forecast and time information on the right side of the title bar. The display of this information can be customized. Weather forecast information is updated every 15 minutes. If you don't want to wait, use the Tool/Update menu to update immediately.
Greaseweazle v4 reading Amiga disks: {video} I show you how to get setup with the Greaseweazle v4 and specifically reading Amiga disks both AmigaDOS fomatted and Amiga Game disks that had copy protection on them. This is for archiving your amiga collection of disks so you can store them on modern computers and use them in Amiga Emulation to replay your old classic Amiga disks. I show both command line tools and GUI interface.
Quantum Dock: QDock is closest dream dock I've imagined! QDock has optional stylish half transparent background and it actually loads Workbench Wallpaper to make fake transparent effect, animated icons and all this adds to memory & CPU usage but creates nice look! QDock never sleeps due to animated gfx would not work, it does lower the fps/CPU need when not in use and only to a level where it still feels responsive, if solid background is used it lowers memory & CPU usage. Drag HDD/apps/directory/text etc. icon to QDock, it senses placement, if there is no icon(.info) it will not be added to dock. Max 4x 25 icons
Westchester Amiga User Group (WAUG): {Homepage for the Westchester Amiga User Group (WAUG)}
Triple A: {French} The Amiga Addicts Association website. The Triple A association (Association of Amiga Addicts) was created on April 1, 1997 (view its registration) . Its aim is to support alternative computing. By alternative computing we mean any computer other than “PC compatible” running Windows. One of the computers supported by the association is the Amiga, an avant-garde microcomputer at its time, as well as the current computers which followed the Amiga (AmigaOne, Pegasos, etc.). We are also open to platforms such as Atari, Linux and Macintosh.
Memphis Amiga Group (MAG) and Memphis Commodore Users Club (MCUC) History {ARCHIVED 23 Mar 2023}: This is a collection of scanned and transcribed newsletters and disk magazines from the Memphis Amiga Group, as well as newsletters from its predecessor, the Memphis Commodore Users Club. The Memphis Commodore Users Club (or Users Group, MCUG) started in the early 80s and lasted until the early to mid 90s. It spawned the Memphis Amiga Group (MAG) as a SIG in the late 80s. MAG operated from the late 80s to the late 90s. Commodore's demise in 1994 took the wind out of the group, and after a few more years it faded out of existence.
Amiga Platform Information {ARCHIVED 05 Oct 2012}: The following is a first attempt at an introduction to the Amiga platform. For a platform with such a complicated history, there are bound to be mistakes and errors, so if you find any please let me know and I will endeavour to correct them! Most of these sections are not done yet or are incomplete, please have patience this is a big project!
AmigaOS Guide {ARCHIVED 18 Feb 1999}: Introduction. The Amiga's operating system is old, and has had almost no official updates for over four years. If this had happened to MacOS or Windows they would be laughably out of date by now. It shows just how amazingly advanced AmigaOS was when it was released that even now, after so much neglect, it can still be a viable, modern OS. AmigaOS is now owned by Gateway computers, who are developing a new AmigaOS based around the QNX kernel.
AMUC Amiga Users of Calgary: General meetings are mainly used to conduct AMUC business and demonstrate cool Amiga products. However, they are a great place to meet and greet with fellow Amiga users, find out about products and socialize. The general meeting is held on the third Wednesday of each month at Mount Royal College. Meetings generally follow this format: (location is subject to change, watch the web site for notices)
THE AMIGA RETRO BRISBANE FORUM: {Amiga users group in Brisbane Australia. Forum, Articles and more} Amiga was…is & will be ... as long as we are around.
My Vampire V4 Standalone adAmiga was…is & will be … as long as we are around.venture (so far....): Thanks to a dear friend I became the proud owner of a Vampire V4SA. A couple of points to note from my experience: It is an amazing little machine (a super amiga in a box) very and lots of fun! When you have a working “core” and configuration you are happy with “keep it”. Special Mention – “ApolloBoot” is even more amazing! It brings it to life! *Please note, much of this is a summation as it happened over several weeks and my memory is not as good as it once was! I should have thought ahead and taken notes too! Out of the box, for me it worked – thanks to the lucky fact that I happened to have a keyboard and mouse that worked with it, this was not so much by good planning as just luck! As it is very fussy about hardware compatibility.
The Vampire V2 A500 : I recently got the Vampire V2 working on my A500, the following is some of my learnings and musings. First, be aware that as far as Apollo are concerned the V2 is old news. They haven’t sold it for over two years, and are concentrating on the V4 line - I got one of the two last ones (the other is also in Brisbane) and it’s sat on my shelf until a week ago. It means you’re kind of on your own. There is a discord chat but I found it a waste of time, and there is a forum on the Apollo-computing page but to be honest it was easier to just figure everything out on my own. If you’ve set up a Pi or another Amiga by writing an image to a card you’ll probably be fine but do be aware some assistance may be needed if you haven’t done it before.
Welcome to the Amiga Users Group Website (AUG): Welcome to the Amiga Users Group Website. Melbourne Australia
amiga2000: {Interactive Amiga 2000 schematic with part placement}
Amiga CD32 Rev3 mainboard capacitor map: {Detailed picture of all the capacitors, values and placement on the Rev 3 main board labeled and color coded}
Amiga CD32 Rev4 mainboard capacitor map: {Detailed picture of all the capacitors, values and placement on the Rev 4 main board labeled and color coded}
Amiga Mouse/Joy: {Detailed pinout of the Amiga mouse/joystick port}
Amiga 4000 mainboard capacitor map - A4000 rev.B: Detailed picture of all the capacitors, values and placement on the Rev B main board labeled and color coded}
Amiga 1200 mainboard capacitor map - A1200: Detailed picture of all the capacitors, values and placement on the A1200 main board labeled and color coded}
Amiga 600 mainboard capacitor map - A600 Rev1https://www.amiga-news.de/en/: Detailed picture of all the capacitors, values and placement on the A600 Rev 1 main board labeled and color coded}
Amiga 600 mainboard capacitor map - A600 Rev2: Detailed picture of all the capacitors, values and placement on the A600 Rev 2 main board labeled and color coded}
Guide: How to burn a Custom Kickstart 3.9 (incl. 1MB ROM): My fellow Amibayers... As I said in a previous post and since I succesfuly managed to burn a custom 3.9 Kickstart including BB2 ROM Update + AfA OS plus some other goodies, I decided to make a step-by-step HOW-TO including not only screenshots from Doobrey's Remus software, but even from EPROM Burner's software
15KHz VGA Pin configuration: {Pin description from the Amiga's DB23 video header to a DB15 VGA header}
Amiga KickStart ROM Switcher with 27c800 eprom: {Insight and instructions on how to build one}
ABS - Amiga-User Braunschweig - Unsere Aktivitäten: {German - Amiga Users Group Braunschweig. NEws events, pictures and more}
LEGO: strange demomaking since 1993
zero defects {ARCHIVED 31 May 2000}: Zero Defects was founded in 1988 by Repeater (me... initially I was named Elektro), Terminator and Xenio. Intention was to found the first REAL Italian demo group as, infact the Italian scene was ruled by the always lame IBB (Italian Bad Boys)... It took not much from the founding to release our first demo called PARALLAX, this genuine piece of code was realized by Terminator (the glorious coder), as it came out it totally blasted the lame Italian scene... the first real demo from an Italian group was there and it kicked...
WELCOME AT ORIENS AMIGA DEMO PAGE : On this page you will find all infos about my pas life into the cool Amiga Demo scene (from 1989 till 1995). - "Les Shadock" (My second group 1993 - 1995) - "HAWK" (My First group 1989 - 1993) - My Others demos - "BodeRunner" (LodeRunner clone). Who are we ? 1993 to 1995 : 'Les Shadock' is (was!) a french AMIGA group composed by some old members of the scene. We all started on A500 around 1987. The official member is :
NUKLEUS: Homepage of Nukleus/NLS, Amiga demo group formed 1994
NORDLICHT: Nordlicht is an established demoparty created by the people who heavily draw their inspiration from many other traditional demoparties, with a focus on bringing joy and fun to those we love and to help spread the word of the Demoscene in modern times. It is a place for creative minds to share their ideas, stories and projects with a likeminded audience. Anyone with an interest in digital art, music or real-time coding, even animation and film-making will feel right at home in the Demoscene and thus at Nordlicht!
Candle (CDL) Demo Group: All Candle productions are made with pure joy and love! {Amiga (m68k) & AOS4/PC demos}
dA JoRMaS: This is the website of dA JoRMaS - a collective of multimedia artists with emphasis on electronic dance music. dA JoRMaS was formed in 1994 in order to help its members release music and other works through multimedia productions in the Amiga demo scene. The members have also had their own projects and collaborations under different pseudonyms like .jRM, Mulletronic, Tero and Shr888m. These pages contain information about dA JoRMaS' productions as a demo group and links to the works of individual members of dA JoRMaS.

17 Nov 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Between birthdays and the upcoming holidays I have been a bit busier than normal. With that said I will keep this entry brief and remember...

Only 38 days until Christmas. Don't to wait until the last minute to buy your favorite Amiga stocking suffers!!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

I LOVE projects like this! Zorro-LAN-IDE is a Zorro card for the big box Amigas that alows you connect your Amiga to a wired network courtesy of a SANAII-compatible Ethernet drive, another AT-BUS compatible IDE controller and clockport!
Color me surprised but I was totally unaware that NewTek, founded by Tim Jenison and his team that created the video toaster and Lightwave, was sold. Apparently back in 1 Apr 2019 Vizrt, "the world’s leading provider of visual storytelling tools for media content creators" purchased the company. Guess I should have listed to his interview on the The Retro Hour EP342. Video Toaster with NewTek Founder Tim Jenison - The Retro Hour EP342: We're joined by a legend this week, NewTek founder and the 'father of desktop video', Tim Jenison, to hear the story of how the Commodore Amiga changed the movie and TV industry.

Amiga Legal News Update

- Time to ask Santa for an early Christmas present??? Today's Theme

New Links (30) YTD (870)

Amiga USB Wheel Mouse Adapter: DIY USB Mouse interface for Amiga Computers. USB Mouse adapters are available for the Amiga platform, both in form of commercial offerings and OpenSource projects (such as SmallyMouse). All of these previously developed USB solutions for the Amiga (that I am aware of) are based on the USB boot protocol which doesn't offer support for the scroll wheel. That's why I decided to build my own solution which implements the full USB HID mode (or report mode) and supports wheel movements along the way.
SmallyMouse2 – Universal USB to Quadrature Mouse Adapter: SmallyMouse2 is a universal USB to quadrature mouse adapter for many 8-bit and 16-bit retro computers and allows the use of modern USB mice on machines such as the Acorn BBC Micro, Acorn Master, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and many more. Unlike most existing mouse adapters, SmallyMouse2 implements a fully USB compatible interface (most current adaptors are PS/2 based) this allows the use of any modern mouse including those that use wireless communications.
Amiga 500 Restauration: Revitalizing an Amiga 500. While seriously on a retro-trip I thought it to be cool having an Amiga 500 again. I found a well treated machine on EBay that even came along with an original Commodore A590 disk drive. Needless to say, a machine from the 80s might well be in good optical shape but a lot can happen in a time period of nearly 30 years.
A590 ROM, Bus Power: ROM update, no external PSU. The Commodore A590 is quite an interesting harddrive. It comes along with actually two controllers. One of them is for cheap XT harddrives (mine came with one, non-working of course). The other controller is a classic SCSI controller that provides internal and external ports. Furthermore, the A590 can host up to 2 MB DRAM (256k x 4 chips). Luckily for me, I was able to obtain 8 of these chips (in exchange for a genuine MC68000P8). This way, I could double the available RAM for this particular Amiga of mine.
3x Kickstart in one EPROM: Kickstart 1.3, 1.4alpha and 3.1 in one 1MB EPROM. Amiga ROM images prior to 2.0 are 256k (262144 Bytes) in size. The later versions are fitted into 512k ROMs. I was going to upgrade my (new) Amiga 500 to Kickstart 3.1 but wanted to retain the ability to switch to 1.3.
Bambi The Amiga 1200 Web Server. Hosted Sites: : The Amiga Image to Disk Service, Amiga history guide, Ryu's Show Reports, WWW Server, AmigaOS 3.9 Manual & WaveGuide Manual.
ReBuild: Amiga Reaction GUI Builder (Remake of ClassMate)
Toysoft Development Inc. {ARCHIVED 5 Jun 1997}: Welcome to Toysoft Development Inc. At Toysoft we bring the world to you. Products: Air Mail Pro is a commerical Internet email client for WorkBench 2.x and WorkBench 3.x. Air Mail Pro is only commerical program that supports both MUI and ClassAct GUI enviornments.
Turbo Card A630rev3 FPU: Turbo Card A630rev3 FPU 64/128MB. CPU: 68030RC50, working speed 50MHz. FPU: 68882FN40, working speed 50MHz. Memory: Option 64MB or 128MB. Next version of A630rev2 card with addeed FPU. FPU mode - synchronous operation only. Tested with A300 motherboard
Creating large partitions for Workbench 3.1 (youtube): In my x-bench setup video I mentioned that there is a limit within Workbench 3.1 for using hard drive partitions above 4gb which is incorrect. There is no such limit and in this weeks video I show you how to create large partitions. Its actually very simple. Massive thanks to Daedalus and Jope from EAB for explaining just how simple is actually is!
Star Wars Dark Forces released": {Thread @ EAB where BSzili announces the release of his Amiga version. Includes links to the Amiga version, Game data, Source code & Development thread}
Reign Of Fire BBS Group: Dedicated to C-Net. Running the latest C-Net Amiga Pro, C-Net DS-2 and C-Net 128 bulletin Board Systems. Our first BBS went up in 1991-1993 / 2010-Present. Nostalgia HQ. C-Net. The oldest Commodore BBS Software still being developed today! Powered by the Commodore Buisness Machine.
Interview with Laurent Zorawski: There's no doubt that a lot of news revolves around Laurent Zorawski. We contacted him to ask questions on a number of subjects, including his role as an Amiga reseller (at Amedia Computer), the creation of AAA Technology, the AmigaOne X5040 and A1222 and his future projects.
Aseprite Script: Amiga IFF/ILBM Exporter: Have you ever wished that you could draw your pixel art in Aseprite and then export your creation to an IFF/ILBM file so that you can use it directly in your Amiga game development creations? Well now you can! This Aseprite script will allow you to convert your colour indexed sprite to an Amiga IFF/ILBM formatted file. You can then copy this file to your Amiga computer or Amiga emulation folder to load directly into Deluxe Paint V for further editing or directly into your AMOS Professional, Blitz Basic 2 or RedPill game engine project for immediate use. Or for any other projects where you need an IFF image file.
Aseprite: Aseprite lets you create 2D animations for videogames. From sprites, to pixel-art, retro style graphics, and whatever you like about the 8-bit and 16-bit era.
Prismatic Realms: Prismatic Realms, Inc. is an independent video game developer based near Halifax, Canada. Our primary focus is the creation of video games that are inspired by, or are remakes, sequels, and spiritual successors of the classics while still retaining their original charm and essence. By classic games we are, of course, referring to the 2D gaming era of arcades, computer systems and video game consoles of the 70's, 80's and 90's. Systems such as the Commodore 64, Amiga, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Sega Genesis and the original PlayStation. While these systems were the birthplace of many of the game concepts that we find in today's games, they are not our only source of inspiration. "Our mission is to channel this tempest of nostalgic energy into creating the kinds of games that reminds us of the ones we grew up playing, albeit with a bit of modern design and flair thrown into the mix.". Commodore 64 & Amiga game music remade as Hollywood style epic film scores.
Amiga Assembly for Visual Studio Code: Amiga Assembly for Visual Studio Code is a extension to support assembly language for the Amiga Motorola 68000 machines and emulators.
AssetBundleManager: A simple tool for managing asset bundles used with Scorpion Engine. Drag/drop assets between bundles to rearrange them. Create, delete and rename asset bundles. Assign orphan assets to an asset bundle.
NostalgicPlayer: Modules are relatively small files which contains various sound samples and information on how they should be played. This way of making music goes a long way back, and even at the time of the Commodore 64 the concept was used. But it was on the Amiga computer it really started off. The original type of modules were made with a program called SoundTracker, but since then a lot of different module types have shown up, all of them offering different features - such as more sound channels, more samples, realtime echo and so on. NostalgicPlayer is a program that can play these modules. NostalgicPlayer is a Windows version of the APlayer, which was started on the Amiga computer back in 1993, later continued on BeOS, and was a reaction to the lack of good module players for the Amiga.
Zorro-LAN-IDE: This is a Zorro-expansion card for the big Amigas (A2000/300/4000 or A500 with Zorro-interface). It has a SANAII-compatible Ethernet driver, an AT-BUS compatible IDE controller and a clockport for variuous expansions like a RapidRoard from Individual Computers.
Amiga 1200D Indivision-AGA MKII Installation: This post is a step-by-step tutorial for installation of the IndivisionAGA MKII hardware into an Amiga 1200 Desktop machine. The target Amiga already has a FastATA fitted and there are some extra (easy) steps that will be necessary in order to allow these two peripherals to be fitted together in the machine at the same time.
CDTV 3FFF Problem ; Diagnosis ; Repair: Diagnosis and Repair of a Commodore CDTV unit which has a strange ‘3FFF’ problem. In the first part, below, I diagnose. In the next part (coming soon, will be added here) I repair.
Rescued CDTV from the crusher: A good find... It’s a chore to find yourself lugging junk down to the tip. But every now and then you happen across a diamond in the rough! Today was my day to score as I spotted a Commodore CDTV unit lurking in a dark corner of the electrical disposal area. She was looking poorly and in desperate need of rescue. Needless to say I took on the challenge, plucking her from the ruin (yoink!) and saving her from certain destruction. I am now the proud owner of a CDTV unit!
Amiga 500 eaten alive!: I’m having some fun messing around with a few of my old retro computers at the moment and, inspired by EEV Blog’s recent teardown and successful boot of a 25 year old Amiga 500 I decided to get my old girl down from the attic and give her a go. Unfortunately my attempts were rather less successful! I was met with the dreaded blinking power LED and a continuous cycle of repeated resets. Drat. What could possibly have gone wrong after a mere quarter of a century? A quick look under the cover revealed the very obvious culprit: Amiga A500+ Battery Leakage
The official AZTEC online Museum: Welcome to the Wonderfully Ancient World of Aztec C.
AmiWorld On-Line: {Italian Amiga site. Interviews, Reports, Programs, and much more!}
AmiDevCpp {ARCHIVED 20 Mar 2012}: AmiDevCpp is an Integrated Cross Platform Development Environment for Windows, that helps you to comfortable develop C/C++ Applications for the AmigaOS (m68k), AmigaOS4 (PPC), MorphOS(PPC) and for AROS (i386, ppc and x86_64). In the best case, you can just select another Compilerset and compile the same program for different Platforms.
AMIGA RULEZ {ARCHIVED 16 Oct 2004}: {Swedish Amiga site. News, Top 10, Forums and more!}
AMIGA-Resistance: {German Amiga site. News, Chat, Forums, Downloads, Knowledge base and much more!}
The Amiga CD32 Blog: {Blog about the CD32}

8 Nov 2023

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Still chugging away on V2.0 of the site. But in the meantime I'm happy to report, at my current rate, I should hit 1000+ (Currently at 840 this year alone!) links added this year by mid December! For those who say the Amiga is dead I say NAY!

  - While we all know deep down in the bottom of our hearts there's a snowballs chance in HELL of us getting new classic Amigas from the REAL owners of the Amiga IP, mainly because we still don't know who the HELL owns what, Retro Games has released this video showing the TIMELINE of their future products. The exciting news is PHASE TWO which shows a Q4 2023 major, product update, Q1 2024 new mini console launched, Q3 2024 new accessory launched, Q4 NEW FULL SIZE AMIGA CONSOLE LAUNCHED, Q1 2025 new full size console launched, Q3 another new full sized console launched and PHASE THREE to be announced late 2024.

   Say what you will about them at least they have a PROVEN track record of delivering products! I for one wish them ALL THE BEST and can't wait to see that full size Amiga. Will it be just like their 'the C64'? Most likely but if it can be modded to run OS3.3 along with Amikit? Holy CRAP would that be GREAT!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

The October OS4 monthly roundup has been released. AmigaOldSkooler does a WONDERFUL job of covering Amiga 38, Amiwest 2023 and the upcoming release of the A1222+ for 1599 EUR. Critical observation here... Once again that is a serious chunk of change to spend to be able to dip your toes into the OS4 universe... As always his roundup needs to be mandatory reading for all OS4 users!
As always it's nice to see IBrowse is still being updated.
A new version of AMIKIT XE has been released. Just curious... Why the HELL are they not in change of Amiga OS development?
amiga-news.de has reported on a project by Jason 'jasonsbeer' Neus and his enhanced replica A2630 expansion CPU board. As always... I support ALL projects that build upon and improve recreating legacy devices!
amiga-news.de reports that Linux Kernel 6.6 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000 has been released by Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky. GREAT JOB!!
New event: AmiCamp 2024 in Ilisia, Greece. This looks like a fun way to spend a weekend next April!
New event: Interface Kiel in Schwentinental, DE.
New event: AmigaWinterTreffen located in Großensee, Germany.

Amiga Legal News Update

- Can someone turn the damn lights on??? Today's Theme

New Links (30) YTD (840)

Welcome to The Official A-MAX Home Page: The Apple Macintosh (c) Emulator for the Amiga (c) personal computer. There is a LOT of stuff in these local pages - I have attempted to make this site one-stop shopping site for A-Max users. The User Page is for want ads or questions to other A-Max users. Come on in, look around, and join in, and please share any A-Max knowledge or experience you have...
ShapeShifter - A 68k Mac emulator for AmigaOS: What is ShapeShifter? ShapeShifter is a multitasking Macintosh-II emulator for the Amiga and DraCo computers. It allows to run Macintosh software concurrently to Amiga applications without hardware add-ons or modifications.
Basilisk II: What is Basilisk II? Basilisk II is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator. That is, it allows you to run 68k MacOS software on your computer, even if you are using a different operating system. However, you still need a copy of MacOS and a Macintosh ROM image to use Basilisk II. Basilisk II is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Armiga Project {ARCHIVED 06 Nov 2021}: The machine, which we call the Armiga, is a beautiful piece of modern technology. It’s built around a modern Dual Core ARM CPU, that plays together with our custom made floppy controller. This is the key of the machine: We’ve developed our own controller, able of reading Amiga disks, decode them and make them available for executing. Sounds simple, right?. The Armiga aims to emulate both the Amiga 500 with 1MB of RAM and Amiga 1200 with 2MB of RAM as close as possible to the original ones. And for you not to get your hands dirty, fully legal copies of Kickstart 1.3 and 3.1 are provided with every Armiga!
Street Fighter 1 Amiga 500: This is my port of street fighter 1 for the Amiga 500 using scorpion engine.
AmiAuthenticator: AmiAuthenticator is a 2FA code generator for the Amiga compatible with many sites out there that use 2FA. It generates TOTP (Time based one time passwords) codes using SHA1 or SHA256. Similar (non-Amiga) applications are Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator and FreeOTP. You can use these codes to secure your access to various sites eg GitHub, LastPass, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram.
DrawerGenie: DrawerGenie is a commodity for Amiga OS that lets you add basic toolbars to Workbench drawer windows. These give you some simple DOpus-like functionality in Workbench, for example, defining a destination window and sending selected files to it, copying and pasting files, switching view modes, sorting files, packing/unpacking archives and more. File operations show a progress bar, are asynchronous and can be cancelled. DrawerGenie is an entry into the 2023 Amiga Tool Jam in the Commodity category.
WhiteboardAGA: {A simple white board program to capture a quick sketch dome with the mouse}
Closer: Closer is an incredible new tool, designed to streamline your Amiga Workbench life. Closer will take away the chore of closing windows for you - no more fumbling around, trying to click on that close gadget. Let Closer do it for you! Closer is an entry into the Amiga Tool Jam 2023 in the "Most useless tool" category...
SORThodontist: Amiga Tool to help you sort things by your preference
c2p.library: c2p.library is a fast lowlevel Amiga shared library for chunky2planar conversion. c2p.library is designed to run the core loop entirely into the CPU instruction cache, resulting a very fast conversion. being a standard Amiga shared library, you can use c2p.library with your favourite development language. c2p.library can convert chunky data in any resolution, up to 2 Mpx. features: convert 8 bit chunky buffer to 1-8 bitplanes planar Bitmap, fully OS compliant, automatic CPU detection to select the best conversion algorithm
David Kinder's guide to Adventure downloads at the Interactive Fiction Archive: The Interactive Fiction Archive is the site for the rec.games.int-fiction newsgroup. It's a fascinating place to explore and has a lot of source code and executable programs for 'Adventure,' info on the history of the game, and info on interactive fiction in general. You will probably find a version of 'Adventure' that you can run on your machine here. Thanks to David Kinder, we have this nicely formatted list of all the versions they have available.
Canonical List of Commodore Products, Updated 2013-12-08: Last updated: Dec 08th, 2014. Here is the newest edition of the Canonical List of Commodore Products. It contains informations on every piece of Commodore equipment I have heard of to date. Please help me weed out all the inconsistencies and nail down all the information. This list was conceived and created by Jim Brain (*@*.com). This list is now being maintained by Bo Zimmerman (b...@zimmers.net).
AmiBong: Software, Games and Fun for Amiga OS4 {Downloads and high score tracker for: Spencer, Bubble Shooter DX, Swamp Defense (1 & 2), Alinearis, Quartet, M.A.C.E, Tap Jewels, Balance Blox, A Frog Game, Santa's Monster Shootout, Dodge these Balls, Bubbelsche & River Pirates}
pt2-clone: ProTracker 2 clone for Windows/macOS/Linux, by 8bitbubsy. Aims to be a highly accurate clone of the classic ProTracker 2.3D software for Amiga. Has additional audio filters and audio mixer improvements to make it sound close to a real Amiga computer.
webkitty for AmigaOS 4: This repository is a fork of https://github.com/jacadcaps/webkitty and the work we do here is to port the WebKit GTK to AmigaOS 4 based on the work that was done on MorphOS. This is necessary for building a new up-to-date browser.
Emu68-tools: Utilities for your m68k Raspberry Pi: Welcome to my Emu68 companion project. The intention behind Emu68-tools is to separate the software written for the AArch32/AArch64 host and software and tools written for the m68k side of Emu68. The tools include resources, libraries and (in future) small applications which will allow to monitor or control behaviour of Emu68.
Project Gemini: Gemini is a new internet technology supporting an electronic library of interconnected text documents. That's not a new idea, but it's not old fashioned either. It's timeless, and deserves tools which treat it as a first class concept, not a vestigial corner case. Gemini isn't about innovation or disruption, it's about providing some respite for those who feel the internet has been disrupted enough already. We're not out to change the world or destroy other technologies. We are out to build a lightweight online space where documents are just documents, in the interests of every reader's privacy, attention and bandwidth.
Gemini Browser AmiGemini with Installer: AmiGemini is a browser for AmigaOS that supports the Gemini protocol. Gemini is sort of another http network which is called Gemini. It is heavier than gopher but lighter than the web we all know today. I have been using AmiGemini since the first release and it is therefore very cool to see active development of it.
AMI-RGB2VGAULTIMATE: AMI-RGB2VGAULTIMATE is a "revised-revised" RGB to VGA adapter for the Amiga A500-A600-A2000 and A1200-A4000, with unique improvements: Fully buffered Composite HSync and VSync signals. Selectable CSync signal for those lucky guys who own a Sony PVM monitor. Impedance matched inputs and outputs. Fully high quality buffered video signals. Fully filtered spurious input frequencies: no more vertical bars on LCD screens! Four user selectable filter settings: precisely match your display resolution for perfect quality! Smaller than the original 390682-01/03 VGA dongle by commodore
DrawerGenie: DrawerGenie is a commodity for Amiga OS that lets you add basic toolbars to Workbench drawer windows. These give you some simple DOpus-like functionality in Workbench, for example, defining a destination window and sending selected files to it, copying and pasting files, switching view modes, sorting files, packing/unpacking archives and more. File operations show a progress bar, are asynchronous and can be cancelled.
Alexandre Balaban: {Home page of Alexandre Balaban. Creator of: OS4 CompareDirs, WacomTablet drivers, Ftdp, X1kTemo.docky, OS4 FTP Mount, and more}
Norwegians want to make a new Amiga: {Norwegian - translated description} The Amiga X is supposed to be an emulator-based machine that you can have under the TV. Do you miss the old Amiga platform from the 80s? In that case, you are not alone. Norwegian company Emubee has announced Amiga X , an emulator-based Amiga system that is scheduled to come with a number of pre-installed games, and a built-in database that lets you find and download up to 2,200 Amiga classics from the web.
Amiga Workbench Demos: Date: 1984-01. Coder: Dale Luck, Robert J. Mical. Info: According to the legend, the Boing Ball demo was written late one night at the Winter CES show in January 1984 by RJ Mical and Dale Luck. At the time it was an amazing achievement that surpassed all current systems of the time. Because the bouncing ball animation was so fast and smooth, attendees did not believe the Amiga prototype was really doing the rendering. Suspecting a trick, they began looking around the booth for a hidden computer or VCR.
Amiga Software (Bestandteil der Black-Zone Mailbox CD) {ARCHIVED 1 May 2007}: {Various Amiga Demos: A3000 Demo - Hires, C= Desktop Video Master Picture Show, Demo für Schulen von Studio5 (1988) - OS1.3, Weihnachten 1986 - OS 1.2/68000 CPU, Appetizer Demodiskette, A500 Demo von CBM Niedelande - OS1.3, Amiga Workbench vom 8.12.1987 - OS1.3/1MB, CBM Multitasking-Demo von 1985 - OS1.2/1.3, Amiga 1000 Workbench Demos (ECA) - OS1.2 & Amiga 1000 Musikdemo - OS1.2/1.3.}
The Portable A500 Mini and How It Ended Up in a Pub: The A500 Mini is a nifty recreated retro computer that can be made to run any classic Amiga software. Here's how to turn it into a portable device using an Android tablet as a screen to bring it to the pub for field-testing. And I shot a video doing it! Let me show you, it's fun.
CHAL: {Polish: Covering AmyParty events and more}
Amiga Hardware Ideas: This is now completely obsolete but I've left it here as it contains quite a few ideas some of which may still be relevant. N.B. 28th November 1998. After placing my last set of designs on the web I had some comments from Dave Haynie which I kept in mind when I decided to redesign them. I then sent the new designs to the head of Gateway 2000 to see what they thought in early June 1997. I didn't get any response unfortunately so rather than leaving my designs sitting around my Hard Disc I'm now placing them on the Web.
Amiga PS/2 Mouse Adapter: PIC based PS/2 to Amiga Mouse. Properly functioning Amiga compatible mouses have naturally become quite rare these days. Consequently, ways are needed to make standard mouses usable for the Amiga. One variant I applied in the 90s was to put the Amiga mouse PCB inside a PC mouse. Another choice for the protocol conversion task are the popular microcontrollers. The best adapter I found so far is the PIC MCU based approach by Denis Sotchenko (http://ps2m.sotchenko.ru/). While many other Amiga hardware projects are available for purchase only, this one is completely open source. Practically all current mouses come along with a USB plug. As I didn't want to incorporate an additional adapter, I directly soldered a USB-A-Socket instead of the PS/2 to my PCB. The mouse protocol is of course still PS/2 in this case and needs to be supported by the particular mouse.
Amiga PS/2 Wheel Mouse Controller {ARCHIVED 29 Apr 2007}: RS-232C mice were accessible for Amiga users - there was some software drivers and hardware controllers. But it is not good solution because of described above. PS/2 mice were not accessible on Amiga at very long time - but this time now is in the past. PS/2 mouse can work on Amiga with my controller too well as works native Amiga mouse. But you can ask - why you will do my controller, if your Amiga mouse works similarily?

31 Oct 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! After 21 years look who has returned... AMIGAMAN!! Older... FATTER... and a bit grayer... Here to fight for hardest hardware, the softest software and the BEST damn OS this side of the galactic multiverse! ;-)

Happy Halloween from Amigaman!!! (2002 & 2023)

Interesting... Keep an eye on

For your reading pleasure here is A Complete Report On Amiga38
Here's a picture of OS 3.3 alpha. Very cool!
New issue: Amiga Future #165 has been published
New issue: REV'n'GE!' #152 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

- Standing by to stand by... Today's Theme

New Links (30) YTD (810)

Gateway buys bankrupt Amiga : Gateway 2000 (GATE) today announced plans to acquire former multimedia leader and currently bankrupt Amiga Technologies. Gateway believes the acquisition of the German company, an early groundbreaker in multimedia technology, combining computer graphics, animation, and film sequences with stereo sound, will bolster its position with intellectual property and improve its stake in emerging technologies, while rescuing the company from liquidation.
Gateway 2000 Acquires Amiga Technologies: Amiga pulled from the ashes of bankrupt ESCOM. After what sometimes seemed like an infinite delay, the latest chapter in the Amiga saga has finally come to an end, or perhaps more accurately, a transition. Gateway 2000, a major US PC manufacturer, has made an offer to acquire the assets of Amiga Technologies, and the future, if nothing else, is wide open. For any who may not have seen it, here, once again, unaltered, is the press release from March 27th, 1997.
Picasso Mailing List Questions & Answers {ARCHIVED 03 Mar 2000}: If you have questions relating in some way to the Picasso board, you may find an answer below. If you do not find the answer, please ask on the Picasso Mailing List (see Using the Picasso Mailing List below.) If your question is relevant to others, I will -- provided I find the time -- add the question and answer to this list.
Amiga Fans Buoyed by Pending Gateway Deal {ARCHIVED 06 Dec 1998}: Amiga enthusiasts are keeping their fingers crossed now that a German bankruptcy court has accepted an offer by Gateway 2000 to buy the assets of Amiga Technologies, which fell on hard times last year after pioneering multimedia applications for computers. "Amiga has been in limbo for a long time," Dale Larson, president of Intangible Assets Manufacturing, said Friday. "Users of Amiga computers have been tearing their hair out." IAM produces a variety of products for the Amiga platform. "Gateway has a lot of resources and they have a management that understands technology," Larson said. "If they apply these things to Amiga, it can only be a good thing."
Intangible Assets Manufacturing (IAM) {ARCHIVED 29 Jan 1997}: {homepage of IAM founded by ex-Commodore Engineer Dale L. Larson. MRBackup 2.5, backup your Amiga harddrives to floppy or tape. MegaBall4 is the classic Amiga game in a huge new commercial package with loads of new features. Connect Your Amiga! A Guide to the Internet, LANs, BBSs and Online Services the critically acclaimed book about Amiga networking and telecommunications, updated for 1996. A set of eight freely redistributable disks to help you Connect Your Amiga! Amiga Envoy peer-to-peer networking software. The Deathbed Vigil and other tales of digital angst a highly-rated film by the famous engineer Dave Haynie. DiskSalv4, the new and improved version of the Amiga disk tools you've always loved. Available only in industrial strength. A cool Amiga T-shirt. An even cooler Amiga T-shirt ("I Have MegaBalls"). The coolest Amiga T-Shirt: The DeathBed Vigil Shirt (complete with loads of Amiga Engineer signatures) & DICE integrated C development environment for the Amiga.}
Amiga's New Parent Company {ARCHIVED 02 Feb 1999}: April 2, 1997 - Dr. Amiga chats with Gateway's COO Rick Snyder
HD-Zone: Welcome to HD-Zone! You can download and register the Remote Desktop client for Amiga compatible systems!
Remote Desktop Clients: The Remote Desktop client allows computers running the MorphOS, Amiga OS4, or Amiga 68K or compatible Operating System to connect to Microsoft Windows XP Pro, 2000 Server (with Terminal Services), Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista (Business/Ultimate/Enterprise) and Windows 7 Beta for remote management and operability. It allows the user to fully use the remote computer from any location - as long as both machines are online and remote desktop has been enabled on the Windows host.
Amithlon Kernel Information: Below you can download updated Kernels for Amithlon and the associated Drivers. Note: these kernels were written by Gary Colville. I take no responsilibity for them at all. I am only providing them for download. Please visit his web page and make sure you make a donation to him!
KAffe: This is "Kaffe", a virtual machine which allows the execution of Java code. {Amiga M68k version}
Amiga - the love affair that won't end {ARCHIVED 16 Jan 1998}: IN CLOSETS all over the country, they lurk ready to strike back. Behind old football trophies, under dirty washing, wedged between long-discarded hockey sticks and Thompson Twins vinyl albums, they wait. The Commodore Amiga is set for a revival if the diehard users who have kept the flame alight for the last few years have their way. The recent acquisition of the Amiga technology by Fortune 500 company Gateway2000 has made Amigans, long the outcasts of the computing world dare to hope. Hope that the system they have devoted so much time and energy to will be resurrected.
Ottawa Amiga Show 2002: Mini report of the 2002 Ottawa Amiga Show in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Amiga 98 - St.Louis USA.: {Report of the 1998 Amiga 98 show March 13-15, 1998 in St. Louis, USA}
Amiga 4000T and A4000-060 Accelerator: I had the opportunity recently to acquire a new Amiga 4000T/060. When I opened the box I was surprised to find a previously unknown (to me) 68060 accelerator...see the unboxing below. I will follow up shortly with more information and benchmarks... {Has pictures of the manual}
68060 Comparison Chart: This chart is an attempt to help the AMIGA user in a (now used) purchasing decision. {Quikpak 4060T, 4000-060 XP, Phase 5 Cyberstorm MK-2, GVP-M T-Rexx II, Phase 5 Cyberstorm MK-3, ACT Apollo 3/4060, Phase 5 Blizzard 1260, DKB Wildfire 060, GVP A2000 060 & Phase 5 Blizzard 2060}
Amiga ECS and the deception of: “Read my lips – no new chips”: As we all know, the Amiga was a marvellous machine that, upon its introduction, brought about a real revolution in all fields: from the fabulous chipset that gave us graphics and sound never seen before in the consumer field, to the extremely fast multitasking OS with a practical and simple graphical interface that relieved us from typing abstruse commands. Unfortunately, Commodore did not know how to capitalise on the incredible technological advantage it had in its hands, and preferred to play it cool by procrastinating its development and evolution for several years, lulled by the enormous distance that the competition of the time was in.
A Complete Report On Amiga38: Always wanted to go to an Amiga event but never had the chance? Are you an addicted but just missed this one by this much? Read our complete report and find yourself at home.
The Draco Compiler, etc.: This page contains .ZIP archives of much of my Amiga work done in Draco. This stuff can be run on many systems (e.g. Linux and Windows) using UAE, the Universal Amiga Emulator, available online. My Ubuntu-based Linux distribution includes it, ready for installation. To use it, you will need an Amiga ROM and system disk, which are available for a small fee at: amigaforever.com. I purchased their Android version, and copied the needed images from there to my Linux system. More information on the Draco compiler, etc. can be seen on my CP/M archives page. The Amiga version generates code for the Motorola MC68000 processor instead of the Intel 8080 processor, of course.
Amiga Software and Hardware hacks: Below are a few of my Amiga hacks. I intend to continue the development of these eventually, but currently time is not at hand. If you have suggestions or comments about the programs don't hesitate to send them to me. To the right you can find links to some hardware hacks I have collected. Some are my own design, others are from the Aminet.
Amiga Schematics and Manuals {ARCHIVED 25 Jul 2011}: Amiga Schematics and Manuals {Lots of schematics and manuals to be found here}
The Big Old Chip List Amiga Custom Chips {ARCHIVED x13 Feb 2005}: Way back in 1989, when I worked for one of the many CBM divisions, I kept a paper that had a list of custom chips that I ran across in my work. The list got a lot of requests and kept growing. When CBM went under I moved the list over to AmigaGuide. It is a simple idea. It is a AmigaGuide sorted by the chip name and its function. Within that there is information on the full chip name, CBM Part Number and Machines used in. The guide covers machines from A500 to A4000T (and AA3000/A3000+) and CDTV(II) to CD32. OCS to AAA chipsets. Cards such as Gemini & A2631.
Distributed Amiga: The Amiga RC5 Team effort/Distributed Amiga focuses on exposure for the Amiga and the enthusiasm and loyalty which the Amiga community is known for. It's not about winning, but the fun of participation, and showing that the underdog can have a set of sharp teeth :) {Currently ranked # 6 in the RC5-72 challenge}
AMIGAworld: We are still alive! Running AmigaOS and MorphOS on the Motorola 680x0 and PowerPC Family {Currently ranked # 180 in the RC5-72 challenge}
eXretro Amiga Gallery: Images of various Amiga hardware. All images photographed by me [eXeler0]. {lots of pictures. Amiga computers & consoles: Variious shots of cases etc 68 images, Motherboards_and_Custom_Chips: 61 images, Accelerators_and_CPUs: 67 images, Keyboards: 20 images, Peripherals: 15 images, Software_and_OS: 19 images, Scans of old Articles and Ads: 29 images, Gallery of Amiga 3d renders: 7 images & Misc: 77 images}
Amiga Indie Hardware Projects Wiki - Start Page: Welcome to this DokuWiki page where we (the Amiga community) help each other to create a good and up to date listing of ongoing indie Amiga hardware projects. Amiga in 2021 is still very much alive and it is actually quite remarkable how many new things are still being produced by hardware enthusiasts.
SDI's main page: {pages for: xad-master, xpk-master, BinHex, GetCRC, GrabKick, HunkFunc, MakeMountList, ProcessIcon, reko.datatype, xfdmaster.library and many more programs!}
RekoNet home page: {Cardsets database for the Reko card game. Some will work with Klondike AGA.}
The PARNET Page: Welcome to the PARNET Page. PARNET is a PARALLEL PORT Amiga-Amiga Network, effectively letting you have a gateway between 2 Amigas, copy & run files, and using PNetkeys, emulate using the mouse and keyboard on the remote machine.
The J-Net Home Page: J-Net is a PARALLEL C64 - Amiga network, effectively letting you have a C= 64 Hard drive, or copy files from your Amiga to a C64/1541. It is much less expensive than a CMD, and is as expandable as your Amiga!
The Commodore Billboard: Why another Commodore oriented web site you might ask? Find out more about the concept of The Commodore Billboard, and the intentions of preserving marketing material from some of the most popular machines from the early days of computing. Brochures: In this section you'll find many official brochures that were available at Commodore retailers during the eighties and early nineties. Commercials: Here you'll find tons of genuine Commodore TV-commercials, radio commercials, promotional videos and much more. Miscellaneous: Commodore sponsorships, exhibition adverts and promotional items.

25 Oct 23

Today's Highlights
- It's never easy to say goodbye... You were one heck of a good little buddy!

We LOVE you Cali!!

24 Oct 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! I wish I could say turning 22 feels different than turning 21 but to be honest it doesn't. Regardless I'm glad we're still here!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

New event: Not quite sure how I missed this one... The Toronto Pet USers Group is hosting the Commodore World of Commodore 2023 in Ontario Canada. Looks to be a very good event!
Hold and Modify does a quick video comparing his A4000/060, A3000/060 and A1200/PiStorm running lightwave. tl;dw... The PiStorm wins! Enjoy! A1200 PiStorm32 Vs '060 in A3000, A4000!
New issue: Boing #7 has been published
New issue: Amiga Future #165 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

- Seriously... We just had the two largest Amiga events of the year and there's nothing new to report??? WHY???? Today's Theme

New Links (30) YTD (780)

FF OSD: On Screen Display for FlashFloppy: On Screen Display and keyboard controller for FlashFloppy. Send FlashFloppy output to your computer's video display. Control FlashFloppy via your Amiga keyboard (optional). FF OSD also emulates the popular LCD I2C interface, allowing connection to a wider range of hardware which traditionally uses an LCD.
CompetitionProStarMini: A replacement PCB for the Competition Pro Mini and Pro Star Mini (with autofire) Joysticks to easily replace failing microswitches with modern parts.
AmiPET: A simple Arduino Shield which offers the possibility to use Amiga keyboards on Commodore PET computers. It uses the Arduino to communicate with an Amiga keyboard and control a M3493B2 Crosspoint to switch the PET keyboard matrix.
World of Commodore 2023: Welcome to World of Commodore 2023. As always our Speakers, Exhibitors, and Vendors are an integral part of the event. Please join us for our captivating presentations, great community discussion, exhibits, products, services, the freebie table, and more!
SpriteSplitter: Simple QoL tool for splitting a spritesheet image into separate images to be used in Scorpion Engine. This allows user to save time when updating spritesheets by automating this process.
Denise: Amiga compatible home computer system PCB/DIY High quality TG-155/ENIG PCB. Denise is more than just another reverse engineered Commodore Amiga© Clone. She's a work of art, just like the original. Her anonymous Swedish creator has worked on the design in his spare time for over ten years. There is no exact match but Denise can easiest be described as a compact A500+ compatible motherboard with two Zorro2 slots and a few additional features.
You Can Now Order A Brand-New Amiga PCB: The Commodore 64 has been pulled apart, reverse engineered, replicated, and improved upon to no end over the last four decades or so. The Amiga 500 has had less attention, in part due to its greater level of sophistication. However, you can now order a brand-new Amiga-compatible PCB if you’re looking to put together a machine from surplus parts. The design is known as Denise, and is apparently the work of an anonymous Swedish designer according to the Tindie listing. It’s not a direct replica of any one Amiga machine. Instead, it’s best described as “a compact A500+ compatible motherboard with two Zorro2 slots and a few additional features.”
amiga-DSKRDY: This is a small mod board that will provide a DSKRDY signal for drives which don't have one - commonly the case with "PC" disk drives. Often there are modifications out there which claim to provide a !DSKRDY signal, but they are not actually proper !DSKRDY signals... this can cause issues with some disk routines and will show up as an issue in Amiga Test Kit, for example.
The Xena Research Project: In this series of articles, I will be documenting my research into the Xena chip and its integration with the new Xorro expansion slot. Along the way, I hope to shed some light on the potential power of this unique creation opportunity that A-EON has brought to its latest line of AmigaONE computers, and to demonstrate how you can utilize it to create your own software and/or hardware projects.
Amiga ASCII art: In my thesis, I study Amiga ASCII text art. Amiga ASCII is a form of text art where the composition of letter characters set in the Amiga computer's font forms a two-dimensional representation or image. The Amiga scene is a subculture of computer enthusiasts that was popular in the 1990s. At its core are the logos and other visual materials created for BBS systems and the competitive rivalry among artists who create text art over their image-making prowess.
Console5.com: {Listings for **ALL** their Commodore repair parts. Amiga and 8 Bit. Lots of capacitor replacement kits and more to be found here}
Restored Amiga 500 Is Blue – And Glows In The Dark: Few things are as satisfying to watch as a good retrocomputer restoration project – we’re always happy to see someone bring a rusty old Commodore, Apple or Atari back to life. The goal is typically to get the machine as close to its original state as possible, except for perhaps a few non-intrusive mods like memory upgrades. [Drygol] however, had already done this so many times that he thought it was time to take a different route for once, and apply some creativity to an old Amiga 500 case. Originalists may shudder, but we quite like his funky blue-and-yellow A500 mod.
Scratch Built Amiga 2000 Stacks Up The Mods: Around these parts, we most often associate [Drygol] with his incredible ability to bring damaged or even destroyed vintage computers back to life with a seemingly endless bag of repair and restoration techniques. But this time around, at the request of fellow retro aficionado [MrTrinsic], he was given a special assignment — to not only build a new Amiga 2000 from scratch, but to pack it with so many mods that just physically fitting them into the case would be a challenge in itself.
The Linux/m68k Home Pages: What is Linux/m68k? Linux/m68k is the port of the Linux operating system to run on systems using Motorola's 68020, 68030, 68040 and 68060 microprocessors. Linux/m68k, like other Linux ports, is source compatible with Linux on other platforms. Current releases of the m68k kernel are stable on the Amiga, Atari, many Apple Macintosh models, and several VMEbus single-board computers from BVM, Motorola and Tadpole. In addition, ports are underway (with varying levels of progress) to the HP 9000/300 series, the NeXT workstation (black hardware), the Q40 and Q60, and Sun 3 series workstations.
Tech Blog – 8520 Complex Interface Adapter Specification: Description/Part #318029-01. The complex interface adapter (CIA) is a 65xx Bus compatible peripherial interface device with extremely flexible timing and I/O capabilities. See Figure 2 for block diagram.
RastPort: RastPort designs and manufactures accesories and expansions for Amiga computers. KA59 – Mechanical keyboard (A1200), KA02 – External PCMCIA adapter (A1200), KA12 – Serial port MIDI interface (all), KA21 – Hardware Gayle reset fix (A1200), KA37 – Angle PCMCIA connector 90° (A600/1200), KA47 – Single port IDE adapter for SD2IDE converter, (A600/1200), KA60 – Dual port (2.5"/3.5") IDE adapter for SD2IDE converter (A600/1200)
Amiga, Assembler and System: Most of assembler programming courses for Amiga ignore its operating system and ways of using it. Authors pay attention to using the CPU and chipset directly via their hardware registers, bypassing the OS. It is often unavoidable when writing games or scene demos, because it is the fastest way. On the other hand the operating system can save a lot of work when writing application programs. Some of OS features may be also useful in a game or demo.
UF Project – Unicode Bitmap Font Engine: The aim of UF Project is to create a simple engine for Amiga to display Unicode text using bitmap fonts. Note that I'm not going to introduce Unicode system-wide. Only applications explicitly using the engine will have Unicode capabilities. Rationale. Why bitmap, while we have TrueType? – Vector fonts are nice, but: Look bad in low resolutions on palette based screens. TrueType hinting helps, but modern fonts are usually not hinted. Require more CPU power and memory. Bitmap Unicode fonts may be used even on bare Amiga 500.
Joker Archiv: {German} What a time it was when Michael Labiner ran the Joker publishing house and the PC Joker and the Amiga Joker were published every month. Unfortunately, both magazines went bankrupt and at some point the publisher did too. About 2 years later a new PC Joker was released with a new cast (new publisher)! Unfortunately, this joker was only alive for a little less than a year. This website is dedicated to these 3 magazines, the editorial teams and everything around them! You will also find many complete editions of the Amiga & PC Joker as well as the special issues. Have fun reading and reminiscing!
The Small Web: Gopher, Gemini & Spartan: {Presentation by Karl Jeacle for Amiga Ireland 2023}
Introduction to VBCC and Cross Compliation: {Presentation by KArl Jeacle for Amiga Ireland 2023}
Java and the Amiga: Karl Jeacle. June 1997. Spring 1995 saw the launch of Sun Microsystems' new portable programming language, Java. It took some time before multi-platform support became available, and it established itself as a technology which could bring interactivity to the WWW. Two years later, Java is still a buzzword in the computing magazines, and people are starting to realise that it has potential to do a lot more than just run "applets" on web pages.
Finale Development {ARCHIVED 25 Apr 2000}: Welcome to Finale Development's home on the world wide web. Finale Development is an up and coming developer that specilizes in applications for the Amiga line of computers. From its flagship browser Finale Web Cruiser to the ClassAct GUI development environment, Finale Development is pushing the limits of software to new heights on the Amiga! NewYork: Powerful NNTP news reader for the Amiga, ClassAct:BOOPSI Graphical User Interface development, Voodoo: The best e-mail program for any platform!, Digital Quill: Very user friendly text editor for the Amiga, WebFTP: Revolutionary web site management! Finale Web Cruiser: Development Suspended & MOca JVM: Development Suspended
Jay Minser Society for the Advancement of Personal Computing {ARCHIVED 19 May 2000}: The Jay Miner Society is an organization dedicated to the fostering of the spirit of the the Amiga. Working to the philosophy of Excellence through Simplicity, we are a user organization that has decided to finally take control of its own platform in order to guarantee its future. Our motto: we are the Amiga!
Run Java On An Amiga: In the modern world, we take certain tools for granted. High-level programming languages such as C or Python haven’t been around that long in the grand scheme of things, and Java has only existed since the ’90s. Getting these tools working on machines that predate them is more of a challenge than anything, and [Michael Kohn] was more than willing to tackle this one. He recently got Java running on a Commodore Amiga.
Amiga Java: Since Java Grinder (a Java byte-code compiler) already supports the Motorola 68000 CPU with the Sega Genesis I figured it shouldn't be too hard to extend the MC68000.cxx class to support the Commodore Amiga computer. More specifically, the original Amiga 1000.
Amiga Fast File System Recovery (affs): Amiga Recovery is a program that can read Amiga Fast Filesystem (AFFS) disk images and recover files off of them. I originally called this program Amiga Explorer but recently changed it because the name conflicted with another project. Next time I'll Google for the name first :).
Geek Gadgets {ARCHIVED 02 Jun 2004}: Geek Gadgets (GG) is a project organized by Cronus to produce and support AmigaOS and BeOS ports of dozens of the most popular development tools and utilities from the Free Software Foundation (FSF), BSD and other sources. Geek Gadgets provides virtually all the tools you need to get started programming on these platforms, including C, C++, Fortran, and ADA compilers, assembler, linker, EMACS editor, "make", source code control systems (rcs & cvs), text and file utilities, GNU debugger, text formatters (groff & TeX) and many more. It also provides a port of the X Window System (X11 R6.3). Have a look at the list of available packages for details.
World Wide Walrus - The Amiga Computer {ARCHIVED 25 Apr 1997}: {Nice History page about the Amiga}
News of the Amiga Computer {ARCHIVED 25 Apr 1997}: EXTRA! EXTRA! On March 27, 1997 Gateway 2000 (one of the largest U.S. based Intel clone manufacturers) officially purchased all rights to the technology and intellectual properties of the Amiga computer! Initial electronic press releases are short but promising: Rick Snyder, president and CEO of Gateway 2000 states that the "aquisition is good news for Gateway and customers of AMIGA," and that it will "strengthen [Gateway's] intellectual property position and invigorate a company that has been a pioneer in multimedia solutions and operating systems technology." Petro Tyschtschenko, who will remain president of the renamed Amiga International said that "Gateway 2000 will give us new life and energy for the future."

19 Oct 23

Today's Highlights
- Happy 22nd Birthday AmigaSource!!

Good things are coming!!

16 Oct 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! We are one more week closer to the GRAND RELAUNCH of AmigaSource.com. I'm getting excited... Now onto the more important news...

Since last time we spoke a few big events have happened. First was the successful Amiga38. For more information about what happened, in German, watch this video. The next event was AmiWest 2023. Here are a few interesting takeaways and some pictures.

First was Solie's Multicore ExecSG presentation. I don't know about you but it's always interesting to see this still in development while everyday that passes we are still no closer to a clear road map for the 3.x or 4.x operating systems. Regardless PLEASE keep up the GREAT WORK!! Second was more on the A600GS. Apparently there are two models planned coming with either 2-4GB memory, 64-128GB storage, (2) 9 pin D-Sub ports (or not), a joypad & mouse, HDMI, ethernet & USB. Can't wait to read the reviews! In the meantime here are some pictures to tie you over until it arrives.

Interesting... Keep an eye on

How in the world have I **not** heard of HstWB Installer earlier???
The migration is official. AROS World is the 'new' home for AROS-EXEC.
On 19 Oct 23 @ 7:30 EST the Toronto PET Users Group will be hosting a zoom meeting with Albert Charpentier. Albert was the Vice President of Engineering at Commodore Computers where he led the development team responsible for the C64 and was the co-designer of the C64's fabulous VIC-II video chip. I know I'll try to be on-line for this!
New issue: Komoda & Amiga Plus #23 has been published (I'm a bit late on this one...)
New issue: AMI Tech-Gazette #5 has been published
New Disk Mag: AMIGA RULES German and English #1 has been published

Amiga Legal News Update

- "Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin'. You gotta have somethin' if you wanna be with me." - Nothing From Nothing by Billy Preston Today's Theme

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HstWB Installer for Classic Amiga: Automated installation of Amiga OS 3.9, 3.2, 3.1.4, 3.1, Kickstart roms and packages for Classic Amiga. HstWB Installer is an application, which can automate installation of Amiga OS, Kickstart roms and packages with additional content. Creating new harddrive images for Classic Amiga and installing Amiga OS, Kickstart roms, ClassicWB, WHDLoad games and demos properly can be a cumbersome task unless you spend a lot of time figuring out how this is done step by step. This is where HstWB Installer comes to aid and can help simplifying installations and make it possible for almost anyone to do with very little knowledge about Amiga.
Tutorial: Writing an Amiga GUI program in C: Edwin van den Oosterkamp has already dedicated two books to programming on the Amiga: "Classic AmigaOS Programming - An introduction" is an introduction to programming the AmigaOS in C and assembler. The target group are programmers without Amiga experience, or former Amiga programmers who want to develop for the Amiga again after a longer break. "Bare Metal Amiga Programming" goes into the programming of the hardware bypassing the operating system. We invited the programmer to show how to get started with C programming by means of a concrete example and say thank you very much for the following instructions.
Classic AmigaOS Programming: An introduction (Amiga Programming): This book provides an introduction into the programming of the classic AmigaOS using C as well as assembly language. It is aimed at programmers who have not programmed for the Amiga before as well as programmers who did this years ago and would like a refresher before diving back in. A general knowledge of computer programming is therefore assumed. By ing Edwin Th van den Oosterkamp
Bare-Metal Amiga Programming: For OCS, ECS and AGA: This book is about programming the Commodore Amiga hardware directly, bypassing AmigaOS. It covers all three chipset versions released by Commodore: OCS, ECS and AGA. Each of the sub systems has its own chapter that explains the workings and provides a number of examples. Amongst the subjects covered are the audio hardware, the Copper, the Blitter, sprites and playfields. This book also covers using the disk controller as well as interfacing with joysticks, paddles, mice and the keyboard. By ing Edwin Th van den Oosterkamp
AROS World Exec: AROS Exec Lives on in the belly of AROS World. You can access it by browsing to: https://ae.arosworld.org. Right now it's locked for writing/posting/creating any new content. Only Administrators can make changes at this time.
All threads related to the AROS distribution AROS One: All threads related to the AROS distribution AROS One
Five times ‘The Simpsons’ featured the Commodore Amiga computer: The Amiga computer made several appearances and references in “The Simpsons,” a popular animated TV show known for its humor, cultural references, and pop culture nods. Throughout its long run, “The Simpsons” featured a few episodes and moments that involved Amiga-related content or mentions. While “The Simpsons” did not heavily feature the Amiga computer, the show’s occasional references to the iconic computer system demonstrate its cultural impact and popularity during the 1990s.
CRT Monitor changing color when I rotate it? WTF?": {Thread @ arcadecontrols.com discussing issues when a CRT is rotated.}
Turrican II: This is a free and unofficial remake of the PC-DOS version of Turrican 2 for the Amiga. Not associated with Factor 5 in any way. Not to be sold. The best way to play the PC version of Turrican 2 is on an Amiga!
Voxel Amiga Shop: This site is under construction, come back from time to time to see it's progress :-) However, all (except X-1000 for now) stuff is pictured (and more) is available for sale, ask us !
Announcing new product: Amiga External Floppy Adapter: Retronic Design just released a new version of its Amiga External Floppy Adapter. We decided to build a batch of our open source design because of its termendous success! This board allow to connect all type of floppy drives to the Amiga external D-Sub 23 floppy connector; Original Amiga “Shugart” drive, Gotek floppy drive emulator, IBM-PC floppy drive (720K and 1.44M). It can operate as DF1, DF2 or DF3, jumper selectable. Onboard logic makes all drive to be seen as 880K standard Amiga floppy drives.
Hombre AMI<>PC software package: In a nutshell, Hombre is a collection of utilities aimed at users of low end Amiga models (like the A500) who want to transfer files from their PCs. It is both versatile and easy to use. All the software crammed onto the disk comes from legal sources and can be freely distributed (this compilation is NOT for sale). The major change in Hombre v1.01 is the addition of ProNet that lets you access Amiga's drives via WinUAE running on your PC (sort of like DNet from the previous version but works with later kickstart revisions. I've been using it with the ClassicWB P96 pack which has ProNet pre-installed).
Mixel's Lab Dev & Things: {Mixelslab's Amiga Stuff section}
A500 Mini Hacks / Mods": {Thread @ English Amiga Board discussing various A500 Mini Hacks / Mods}
Amiga to Modern Display: So you got yourself an old Amiga and you want to dive in. But ... you don't have an old CRT monitor anymore so ... How do you connect your Amiga to a modern display? You've got a few options.
The Begining: A Game Engine: Andrew Braybrook talks about his time developing games and his AMP game engine. He is known for the Amiga games Uridium2, Rainbow Island, Paranoid 90, Fire & Ice and others such as Cobol (Dalek Hunt), Dragon 32 (3D Space Wars), C=64 (Lunnattack!, Gribbly`s Day Out) & PC (Monster Molecules), and various other systems throughout the years.
Wazp3D: Wazp3D is a library intended to be compatible with the famous Warp3D.library for AmigaOS 68040. MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES. Compatible with the famous Warp3D.library for AmigaOS, StormMesa compatibility, The 97 functions from the latest Warp3D.library v5 are presents :-), Sources included (...so Wazp3D has been ported to AROS), Software only (=slow) : no need to have 3D hardware, Work in UAE so can serve to test your 3D softwares inside UAE, Wazp3D can lie and pretend to have a "perfect hardware driver" so the 3D-softwares will not fail due to a lacking feature, Full Documentation, faq and grabs at http://thellier.free.fr/Wazp3D.htm {and much more}
Kaico Edition Open Source Scan Converter OSSC 1.6 and Free Random Colour Case: It’s finally here! The ultimate lag-free retro gaming linedoubler and processor hits the market. Now there’s an affordable way to use your retro consoles on your PC monitor or TV in perfect quality. No more bad upscaling, no more interlacing artefacts, no more high input lag, the OSSC is a dream for retro gamers and collectors! WHAT DOES IT DO? Processes (line doubles) retro games with NO input lag, Eliminates ugly deinterlacing artefacts and bad scaling, Converts SCART and Component to DVI/HDMI, Convert VGA to DVI/HDMI {& more...}
COMMODORE POSTER: The "The History of Commodore Computers" poster is the culmination of three years of work and research. The Commodore systems have been professionally photographed specifically for this poster and the photos appear nowhere else. This poster is ideal for any vintage computer fan, Commodore Computer collector, classic or vintage memorabilia display. This is a limited edition poster and will not be re-printed! Poster includes hi-resolution images of rare and hard-to-find systems including the KIM 1, PET 2001, PET 4016, PET 8032, VIC-20, C-64, C-64C, SX-64, C-128, C-128D, B-128, CBM 256-80, P-500, Plus/4, C-16, C-116, VC-20, Amiga 500, and selected diskette drives.
RGBtoHDMI: The RGBtoHDMI interface converts the "digital" RGB video signal from vintage computers like the BBC Micro or PC MDA/CGA/EGA to HDMI or DVI compatible with most modern TVs/Monitors. The interface comprises a Raspberry Pi Zero and a specially designed Hat containing a small CPLD. Custom firmware on the Raspberry Pi, in conjunction with the CPLD, is able to correctly sample each of the supported video modes to give a pixel-perfect rendition. The HDMI output is locked to the input so there are no frame drops, repeats or tears and it also has low lag of around 4 milliseconds (less than a quarter of a frame - see Lag Measurement)
Driving DOpus: Today I show you how to configure a drive button in Directory Opus 4. Very simple to do
AMIGA RULEZ: (German & English) What is Amiga Rulez? AMIGA RULEZ is a quarterly magazine on diskette (Disk-Mag, .adf) The magazine is free and is filled with your own and guest contributions. The aim of the magazine is to share information and opinions in a relaxed style of a disk mag from the 90s. The first edition was actually available on floppy disk on October 7th, 2023 for the Amiga38 (www.amiga-event.de). For everyone who couldn't be there, the image is available here as an .adf file for download. All other editions also appear as .adf.
A600GS: This page provides information repository about the A600GS computer from AmigaKit Ltd. br>
A600 GS: {The official AmiKit web page for the A600GS. At this time there is nothing else there except the home page}
Amiga Buffered VGA Adaptor: This VGA buffered adaptor uses a SN74HCT08PWR to keep the size down (and stay true to the original Commodore design). You will also need a DB23 female solder cup connector and a VGA PCB mount connector (and a capacitor). This is a replacement for the original 390682-01
AMI*RGB2VGA: AMI*RGB2VGA is a functional replacement / alternative to the 390682-01/03 VGA dongle which came with A4000. This adaptor is also knows as "synch dongle" because it does not process rgb analog signals in any way, passing them unchanged fron the Amiga db23 video port to the vga monitor input. A zillion of similar solutions exist, being the circuit trivially simple; what it makes AMI*RGB2VGA different from others is the capability of hosting up to four different buffer chips, each one of them behaving in a subtle different manner towards the final video render appearance on modern lcd monitors. Users can populate the board with any of the chips, activate the one which offers the best video quality according their personal taste, and change it at any time with great ease.
ATX power adaptors: ATX power adaptors for the Amiga and other retro computers. Allows easy access to an ATX replacement supply. The +5V, +12V and -12C supplies are available on screw terminal connectors for easy retro fit. The Multi-purpose design can also supply -5V, the 50/60Hz tick signal and a Power_good signal. {ATX adapter}
Bluster - A2000 CPLD Buster replacment: CPLD Replacement for A2000 Buster
Diet Agnus A500+ 8372A Adapter: Adapter to fit the older 1MB Agnus to the A500+ . The 8375 Agnus needed for Amiga 500+ is getting expensive and scarce so this adapter is designed to allow you to fit the much more common 8372A and other 1MB Agnuses from the A500 It also has the ability to take 1MB of DRAM on board instead of the harder to source DIP20 DRAMs needed for an Amiga
Amiga Dueottosei: Amiga Dueottosei (twoeightsix in Italian) is a clone of Vortex ATonce Plus, an PC AT Emulator board for Amiga 500

05 Oct 2023

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! V2.0 of Amigasource is moving right along. Most of the side tables have been recreated, the news page is functional, and the **best part** the Admin Console is actually being worked on! I can not tell you how happy it makes me to think I will no longer have to edit raw html and use PHPMyAdmin to update tables ever again.... At least for 98+% of my daily Admin interactions.

   STOP THE PRESSES!!! Just saw this news article over at another of my favorite websites/e-magazines (Vintage is the New Old Glad to see you're back too!!) that Commodore Free has returned! So hop on over to Commodore Free, show them some support and stand by for the next issue!

   Happy side note... I just passed the 700 year to date link mark (720 to be exact) and boy is it inspiring to still see all the creativity and passion in our little community. At this pace I will pass the 1000 link mark by the end of the year!!

   I have have some GREAT ideas planned for the future of this site and and regardless of who drops by or not I'm happy doing what I do! So stand by as we get get ready for year 22!!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

The September Amiga OS4 monthly roundup has been released. As always it needs to be mandatory reading for all OS4 users and keep up the GREAT job Puni/Void a.k.a AmigaOldSkooler.
After being dormant for 13 years, development on NallePuh has restarted. While not a 100% solution for computers without a Paula chip it, it's better than having no options.
Soon AmiKit will be releasing a new version targeted for a real Amiga using a PiStorm or the PiStorm-lite. How exiting!
New calendar event: 19-20 Jan 2024 Amiga Ireland 2024 is being held at the The Sheraton Hotel on Gleeson Street Athlone Ireland. Like all previous years I'm sure you won't want to miss it!

Amiga Legal News Update

- So the way it's looking right now my site will be completed before the legal drama... And I gave them a 22 year head start! lol Today's Theme

Ian Stedman

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NallePuh: Paula audio and CIAA/CIAB emulation for AmigaOS. It's a hack that intercepts some custom chip register accesses and turns them into AHI function calls.
Working with Amiga Floppy Disks in Historical Video Game Research: Like most humanity scholars and historians, we work with historical materials that we compile into a corpus. How does this approach apply to researching digital-born media, such as video games designed for the Amiga computing system? When inquiring older digital games, the question of authenticity1 quickly arises. Playing a game is an integral part in my research process. Even if just briefly, I want to be in the feedback loop created by myself, the machine and the game. It helps me get a feeling for the game at hand and what it might encompass.
Furnace (chiptune tracker): a multi-system chiptune tracker compatible with DefleMask modules.. A large selection of sound chips: Yamaha FM chips: {...}, square wave chips: {...}, Commodore VIC used in the VIC-20, {...}, sample chips: {...}, Amiga, {...}, wavetable chips: {...}, NES {...}, SID (6581/8580) used in Commodore 64, {...}, Commodore PET, TED used in Commodore Plus/4, mix and match sound chips, wavetable synthesizer, MIDI input support {and much much more!}
Library EGL_wrapper for OpenGLES 2.0 : INTRO: This library was designed as an all-in-one system to be able to make games and to be able to allow easy ports for our AmigaOS4 system. EGL can be implemented on multiple operating systems and now on native AmigaOS4. Implementations may also choose to allow rendering into specific types of EGL surfaces via other supported native rendering APIs (here OpenglES 2.0 for AmigaOS4.x).
Playing Flashback on AmigaOS 4: How about playing some Flashback on AmigaOS 4? Flashback was released back in 1992 by Delphine Software International, but back then there was no AmigaOS 4 to be released to. A good developer, going by the name Gregory Montoir, recreated Flashback's engine to be able to run it on any modern system. Today, I released the port of REminiscence 0.5.1 for AmigaOS 4. There was a release for AmigaOS 4 of this engine, but it was already 14 years old. So, I grabbed the latest available source code and I gave it a try.
REminiscence: REminiscence is a re-implementation of the engine used in the game Flashback made by Delphine Software and released in 1992.
ModExplorer: As the Name already implies, ModExplorer was made to explore the world of music modules. Therefore, the philosophy behind ModExplorer is not to be just another audioplayer, to listen to your musicarchives. There are really enough tools for this purpuse, and they do their job very well! ModExplorer goes a step beyond and provides you with mods, you've never heard before. To do so, ModExplorer downloads modules from the web randomly and plays them for you. Also these mods won't be saved permanently. ModExplorer will create a playlist instead, which contains internetlinks to those musikfiles. So You can replay them lateron.
Mediathek: Mediathek is a software for downloading Movies from different public (german speaking) TV-stations (ARD, ZDF, 3Sat, WDR...). It is based on the program MediathekView, which is available for Windows/Linux/Macos, und uses the same database. But in contrast to them, Mediathek on Amiga uses its own SQL-server, what gives some speedups and more filteroptions.
Project4A Software For Amigans: This is a site dedicated to the legendary Amiga computer. Here I will collect my software projects for the classic and new Amiga like operating systems. I'm an old amiga user and fan, and a novice amiga programmer. I hope to do something useful for the Amiga Community.
Touch Device: What is it? This is my attempt to provide AmigaOS4 with an API to handle touch events. API Features: multitouch support (unlimited number of points), simultaneous devices (unlimited number), extendable support to new devices through drivers
TouchBench: What is it? TouchBench is an application that converts touchscreen events produced by touch.device into mouse events. Why? All the applications developed for the amiga until now, obviously only involve the use of the mouse, since there was no API that managed touch events, like the one provided by touch.device. TouchBench allows all pre-existing applications that do not use touch.device to be used with a touchscreen. I developed this application to be able to use point and click games or touch-friendly applications like MihPhoto with my touchscreen, and as first test application for touch.device.
OpenTyrian: OpenTyrian is a port of the DOS shoot-em-up Tyrian. Jason Emery generously gave the OpenTyrian developers a copy of the Tyrian 2.1 source code, which has since been ported from Turbo Pascal to C. The port uses SDL, making it easily cross-platform.
De-yellowing (Retrobrighting) plastics in computer gear: Is the Sun all you need?: Yellowed cases give our ancient computers “character”, right? Err...that's debatable. I expect most collectors (including me) would rather have them looking like they did out of the box all those years ago. Thankfully since around 2009, variations on a “Retrobright” remedy have been available, most of which involve using hydrogen peroxide, UV light and laundry activators to reverse the effect. I’ve experimented with this myself with good results. Disappointingly, I’ve also found the Retrobrighted items can re-yellow over time even though stored in almost complete darkness!
V2.x Floppy adaptor: Presented here is a simple circuit that allows PC floppy disk drives to be used with the Amiga and with the V2.5 design, the Atari ST/TT computers. This design only supports double density disks. You can fit a high density drive and use it with double density disks without problems.
Audio mixer mark II: Presented here is a tested design for a single supply Audio mixer. It accepts two line level audio inputs, each with independent volume controls. One input, can be adapted to the ‘harsh’ left/right mix of the audio output of the Commodore Amiga computer. It crossfades the audio between the left/right channels, to improve the audio mix, when listening on headphones. In addition it supports a ‘Better Paula’ filter circuit, claimed to improve the frequency response of the original computer. All options are configurable.
Amiga SCART guide: This article details how to build an Amiga RGB to SCART adaptor cable that will allow you to connect your Amiga computer to a CRT or LCD TV. An explanation of the potential issues and the solution is provided for the reader. The design presented here tested with multiple LCD and CRT TVs.
Amiga ATX power adaptors: I now produce a range of adapters that allows you to use an ATX power supply with an Amiga. It does require you to use your existing power lead. Full instructions are provided. Please refer to the Amiga power supply guide for additional information
Amiga boot error code colour: When the Amiga boots, if it encounters a hardware fault the system will display a solid single coloured screen, or a series of these screens if more than one error is detected. The following colours are valid for all versions of AmigaDOS since Kickstart 1.3. However, there were several more colours in 1.3 compared to anything included after Kickstart 2.0 was released. However all of the colours listed below are the same for all versions of Amiga kickstart. In addition to colour screen error codes, Guru Meditation error screens are also a common error screen encountered when an Amiga encounters a problem. These and the meaning behind their error codes will be covered soon.
PiStorm32 Lite for Commodore Amiga 1200: PiStorm32-Lite accelerates your Commodore Amiga 1200 to amazing new speeds using the computational power of the Rapsberry Pi. It also adds hundreds of megabytes of fast RAM to your Amiga 1200 system memory. The PiStorm 32 Lite is the latest version of the popular PiStorm range of accelerators, created by Claude Schwarz.
The Amiga 1000 Doing Its Thing – A Video: My love for the Amiga began before I got my first, back in October of 1985. Of the various models released during its lifetime, my favorite is the original, the Amiga 1000. Over the past few weeks I’ve spent a lot of time on my 1000 and, as is always the case, the capabilities of this nearly 32-year-old machine amaze me. I’ve put together a bit of a usage demo to highlight some of the system’s features that stand out to me. It’s quite casual and without any particular direction, just me using various programs and prattling on about them. I hope those familiar will enjoy a bit of nostalgia and those not will be intrigued to some degree by this amazing computer.
Projects For Amiga - eGalaxTouch4A {ARCHIVED 20 Jan 2012}: This is my first attempt to write a driver for an Amiga-like operative system. I needed to use a special touchscreen, so i decided to write this driver. This is a very preliminary version for AmigaOS4. It lacks many features, but it's quite usable. Note that the Poseidon USB Stack (used by AROS and MORPHOS) already supports eGalax touchscreens.
Amiga 2500 keyboard refurb: The keyboard I got with my Amiga 2500 had: A broken right alt key, A spotty (at best) return key, And a numpad enter key that wouldn’t stay up, but did work, I set out to fix all three problems.
Amiga2MacFloppy: Amiga2MacFloppy, a reversed-engineered A-Max interface. The original A-Max II software allowed to emulate a Macintosh computer on the Amiga and provided an interface (Figure 1) to connect an external Apple floppy drive and use it in emulation. It is also compatible with CrossMAC on the Amiga so you can read Mac floppies on the Amiga. Amiga2MacFloppy (Figure 2) is a recreation of that board without the Mac ROMs that were required on the original board. It works all the same with a patched version of A-Max II so that it loads the ROMs from file instead.
Amiga Boot Selector: This is a Floppy Switcher for the Amiga 500/2000. It allows you to switch DF0/DF1, making it possible to boot from either a Gotek drive or the internal floppy drive. without relying on AmigaOS. This work is a derivative of the Amiga Boot Selector by Jussi Kilpeläinen. This redesign puts the pin header for the switch to the side, reducing the footprint of the adapter. The project was mainly born out of the fact that I could not buy a ready-made version of a boot selector in the US (several European sellers bailed out on me). Since I had to order my own PCBs anyway, I decided to optimize the design a bit for my use case.
Amiga-EagleCAD-library: This is a library for various Amiga components for the Eagle CAD PCB-layout software. A500 & plain DB23-connector.
amigahid-pico: Use USB input devices on Amiga computers, using the excellent Raspberry Pi Pico as a USB-to-bitbang adapter.
Amiga PSU Enclosure for XP Power ECM60UT31: A 3d-printable Amiga PSU enclosure for the XP Power ECM60UT31 model
Amiga PSU Enclosure for Mean Well RT-50B: A 3d-printable Amiga PSU Enclosure for the Mean Well RT-50B Power Supply
Amiga Parallel Port to SPI Adapter: The goal of this project is to make a cheap and easy to build SPI adapter that connects to the parallel port of an Amiga. Furthermore, the performance of the adapter should be as fast as possible.
Amiga Romy: ROMY is a small add-on PCB that enables Amiga 3000 / 4000 computers to use 1MB (or larger) Kickstart chips. This project aims at iterating and improving the existing Romy designs.

29 Sep 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! WOW what a busy week. After 21 years of delays and false starts I'm a VERY HAPPY to report v2.0 of the site is full underway! The basic framework is done and the admin and user portals are slowly coming together with much more still to come. Soon I will be reaching out to various members of the Amiga community for some pre launch feedback. So please be a patient and maybe you will be lucky enough to be part of the AMAZING relaunch of AmigaSource.com!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

As a proud owner of a A4000 with a new Replica motherboard inside but still using an A3640 CPU board (but it has beem upgraded from 25 MHz to 33 MHz) I'm always happy to see new CPU cards options. The Z3660 CPU board looks quite impressive. To get additional options such as 128/256 MB or ram, 16bit RTG, AHI & MHI, SCSI emulation and more you need to add the optional Z-turn board. While not a PPC or the A4000 version of the Vampire, still waiting for it to be released, it looks way better than a A3640/3630 cards. Can't wait for someone to do a review.
I hope they are able to get this film funded. I Adore My 64.
I see crowdfunding for the the next volume in the series has finally started. Demoscene the Amiga renaissance Volume 3 1997-2023. Time to break out the credit card again!
Added three new repair shops. Pure Amiga (UK) , Mutant Caterpillar Games (UK) and Rude Dog Retros. As always this is not an endorsement of their services but just more options for you to choose from.

Amiga Legal News Update

- Is anyone taking bets on what the next move will be? Today's Theme

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OpenAmiga600FastRamExpansion: OpenAmiga600FastRamExpansion is an Open Hardware 4 MB Fast RAM Expansion for the Commodore Amiga 600 Computer.
amigapd: This is a new page started October 2018. Over the coming weeks and months I will be creating mini biography page for amiga public domain games. Click on the games listed below to be taken to, a video of the game play, details or instructions on how to play the game and links to any magazine reviews.
Amiga-1200: This project is a new Amiga 1200 board done from the schematics. The intent is to fit in a standard A1200 case. The RAM has been moved to a separate board. Also, the Video codec is on a separate board. Features: All Original AA chips are needed and can be put into the sockets. These include Lisa, Paula, Alice and the two CIA chips. The CPU is removed, you need some accellerator board to run this board. The DRAM has been removed and the functionality has been moved to a daughterboard. Video output has been moved to a seperate output board. This board get all Lisa output signals and also all the typical Zorro signals. This means that an RTG card can be developed. The PCMCIA slot has been removed and in the free space a Compact Flash socket has been added. {and more}
Alien Breed 3D II The Killing Grounds: This repo contains a compileable version of the Alien Breed 3D II source. It produces executables that can run the original game's data. This repo is based on and still contains the original source release of TKG. The original code is very messy, apparently containing multiple versions of the source (the was code base handled by one man without source control). It looks like as if TKG was grown out of the AB3D source.
Alien Breed RTG : Alien Breed 3D RTG. Based on John Girvin's original AB3D-RTG source. The Alien Breed 3D source was part of the Alien Breed 3D II The Killing Grounds source release. John managed to get Ab3D compile and made Chunky-Copper render to output to an RTG screen.
Rude Dog Retros: Retro Computers and Repairs. We started RudeDog Retros to bring back to life those great computers from the 80’s and 90’s – Commodore 16 / Plus 4’s, 64’s, 128’s, Vic 20’s and of course the Amiga! – The Atari 8 bit machines – the 65 / 130 / 800XE and XL’s – the ST and STe – The Sinclair ZX-81, Spectrum and QL – and everything in between those! How can we help? We can repair just about anything. We have 20+ years of board level repair and diagnostics experience. Everything we do is fuelled by our passion for these old 8 and 16 bit machines.
Mutant Caterpillar Games Ltd Retro Store: Mutant Caterpillar Games is the place to go to for tested, working, refurbished 8-bit and 16-bit hardware and software. Every single item from cassette to computer is guaranteed working. Please bear with us while we update our store with new stock and images! We have many items not listed yet (testing software and hardware takes time!), so please contact us if there's something you're looking for - we may well have it! Do you need a computer repaired? We've repaired Sinclairs, Amstrads, Commodores, Acorns, Atari STs, Amigas... and we'll always have a go at something if it's broken - drop us a line and maybe we can help! Perhaps you need some replacement chips to repair your machine yourself? We've built up a selection of some of the harder to find chips which we sell as spares - all fully tested, of course! Got something to sell? Ask us - we may be interested, whatever the condition
Open Wide: The Amiga 500 Chicken Lips: When people talk about Amiga computers from a historical perspective, two models always stand out. Originally called simply the “Amiga,” and ultimately the Amiga 1000 (A1000), the first model to hit store shelves is always at the top of the list. {...} But her slightly younger cost-reduced sister, the all-in-one blonde bombshell the Amiga 500 (A500) sold more units than any other Amiga in history, and for good reason.
The Amiga before the Amiga: The Amiga Development System: The original Amiga computer was launched to the public on July 23, 1985, in a legendary demonstration at Lincoln Center in New York featuring the likes of Andy Warhol and Debbie Harry. Prior to that epic event, however, there was another Amiga - a lesser-known member of the family most have never even heard of. Back in 1984/1985 Commodore created a few hundred “Development Edition” machines called the Amiga Development System. Sometimes, due to a very unique early design, they are also sometimes referred to as “Velvet” which was a name for a particular motherboard layout some had.
Z3660: Z3660 is an Amiga 4000 CPU accelerator board based on A3660 and Z-turn FPGA board. Compared to A3660, Z3660 has some key differences: 1. Z3660 accelerator board can only use 060 CPUs. This could be changed in the future, but at this time, only 060 is supported. 2. If Z-turn FPGA board is NOT used, then you get a simple A3660. {...} 3. If you use a Z-turn FPGA board, then you can add 128 MB of CPU RAM (DMA compatible), 256 MB of Z3 RAM (not DMA compatible), RTG 16bit, Ethernet, AHI and MHI. Also there is a SD to SCSI emulation for using raw RDB disk images (USB storage maybe in the future). And of course, you can use a 68060 rev6 at 100 MHz.
Doing the A3660 CPU board, the first open “Seminative” 060 solution. and why.: This is the story how to reverse engineer a 040 board, and take it to the next step. This board is shown for the first time at Amiga32 in Neuss/Germany. TL;DR: files at bottom of this post!
Amiga 4000 Replica project board: You have irreparable damage to the Amiga 4000D board, for example due to a battery damage, but the Amiga custom chips are still working? The solution is the Amiga 4000 Replica project board, with which you can bring your Amiga 4000D back to life. The Amiga 4000 Replica project is an unpopulated black board for restoring an Amiga 4000D in the revision B. This board corresponds to the version of the A4000 Replica Project (Based on the Rev B) from Acill. To be on the safe side, we have not printed the boingballs on the board for licensing reasons.
Upgrading Apollo 4040 to 4060: Now a short description how to upgrade an Apollo 4040 (3040) to 4060 (3060)
Building the Amiga 4000 Replica – Part 1: {2 part series} In my series of building different Amiga replicas, it is time for the Amiga 4000.
Odyssey Web Browser: The aim of this project is to license a current version of the full-featured Odyssey Web Browser and share it under an open source license so it can be ported to AmigaOS and AROS.
Odyssey 1.23 r5 released for AmigaOS 4: A new version of the Odyssey web browser has been released for AmigaOS 4! This should be very welcome news, since having a more up to date and functional browser is important.
Emotion – Mediaplayer : Emotion is a powerful multimedia player specially developed for AmigaOS 4.x. The easy-to-use interface, deliberate limitation to required basic functions, as well as optimization on operating system functions, makes Emotion to a software that integrates perfectly into the current AmigaOS. The use of FFMpeg as subsystem for video and audio decoding (through AmigaOS specific shared libraries) allows emotion to access proven and powerful technologies in the background. Due to the Reaction based interface in combination with optimized operating system functions and FFMpeg as a decoder, Emotion understands itself as its own interpretation of a multimedia player which is not just a port of existing open source projects but tries to connect tried and tested technologies with the ecosystem of AmigaOS. Emotion looks like an AmigaOS software, works like a … it’s an AmigaOS software!
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Building the ReCD32: The CD32 is very special, so if you lack a component from the BOM. it means you will need to transfer it from a old board.
Amiga Technical Resource Schematic archive: System schematics: A500, A500+, A600, A1000, A1200, A2000, A3000, A3000T, A4000, A4000T, CD32, CDTV. Monitor schematics: 1080A, 1084, 1802, 1950, 1960, 2002, CM8833. Other schematics: MPS1230, Picasso IV. Expansion schematics: A570, A572, A575, A590, A1060, A2052, A2060, A2065, A2090, A2091, A2232, A2301, A2320, A2410, A2620, A2630, A3630, A3640.
AMIGA-NG.org: {A VERY nice French news and forum site}

21 Sep 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! While it's just another quiet week in Amiga Land, I'm VERY HAPPY to report I have found someone local who is willing to help me work on v2.0 of the site. Now let's see how far we can get before our 22nd anniversary on 19 Oct. Fingers crossed I don't scare him away with all my mess... lol!!

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On a happy note Vintage is the New Old is back on line under new management. The site is a wonderful resource of current events in the vintage and classical computer world. While Paulo has not returned, we wish him well and the new owner all the best!

Amiga Legal News Update

- Hello... Hello... Is there anybody in there? Today's Theme

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New Generation File System: The New Generation File System was designed to use the DOS vector-port API.
RNOSlides: RNOSlides is a GUI based slideshow creator program, that can save slideshows as videos. The program can view saved slideshows, and play videos in various formats.
In the beginning was CAOS: The very first issue of Amiga Transactor - spun off from the original Transactor - featured an article by Andy Finkel, then the Software Manager at Commodore-Amiga. Fortunately, the article survived, although Amiga Transactor didn't. It's interesting to contrast the state of AmigaDOS then and now, especially in comparison to the CAOS specs. Thanks to Andy - and an intrepid Amiga owner who typed in the text and sent it to Andy - ViewPort is able to reprint that article in its entirety. So set the WayBack machine for 1988, and read on...
Greaseweazle. Rip those floppy disks!: Keir Fraser’s Greaseweazle is a project for versatile floppy drive control over USB. By extracting the raw flux transitions from a drive, any diskette format can be captured and analyzed - PC, Amiga, Amstrad, PDP-11, many older electronic musical instruments, and industrial equipment. The Greaseweazle also supports writing to floppy disks. The design is fully open and comes with no license encumberment.
Amiga file transfer: This page describes how to transfer data between an Amiga and a Linux based PC. I focus on mechanisms which can be used for stock Amiga systems. Network adapters exist for the Amiga too, so it can be connected to a regular network and corresponding tools for data transfer can be used, but this is not the scope of this document.
curl: curl is used in command lines or scripts to transfer data. curl is also used in cars, television sets, routers, printers, audio equipment, mobile phones, tablets, medical devices, settop boxes, computer games, media players and is the Internet transfer engine for thousands of software applications in over twenty billion installations. curl is used daily by virtually every Internet-using human on the globe. {Amiga 68k & PPC versions available}
FrexxEd: FrexxEd is probably the most configurable/programmable text editor made for the Amiga. The main mission with FrexxEd has been to create an editor which is capable of doing whatever *YOU* want it to. To enable *very* much reprogramming/configuration for those who feel the need.
Console 5 Tech Wiki: Commodore: {A nice find. The Commodore section lists 20 different devices covering various schematics, parts listings, links to repair kits and more. You might just find what you're looking for here}
Commodore 1702 monitor: The Commodore 1702 was a popular monitor designed for and marketed with the Commodore 64 in the early 1980s. While this is just my opinion, I think it was the best monitor Commodore ever sold. The Commodore 1702 monitor was a composite monitor that handled both standard composite and what we now call S-Video. Its gray-beige color matched the original breadbin-style Commodore 64 and 1541 disk drive.
Mid-Atlantic Hazardous Site Cleanup: Commodore Semiconductor Group: {Showing the USEPA case information on the Commodore Semiconductor Group Superfund site}
Superfund Site: COMMODORE SEMICONDUCTOR GROUP LOWER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, PA: Commodore Semiconductor Group Site (CSG) is located near 950 Rittenhouse Road, Norristown, Pennsylvania in Montgomery County in the Park Pointe business park, formerly known as the Valley Forge Corporate Center (VFCC). The 950 Rittenhouse Road property is 14-acres and was previously owned by Commodore Business Machines, a semiconductor manufacturer. It was chip manufacturing facility from 1970 to 1993. Waste solvents were stored in an underground concrete storage tank on site until 1975, when it was taken out of service.
amigafonts: Faithfully remade multi platform Amiga fonts in Amiga aspect.
A1200_8MB_FASTRAM: 8MB FastRAM expansion for Amiga 1200 (with RTC). Complete 5V design using Microchip ATF1508 CPLD. Source code based on "Amiga 600 8 megabytes fastRAM board": http://lvd.nedopc.com/Projects/a600_8mb/index.html and some other sources I forgot :) An aim of this design is to learn Verilog and 68k CPU. So the pcb has a TEST connector for debug and future expansion.
A4000battkit: Tiny PCB for A4000 (or similar) that allow replace the original (Ni-MH) batt for a lithium batt (CR2032).
A500_8MB_ide: 8MB autoconfig FastRAM and IDE interface expansion board mounted into Amiga's CPU socket. Inspired by ram68k and ide68k projects.
"RAM68K" "MEM68K": Here will be something about RAM expansion boards that go to Amiga's 68000 dip-socket
A500KB: This project contains the material related to a custom Commodore Amiga Mechanical Keyboard. While the initial development target was the iconic Amiga 500, the keyboard also fits in A3000/A4000 (maybe also A2000) external keyboard enclosures. It features the ability to mount Mitsumi or Cherry switches. The Power, Drive and Caps-Lock LEDs are implemented as 7 individually configurable RGB LEDs. LED configuration is provided by an AmigaOS program that talks to the Keyboard over the regular connection. Headers for two additional low active input sources (e.g. HDD, Network) are also present.
2MB RAM Expansion for the A570 CD-ROM Drive: This is a simple 2MB RAM expansion as others have done for the A570. It is simply an implementation of the Commodore schematics. People have done these before but frustratingly I couldn't find any gerbers to make my own, hence this implementation.
A600_ACCEL_RAM: The main purpose of this design was to develop a simple, affordable and efficient Accelerator, FastRAM and MapROM support device for the Amiga 600.
OpenAmiga600RamExpansion: OpenAmiga600RamExpansion is an Open Hardware 1 MB Chip RAM Expansion for the Commodore Amiga 600 Computer with optional Real Time Clock.

15 Sep 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Just your standard weekly update. Until next week...

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In case you weren't tracking 16 Sep marks the 30th anniversary of the Amiga CD32. Funny thing... As I'm typing this I'm wondering why I didn't make this weeks links all about it... lol
New issue: WhatIFF? #11 has been released.

Amiga Legal News Update

- I can see for miles and miles... Nothing.... Today's Theme

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A314: The A314 is an expansion board for the Amiga 500 that goes in the trapdoor expansion slot. A Raspberry Pi (RPi) is attached to the A314, and the A500 and the RPi can communicate through a shared memory.
THEC64 Community:........... This is the Latest News from THEC64 Community.......... {Also covering THEVIC20, THEA500 and the THECBM Games Zone}
THEA500 Mini Hacking Development: {Thread @ https://thec64community.online covering the hacks for the THEA500 mini}
Keith Haring illustrated these images on an 80s Amiga computer: Until now, Haring’s experiments in digital art have been stored unseen for decades on a floppy disk. A new Christie’s auction has brought to light five digital artworks Keith Haring created in 1987 on a Commodore Amiga computer. With Pixel Pioneer, Christie’s will sell these artworks as NFTs.
Artist Keith Haring Amiga Digital Art Found on Floppy Disk from 1987: {Thread @ amigalove.com covering the recently found Keith Haring Amiga drawings}
This Clever Clock Port Adapter Marries an Amiga 1200 with a Raspberry Pi for Easy Wi-Fi Networking: This Clever Clock Port Adapter Marries an Amiga 1200 with a Raspberry Pi for Easy Wi-Fi Networking
The Infinity Modules Player: Never Turn Off Your Amiga Again: The Infinity Modules Player (or IMP), written by Pawel Nowak, is a tiny (23Kb currently) MOD player, written entirely in M68K assembly language, that packs a dizzying array of features and provides a reason for anyone with a networked Amiga to never turn it off again. It was first released earlier this year.
AmiTranslate: A DeepL interface for Amiga Systems with additional PDF output that you can read the chars nor easily printable by MUI
Welcome to the official website of Allister Brimble: Allister Brimble has been a leading figure in music and sound design since his teenage years. He played a pioneering role in defining the future of video game music with his work for the Commodore Amiga computer. Today, his skill, professionalism and technical mastery shine through his sound creations as he overcomes any challenge, and consistently delivers on a brief. Allister has mastered every format that has come his way and has produced audio for some of the most iconic titles in gaming history.
anm2gif - Deluxe Paint Animation: Convert and/or display animations using the Deluxe Paint Animation (.ANM) file format.
Peter Gordon: Welcome. Welcome to the personal homepage of Peter Gordon. I am a software engineer from the south west of England, with an unhealthy Amiga addiction. There used to be a blog here, but since I didn't post to it for over 5 years, I've taken it down. I may or may not do something with this page in the future. Bye!Here you can find various projects i've worked on over the years, ordered by category: Amiga PPC Software, Amiga 68k software, {...}, Amiga PPC Ports, {and more. Includes: HivelyTracker}
Animanu {ARCHIVED 3 Jun 2007}: D rawing has always been a great interest of mine. After getting an brand new Amiga 1200 in the early nineties I also started playing around with animation. With a greyscale scanner from Datel Electronics in the UK I produced my first animations on my Amiga. I also started to learn to use the 3D rendering package “ Imagine”. Unfortunately I haven’t had time to continue this hobby but I hope to do something new in a not too distant time. Here you can see the results of my experiments. Some of the animations was for a local TV broadcast station (JTVP) that used Amiga. They had a text & image sequence made in Scala that showed all kinds of information when they had no program to send. It was no commercial TV station.
Mingo's Commodorepage: {German} Welcome. Welcome to my site! Did you also have a Commodore 64 or an Amiga? Then you know that these "machines" were something special or are still. Like many others, I still deal with the C64 and Amiga. With this page I made it a goal to remember the good old Commodore computers. Under "Collection" you can view my modest Commodore collection. In the guest book you can get rid of praise and criticism. Would you like to help improve this page? No problem. Report error, add items or send us information for new database entries. And if you just want to see what Commodore is there, have fun browsing!
mfilos Computer & Console blog: {Blog with lots of information, articles and guides about his interaction with the Amiga}
Guide: Create and Burn a custom Kickstart 3.9 : In this guide you can find info about how to make your own custom Kickstart 3.9. The guide can be used also as a reference for you to make other custom Kickstart ROMS like 2.x, 3.x. Download links are provided for every required files.
The Amiga Magazine list: Nearly all the magazines in this list could be bought on newsstands and most of them were quite large (>100 pages an issue) and published for many years. In the 90s, the Amiga at that time was probably the computer with the largest number of magazines published per computers sold. The list is not complete - I restrict my list to those I got myself or where I receive some review/opinions and cover scans from you - I'd be happy to see your contribution on this page!
Marko's Amiga HQ: Marko's headquarters of Amiga and AmigaOS stuff - both Classic and AmigaOS 4. My Amiga Software: My various Amiga software productions. My Amiga Ports/Packings: Various software I've ported, packaged or just uploaded. Amiga Intros and Demos: Demo scene prods - Amiga prods by my groups Void and Candle. My Amiga Videos: Amiga related videos I've uploaded to YouTube. My AmigaOS 4 screenshots: Screenshot and photos of AmigaOS 4. Wikipedia: Amiga articles on Wikipedia that I'm involved in. Amiga Links: Amiga related links.
Playing With Code. The homepage of Grzegorz Kraszewski {ARCHIVED 27 Jun 2012}: I write software mostly for MorphOS and AmigaOS, (both classic AmigaOS 3 and modern AmigaOS 4), sometimes also AROS. All of these operating systems are based on AmigaOS. I've also done a few small applications for Windows. My programming language of choice is C, I also have written code in C++, Lua, Amiga E and PHP, as well as M68k and PowePC assembler. DigiBooster 3, music tracker for MorphOS and AmigaOS, Reggae, media processing framework for MorphOS, Sudominator, sudoku solver and hinter, GammaMeter, monitor gamma coefficient measurement tool, AppendDate, a versatile shell tool for adding dates to filenames, DateCalc, date calculator using proleptic gregorian calendar, AudioToClip, shell tool for placing audio files in the system clipboard, DigiRoller, a standalone DigiBooster module player and renderer., MorphOS Programmer's Handbook, an e-book about MorphOS programming.
Amiga Icon File Format. An unofficial guide to decoding classic Amiga icon images {ARCHIVED 20 Jun 2012}: An unofficial guide to decoding classic Amiga icon images
Redit: {German} Redit is a simple text editor for Amiga computer, which is particularly suitable for low-performance computers: Redit runs without restrictions on a minimally equipped amiga with Kickstart 1.2 and half a megabyte RAM. Of course, Redit can also be used on an amiga that was upgraded to the teeth as a slim and fast editor.

7 Sep 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Another sad passing to mention. On 3 August Bram Moolenaar the creator of VIM has passed after a short illness. VIM was first coded on an Amiga 2000 and quickly found life on other systems and became the 'default' editor in Linux. Fair winds and following seas.

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Mark Round has posted and article about his adventures in Amiga Systems Programming in 2023. An in depth and informative look on how he develops for the classic 68K to the latest PPC systems. An ABSOLUTE MUST read!!
Just in case you missed the A-EON's A1222+ Production Underway News Release here you go.
New issue: Passione Amiga #15 has been released.
New issue: REV'n'GE!' #150 has been released.
New issue: ZZAP! AMIGA Micro Action #11 has been released.

Amiga Legal News Update

- Nothing yet on the horizon... Today's Theme

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Amiga Systems Programming in 2023 : What follows is a brain-dump of what I’ve learned about developing for the AmigaOS, both on classic 68k-powered hardware to modern PowerPC systems like the X5000. I’ll cover development environments, modern workflows like CI builds on containerised infrastructure, distribution of packages and even a look back in time before C existed, thanks to AmigaDOS’s odd heritage.
My Amiga Animations : The animations range from small intro's to my friends projects or to my own music videos and movies including just some basic frame grabbing from well known films such as; Total Recall and Scanners. Also, some random animations were created for no particular projects, just messing around in Deluxe Paint 3 mostly. Creating these animations on Amiga 500 with so little memory was a real challenge and the lack of hard disk space proved to be even more challenging in the days where floppy disks costs like a fortune each! The animation were basically saved on several disks and cut to fit during storage and before I could get the money to buy real expensive harddrives for the Amiga. This page consists of Amiga ANIM files converted to Animated GIF at about 17mb, so please be patient while loading.
Stone Oakvalley's Amiga Music Collection (SOAMC=): The purpose was to preserve Amiga music in one of todays most common music format, namely the MP3. The original Amiga music files are today played by millions of people around the world on software players for PC, Mac and Linux. The playback quality/timing of this can vary compared to the authentic playback of a real Commodore Amiga, and from my point of view, why have something emulated when you can have the real deal instead? I want to listen to the authentic Commodore Amiga music as it sounds on the real machine. Commodore Amiga are a legend in computer history and in many ways influenced in todays culture. A special thanks to the wonderful "father" of Amiga: Jay Miner - You shall forever be remembered. Rest In Peace :-( To put in it words we all can understand: WE LOVE AMIGA - WE LOVE MUSIC! The SOAMC= project was an automated recording technique invented by me (Stone Oakvalley) in order to mass record music from the legendary Commodore Amiga and its sound chip (Paula 8364). I have chosen A1200 for the purpose, because I had access to a CF IDE adapter and a CF card so easily without spending too much time finding a suitable HD and turbo/memory card solution for A500.
Screen modes: {GREAT write up describing each OCS, ECS & AGA video mode. Every mode has a graphic representation, even showing flicker, when appropriate.}
Rise of the Triad for 68k Classic Amiga (ROTT): This is a port of Apogee's 3D action title Rise of the Triad, originally released in 1994. This port duplicates the functionality of the original game on modern operating systems, including Linux, Win32, and Mac OS X. This port makes use of the Simple Direct Media Layer, or SDL, and an additional library named SDL_mixer. If you do not have these libraries installed, check the links section below.
Rise_of_the_Triad engine: AmigaOS Port by Hugues "HunoPPC" Nouvel - Amiga French Team 2012 This game port is provided with the official Shareware data file from Apogee. Please purchase the full game if you like it. Thank you.
Mnemosyne: Mnemosyne is an open source disk utility application for AmigaOS 3.2, which can be used to show you what files and folders are taking up space on your disk. It is written in C and utilizes NDK 3.2 and ReAction. Features: Disk usage statistics, File/Folder search, Easy to use, Fast, No limits on size of files/folders.
Sonnet Crescendo G4 7200: The Sonnet Crescendo G4 7200 400/1M features a 400 MHz PowerPC 7400 (G4) processor with 1 MB of backside cache.
VideoClipper: A program for cutting and optionally joining various format video files while converting the files to a common format. During conversion several effects can be applied to the individual files. These effects include adjusting brightness, contrast, gamma, sharpen, blurring, fast/slow motion and rotation. Supports Cut and Video/Audio fade in and out transitions. The ability to apply a subtitle file (.srt) and audio file to the joined video is also supported.
ffmpegGUI: A GUI for the ffmpeg video conversion program. It supports setting video and audio conversion parameters as well as cropping, padding, and simple stream mapping. Adding custom command line options is supported to allow access to the full power of ffmpeg. In addition saving and loading setup files is allowed to ease frequently repeated operations. Several predefined settings files are included which support common use cases.
Amiga Hardware Programming: {youtube: 47 videos} This tutorial series is the entry point for those who enjoy programming Assembly language and want to play with the excellent Amiga hardware, for fun and innovation. It will let you learn Assembly language progressively, and also shows how to make the graphics and music you need for a demo or game.
Start with C programming on Amiga: This article is a compilation of notes, which I wrote when I was exploring the C development options on the Amiga. The reason I wrote it was to organize my thoughts and keep all information in one place. Also, when you start with development for Amiga and you are looking around, you probably find some information confusing and requiring clarification — maybe a text from a person, who went through it will help others who decided to take the same journey… The article contains source codes and links to all tools I have used, so you can try everything yourself if you have a few spare hours.
Amiga Hardware Programming in C Part 1 - Introduction: {youtube: 7 videos in the series} This is the first episode in an introductory series about Amiga hardware programming using the C programming language. I decided to create this series because I want to learn hardware programming myself and capture my learning effort in videos to share with other interested developers. This tutorial series teaches you how to use the c programming language to control the Amiga Hardware directly to create games, demos or similar things. You might want to check out the hardware programming series that Photon of Scoopex created for assembly language and who is a true expert of the Amiga Hardware.
Amiga Hardware Programming in C: This project contains the example source code used in my Youtube series "Amiga Hardware Programming in C"
Carl Sassenrath Architect of Operating Systems and Languages: Welcome... This is my personal homepage, recently rejuvenated to talk about new and old ideas, not just in computing but also in science, engineering, architecture, and philosophy in general. These days I’m a principal engineer at Roku and have contributed to a variety of Roku products over the last decade. So, here’s the unabashed pitch: if you like streaming video, check out Roku. They’re great! Back in 1985 I was lucky enough to introduce multitasking to the world of personal computers with the Commodore Amiga Operating System Kernel. Those were some fun days… back when home computers were a new and exciting concept, a dream for many of us. I still enjoy designing operating systems and languages, although these days I tend to think most systems have become overly complex. But… I’ve got some theories on why that happens and some ideas on how to make things simpler, smarter, and just as effective.
Hints for Amiga Owners: {a page of hints, tips, links and more}
Plastic case screws for the A500/A600/A1200: Short note, so it can be found by those searching the Web for this screw. They sell in lots of 100 for a couple of US dollars. M3 8 mm (dull end) screws [M3, 8 mm, Zinc, Steel, Pan Head] {and} M3 6 mm (dull end) screws
The Georg Braun A1000 build project: This project is all about nostalgia. It started with a thread at Amiga.org, created by a member called Kristian95. His idea was to order unpopulated PCB's made from the plans created by Georg Braun. The special about these boards and the design is that it re-creates the classical Commodore Amiga 1000 with some major improvments. You may wonder why not stay with the MiniMig, but there is a significant difference. The MiniMig emulates the OCS Amiga 500 by using an FPGA containing code that are based on reverse-engineering. This Amiga 1000 reincarnation uses the original chipset from actual Amigas, making the result 100% Amiga-compatible (the MiniMig does have it's flaws in the emulation). Still, this design aren't a blue-copy of the original Amiga 1000 machine: several enhancments have been implemented by Georg (features that normally comes as expansion boards). This includes 68030/68882 CPU setup, 32 bit memory, IDE-controller and a flicker-fixer.

31 Aug 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! First off I hope everyone is safe and well after hurricane Idalia. We caught the tail end of the storm but all is good here. Not a whole lot of news this week and that's a plus because I have been busy with other things. On a good side note we just passes the 600 link mark for the year. 612 to be exact! As always... Enjoy!

The Worldwide Field Headquarters Door Sign. I think I need a raise! ;-)
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My hats off to anyone who still perseveres and uses an Amiga today for serious work and boy has Swoop proven this point! We all know the Amiga is still VERY capable of handling most computer tasks today if you're willing to jump through a few hoops. (ie: networking and storage issues, limited memory, lack of modern applications, etc...) After 25 years he has finally completed his Martial Arts Kanji Dictionary and has listed it on amazon. He states "It was produced on an Amiga5000, using Pagestream 4.1.5.6. I started compiling my notes on an A1200 back in 1988, but serious work on it started in 1998. 539 pages, of pure work. Scanning the Kanji, using BME to remove stroke counts and then tracing them to a dr2d file. Which I could scale to whatever size I needed. The chapter system within Pagestream is brilliant. One of the problems is DSI errors when using #textpage number, to cross reference everything. I then had to print to a postscript file, convert to a pdf using AmiGS. Then transfer to my iMac to upload to Amazon."
Without a doubt mandatory reading for anyone who wants to access a network share on the Amiga
Follow the latest updates on Amiwest 2023. More info can be found here too.
Congratulations to Amigaportal.de for hitting the 400 member mark! It's always good to see growth in the community! I can't wait till I hit the 1 member mark! ha ha!
New issue: Amiga Future #164 has been released.
New issue: REV'n'GE #149 has been released.

Amiga Legal News Update

- Definition Silence (noun): 1. The condition or quality of being or keeping still and silent. 2. The absence of sound; stillness. 3. A period of time without speech or noise. Today's Theme

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Amiga - Original Chip Set (OCS): The original Amiga computers, OCS (Original Chip set) and ECS (Enhanced Chip set) used 4 bits per color channel (Red, Green and Blue), which meant that they could display a limited selection of colors (usually 16 or 32) from a total range of 4,096 colors.
Codetapper's Amiga Site: This website is a random collection of technical information about the amazing Commodore Amiga computer. I have interviewed some great programmers, disassembled many copperlists to see how some famous games achieved their amazing effects, and also added a section on hidden messages in various games. I will soon add all the technical documentation from the old Action website here aswell. Enjoy!
Emulation: Simplified installation guide for AmigaOS 4.1 under QEMU: {amiga-news.de summary is better than what I could have come up with} In mid-April Amiga-News.de had published Rene Engel's updated installation guide of AmigaOS 4.1 under QEMU 8.1. Since then numerous attempts have been made to improve the emulation and simplify the installation. Rene Engel has kindly summarised the efforts for us and published a correspondingly updated and simplified installation guide in the forum (German):
Amiga 500 Power Supply Build: The power supply of my Amiga 500 is a bit unreliable. I’ve had some issues with the machine where the PSU could be the culprit, so I thought that it would be better to get a new power supply. {...} Rather than taking that route, I decided to use a modern PSU. Ian Stedman from the UK has designed an adapter that allows an ATX PSU to be used for powering the Amiga. He sells this adapter for reasonable price of ₤10. However, the tricky part is to get the PSU connector. Amiga 500 uses a strange rectangular 5-pin DIN connector. This connector is extremely difficult to source.
Amiga 500 Power Supply Repair: My last post – quite a while ago already – was about building a new power supply for Amiga 500. In the comments I was contacted by an Amiga owner (or now former Amiga owner) who wanted to donate his Amiga 500 with a broken power supply. Thanks Johan for the donation! {...} In order to get this Amiga back to life, I had three options: fix the power supply, build a new power supply, or buy a new power supply. Yes, new power supplies for Amiga 500 are manufactured again by Electroware! As I had already built a power supply and there’s no fun in buying a new one, I decided to repair this one.
Fitting Vampire 500 V2+ with my chip RAM modification: As I mentioned in the previous post, I wanted to expand the chip RAM to 1 MB to play some WHDLoad games. With the new adapter this is possible without motherboard modifications. However, there is one problem with the modification: when installed, my Vampire 500 V2+ accelerator doesn’t fit in the Amiga anymore! The solution is quite simple: from two 64-pin DIP sockets and some ribbon cable it’s possible to build an adapter that moves the Vampire few centimetres away from the Fat Agnus socket and leaves space for the chip RAM adapter. I first thought about making some PCBs for a more solid adapter, but there is a capacitor right next to the CPU socket, and fitting a PCB there would be difficult. The flexible ribbon cable leaves more space for the capacitor.
Amiga 500 chip RAM expansion with no motherboard modifications: I presented my Amiga 500 in a previous post. It has only 512 kB of memory, and I would like to expand it to 1 MB. {...} Modifying the Amiga 500 to use the internal 512 kB memory expansion as chip RAM is definitely possible. The best document about it I found on the net is here. The information in the document can also be verified with Amiga 500 motherboard schematics. This requires however some motherboard modifications, but I like to keep my vintage machines in original condition, and do only fully reversible modifications. Cutting traces on the motherboard is definitely not reversible.
Amiga 500 teardown: I bought an Amiga 500 as my first computer in 1988. I later sold it and bought Amiga 2000, so this is not the same machine I used to own. Instead, I got this one from a friend in late 1990’s for free as it was broken. The problem was easy to fix – there were just some broken solder joints in the power supply after it had been dropped.
Amiga based projects. By Lee Davison.: {Lee Davison passed away on September 21, 2013. 6502.org hosts this reconstruction of his website to preserve his memory and ensure the resources he created remain available.} PCBAmiga PCB and schematic CAD for the Amiga & 8-UP!(DIP) The user guide for the 8-UP!(DIP) RAM card.
Acid Software's Amiga game Skidmarks turns 30: A project to celebrate 30th anniversary of original Skidmarks game. The Musashi M68000 emulator has a new home in the ACID500 console. Active progress on this project includes the use of the lha command line archiving tool as most useful utility to have running. The ACID500 is designed to boot and execute a selection of classic amiga binaries without the need of a proprietary Kickstart ROM. Exec and dos.library are both implemented on native side of the emulation architecture.
Sylpheed: Sylpheed is an email program based on the GTK GUI toolkit. The design and user interface is similar to many well-known email programs from the Windows world, such as Outlook Express. Why another mailer? Sylpheed has a very good support of the IMAP4 protocol, which is currently only available with a few Amiga mailers. But Sylpheed also has other interesting features.
Getting my X1000 quieter & cooler !: Been a while since I started a thread over at amigans/ amigaworld.net over concerns of CPU temp and noisy CPU fan that came standard with my X1000 but luckily mainly due to a new great custom solution for our X1K's from Marcus Computer called MagmaBreath my problems have been solved :-) The installation is clear and straight forward as noted below. You'll need 45 minutes, basic tools and a clear workspace:
Scene Archetypes: Computer science may not be about computers the way astronomy isn't really about telescopes, but the demo scene is about computers the same way painting is about brushes and tempera. They're a means to achieve an end, but also tools that affect the creative process and become part of the work itself. There are certain aesthetics you simply cannot achieve on certain platforms, and certain other aesthetics that are encouraged or determined by specific platform hardware. If there is one such platform close to my heart, it's the Amiga 500. Around 1993, a distinct demo aesthetic emerged on this platform, serving as inspiration for this page. In the end, however, it's the hand of the artist that ultimately decides the quality of the outcome. Artists are key to the scene, dutifully enabled by all those who may not partake in the creative process but certainly help facilitate it. Here is a tribute to a few of the main players, presented for your enjoyment.
FluxMyFluffyFloppy: A Microsoft(r) Windows(r) GUI for Greseaweazle Host Tools
How to access a network share on the Amiga: After getting it online this has to be the next best thing your can do with your Amiga. Being able to access a network share on the Amiga is really a liberating experience. It affords you not just the freedom to quickly access files you may have downloaded on your PC but also near unlimited extra storage for your Amiga. It’s quite a straightforward process and I’ll go through the whole thing from start to finish in this post.
Getting ‘SAY’ Speech Synthesizer to Work on Workbench 3: Turns out that Commodore, in their infinite wisdom, killed off Say back in 1992 with the release of Workbench 3. As my A1200 is running the very latest Workbench 3.2.1. it simply wasn’t included and hasn’t been for a great many years. I couldn’t leave it there though, I really wanted Say on my Amiga and wasn’t going to settle until I made it happen. Thankfully the fix turned out to be pretty simple, provided you can lay your hands on an old Workbench floppy disk that is! Luckily I have loads of old workbench disks going back to version 1.2 so finding the files wasn’t too difficult..
Making Amiga IFF Thumbnails Work in Linux: I was having an email conversation with Stoo Cambridge, and he mentioned that he was having trouble making his Linux machine display thumbnails of Amiga IFF/ILBM files. It turns out I have a solution for him, so I am sharing it here to help anyone else.

22 Aug 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Sad to report the long time AROS forum AROS EXEC will be shutting down for good on 19 Sep 2023. While I'm always sad to see see yet another Amiga or related web resource disappear, I wish Ola Jensen all the best with his health and future endeavors. Your contributions to the Amiga community will not be forgotten anytime soon. Fair winds and following seas my friend!

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Mad Hackers Lab has created a small USB-C power adapter for the A500/600/1200 called the Powershark. You connect an adequate USB-C power source to the adapter, plug that into the Amiga and off you go. More than a 'dumb' converter it also monitors voltage and prevents issues with rapid power cycling. Interested to see what the reviews will be once it's finally released.
New calendar event: 23-27 Aug 2023 the Retro Area at Gamescom 23 is being held in Cologne Germany. While the website is in German, the pictures show what looks to be a GREAT event!
New calendar event: 3-5 Nov 2023 the Micro Alchime VII is being held in Clérieux, France. This event, more intimate than Alchemy, is more focused on Amiga, Atari and retrograming in general. This gathering is also intended as a long weekend of relaxation, games and discovery of each other's systems.
New issue: Amiga Addict #23 has been released.

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PowerShark: PowerShark is a next-generation power adapter for the Amiga line of computers - A500, A600 and A1200. It provides stable, high quality power, perfect for continuous long-term operation of even the most expanded configurations. Utilizing any 12V-capable USB-C power supply for the first stage conversion, PowerShark allows users to tap into a vast array of affordable and readily available “power bricks” for their Amiga system. Furthermore, portable USB-C “chargers” are also supported, bringing the dream of battery-operated Amigas to life. And it works flawlessly with magnetic USB-C adapters, too, ensuring an accident-free environment similar to “MagSafe”.
Understanding capacitors and their role in the Amiga 1200 and how to replace them: The Amiga 1200, our beloved computer from 1992 is getting old(sadly), with age, the capacitors in the Commodore Amiga 1200 can deteriorate, leading to various issues and potential damage. To preserve and revive the Amiga 1200, it is essential to perform a thorough capacitor replacement. {...} We will provide a detailed list of capacitors present in the Amiga 1200 motherboard. It includes information on the location, capacitance value, voltage rating, and electrolyte type of each capacitor. Enthusiasts will learn how to identify capacitors on the motherboard and understand the significance of each component.
Amiga Game Selector: A500 Mini Amiga Game Selector is in the public domain – you can find download links on the A500 Mini / Maxi Facebook group. Please direct any questions or queries to Paul Vince. This service is ONLY for those people who lack the skills to write the files on a USB stick. We’d prefer everyone to be able to create a USB stick yourself but we understand that it’s not always possible. Instructions for installation are freely available.
Software : Pi Amiga Images: descrDifferent Pi images are popular within the Raspberry Pi community to quickly allow you to test out different OS, of course Amiga fans have started making Amiga themed / focus images that allow you to boot straight into an Amiga emulated setup and development of this has only improved as Pi systems have become more powerful and emulation support improve. Below are some of the main ones. It should go without saying that you should only download games/software you own or legally allowed to be shared. RetroPie / Pimiga / Amikit XE / KickOS / AGS / Amiberry
Amiga 1200 Black Project: This is my approach to a black painted Amiga with a CDTV keyboard attached. The main body is painted via air pistol and car paint.
Amiga Impact:{French - Amiga news and information site}
CD32 Refurbishment, Part 1: I found this CD32 for a fair price, and bought it. The optical condition of the case is quite okay. It has some visible scratchmarks. The previous owner tried to fix them, but made it even worse. At that time, I wasn't aware yet that this would be the main theme of the whole restauration. Together with the console, I got a PSU and an edutainment CD for learning math. The PSU wasn't the original one, but a simple power brick with a CD32 connector soldered on. The gamepad was missing, unfortunately, but I found a Honey Bee joypad as replacement a bit later. Let's have a look inside the machine.
CD32 Refurbishment, Part 2: In the first part I successfully repaired an Amiga CD32 that got broken due to leaking capacitors and a botched restauration attempt. In this part I replace the laser pickup and calibrate the CD drive. The old laser pickup of the CD32 might be worn out due to age and use. A common symptom is that the CD32 is unable to play CD-R media, or it is only capable of playing music CDs. There is no way to make the CD32 accept CD-RW media though, since they use a dye instead of pits that reflect too little light.
Amiga CD32 Laser calibration & replace laser pickup procedure: Amiga CD32 Laser calibration & replace laser pickup procedure
256k×16 DRAM used in Commodore and Amiga equipment: {Part and manufacture information on this chip}
The .ADF (Amiga Disk File) format FAQ: This document describes the .ADF file format. An Amiga Disk File is a sector per sector dump of an Amiga formatted disk. The intent is to explain in detail how the Amiga stores files and directories on floppy and hard disks. A set of C routines (ADFlib) will be supplied to manage the ADF format.
Adaptateur 040/060 ultime : {French} Some people have emailed me having problems with the assembly of the adapter 040/060. Here is a more accurate summary and ultimately the best and fastest method to make it.
A4000-D Jumper: {Description of all the jumpers on the A4000-D}
Amiga 4000 Hardware Guide Version 4.2 (6/98): {an incredibly detailed knowledge base of the A4000. Board, Drives, Monitors, Tips, Internals, Common Problems, Common Questions & more}
Prometheus PCI Bridge: Amiga Zorro III to PCI bridge, introduced in 2001, opensourced in 2012. Prometheus is my most complicated (so far) hardware design. It has been done for Matay in 2000. It is a bridge joining traditional asynchronous Zorro III Amiga expansion bus with standard PCI. It allows for using PCI expansion cards in Amiga 3000 and 4000. Unfortunately only 250 boards have been produced. Thanks to agreement of all parties involved, the design can be opened to the public..
The history of Aminet: {Straight from the source}
Fred Fish Disks: {A nice listing of all 1000 Fred Fish disks
Commodore Amiga Multimedia Computer: Back in a time when the "norm" was playing with interrupt jumpers and admiring grey scale images, the Commodore AMIGA was revolutionizing the world with full multimedia capabilities; Before multimedia was even a word. This notebook collates some of the many awesome artefacts lying around the internet.
Topaz Double: Double-height recreation of Amiga’s iconic Topaz typeface. This is an Amiga-native recreation of one of the most beautiful and readable 8×8 pixel typefaces ever created: Topaz — now rendered in pixel-perfect 8×16px for modern resolutions. Out of the box, Amiga used a tall (~2:1) resolution — 640×200 (NTSC) or 640×256 (PAL) -- which means that the standard Topaz typeface/font would be half-height if you were using it with resolutions with a pixel aspect ratio closer to 1:1. For some reason, there has never been an Amiga-native version of a double-height Topaz (at least not that I could find) for use with resolutions with a square (1:1) pixel ratio, so I made one.
Amiga Font Editor: Font Editor for AmigaOS 2.x/3.x. One piece of software I was missing in my Amiga times was a convenient Bitmap font editor. Commodore shipped one with the Kickstart 1.3 Extras disk but decided to discontinue that program with the introduction of Kickstart/Workbench 2.0. As I'd like to have some extra characters in the fonts I regularly use, as well as custom fonts for my own convenience, I looked into disassembling the abandoned Commodore FED sometime in the 90s.

14 Aug 2023

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  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Sad news to report. Jim Oldfield founder of Commodore magazine, Associate Editor of INFO magazine, Vice President & Publisher of Abacus Software has passed. I wish I had more information but as a kid I had MANY issues of .info magazine and I still have ALL my C=128 Abacus Software books. Those were the days! Fair winds and following seas Jim.

  - While the Amiga is not known for it's web development tools, I am VERY happy that a new version of AAMP was released. FANTASIC job Edgar Schwan.

  - And I'm not sure how I missed this one other than I'm not a daily user of OS4.x. Check out glUAE. Can't wait to try this out on my A1222, if/when it's ever delivered.

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Enjoy the WORLDS BEST .MOD Jogier Liljedahl's Guital Slinger played from BassoonTracker.
The AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – July 2023 has been released. As always... A WONDERFUL MUST read! Thanks Puni/Void a.k.a AmigaOldSkooler
The current list of Amiga38 exhibitors this 6-7 Oct in Mönchengladbach Germany. That's a very strong list! Wish I was attending. {Credit to Amiga-News.de for the pic}
New calendar event alert: 16-17 Sep 2023 the World of Retro Computing WoRC 2023 Expo is being held in Ontario Canada. The WoRC 2023 Expo will be a TWO DAY vintage and retro computing conference to include hands on vintage and retro computer and gaming displays, special guest speakers, vendors buying and selling, workshops, lan parties, challenges, and raffles!
New calendar event alert: 3-5 Nov 2023 the Amiga-Meeting Nord is being held in Neumünster Germany. In the last years the Meeting became one of the biggest Amiga events in northern Germany. Up to 50 users can bring their computers and use it in an generously room of the hotel. They can connect to a LAN with internet access.
New issue alert: WhatIFF? has published a new issue.

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glUAE: Nowadays, using classic Amiga hardware-hitting software on AmigaOS 4 systems is possible thanks to the remarkable work poured into UAE. However, running Amiga software on an Amiga system through such an indirect mechanism feels kind of awkward. glUAE makes the emulation experience perfectly natural by transparently integrating the emulator into the system, thanks to the AmigaOS flexibility and the UAE configurability.
Amos Professional Unity: Welcome to the Amos Professional Unity official home. This website is dedicaced to the project "AMOS Professional Unity". This project is based on the François Lionet’s "AMOS Professional Official" source code
Amiga External Floppy Adapter: Theory of operation. This board allow to connect all type of floppy drives to the Amiga external D-Sub 23 floppy connector; Original Amiga "Shugart" drive, Gotek floppy drive emulator, IBM-PC floppy drive (720K and 1.44M). It can operate as DF1, DF2 or DF3, depending on the J4 jumper position. Two mode of operation are possible; Native "Shugart" mode can be selected with J1, J2 and J3 jumper between pin 1 and 2., IBM-PC mode can be selected with J1, J2 and J3 jumper between pin 2 and 3. Onboard logic makes all drive to be seen as 880K standard Amiga floppy drives.
1980s computer controls GRPS heat and AC : GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A 30-year-old computer that has run day and night for decades is what controls the heat and air conditioning at 19 Grand Rapids Public Schools. The Commodore Amiga was new to GRPS in the early 1980s and it has been working tirelessly ever since. GRPS Maintenance Supervisor Tim Hopkins said that the computer was purchased with money from an energy bond in the 1980s. It replaced a computer that was “about the size of a refrigerator.” The computer is responsible for turning the heat and the air conditioners on and off for 19 school buildings.
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7543887&cid=49900341: This was posted to the Disqus comments, it appears to be from a man named Jeff who is likely the original programmer. He did post another response that talked about some problems he encountered in recent years testing an emulation solution. Bravo to this man Jeff for sticking by his system for the entire lifecycle.{1980s computer controls GRPS heat and AC}
MilkyTracker: MilkyTracker is an open source, multi-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker 2/3 compatibility.
BassoonTrackerOld school Amiga MOD and XM tracker in plain javascript.
name: An Amiga Serial Midi Interface in open hardware. This serial midi interface is compatible with most Amiga Midi softwares. It simply convert serial RS-232 RX and TX signals to MIDI TTL standard. MIDI IN is opto-isolated to prevent ground loops and induction noise. Self powered via serial port. Convenient thru connector to connect other instruments to MIDI IN in daisy-chain. Tested on Bar and Pipes professional and OCTA-MED. (Let us know yours!)
USB Joystick Adapter v3.2: This repository contains all firmware sources for the Retronic Design's USB Joystick Adapter for all supported devices. This code is provided under a GPLv3 licence and does not offer any warranty whatsoever. This is for developpement and testing purposes.
mySQLcontrol: {DE Translated} mySQLcontrol is a database administration and editing program for the mySQL database server under AmigaOS 4. Databases and tables can be created, deleted and changed via a reaction-based interface. The table structure can also be changed. An SQL QUERY query can also be used to select/display and edit specific data records. An SQL console can also be started in which all SQL commands can be issued directly. The prefs window can also be used to connect to a mySQL server on another computer or on the Internet! Sorry for english speaking people. Only the download instructions on the bottom of the side are translated. The program itself has english catalog.
AAMP: is package offers a development environment on your Amiga, with which you can create and test your own web projects. Similar to the well-known XAMPP package for Linux and Windows, it contains the HTTP (web) server "Apache" with compiled-in support for the scripting language "PHP" (version 8.0.28 and 5.2.10) and the database server "MySQL" version 5.5.10.
Amiga Game Framework: Amiga Game Framework is a general-purpose framework aimed at game and multimedia programming on AmigaOS 4. It offers a user-friendly and intuitive C API for 2D graphics, playing sounds, reading user input, and more. Everything a 2D game developer needs. Amiga Game Framework has the following features: Window and fullscreen modes, Uses datatypes for loading bitmap graphics and sample sounds, Bitmap image and graphical primitive drawing, Font loading and drawing, Drawing with direct ARGB colors (no pens), Support for loadable palettes (unlimited palette size) where ARGB values can be fetched, Built-in 64 color palette, Bitmap scrolling, Animated sprites (BOBs) using sprite sheets, Keyboard, USB joysticks & game controllers, and mouse input, Audio playback through AHI, Networking API to create multiplayer online games.
Click here to Join The Commodore Amiga Corner: Click here to Join The Commodore Amiga Corner Discord channel.
vAmigaWeb: vAmigaWeb - Amiga Emulator for iPad iPhone Android and the web.
vAmigaWeb: {GitHub} vAmigaWeb - Amiga Emulator for iPad iPhone Android and the web.
vAmiga: {github} vAmiga is a user-friendly Amiga 500, 1000, 2000 emulator for macOS
Amiga 4000 Restoration x2: Part 1: {This is part 1 of 4 of a very detailed restoration and upgrade of an Amiga 4000. PArts 2-4 are also available too.} Due to a series of strange events, I have ended up with not one, but two Amiga 4000s in the last few weeks. They are both in need of very different restorations. I hope that I can get at least one complete machine out of them, and then sell the other one. I don’t have room for two in my collection, and it will help recoup the costs.
big video about E-UAE on AmigaOS4: {Thread @ AmigaWorld.net started by kas1e and his video covering the basics and roots on the current and older version of E-UAE, compositing how it emulates OS3.2.2.1, how to integrate dbl-click support and more....}
Commodore Amiga, when leadership goes wrong: How is it possible that a company that is ahead of competitors in 1985 takes 9 years to destroy everything? It was said that the previous Commodore computer (PET) was even better than Apple II, and with the Amiga that was not an exception. The Amiga had features like preemptive multitasking, a colour GUI, and hardware graphics and stereo sound that would not become mainstream on computers until over a decade later. However, the team that created the Amiga wanted more. They wanted to improve the product all the time. Executive Commitee didn't.
ArchiTECH HARDWARE: {Polish - ArchiTECH Retro Computer Amiga shop. Lots of stuff for sale.}

7 Aug 2023

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! Sad news this week. Bram Moolenaar, the creator of VIM passed away. For those who are not aware Bram created it back 98 on his Amiga 2000. Our condolences to his family.

- On a happier note my copy of From Vultures to Vampires 2 has arrived. Can't wait to start reading it.

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Roman 'kas1e' Kargin released a VERY NICE video showing E-UAE in action on a X5000. Looks impressive but I'm sure the A1222 version is not as good.
Individual Computers released an update to P96. Thanks for the support Jens!
Over at AmigaWorld.net AmigaNG makes mention of a new prototype/demo product from AmigaKit. Behold the A600GS. Let's see where this one goes. . .

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RetroPDFs RetroPDFs – old mags for modern devices : ACE, Acorn User, Amiga Computing, Amiga Format, Amiga World, Amiga Power, Amiga Shopper, Amstrad Action, Amstrad Computer User, Amtix!, Antic, Atari User, BEEBUG, Big K, Commodore Format, Commodore Power/Play, Commodore User, Computer and Video Games plus 1984/1985 “Yearbooks”, Crash, CU Amiga, Dragon User, Electron User, Mega Machines, Mega Machines Sega, Micro Adventurer, MicroHobby, MicroHobby Especial, N-Force / SNES Force, Page 6 / New Atari User, Personal Computer Games, Personal Computer News, RAZE, Sinclair User, Sinclair Programs, ST Format, ST/Amiga Format, Super Play, The Games Machine, The Micro User, The One, Your Computer, Your Commodore, Your Sinclair, Your Spectrum, Your 64, Zero, ZX Computing & Zzap 64! / Commodore Force plus “bonus” issue 107
Welcome to Mediathek: Mediathek is a software for downloading Movies from different public (german speaking) TV-stations (ARD, ZDF, 3Sat, WDR...). It is based on the program MediathekView, which is available for Windows/Linux/Macos, und uses the same database. But in contrast to them, Mediathek on Amiga uses its own SQL-server, what gives some speedups and more filteroptions.
ANAIIS ("Another Native Amiga IO Interface Stack"): ANAIIS, acronym for Another Native Amiga IO Interface Stack, is a software solution that brings the possibilities of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) to the Amiga. Supported harware: ZorroII E3B Highway, clockport E3B Subway, clockport Alinea Subway 2021, ZorroII Freeway, clockport Freeway & A600/A1200 Gayle clockport
RogueCraft - Awesome looking Amiga roguelike from Badger Punch Games gets an AmiJam demo!: If you have an Amiga you are sure to like this latest news story that's just been sent to us by Saberman, as if you were hoping to play the C64 version of 'Rogue64' by Badger Punch Games but didn't get the chance, then make sure to check out the AmiJam demo for the upcoming release of 'RogueCraft'. A game which could be described as a much enhanced Amiga version of Rogue64 set with a Lovecraft-inspired theme! To coincide with this news, not only has Ricki Sickenger (Zendar) teased another screenshot, but there's a new video available from Saberman showing the WIP demo in action.
Where Vim Came From: You could spend several minutes poking around the Vim website without getting a better idea of who created Vim or why. If you launch Vim without giving it a file argument, then you will see Vim’s startup message, which says that Vim is developed by “Bram Moolenaar et al.” But that doesn’t tell you much. Who is Bram Moolenaar and who are his shadowy confederates?
A600GSname: {A new prototype system from AmiKit. Currently the site is just a place holder.}
The history of Mesa: The Mesa project (aka "Mesa 3D") is "almost old enough to drink" (21 in the US), said Ian Romanick when introducing Brian Paul's X.Org Developers Conference (XDC) talk. Paul is "the father of Mesa", Romanick said; he was presenting a look back at the 20 (or so) years of development on the open source OpenGL graphics language implementation.
AmigaFFH: Commodore Amiga File Format Handler: Modern software often poorly support older file formats. This package intends to handle many file formats that were native to the antiquated Commodore Amiga machine. This package focuses on file types from the older Amiga operating systems (<= 3.0). It will read and write specific file formats and coerces them into more contemporary data.
AmigaBasic: The S3 AmigaBasic class : Description: A class that represents the content of Amiga Basic files. Details: Amiga Basic is a BASIC-style programming language that was shipped with early Commodore Amiga machines. It requires an interpreter to run an Amiga Basic script. The AmigaFFH package does not interpret Amiga Basic scripts. It does allow for encoding and decoding scripts in the binary format in which it was originally stored on the Amiga. Amiga Basic scripts were stored as encoded binaries instead of ASCII text files in order to save (at the time precious) memory and disk space. Amiga Basic binary files start with a file header (as an identifier) and is followed by each line of the script as binary data. The AmigaBasic-class object stores each line of the script as a list item as a vector of raw data. Use as.character and as.AmigaBasic to switch between character data and AmigaBasic-class objects.
A4000TX ATX Amiga motherboard: {Thread @ AmiBay introducing the initial launch of the A4000TX ATX motherboard} A4000TX ATX motherboard, the first Amiga based motherboard in ATX form factor (actually a hybrid ATX/EATX form factor). A4000TX is an A4000cr motherboard and daughterboard embedded together with a few additional features. The motherboard is fully hand-routed like the A4000+ Alice motherboard was. The specifications of the A4000TX Lisa rev 1.0: fits into (E)ATX case, uses standard ATX power supply, Amiga AGA custom chipset, CPU slot connector for accelerator cards, on-board 68030 CPU & 68882 FPU, 16 MB Fast RAM, 2 MB Chip RAM, four full-length Zorro III slots, three ISA slots, extended video slot, 3.5" IDE port, internal floppy port, PS/2 keyboard port supporting Amiga and PC keyboards (PC work in progress), PS/2 mouse port (work in progress), Amiga mouse and joystick ports, serial and parallel ports, 15-pin VGA port with 15kHz RGB output, 24-pin breakout header with full RGB port support (for external scandoublers, genlocks, SCART cables, etc..), 3.5mm stereo jack & on-board RTC with battery
E-UAE: This is a version of UAE, the Ubiquitous Amiga Emulator, with an emulation core largely based on WinUAE. It attempts to bring many of the great features of WinUAE to non-Windows platforms. This version now finally has a name, E-UAE, since that's what everybody was calling it anyway. The 'E' can stand for anything you fancy. Experimental, extreme, exciting, egalitarian, eggplant, . . . Currently it will build and run (with a varying degree of supported features) on Linux and other Unices, Mac OS X, BeOS, AmigaOS itself (either for 68k machines or PPC machines with AmigaOS 4.0 and the AmigaOS clones MorphOS and AROS). OS X requires either LibSDL or an X server for graphics output, but native graphics are supported on AmigaOS and BeOS, although, at the moment, SDL is also preferred on BeOS since the native driver is incomplete.
FBDUMP: fbdump is a simple tool that captures the contents of the visible portion of the Linux framebuffer device and writes it to the standard output as a PPM file. In other words, it takes a screenshot of anything running on the framebuffer. It currently has fairly complete support for packed-pixel framebuffer types and also works with the VGA16 framebuffer driver.
E-UAE PowerPC JIT project v1.0.0: This project is a fork of the E-UAE Amiga emulation project.
The Big E-UAE JIT blog: The development blog for the implementing Just In Time complimation based Motorola 680x0 emulation for the PowerPC Processors in E-UAE Amiga emulator.
E-UAE PowerPC JIT: This project is a successor of the E-UAE Amiga emulation project, the goal is to implement Just-In-Time code compilation for PowerPC processors.

1 Aug 2023

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- Rabbits - Rabbits - Rabbits! Greetings and salutations everyone! Making progress... I'm happy to report I'm close to finalizing my updated category listing. 20 Years ago emulation (WinUAE, QEMU, FS-UAE...) alt hardware (A500 mini, Raspberry Pi, Vampire, Mister...), social media (Blogs, youtube, Discord...) and may others were basically non existent and my current category list reflect this. To be the BEST site for Amiga information and resources I've been updating and adding some features that will make it easier for you find what your looking for. I look forward to everyone's feedback.

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I found all the issues of Amiga.com's Club Amiga Monthly e-zine. Boy was this LOOOOONG time ago.

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HISTORY OF THE AMIGA COMPUTER {ARCHIVED 10 Apr 2009}: In the beginning. The Amiga was conceived by Jay Miner. Jay was working at Atari when he came up with the idea for a super games computer. At Atari Jay had done much of the design work on the Atari 800 8-bit computers as well as the earlier Atari VCS. But since Atari was making cash 'hand over fist' from the arcade craze and the home video games, it wasn't interested in his plans for an advanced 16-bit home computer based upon the Motorola 68000 CPU.
The acquisition of Amiga by Commodore and Atari’s involvement, and what if Atari had won the bid?: The story of Amiga’s acquisition by Commodore and the subsequent involvement of Atari is a fascinating tale of technological innovation, corporate strategies, and industry turmoil. We will explore the acquisition of Amiga by Commodore, detailing the circumstances and the price paid for the groundbreaking technology, and delve into how Atari, a rival company, got involved in the Amiga saga, and how this convergence of two iconic companies shaped the future of the computing and gaming industries.
My new Amiga 1200 Accelerator!: So, I’m a lucky retro computing loving boy! I happen to own a sweet ass Amiga 1200 (in the cool CD32 limited edition case from A1200.Net) as you will see from the photo’s on the site. I’ve had an accelerator in this machine for many years (way before the cool CD32 case) and what I had was a Blizzard MkIV 68030 running at 50Mhz and 32Mb RAM. This would have been eye wateringly expensive in 1995 when it was released at 299DM and probably out of reach for the average Amiga fan (especially when to get proper use from it you would have had to have owned a hard drive too). My lovely Blizzard served a purpose for years and is probably still the best “Old school” accelerator for the Amiga 1200 (bang for buck). Excellent for running Workbench from my Compact Flash HD and subsequently WHDLoad games worked a treat. Of course being a straight up 68030 accelerator – it’s very compatible with all the software available. Here’s a wee picture of what it looked like.
extract-adf: extract-adf is a tool that extracts files from (broken) Amiga OFS ADF/ADZ/DMS disk images. It will create all files with the correct directory hierarchy and the correct timestamps on the local filesystem. It is specially optimized for broken filesystems, and can recover as much as possible even on those. One use case is to extract the leftover files on the Kickstart 1.0 disk.
Reconstructing the Leftovers on the Amiga Kickstart 1.0 Disk: It is well-known that the “Kickstart” disk that came with the original Amiga 1000 in 1985 contained some fragments of source code: The floppy disk that was used as a master for duplication had been used by the developers before, and had not been erased completely. Nobody seemed to have looked too closely at what is on this disk – so I did, for this episode of Computer Archeology. The revealed data tells us about how the Amiga operating system was brought up, how it related to Tripos, and where it was developed.
Tripos, the Roots of AmigaDOS: The core of the Amiga Operating systems consists of the three major components Exec (scheduling, memory management, IPC), Intuition (GUI library) and AmigaDOS (process and file management). AmigaDOS is based on the Tripos operating system which Commodore bought because development of their own DOS subsystem failed to meet deadlines. In this article, I am presenting searchable PDFs of the very rare Tripos manuals (638 pages) as well as the AmigaDOS manual (304 pages). Comparing the two documents will share some insight in the relationship between Tripos and Amiga OS.
Welcome to the Developer Site for AmigaDE / Amiga-Anywhere {ARCHIVED 26 Jul 2003}: The AmigaDE is a set of technologies which allows developers to create digital content that runs within an abstract environment - the Amiga Digital Environment (hence AmigaDE). This environment is then 'attached' to multiple hardware and software hosts, allowing that content to run on those hosts without change and at near native speeds. The environment provides a high performance, low resource development service set that allows for the development of Assembler, C/C++ and pJava content, whether it be simple utilities or screaming multimedia games. To see some examples, please visit the Amiga-Anywhere Shop or the website of one of our AmigaDE developers, Zeoneo. The AmigaDE currently supports ARM, MIPS, x86 and SHn hardware hosts and Microsoft (Windows, PocketPC, Smartphone) and Linux (Desktop and Embedded) software hosts. Other hosts are in the works as the AmigaDE spreads its coverage across the digital device landscape, ranging from Smartphones, through PDAs and STBs to desktops and workstations.
Club Amiga Monthly: {Issues #1 Feb 2003 - #12 Jan 2004. All 12 issues. Full content}
Club Amiga Magazine Issue 5: A short story on the V50 DOS Library {ARCHIVED 11 Jul 2003}: From the very beginning, AmigaDOS has always been the orphaned child in the Amiga operating system. In the early days, the addition of the TRIPOS kernel as the basis for the Amiga Disk Operating System (DOS) was not the first choice, but circumstances being what they were, we finished up with TRIPOS, written in a language called BCPL. BCPL was a predecessor to modern C language and whether they realized it at the time or not, C was eventually to become the pseudo standard language for the entire Amiga Operating system and various components, as well as being a favored language for writing a vast number of applications.
Club Amiga Magazine Issue 2: AmiDock and application.library in AmigaOS 4 {ARCHIVED 11 Jul 2003}: This description is meant as addition to our AmigaOS4 feature list. For first impressions about the new functionalities, please have a read in the mentioned document. OS4's AmiDock allows to be configured by the user in a very high degree. Picture 1; shows 4 different examples of docks in icon mode. The top-most has a drag bar, and fully transparent backgrounds. If someone wants to see a border around a dock: no problem - this is shown in the second example. Of course you also can create a fully invisible dock which has neither a drag bar nor a border (third example). Finally we see a dock which draws a background, has a border but no drag bar. Of course it is possible to choose those styles for each different dock.
Setting up a Compact Flash card with Classic Workbench and WHDLoad for Amiga 600/1200 : About a year ago, I bought an Amiga 600. It did not have a hard drive, but all Amiga 600 have an IDE port, and you can use a Compact Flash card with a CF-IDE adapter as a hard drive. That worked fine, and I could install Workbench on the CF card, and use it. But eventually I though I should try to use WHDLoad, so that I could run more games directly from the hard drive. I found a video by Nostalgia Nerd on Youtube, where he goes through the process of installing Classic Workbench and WHDLoad on a Compact Flash card, unfortunately this video is (currently) four years old, and also very… quick? With the help of the comments[1] and some trial and error, I managed to get it working, though.
Adding an RGB SCART connector to a Commodore 1901 monitor : A couple of months ago, I bought a cheap, used Commodore 1901 monitor[1] from Tradera. The Commodore 1901 has digital RGBi input using D-SUB 9 connector, as well as separate Luminance and Chrominance inputs via RCA jacks (which is the same signal as S-Video, just different connectors). I thought this would be a good monitor for my old Bondwell Model 8 computer, which only has CGA output (and probably deserves a post of its own). It would probably also work with my Commodore 64. The Commodore 1901 also has a built-in speaker, that connects with yet another RCA plug, so I wouldn’t even need a separate speaker.
Repairing a cracked PCB in a Commodore 1901 monitor: This is the second and final part in a very short series where I improve and repair my Commodore 1901 monitor. In part 1 I added a SCART connector with analog RGB and audio support, but also discovered that the colours were a bit off – especially when using an RGBi input, such as CGA – and discovered a crack on the PCB. In this part, I will repair the PCB and hopefully fix the colours.
Amiga calls the partnership with QNX for the development of the architecture of the amigas of the next generation, hereinafter referred to as "NG-Amiga". {ARCHIVED 7 Jan 2001 - GERMAN}: {To good not to add it to the list} Amiga, Inc. has a collaboration with QNX Software Systems Ltd. The aim is to use the QNX-EXMAUSTIONSTAD system (Realtime Operating System, RTOS) as the basis for the architecture of the NG-Amiga.
Hold and Modify: The Amiga and Lightwave3D legacy. That’s what I do here. Hold and Modify - YouTube's most fully produced Amiga channel
Commodore Amiga 600 LED replacement: Commodore Amiga 600 LED replacement board. Tested on PAL and NTSC models, rev1.5 and rev2. it fits the original keyboard perfectly
Amiga600 LED replacement PCB : Amiga600 LED replacement PCB, Eagle 7.x Schematics & Board
Mister FPGA – A Fascinating Comprehensive Guide: Mister FPGA, also known as MiSTer, is a fascinating and versatile open-source project that has gained significant popularity among retro gaming enthusiasts, hardware tinkerers, and FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) enthusiasts. It allows users to recreate the experience of playing classic video games and using vintage computer systems on modern hardware, bringing the nostalgia of the past into the present. At its core, Mister FPGA is a small computer system built around an FPGA chip that can mimic the behavior of various vintage hardware platforms and consoles, making it a powerful and flexible tool for emulation and retro gaming.
MiSTer FPGA Hardware: The MiSTer is an open-source project that emulates consoles, computers and arcade boards via FPGA – This is different from software emulation, as there’s potential for performance exactly like the original. While software emulation has the potential to be really accurate as well, you’re much more likely to get zero lag via FPGA emulation, making this an amazing option for people using both HDMI displays and CRT’s! Setup and use has gotten really simple and I created a quick video to get you started, with links and more instructions below:
Amiga ADF to floppy using X-COPY, GOTEK & external drive: The GOTEK floppy emulator is hands down the best modification to can make to any Amiga and it’s easy to forget what a faf sourcing floppies can be these days. This was no more apparent than when we were contacted on Instagram and asked about our State of the Art Christmas decorations. Our fellow Amiga owner was not only intrigued about the beautifully crafted Amiga models but was pining for his own copy of this epic Spaceballs demo. Having not yet opted for a GOTEK I did the right thing and offered to supply a copy for him. It’s pretty easy to turn an ADF disk image into a floppy – you need the right equipment and software. In this video, we show you how. More information on the Amiga GOTEK can be found here

25 Jul 2023

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! Another 'slow' week but this time we have some really good links. I hope you enjoy!

"I did have several acquaintances who died slumped over keyboards at least two of them had heart attacks or some such, but none of them were Amiga users. I don't know of anyone who was an Amiga user who died slumped over their Amiga. "— Paula Lieberman

Random quote of the week. How true!

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Just stumbled across this. My all time FAVORITE MOD Jogeir Liljedahl's Guitar Slinger recreated in the form of a stop-motion music video. And in the second half of the video he goes into GREAT depth on how he did it! Linus Akesson you Sir WIN the Internet today!!
HOLY CRAP... We have DARK FORCES on the Amiga! WAY TO GO BSzili!!!
While I only 'played' (aka watched) Little Computer people on the C=64, this Hacking Little Computer People on the Amiga: article description is still very COol!! GREAT job Jaruzel!
Since the last update REV'n'GE!' has published a new issues.

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Building a Micro-AmigaOne - By Lyle Hazelwood {25 Oct 2008}: The following article is an account of observations and solutions to problems which arose during the build of a Micro AmigaOne computer. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Any similiarity to your real life experience is purely coincidental. All information in this document is believed to be accurate. The author accepts no responsibility for how you use it.
Little AmigaNG - Part I, Micro A1-C {Czech - TRANSLATED}: Amiga NG are mostly classic expandable computers intended for installation in a tower. I have already written about some of them. But we also have small NG Amigas, with Mini-ITX size or smaller. Compared to their larger siblings, they have the disadvantage of a small expansion option, but on the other hand, they usually do not require a more complex configuration and fit into small cabinets. Since small AmigaNGs are small and non-expandable, there is of course not much to write about them. Therefore, so that they are not completely neglected, I will make such a miniseries about them. The articles will be quite short and not very technical according to my habits, but I will make up for it in the last part, where there will be a comparison with graphics.
AMIGarage {Finnish}: {Finnish} New and used Amiga and Commodore products... At AmiGarage you can find both new and old hardware, games and software. When I heard that Gentle Eye ended its 25-year journey in the spring of 2020, I decided that somehow this must be continued. In September 2020, I acquired the final stock of Gentle Eye, which means those products will be listed on the pages within the limits of time. I also try to acquire new interesting solutions for the supply at a competitive price. }
Pimp my Ami #1 – Fluo: If you are a long-time reader of my blog, you probably know that I bought some pallets of retro hardware a few years ago. Only twenty Amiga 500s survived unrefurbished since then. (there is one more not visible in a pic). For the past few years, I’ve restored hundreds of retro machines to their original state (sometimes with minor mods) and I am kinda bored with it. Time to try something different. I’ve decided to create a fresh series of posts where I’ll try to describe upgrades and visual mods of the above A500s. Every A500 from the above stack will be unique and will be described in a separate blog post. Once such Amiga is finished and tested, I will create an eBay auction with it. This is post number 1 out of 20. Today, I will focus on the special unit – fourth from the top in the left column on the above pic. It is special because this is the one that brought the whole blog post series idea to life. Oh! This is going to be a long post 😉
Amiga keyboard membrane: Suitable for Amiga 500, 500+, 600, 1200 and 4000. Many of those membranes fail due to worn-out graphite pads. Membranes sold here are brand new. These membranes work with keyboards made by Mitsumi – green with a single connector
Amiga 500 – mods: I am a happy owner of quite a few A500s in pretty crappy shape. I’ve finally managed to start some serious work with modding ’em. I won’t post single-machine mods but rather a several mods in a few Amigas that I’ve pimped. As usual, I’ve started with simple things
Hacking Little Computer People on the Amiga: TL;DR This post is about how I semi-reversed engineered the Little Computer People data files to enable configuration options that the original game didn't offer. I've written and released a tool that works with LCP on the Amiga, which you can download at the end of this post. If you want to see how I got there, then read on…
Amiga 500 – Fun With Storage: NB: In writing this post, I realised it's effectively a mini review of the ZuluSCSI... I own many Commodore Amigas, and most of them actually work. On one of my Amiga 500s, I've been recently trying to get a decent SCSI hard disk drive working via a GVP Impact II A500-HD+ sidecar expansion unit. This expansion unit contains a GVP SCSI controller, an internal 50-pin IDC connector for an internal SCSI drive and a 25-pin D-sub connector on the back for any external SCSI devices I may want to connect. It also has four 30-pin SIMM sockets, which I have populated with four 1MB SIMMs, providing an additional 4MB of FAST RAM to the A500. The GVP is separately powered with its own 12v+5v brick-style PSU – more on that later. Here is the Amiga in question on my workbench. The eagle-eyed among you will see where I am going with this post.
The hidden power of the 68010: The original first generation of Amigas such as the A500, A600, A1000 and A2000 all used a Motorola designed 68000 CPU inside. Many Amiga users eventually upgraded theirs to have an accelerator, usually based on the 68020 or 68030 CPU. But there is a contender that is a drop-in replacement for the 68000, and for some things it can be quite a bit faster. About the 68010
Guitar Slinger Reconstructed: I made a cover of Jogeir Liljedahl's Guitar Slinger in the form of a stop-motion music video where the cuts are controlled by the pattern data of the original MOD.
amiga2000-gfxcard: MNT VA2000, an Open Source Amiga 2/3/4000 Graphics Card (Zorro II/III), written in Verilog
AmigaGPT: AmigaGPT is a text generation program that runs on the classic AmigaOS. Utilising the power of the OpenAI's GPT-3 and GPT-4 architectures, this program brings state-of-the-art language modeling to your Amiga computer.
The 1990s Amiga with Video Toaster has a VFX cool factor that endures today: Todd Rundgren, Babylon 5, The X-Files, SeaQuest DSV, and even those demo videos – NewTek’s Video Toaster has plenty of 90s nostalgia behind it. But it also demonstrates workflow features in switching, titling, and animation that could easily inspire streamers today. Hang on, I was about to start with an intro, but – frankly, I can’t do any better than this Yorkshire Television-produced CITV show Bad Influence!, the answer to the question “what if Computer Chronicles were not made by complete dorks who were apparently trapped in a low-budget PBS studio?” Please read the rest of this article imagining the voices of these two presenters. “But first have a look at this!” “The AMIIIIGA??!”
Dazzle at the soft synths of the Commodore Amiga – including a forgotten 1985 gem: The obscure software synth wonders of the Commodore Amiga hold up today as unique sound creation instruments. And as early as 1985 they offered real-time polyphonic synthesis, thanks to the onboard Paula chip. Paulee Bow shares their deep dive into a wide assortment of these in a new documentary – and makes the platform tantalizing enough that even generations born long after the Amiga may find themselves booting an emulator or hunting flea markets.
Dark Forces Amiga port: {Thread @ eab.abime.ne covering a new Dark Forces Amiga port}
Star Wars fans unite! BSzili releases an unofficial Amiga port of Dark Forces (High end Amiga required?) : It feels like it was only just yesterday that we announced through Indie Retro News that BSzili had unofficially released not just the full version of the classic ID Software game of 'Wolfenstein 3D' and 'Spear of Destiny', but also other games such as Exhumed, and Powerslave. Well here we are with another BSzili announcement, as he has told us that he has made available the Amiga port of the Star Wars first person shooter game of Dark Forces. "A game developed and published by LucasArts originally released in 1995 for MS-DOS and Macintosh, set in the fictional Star Wars expanded universe set shortly before the original Star Wars film, to a year after the film's events" -GOG.
ScanPlus AGA: Simple scandoubler with analog VGA output, designed for CRT VGA monitors. Compatible with A1200 and 4000D.
Classic 520 - 68020 accelerator board for A500/A1000: Classic 520 is not a new project; the initial tests were already completed long time ago, back in 2016. HC508 is a nice card, but the 68000 lacks one important feature: the Vector Base Register.. VBR is used in 90% of WHDLoad stuff to support the quit key. Needless to say, every WHDLoad slave can be modified to support the quit key, even on a stock 68000 CPU, but back in the days people who wrote the slaves used 68020-030 based cards and there was no need to add those extra 10 lines of assembly code to handle the quit key without a VBR feature. Since I can't modify hundreds of WHDLoad slaves, I've decided to design a turbo board with a 68020 CPU! :) This is how the Classic 520 was born
PC to Amiga FDD interface cable : People are writing detailed articles how to modify stock 3.5" PC HD floppy drives to make them Amiga compatible. My solution is completely different: create a special cable and no modification is required to the FDD itself. The only thing You need to do is to hide the HD detection hole on the floppy disk with a sticky tape and all HD disks will work in DD mode. Of course DD disks will also work without any problem. See the pictures below for the details. The testing involved 30+ different drives. Amiga supports DD drives only: don't ask for a HD mod; it requires oscillator change etc.
IDE4 Z2 - A 4 unit IDE controller for Amiga 2000 : IDE4 Z2 is a Gayle compatible 4 unit IDE controller, designed for Amiga 2000. It supports 4 IDE devices on two ports (primary and secondary). Without any additional driver the primary port is active (Kickstart 2.05+ is required with scsi.device). IDEfix driver is required to enable the second port or to use a CD / DVD device (as the default scsi.device in ROM doesn't support it). CF master / slave mode is selectable via a jumper. Connector for IDE activity LED is also available. The controller is RDB compatible: HDToolBox and HDInstTools can be used for disk partitioning.

17 Jul 2023

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! Still trying to recover from my extended vacation. Sorry but there are only a few new links this week. On a sad note I just read that Vintage is the New Old is shutting down at the end of the month. I have been visiting since it was known as "Commodore is Awesome" and have always enjoyed the site's take on Commodore and various other retro computer happenings. While Paulo gives his heartfelt reasons for leaving, and I don't fault him, I wish him all the best for his future projects!

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Get your Amiwest 2023 banquet tickets NOW before they're all gone!
There's a thread over in Amigans.net discussing a WebKit based browser initiative for OS4. I wish Walkero and all the rest much success with their OS4WebKit port. Fingers crossed!
Since the last update Amiga Addict and AMI Tech-Gazette have published new issues.
Looks like From Vultures to Vampires 2: The Battle for Commodore’s Intellectual Property (2005-2010) is ready for purchase. Two down... One to go!
The Immortal Joysticks Kickstarter has been funded. Time to get your game on!

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How QNX Failed Amiga: The Amiga platform has exhibited amazing longevity for something so plagued by problems. And for a platform with such problems, it's been an excruciatingly slow march to resolve matters. Amiga is still running a twenty-year old operating system on chips that haven't been updated in over eleven years, and is only able to use anything modern through emulation or as an add-on card. What other platform offers accelerator cards faster than the main CPU by a factor of ten? Enter QNX Software Systems, contracted by Gateway in 1997 to create a desktop operating system based on its embedded QNX Neutrino micro-kernel environment. QNX was a significant player in the embedded industry and had a reputation for efficient, real-time systems that oversaw everything from medicine drips to auto-assembly robots. It looked like such finely-honed technology would be the proper bridge to the second coming of the Amiga. Appearances, however, can be deceiving.
EXXOS FORUM: We welcome retro users & hardware gurus alike! Come and join the party :) {Forum message board with rooms exclusively covering: Amiga, Atari, other 68x systems, the Terriblefile line of accelerators, items for sale and more)
Achieving period-correct graphics in personal computer emulators — Part 1: The Amiga: In this article series we’ll be looking at emulating the Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS/early Windows era IBM PC compatibles with period-correct graphics (and maybe a few other classic machines, who knows?). What do I mean by “period-correctness”? It’s quite simple—the emulated graphics should look as close as possible to the output of CRT displays used with these computers back in the 80s and 90s.
Gaming on the Amiga — Part 1: Amiga 500 is all you need (mostly): It appears that the generally accepted “best” way to play Amiga games these days is via WHDLoad on an Amiga 1200 (either emulated or real hardware) expanded to oblivion with a turbo card and lots of extra RAM. I disagree with this notion for a number of important reasons: It’s suboptimal {...} It’s inauthentic {... &} It’s unnecessary
WinUAE-Shaders: These shaders can utilize the SmartRes functionality with WinUAE versions 4.2.0 or above. Otherwise they work with Lores and single-line mode. Hires shaders can operate with hires resolutions and don't skip horizontal hires pixels. Interlace shaders are intended for interrlaced gfx. and situations, lines aren't discarded. This repository comes with a couple of ReShade shaders. One is for colorspace tweaks and profiles, other is for glow, bloom and mask effects.
We talk to Pete Cannon, DJ Formula and Vogue Renege about producing and even DJing with old Amigas – and how you can too.: We talk to Pete Cannon, DJ Formula and Vogue Renege about producing and even DJing with old Amigas – and how you can too.
Amiga 4000 Hardware Guide: Version 4.2 (6/98) compiled by Warren Block {Index, Introduction, Common Problems, Common Questions, Tips & Internals}
A3000 technical notes - contents: Based on Commodore Amiga 3000 Hardware Technical Notes Revision 2. written and compiled by Calum Tsang - July 1998. Converted to HTML from the original AmigaGuide document. With additions by Anthony Hoffman. Introduction - Overview of the A3000, Jumpers Jumpers / NVRAM - Settings and References, Memory - Memory Expansion, Boards - Expansion Boards, Floppies - Floppy Drives, SCSI - Hard Drives / SCSI Interface, Deinterlacer - Display Enhancer, Monitors - Video Signals / Display Devices, Power Supply - PSU 240V/120V conversion and common faults, Problems - Common Questions and Answers, Credits - Contributors & Neat stuff - History and Trivia
steel-alive.fr: {French Amiga site covering the all the classic machines}
Retro Wedge Computer Case: I've always wanted to have a computer case which resembles the keyboard or wedge-shape cases of the 80ies era. I owned a TI-994A and a Atari ST back then and I wanted to have something similar where I can put a MiSTer board or a RetroPi into it. I used Blender to design the model. It's split into several pieces, it should fit a 230x230mm print bed. The side pods and side panels then have to be placed diagonally. I've used a XTRFY K4 TKL RGB keyboard in retro colour scheme. This release is "as is". There is no back panels for the outputs etc. yet, as I didn't know where to put everything inside.

6 Jul 2023

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  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Well I'm back. Did anyone miss me? ha ha. I see there wasn't much news in my absence minus this GROUND BREAKING announcement that the production othe A1222 (TBAOR) is FINALLY underway! HOLY CRAP!?! Didn't think it would ever be officially released. Excitement seems to be a bit tepid based on the fact of minimal on line chatter and the possibility that the price of the motherboard MAY cost much more than what was originally mentioned. With that said I did do the pre-order and I'm excited to see how this one evolves.

  - Updated the 'Big Shops and Vendors' side table by adding (7) new entries: Ami64 (UK), Amiga68K (SW), Individual Computers (DE), MicroMiga (FR), Retro Ready (UK), Retro Rewind (CA) & Sordan (IR). As always... YMMV...

  - Due to news about the A1222 I re-enabled and updated the A1222/Tabor Links side table. (last side table) Hope this helps someone!

  - Just passed the 500 links mark. YAE ME!

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If you ignore everything else about the news of the upcoming A1222 release you need to treat yourself and take a look this incredible QuickStart Guide for New A1222 Users eliyahu (Eldee Stephens) has put together. GREAT JOB!!

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The QuickStart Guide for New A1222 Users: "all the answers you want to questions that shouldn't have needed to be asked..."
How Amiga is a NEC Multisync LCD1970VX monitor?: Whenever a LCD monitor comes around, it's worth testing if it's suitable for Amiga use. According to sources, this one partially supports Amiga screenmodes - I gave it a try, or two. Let's quickly run down the features of the monitor. This is the "partial support" information gathered from famous website 15khz.wikidot.com: 'No practical evidence. I kindly ask author to provide more information. Support is considered "Partial" for now. "Full" can be after test.'
Grind: a new Amiga 500 fps!: Pickup your time machine and travel back, dive into an alternative universe where Doom was never released for PCs in 1993, but several years earlier on the humble Amiga 500! Grind is a new fps game powered by the amazing Dread engine: a mindblowing achievement which showcases what was really possible with Amiga's original hardware!
GRIND: Hi, I'm John Tsakiris from Pixelglass and this is Grind : a retro fps game for Amiga 500 and Atari ST powered by the Dread engine! By becoming a Patron you'll be funding me to create the best (I possibly can) visuals, audio and gameplay content needed, in order for 'Grind' to become a complete, well polished first person shooter, with a story, level progression, unique weapons, looks and gameplay mechanics!
CD32 Cap Map: I had the chance to re-cap my first CD32 this weekend and it was a version 3. The amount of capacitors reminded of the Amiga 4000T and some of them was put in very narrow spaces. Did a cap-map that can be used as reference by others (inclusive myself).
Commodore 1541 II / 1581 Diskdrive - Amiga CD32 Aftermarket Power Supply: Aftermarket Power Supply for Commodore diskdrives 1541-II and 1581. Also compatible with the Amiga CD32. This is a hobby product developed by c64power.com
Dazzle at the soft synths of the Commodore Amiga – including a forgotten 1985 gem: The obscure software synth wonders of the Commodore Amiga hold up today as unique sound creation instruments. And as early as 1985 they offered real-time polyphonic synthesis, thanks to the onboard Paula chip. Paulee Bow shares their deep dive into a wide assortment of these in a new documentary – and makes the platform tantalizing enough that even generations born long after the Amiga may find themselves booting an emulator or hunting flea markets.
gvp-m: this is the world wide web home page of great valley products - m inc. {available products, pricelist, software updates & disks}
Amiga Source Code Preservation: The code that was forgotten lives on. {LOTS and LOTS of books, Amiga info and more!}
Phøde Universal Optical Drive emulator: Based upon highly versatile IDE emulator, Phøde Universal ODE that supports multiple consoles with possibility to update for newly added. Each ODE will come with full set of QSB and ribbons, allowing easy install and eliminating a guess work out of ordering. Supports mystery friend Amiga CD32
Amstaga : Odroid XU4 powered neo-retro computer – Amiga style !: A few years ago, I had the idea of building an Amiga like chassis with some arm based computer and a real mechanical keyboard. I even bought everything needed to build it ! The idea was to make an emulation machine similar to what exists for retrogaming consoles, but here I wanted something dedicated to old computers like Amiga, Atari, C64, CPC 6128. The Raspberry pi foundation brings the Pi 400, but I personally find that it lacks originality. The time has come for this project to see the light : it’s now a reality and I love it :). As usual, I’m sharing all my work for anyone who would like to build one. Of course as you probably guessed, the name “Amstaga” is a mix of Amiga, Amstrad and Atari.
Digital Universe: Discover the Universe using your Amiga
AMIGA DIGITAL UNIVERSE {ARCHIVED 14 Jul 2006}: WHAT IS "THE DIGITAL UNIVERSE"? "The Digital Universe" is an award-winning astronomical simulator package for the Amiga computer. Since release, it has become the standard software package for the amateur and professional astronomer. With our new lower price, we expect the software to become more accessible to the casual astronomy enthusiast, and to those interested in generally learning more about astronomy. The software will run on any Amiga computer with Workbench 2.04 or greater, at least 3 Mb of memory, and a minimum of 11 Mb of hard drive space (17 Mb of disk space are required for a full installation). Due to the calculation-intensive nature of this software, an accelerated Amiga and math chip (FPU) is strongly recommended, though not required.
Digital Universe support forum: {Digital Universe Support forum hosted at amigans.net
micromiga: {online Amiga store. Lots of products}
Retro Ready: We love retro and only stock high quality products. Our main focus is on Commodore and Amiga machines although you will come across items for other systems too. This is more than a shop. We know our products inside out and have over a decade of experience in supporting them. Whether you want to add storage, networking capability or replacement parts, we are reliable and eager. We genuinely love to see people using their machines. If a replacement or upgrade makes that possible for you we would love to make that happen for you. We currently ship worldwide from the UK. If you enhance a machine with one of our items, please get in touch to show and tell us about your experience.
Ami64.com: We're passionate about the Commodore Amiga and Commodore 64. Specialising in Commodore Computers since the late 80's. Customised Amiga & C64 Computers, Software, Addons, Merch, Games, Peripherals and Repairs. Your dependable Amiga & C64 distributor, manufacturer and online store, helping an ever-growing Worldwide customer base.
Retro Rewind: {online Amiga store. Lots of products}
Amiga68K: New and old stock for your vintage computers {specializing in the Amiga}
Ram Jam: Welcome to the "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" book Internet site, totally free and opensource, An Assembler course for Amiga which will teach you from the simple "Hello World" to the coding of complex 3D graphics routines realtime! This book is the modern 2016 rendition in both versiones e-book and paper printed, of thw famous "Corso Completo di Programmazione Assembler in 2 Dischi per Amiga" originally distributed on floppy disk drives by the author in the 90's.

24 Jun 2023

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! Sorry but there's only a quick update this week. I'm glad that there seems to be little happening in our little Amiga community because I'm currently on vacation and have little access to the site. Don't worry I'll be back mid next week with more links for your viewing pleasure. In the meantime let's hope something interesting happens!

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As always Amiga-News.de hits it out of the park again this time asking relevant Amiga shops about the current availability of AmigaOS 4 hardware. The pickings are slim. The Sam460LE is the most available system. Either as a complete system or just a motherboard. If the X5000 series is more to your likings there is only one shop where you will currently find it stock. As always these numbers can change daily so reach out to your favorite vendor to get the most up to date information.

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Amiga (!amiga): Community for all things Commodore Amiga related. {a Reddit alternative: /r/amiga}
Mini Office Amiga: Mini Office Amiga is a powerful and flexible integrated package capable of performing a vast array of home and office business tasks. Its five feature-packed modules include: A professional Word Processor with powerful graphics capabilities and a 50,000 word spell checker. Ideal for a wide variety of correspondence and official documents. A versatile Database which is simple to use and powerful enough to deal with anything from basic address book functions to club membership lists and business records. A flexible Spreadsheet with more than 50 functions, simplifying the most complex domestic monthly budgets or commercial cash flow forecasts.
AmigaGPT: AmigaGPT is a text generation program that runs on the classic AmigaOS. Utilising the power of the OpenAI's GPT-3 and GPT-4 architectures, this program brings state-of-the-art language modeling to your Amiga computer. Features: State-of-the-art language model. AmigaGPT uses the GPT-4 architecture developed by OpenAI to generate coherent, context-aware responses to your input. Seamless integration with AmigaOS: AmigaGPT takes full advantage of the latest AmigaOS 3.2 API to provide a smooth, native user experience without the need to have third party frameworks installed. UI customisation: You can customise the look and feel of the application, including the ability to choose the fonts and a choice of opening in the Workbench screen or a custom screen. Speech capability: AmigaGPT can use the Amiga's speech synthesis capability to read the generated text aloud with support for switching between the old Workbench 1.x v34 and the Workbench 2.0 v37 speech synthesisers.
Compression: bgpk, unrnc, pkinf, atf, brew, tara_ng, libarc_tools_68k, tara, newdpk, deshrink, NibDec, delzo, wunzy, Shrinkler_68k, bzip2_clib2, xz-utils, lzmautils-68k, untarka034_68k, brotli_68k, uclpack_68k, lunzip_68k, clzip_68k, lzip_68k, tarlz_68k, amigadepacker_68k, 7z1602_ix48, 7z1602_68k_src.7z, lzop_68k, Blitz_lh, lz4_68k, chmlib_68k, compress_68k, amiaudcomp, mp3toSV & bonk_enc. {A listing of all the compression programs by lory lombus}
ADiffView: ADiffView compares two ASCII text files and displays the differences graphically

15 Jun 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Well it happened. Not even to the 1/4 way mark and the AGA has been canceled. As I stated before I didn't think it was all that bad of an idea. David isn't an unknown entity on the community. He had ambitious goals and it looked like it had a solid group of initial supporters. It wasn't till I started seeing all the 'constructive negative' feedback in the forums that it became quite apparent that his approach was not going to work. I truly believe his motives came from a good place but from the tone of his reply it doesn't sound like he's going to try again anytime soon. Only time will tell.

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I was sent this GREAT link of Commercial Software for AOS4. It's people like Eldee Stephens who create pages like this that truly benefit our little community! Thanks Eldee!!
A new joystick crowd funding project was launched over on kickstarter. Go support Immortal Joysticks. The end date is 7 Jul 23.
A B-I-G shout out to ACube for successfully shipping all the preorder Sam460LE boards! Keep 'em coming!!

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Interview with Olaf Barthel: {Thread @ amigaworld.net about Olaf}
Commercial Software for AOS4: Although there are literally hundreds of games and applications designed for and running natively on AmigaOS 4.x available from such venues as OS4Depot -- and thousands of such software titles designed for AmigaOS 3.x but fully compatible with our next-generation Amigas -- commercial software designed for AmigaOS 4.x isn't always well known. Since there are tens of such titles from software houses like Alinea Computer, APC-TCP, Airsoft Softwair, Hyperion Entertainment, and A-EON Technology, as well as from independent developers, there's plenty of choice but no single list of them. Hopefully this page addresses that. Developers are the life-blood of any platform, all the moreso with the Amiga. Let's support them!
Boing Directory: {An Amiga directory covering communities, emulation, software directories, news, media, software, hardware, shops, repairs, misc and OS4}
AOrganiser: An Advanced Feature Rich Calendar For AmigaOS. The diary combines a simple to browse interface modelled on a typical pocket diary, with a range of powerful features, including repeating events and alarms. A suite of python and ARexx scripts offer import and export of iCal / VCal formatted events and invitations as well as syncing to a remote server via CalDAV. You can now sync your AmigaOS diary with your phone or other mobile device via Google Calendar!
Amiga NTSC 15khz LCD monitors and buffered VGA adapter: {Thread @ reddit.com covering the Amiga NTSC 15khz LCD monitors and buffered VGA adapters}
VGA Test Dongle: This is a battery operated signal generator / tester for VGA monitors. It intended to be taken on the road to test old VGA monitors, whether it’s for touchscreen countertop games, or old PCs. It supports the 15.7kHz video mode (320×240 non-vga standard) to help you find those elusive LCD panels that can be used for console and arcade gaming natively.
Analogue Pocket: This is based on the MiSTer Github of the Amiga MiST project (Also known as Minimig) and the VexRISCV RISC-V chip for the Media Processing Unit (MPU) between the core and APF framework for floppy, hard drive and CD-ROM access.
NostalgicPlayer: NostalgicPlayer is a Windows version of the APlayer, which was started on the Amiga computer back in 1993, later continued on BeOS, and was a reaction to the lack of good module players for the Amiga.
Retro Forum Directory: Retro Forum Directory is a spin-off of Boing Directory. If you want to suggest a site, toot at me on Mastodon or contact me here via ramokromok.com. Please note that this page is for open independent forums, not those that are run on walled gardens such as Discord or Facebook Groups. {currently covering 63 different retro systems}
RNO Widgets: Desktop widgets are small single-purpose utilities placed on your desktop and RNOWidgets is a single application incorporating several of them. Features: Analog Clock, Digital Clock, Calendar (ISO standard), Notes, Pictures (local and net), RSS Feeds, Sticker, and Weather widgets
Amos Anim Player: A very simple IFF Anim Player runs on any Amiga. Can play compressed IFF Anim format synched with a separated IFF Audio Sample (or the audio is inside the anim file or it is a separated MOD file). No need for tons of Ram because the anim frames and the audio is streamed directly from HDD. If you have enough ram, the audio is streamed directly from ram!It is able to play a sequence of animations one after the other, if the filename end ad the next sequencenumber (filename.N) Can be used for small or big animations.

5 Jun 2023

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! I have been meaning to make this weeks update ever since the news of the AGA (Amiga Global Alliance) kickstarter launch. After a 'slow' roll out back in Sept of 22 not much has been said in public but it looks like that has finally changed.

   My 2 cents? I like the idea. They have a written plan, a respectable initial selection of team members and advisors and a whole bunch of community support.

   One way to look at this would be "if not this then what?" Personally I don't see A-Eon and Hyperion kissing and making up anytime soon so why not give this a go. As ALWAYS amiga-news-de does another WONDERFUL summary!! And here are a few takes from the community: Amigaworld.net, reddit, Amiga.org & English Amiga Board.

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It finally launched. The AGA (Amiga Global Alliance) kickstarter page
The Amiga Global Alliance Directory home page
Want to WIN a wireless Tank Mouse? Well here's your chance. Swing over to Amitopia.com and enter their competition to win one of those new fancy Mouses. The close date is 1 July so don't waste your time here and go enter now!
WinUAE, just hit version 5.0.0. Thanks to ALL involved!
And Jake & Peppy's Ultimate Expansion Board are now shipping to those who have pre-registered.

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Commodore OS Vision: Commodore OS Vision is a 64-bit Linux distribution, based on Linux Mint, created for Commodore enthusiasts purchasing Commodore USA hardware. These are essentially restore disks for pre-installed Commodore systems. Commodore OS Vision uses the classic GNOME 2 interface and features extensive Compiz/Emerald desktop effects. It includes dozens of games of all genres (FPS, Racing, Retro etc), the Firefox and Chromium web browsers, LibreOffice, Scribus, GIMP, Blender, OpenShot and Cinellera, advanced software development tools and languages, sound editing through Ardour and Audacity, and music composition programs such as the Linux MultiMedia Studio. It has a classic Commodore slant with a selection of applications reminiscent of their classic Amiga counterparts.
Commodore OS: Commodore OS (Commodore OS Vision) – a Linux distribution based on Linux Mint, and created for Commodore and games fans. Commodore OS Vision is available only for x86-64 architectures, uses the GNOME 2 desktop and features Compiz/Emerald desktop effects. It includes pre-installed many games, Firefox and Chromium web browsers, LibreOffice, Scribus, GIMP, Blender, OpenShot and Cinellera, Ardour and Audacity, Linux MultiMedia Studio, etc. It has a classic Commodore slant with a selection of applications reminiscent of their classic Amiga counterparts. Commodore OS is not compatible with Commodore 64 software, but it contains VICE, an open-source emulator of the Commodore 64, Commodore 128, CBM-II, Commodore PET, Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore Plus/4. Commodore OS is designed as a way to look as the old Commodore system. Commodore OS Vision was developed by Commodore USA between 2011 and 2012. The last version 1.0 beta 9 was based on Linux Mint 10.
AmigaOS 32se: Who is this for? The guy that dreamed a cool and fast 68k Amiga with RTG, the ability to enjoy the old school stuff, just to click on a demo/music disk to enjoy what Paula sounds like gives the thrills ! 32se NEXT stays true Amiga with a touch of presence. This is a upgrade for AmigaOS 3.2.x, I think it makes it more useful and fun, I'm trying to avoid apps that doesn't work or prone to crash, more is not always better ;-) If you give it time and get the way 32se works you notice this is not bloatware, you are in control and can pretty much strip it down to clean OS. The main driver here is a theme controls almost all, you can switch between "bloatware OS" to "minimal OS" in seconds ;) Yes you can have all the fun!
List of Amiga games: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This is a list of games for the Amiga line of personal computers organised alphabetically by name. See Lists of video games for related lists. This list has been split into multiple pages. It contains over 3000 games. Please use the Table of Contents to browse it.
AmiStore/CANDI bug: {Thread @ forum.hyperion-entertainment.com the a bug in the deployment of CANDI from Amistore} Sorry to post here, if anyone know the official feedback/feature request/bug forum for AmiStore, please tell me. I found two bugs in Amistore and CANDI. CANDI: The latest update will crash on installing the update. It will tell me that i miss libz.so, after that libphython25.so and after that it will crash/freeze (and never install correctly)
Amiga CD32 Game Guides: {currently 32 game guides and walkthroughs for the CD32. games: Akira, Alien Breed '92 SE & Qwak, 3D, Tower Assault, Alien Breed II: The Horror Continues, Amiga CD32, Banshee, Black Viper, Bubba 'n' Stix, Dangerous Streets, Death Mask, Deep Core, Diggers, Disposable Hero, Fears, Final Gate, Fly Harder, Frontier: Elite II, Gloom, Guardian, Kang Fu, Liberation: Captive II, Litil Divil, Microcosm, Oscar, Overkill & Lunar-C, Prey: An Alien Encounter, Speris Legacy, Subwar 2050, Surf Ninjas, The Clue! & Whale's Voyage
Amiga Global Alliance Directory: Creating a central hub welcoming Commodore (all model) computers and Amiga fans and providers from around the globe to collaborate. A big hello to all Commodore and Amiga fans wherever you live in the world: The time has come to stand up and be counted - subscribe to AGA (Amiga Global Alliance) and between us let's build the best Retro Computing Community on the planet!
Emulating PPC64 inside Docker: PPC64, the architecture of the IBM POWER4 through POWER7, is big-endian. The POWER8 through POWER10 also have a little-endian mode, which is why PPC64LE is significantly more common nowadays, even though these newer processors can still switch to big-endian mode. Read on below for Dockerfiles that you can use to run the two inside Docker on amd64 via multiarch.
Ultimate Expansion Board: Introducing the V4SA Ultimate Expansion Board for Apollo Computers!
V4SA Ultimate Expansion Board: Introducing the V4SA Ultimate Expansion Board for Apollo Computers! This is mini-ITX formfactor PCB that holds the Amiga-compatible Apollo V4 computer, and provides a host of extra functionality and I/O.

31 May 23

Today's Highlights
- Happy Birthday to the father of the Amiga Jay Miner!

International Amiga Day. (Pic from IndieRetroNews.com)

29 May 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Another small update but something is almost always better than nothing...

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Want to WIN a wireless Tank Mouse? Well here's your chance. Swing over to Amitopia.com and enter their competition to win one of those new fancy new Mouses. The close date is 1 July so don't waste your time here... GO - ENTER - NOW!!

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DOC 155 - Order on Stipulated Motion AND ~Util - Add and Terminate Parties {PDF}

DOC 162 - Order on Motion for Attorney Fees {PDF}

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Amiga Paula vs. System Theory: {30 page PDF document on the Paula Chip}
Paula: The Paula chip includes logic for audio playback, floppy disk drive control, serial port input/output and mouse/joystick buttons. The logic remained functionally identical across all Amiga models from Commodore. It was designed by Glenn Keller. Paula is a contrived contraction of Ports, Audio, UART and Logic, and coincidentally the chip designer’s girlfriend. What made Paula revolutionary was that it was capable of playing back sampled sound from memory without needing the Central Processing Unit to do the bulk of the work.
'Juggler Encore' real-time hologram of a 1986 ray-traced animation : {youtube} Winner of the Outline demo party 2023 wild competition. I recreated the Amiga classic 1986 ray-traced 'Juggler' animation, by making a custom ray-tracing shader, that traces directly to a Looking Glass Portrait holographic light field display, with sub-pixel accuracy. This works in conjunction with separate code that I wrote, to recreate the character and globe animations in real-time. {By Milan Pollé. The author of Candy Factory}
AMiNIMiga: A Pre-setup Workbench for your A500Mini Containing some of the long forgotten and abandoned software you knew and loved from your youth. Including but not limited to: DiectoryOpus 4, ScalaMM, FinalWriter, Eagleplayer, Hippoplayer, ProTracker, DeluxePaint, Brilliancs, Real3D, Lightwave, Amos, AmigaE, BlitzBasic. Games/Demo: AMiNIMiga comes preloaded with almost the whole WHDLoad package, with titles such as: Superfrog, AlienBreed, Apidya, Banshee, Breathless, Cannon Fodder, Civilization, IK+, Lemmings, Slam Tilt, etc ect! Some newly ported Amiga games: Doom, Duke Nukem, Heretic, Wolfenstein3D, Three different games launchers: iGame, TinyLauncher, Xbench, you should find one you like! The whole WHDLoad package with Demos, with all time favorites like: Arte, Coma, Enigma, Hologon, JesusOnE,StateOfTheArt and a handfull more
AMiNIMiga Official USB stick (A500 mini) distro (writing service) – 64GB USB: The official AMiNIMiga USB writing service. ** Now shipping v200 with extra games, apps and a whole host of improvements! ** This service is ONLY for those people who lack the skills to write the files on a USB stick. We’d prefer everyone to be able to create a USB stick yourself but we understand that it’s not always possible. Instructions for installation are available on http://www.aminimiga.com
Retro32 - Amiga: {Products and services offered by Retro32 for the Amiga. They also support multiple other retro systems too.
Amiga 500 – RAM hax: I needed to write a blog post showing different RAM hax/configs on Amiga 500 8A motherboard to serve as a reminder for future Me. When working with my stash of A500s, I’ve found two common motherboard revisions – 6A and 8A. I will focus on 8A here but some configs can be used in 6A too. The main reason is that 8A mobos are the latest, where 8375 AGNUS was used and it supports up to 2MB of ChipRAM. Also, I’ve already described the 6A ChipRAM mod in one of the previous posts. Just to clarify it a bit, Rev.8 was used in A500plus AND in standard A500 but with unpopulated RTC, battery, less RAM, etc.
M68k LLVM: his is a website of resources for M68k Clang/LLVM toolchain.
The Unofficial Eric Schwartz Web Site: Sabrina Online, The Art of Eric Schwartz, Eric Schwartz Animation List (Short Version), The History of Amy the Squirrel, The Amiga Grass Roots Campaign and Cast & Crew
Virtual Enemies: The player lives in an alternative timeline in the 80s. The earth is already suffering enormously from the severe climate changes caused by the unchecked overexploitation of the last decades. States and their rulers have become irrelevant. Large corporations, which have control over all important raw materials, are the true rulers. On their orders, entire armies of hackers embark on an electronic war of information gathering and sabotage. The player is one of them, a novice, a noob who has yet to find his place.
Retro-link.com: Retro-link.com started as a small community of like-minded individuals with a keen interest in retro computing. We created a message forum that encompassed not only retro computers, but also retro cars, retro television, retro everything. Recognizing that we each had some great stories to tell, we decided that a blog would better suit our needs. This blogspot blog, retro-link.blogspot.com, represents the blog offshoot of the original project. If successful, it will replace the original retro-link message forum, and the domain name will point here. Meanwhile, stay tuned for some great stories!
Projects in the attic: A testing-ground for wannabe projects and/or wasted possibilities... The following AMIGA Games were made for test purposes and written in AMOS language. The programs contain elements that have either not been completed, have not yet been used, or there are elements in it that cannot be used in a complete game. Each of them has its own charm, so it is possible that one or the other will become something more in the future.

21 May 2023

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  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Just broke 450 links to date. YAE ME! With that said on to more important news... The results of Hans de Ruiter's AmigaOS 4.x Hardware & Emulation Survey were finally released. Let me be the first to thank him for his effort and support. He's a true Amigan!

  447 responses. Impressive! The big take always: Cost of hardware to run OS4 & slow emulation performance. Like we didn't see this one coming. The first point will never change as long as we stay with PPC. I realize there is no rational argument that can be made to justify staying with the it but for crazy reasons I hope we do. And as for the second point we should be happy there is ANY OS4 emulation at all. While I own several real Amigas none are PPC. I HAPPILY paid for a copy so I would have SOME opportunity to try it out. I placed my pre-order for the TABOR back on 18 Jan 2020 and you know how that's going...

  Now, for me, the best part was all the comments on the full summary page! Lots of OUSTANDING points were made. Now we can only pray that Colanto and Hyperion will read them, take them to heart and find a way to get this train moving again!!

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AmigaOS 4.x Hardware & Emulation Survey Results
AmigaOS 4.x Hardware & Emulation Survey Results: Full summary with all the comments: A must read
Team Apollo released this comprehensive table of all their Vampire models.

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JForth

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JForth: Did you ever want to : Programme the Amiga, but found it too tedious and complicated? Tried to learn Forth, but found it too unfriendly and basic? Write Life, Uuencode, Uudecode, TEA or an unbeatable Tic Tac Toe game in less than 1K? Write a programme, or add a scripting language to your application, but found it too complicated? The waiting is over ! Here is JForth! JForth is very different, and very complete! Use the excellent tools to write sophisticated programmes including Graphics, Animations and Audio programmes!
Crash course to Amiga assembly programming: I’ve written this blog post together with Harri Salokorpi. We’ll walk you through an example that creates graphics on the display with a simple animation. We both hope this blog post provides a quick start to those who want to try out programming on this legendary device. However, we’re mostly going to use an emulator as a development environment, so the real device is not mandatory.
AMOS Coder's Blog: Diary of an Amiga fanatic. {Lots of good articles}
Amiga Assembly for Visual Studio Code: Amiga Assembly for Visual Studio Code is a extension to support assembly language for the Amiga Motorola 68000 machines and emulators. Visit the WIKI pages to discover all the features and get the documentation.
Amiga Related Books FAQ : This FAQ is compiled as a service to the Amiga community. It is an attempt to give the Amiga programmer and user an overview of useful books for his/her favorite computer.
Datatypes Library: The purpose of the DataTypes Library is to provide tools for handling data in an object-oriented way. The object-oriented approach means that your application can work with numerous data file standards without having to worry about the complex details of each one. Instead you only need to understand the simple conventions of the library. The DataTypes Library is built on Intuition's BOOPSI facility (BOOPSI is an acronym for Basic Object-Oriented Programming System for Intuition). Although not required, it is very helpful to know a little about how BOOPSI works before trying to use the DataTypes Library. Some familiarity with object-oriented theory and practice is also helpful, though not required.
AMIGA ASM- & HW-coding: Welcome. This is a site about coding on the worldfamous Amiga computer from the '80s. Back in the days when resources on a computer were scarce the Amiga was a shining bright star on the horizon of computers. The Amiga had marvelous colors and sounds, that no other home computer could stand up to. On this site we will be looking at some of the things that coders used to do on their Amigas. The coding examples on this site won't be heavily optimized, as the purpose of the site is mainly to show how to make things happen. Optimizing is possible, but then the code will be a lot harder to read. The only real optimizing practice that will be used quite extensively is pre-calculated tables of values (either as copy-pasted data into the code, or as calc-loops done in the initialization of the code).
Learn Assembly Programing with ChibiAkumas!: 68000 Assembly programming for the The Commodore Amiga (500)
Dr. Volker Barthelmann´s Compiler Page. vbcc - portable ISO C compiler: vbcc is a highly optimizing portable and retargetable ISO C compiler. It supports ISO C according to ISO/IEC 9899:1989 and most of ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (C99). It is split into a target-independent and a target-dependent part, and provides complete abstraction of host- and target-arithmetic. Therefore, it fully supports cross-compiling for 8, 16, 32 and 64bit architectures as well as non-8bit-byte-based architectures.
AMIGA Skool: {Articles, news, code and more}
Stash of Code: Bits of help for writing code... By a sociologist, Developer during his hours. {Lots of good Amiga code: Using the VERTB interrupt, WAIT, SKIP and COPJMPx: Advanced usage of the Copper, Displaying sprites and BOBs (OCS and AGA), Hardware zoom with BPLxMOD and BPLCON1, How to code a sine scroll, Scoopex “TWO”: The coding of a cracktro for the Amiga & more}
SCOOPEX: Welcome to our site! This site covers where we came from, what we are doing now, and where we are going. Also, each member will occasionally write something in her or his blog, and if you're just here for the stuff we've released, take a look in Downloads. Some more prominent prods are showcased in the Gallery.
Amiga Hardware Programming: This site is about Amiga demos, and how to code them in Assembly Language. Check out the tutorials and articles! To navigate the site, use the top menu or Articles. Lately, most of my spare time has been spent coding and doing other things for Amiga than demos, with the goal and hope the Amiga 500 will see a true revival! If you want to support my projects, you can Send money or stuff.
Assembler programming guide for Amiga demos: If you ever thought about trying your hands on coding Amiga demos, now you have a chance to get a jump start into it. ‘Dissident’ has released a guide about programming demos in assembler for Amiga. The guide is the result of his 25 years of experience coding for the Amiga with tips and tricks based on his own findings, information from Amiga forums and other people’s demos. On the release note, dissident humbly explains “This little aid is for those who have already the basic knowledge coding intros/demos on the Amiga in assembler but may have the same obstacles or questions as me.”
The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga Materials to accompany the Platform Studies volume: Long ago, in 1985, personal computers came in two general categories: the friendly, childish game machine used for fun (exemplified by Atari and Commodore products); and the boring, beige adult box used for business (exemplified by products from IBM). The game machines became fascinating technical and artistic platforms that were of limited real-world utility. The IBM products were all utility, with little emphasis on aesthetics and no emphasis on fun. Into this bifurcated computing environment came the Commodore Amiga 1000.
Commodore Spain: {Spanish} Si alguna vez te preguntaste donde podrías tener todo el conocimiento de COMMODORE en una sola web, ya has encontrado la respuesta. Realizada por y para amantes del COMMODORE, con todo lo que cualquier usuario pasado y presente del COMMODORE necesita para revivir un momento de su vida.
AMIGATRONICS: Since 2007. {Spanish News, articles, reviews and more}
Disc Image Manage: Disc Image Manager is an application used to load a retro disc image, read the catalogue and output any required files. In addition, it will also add files to the image, delete, and rename files and directories. So far, the following formats are supported: Acorn DFS, ADFS, Cassette Filing System (CFS) & File Server, !SparkFS, !PackDir, DOS Plus, MS-DOS FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32, Commodore 1541, 1571, 1581 & AmigaDOS floppy and hard discs. {Note: read/write support *will* vary by format type. Check documentation for details. More formats are in development}
vim: The official Vim repository
AGuide Viewer: AGuide Viewer is an open source reader for AmigaGuide documents implemented as a browser extension. It works with Firefox* and Chromium* on all platforms.
WarpDT: Fast, powerful 24-bit picture datatypes for AmigaOS® & MorphOS 68K (OS 3.x & Amithlon) and PowerPC (WarpOS, OS 4.x & MorphOS) The WarpDT package comprises of a collection of picture datatypes, and an accompanying easy-to-use preferences program. The image formats currently supported are JFIF/JPEG, PNG, TIFF, Windows BMP, PCX, PSD (Adobe Photoshop®) and WebP, although support for more formats is planned. One of the key features of the datatypes is their superior decoding speed (hence the name Warp), especially on PowerPC equipped systems, and most importantly not at the expense of power and features.

15 May 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Small update this week but I'm happy to see the release of MorphOS 3.18. I realize with the benefit of hindsight you can, hopefully, avoid the mistakes of the past, and they are certainly taking that to heart. How can you NOT be impressed with their INCREDIBLE website, MOUNTAINS of documentation and an EVER GROWING list of features that makes AmigaOS look like they best it can do is play catch up? I continue to wish them all the BEST!

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Always happy to see this is still in development. The Amiga-2000-EATX. An Amiga 2000 PCB in the EATX form factor. Now at v3.0.
AmigaOS developer Boemann reports thatthe AmigaOS 3.2 developers will have a table at Amiga38 in October. So come by and talk to us. I hope they get a lot of visitors!

Amiga Legal News Update

ORDER denying Plaintiff's 144 Motion for Attorney Fees {Link to the PFD ruling}

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AGuide Viewer: AGuide Viewer is a reader for AmigaGuide documents implemented as a browser extension. It is tested with Firefox and Chromium.
VingTroiSeize Only AMIGAAAAA: {VingTroiSeize Nitter account. Very entertaining}
AmigaOS Manual: AmigaDOS Advanced Features: The information in this appendix is intended for experienced AmigaDOS users. It includes the following: Customizing the window, Customizing your Shell environment, Using Escape sequences, Customizing startup files & Customizing Kickstart
AmigaVision: The ultimate Amiga games and demo scene setup for MiSTer FPGA, emulators, and Amiga hardware. Open source, commnity driven. AmigaVision Setup. AmigaVision creates a carefully curated collection of Amiga games and demos, as well as a minimal Workbench setup with useful utilities and apps, and wraps it all in a user-friendly launcher. It has many features specifically for use with MiSTer FPGA devices, but also aims to work with emulators like UAE and on original AGA-compatible hardware like an Amiga 1200/4000 or CD32, usually with SD/CF card adapters. Its aim is to balance preservation of the historical and current output of the Amiga games and demo scene as accurately as possible, while still being easy to use for people new to the Amiga computer.
Vim: Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient. {direct link to download page for the editor that was created on the Amiga}

9 May 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Pleased to see that Eric W. Schwartz, the creator of Sabrina Online, has launched a new online Amiga publication called AMI Tech-Gazette. I wish him and his crew all the best!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

Amiga Documents: Evidence of irregularities / Statement by Mike Battilana: further documents concerning the parties in litigation Hyperion Entertainment CVBA and Amiga Corporation have been published.

Amiga Legal News Update

this WONDERFUL summary

amiga-news.de

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https://archive.org/details/advanced-amiga-architecture: {Thread @ ycombinator.com covering the Advanced Amiga Architecture (1992)}
Music-X: Music-X was the name of a popular Midi sequencer program that I created for the Commodore Amiga in 1988 and which was published by MicroIllusions. To fully tell the story of how Music-X got created, however, I need to go back in time a decade or two.
AMIGA Tool Jam: Amiga software developers around the world rejoice! This is the opportunity you've all been waiting for. You are invited to participate in this software development challenge, which run for 6 months, where the goal is to create new and interesting tools for the Commodore Amiga. Regardless of your skill level this jam is a perfect opportunity to create your very first piece of software for Amiga, a side project to your other development activities, or a chance to create that tool you always wished existed for Amiga! Maybe you're a seasoned software developer with tons of ideas and have just been waiting for the right moment. {30 Apr 2023 to 30 Oct 2023}
Big Book of Amiga Hardware {ARCHIVED 26 MAr 2023}: Probably the largest Amiga hardware reference on the net! Last updated 2/28/2023. This is the new home of "The Big Book of Amiga Hardware" (BBoAH), originally created by Ian Chapman. Ian's great work will be continued here, together with the many contributors from all over the world. Donations are very welcome also hardware donations. All donators get access to download 15 unique Commodore PDF's: C128 HW specification, CDTV decelopers reference, Amix, DSP, A3000+ etc.
Siamese PCI {ARCHIVED 10 Feb 2005}: Siamese PCI. Developer: Index Information. Year of Announcement: 1997. The Siamese PCI was a new Amiga designed to fulfill different gaps in the market. While the BoXeR was aimed purely at Amiga users, the Siamese PCI is designed for Amiga users who also have a PC and cannot justify a whole new computer. It played a similar function as the Amiga bridgeboard but in reverse- the Amiga hardware was located on a PCI and could be used from within the host environment. If released, the card would have utilized a Motorola 68040 33MHz or 68060 66MHz CPU. The use of modern hardware would remove existing bottlenecks- all calculations would have been handled by the host machine, theoretically making it the equivalent of an 68k 100MHz system. Current Amiga technology such as the AGA chipset, 2Mb Chip Ram, CIA's, floppy & IDE connectors would also have been included.
Amiga BoXeR {ARCHIVED 4 Feb 2005}: Amiga BoXeR. Developer: Access Innovations/Mick Tinker. Announced: 1997. Cancelled: October 2001. The BoXeR represents the ultimate development of a 'pure' Classic Amiga solution since Commodore's liquidation. Unlike other efforts, such as the A5000, it was based upon an entirely new motherboard that attempts to improve Amiga technology through the use of manufacturing techniques unavailable five years previously. This has led to a number of improvements on the basic Amiga design, including 30% speed increase on Chip RAM access and improved Zorro performance.
Setting up Picasso96 with Emu68: In this short tutorial I will try go guide you with installation of Picasso96 (P96) subsystem on Emu68 with PiStorm. The guide works on systems with a bit of software installed already as well as with freshly installed ones.
ATO - Amiga Translators' Organization: These are the transifex organization pages of the ATO (Amiga Translators' Organization). This is a non-profit organization aiming in joining translator resources for Amiga-related (AmigaOS/MorphOS/AROS) projects.
AMI Tech-Gazette: The AMI Tech-Gazette is an electronic publication designed to bring you an experience similar to the classic local computer user group newsletter, with that personal, not-fully-professional touch, covering the Amiga and its relatives, (OS4, MorphOS, AROS, Apollo, and more!) with the occasional deviation into games, toys, and life in general. Check out the introductory issue(s) to get a feel for it, and if it interests you, consider joining the Patreon to access the back issue catalog, and support the creation of new ones.
ReAgnus MegaAChip: A ReAgnus MegaAChip PCB that takes a Gowin FPGA, a PLCC-84 plug, level shifters and a SDRAM-chip. THIS IS WORK IN PROGRESS AND NOT VERIFIED WORKING. BUILD AT YOUR OWN RISK.

1 May 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Rabbits - Rabbits - Rabbits! I will keep this short and sweet and I hope you enjoy this weeks links.

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Let's help out Hans with his AmigaOS 4.x hardware vs emulation survey. I hope he gets the answers he's looking for.
Here's the list of all 157 filed documents in the Hyperion vs Itec LLC case. Enjoy...

Amiga Legal News Update

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ADF Opus: ADF Opus is a file management tool for ADF files and hardfiles. It allows you to perform most common tasks (like copying, renaming, deleting, etc.) with your ADFs without having to go anywhere near an emulator. Features include support for all filesystems (including directory-caching) high speed file copying, ability to access real Amiga harddisks and a powerful MDI interface.
ADF Opus: ADF Opus is a file management tool for ADF files and hardfiles. It allows you to perform most common tasks (like copying, renaming, deleting, etc.) with your ADFs without having to go anywhere near an emulator.
ADFlib : free + opensource Amiga filesys: The ADFlib is a portable C library designed to manage Amiga formatted devices like harddisks and ZIP disks, or dump files of this kind of media via the .ADF format. Projects using ADFlib are : ADFOpus and ADFView
WinFellow: WinFellow is a port of Fellow for DOS to the Win32-platform (Win9x/NT/2000). Fellow is an Amiga emulator. This way you can play your old time Amiga games on your PC and run any program that runned on your Amiga.
xtpower.com {ARCHIVED 12 Mar 2006}: Well established Amiga emulation site with comprehensive links section and great design
Guru Meditation: Guru Meditation started as an error notice displayed by the Amiga computer when it crashes. It is now also used by Varnish,[1] a software component used by many content-heavy websites. This has led to many internet users seeing a "Guru Meditation" message (or the variant "Guru Mediation")[2] when these websites suffer crashes or other issues. It is analogous to the "Blue Screen of Death" in Microsoft Windows operating systems, or a kernel panic in Unix. It has also been used as a message for unrecoverable errors in software packages such as VirtualBox[3] and other operating systems (see Legacy section below).
Frequently Asked Questions Amiga Emulation Version 2.24 {ARCHIVED 3 Feb 2004}: This is the FAQ for the alt.emulators.amiga newsgroup. alt.emulators.amiga is a newsgroup for discussion about software that emulates the Amiga computer on any platform. The FAQ attempts to answer most common questions appearing in the newsgroup. The most common of these is how to get a copy of the Amiga operating system or how to transfer the OS and other software from an Amiga to another platform, so this is what we'll focus on.
Webwood {German - google translated}: Webwood.de has been an official hosting site for the Windows Amiga emulator WinUAE for many years. I got official permission from Toni Wilen to make the WinUAE binaries available. There are now quite a few servers doing this and helping to spread this wonderful 68k Amiga emulator. On this page you will not find any ROMs that are necessary for the operation of the emulator software. Please use the Amiga forums German Amiga Community or the A1K Forum for support requests. Here you will be helped by me or by other Commodore Amiga fans. Legal Kickstart ROMs can either be downloaded from your Amiga or purchased with an Amiga Forever package from Cloanto. This website offer does not receive any money from third parties or non-existent advertising partners. All downloads should be available again by now.
Amiga Blitz Basic 2: Amiga Blitz Basic 2 Language Support - Javascript Native Edition. This extension adds language support for the Amiga version of Blitz Basic 2 (and Amiblitz). The extension is in alpha state so syntax highlighting is still limited. Big thanks to Youen Chéné who has made a lot of improvements to this extension!
pixelRestorer: Using statistics to restore pixel art images. This is a project I've been idealizing from some time now. Is it possible to reconstruct a pixel art image that has been corrupted by scaling or compression, using statistics? Well, lets give it a shot.
Four-Byte Burger: {Thread @ news.ycombinator.com covering the Four-Byte Burger video. The restoration of a printed image back into it's original digital form. The scanned image was from the Amiga}
Amiga Guides: Welcome to my Amiga Guides site! There are various guides and information that have helped me use, and to troubleshoot and fix issues, on the Amiga range of home computers. {guides for: PCMCIA Compact Flash, Amiga Floppy Disk Drives, Amiga Mouse and Joystick Signals, Amiga Reset Signals, Amiga Interrupt Signals, Amiga Keyboard, Gaming, DiagROM Serial Output, Serial Loopback Adapter, Amiga Explorer, Boot-CFD-FAT95, ToADFish, Amiga Boot Selector (abs), TinyLauncher, Useful Tools and Utilities, Amiga File Managers, A500(+) Memory Expansion Boards Repair, A500 Motherboard Revisions, Writing ADF to Floppy Disk, Gotek, M-Tec AT-500, Archos OverDrive HD, Kickstart ROM image backup, Amiga A500 Rev 5 ROM Adapter, A500 rev 6A - JP2 and JP7A, Amiga A600/A1200 HDD LED Issues & more!}
Lost Amiga “Four-Byte Burger” Painting Digitally Recreated (And Looking Amazing in Glowing Phosphor!): It was in the late summer of 1985 when I first heard of the Amiga. I learned about the forthcoming system in an issue of Personal Computing magazine that featured the Amiga on its cover and contained an in-depth dive into the what was the most amazing computer — by an incredible margin — I had ever seen. The specifications I read and the photos I saw within made such an impact on me that I wrote a post to this blog about the magazine itself, A Look at the Sauciest Magazine I Ever Owned, about ten years ago.
No Man's Sky as a Commodore Amiga slideshow: No Man's Sky is a beautiful game of interstellar exploration: something about its epic psychedelic wonder stays with you even after you've internalized its procedural patterns. Blake Patterson wanted to see how well a classic Amiga 1000 would render some of its scenery. Granted, an Amiga isn't going to counting frames by the second, but it was the first machine to offer thousands of colors on-screen at once and its peculiar pallete trickery gives NMS an even weirder look.
After 30 years this guy finally got an Amiga and Video Toaster: A very early sign that computing was changing the world we lived in, the Video Toaster was a $2500 card and software package for the Amiga 2000 that totally revolutionized TV. These were bragging rights computers back in the 90s. This tour of Video Toaster by an owner who long dreamed of having his own Amiga is great. Back in the mid90s, everyone had ONE friend with Video Toaster. I remember driving miles to get time on the Toaster in my social circles. Those screen transitions are legendary, and when I see them in old videos I instantly know.
Sean Murray is impressed with No Man's Sky renders for Amiga : No Man's Sky director Sean Murray loves how the game looks on an Amiga 1000's colour palette. For our all advances in computing, we can still be incredibly nostalgic for classics like the Amiga. One great example occurred earlier this year, when the vintage computing blog BYTECellar rendered images from No Man's Sky on an Amiga 1000. Now these images have reached the attention of No Man's Sky director Sean Murray. In short, he's quite impressed! To be clear, the game isn't playable on an Amiga. This is simply an effort to render detailed images from the game using the Amiga's 4,096 colour palette. The blog post details how this was accomplished, and the resulting images are still wonders to behold.
Parceiro: An Extraordinary Upgrade for Amiga 1000 Users: In October 1985 I purchased the first Amiga sold in the state of Virginia. It was a transformative experience to have that level of technology on the desk in front of me as a young geek. The Amiga 1000 was miles beyond any other consumer computer available on the market at the time in several respects. It boasted preemptive multitasking, a palette of 4096 colors (at a time when EGA‘s 64-color palette was considered impressive), four channel stereo digital audio, and a custom chipset with a graphics co-processor that allowed for incredible on-screen animation.
A Planetary Anachronism: “No Man’s Sky” Beautifully Rendered on the Amiga 1000: It should be evident to anyone viewing this website that I have a bit of a vintage computer obsession. And regular readers who’ve been paying attention over the past year and a half or so likely know that my other obsession is the space exploration game No Man’s Sky. After watching an episode of The Guru Meditation (YouTube channel) the other day I got a nifty idea for combining the two and sharing the results with anyone who’d care to see.
ham_convert: ham_convert is a freeware (also free for commercial use) graphic converter written by Sebastian Sieczko that can convert a normal jpg/gif/png/tiff/jpeg2000 image to one of the graphic modes of the Commodore Amiga. Its main use is to produce high-quality hold-and-modify (HAM) images using brute-force search. It can produce ILBM IFF files (Amiga graphic modes: EHB, HAM6, HAM8, 2/4/8/16/32/64/128/256-color indexed, PCHG – 4/8/16/32/EHB modes).
Advanced AMIGA Architecture (June 18, 1992) Shrink {ARCHIVED 18 Jub 1992}: Document for the Commodore-Amiga Advanced Amiga Architecture. Dated June 18, 1992, this was the never-released whole new Amiga system architecture. This project was started in 1988, and first silicon was available in 1993. Commodore's business problems prevented subsequent progress on this system. {AAA}
Denise: Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independant C64 / Amiga emulator. My motivation for this project is understanding how it works and write clean and easy readable code. Denise now emulates an Amiga 500 and Amiga 1000. Features already known from the C64 emulation, such as runAhead, savestates, drive sounds, PAL encoding, dynamic rate control, G-Sync/FreeSync, Warp, just in time polling are also available for the Amiga
ADA Amiga Demoscene Archive: On the Amiga Demoscene Archive, you will find some of the best demos and intros released on the Amiga. The demoscene is a group of people, mainly coders, graphicians and musicians, who create digital art on a wide range of computer platforms both old and new. This website covers the demoscene on the Amiga platform. The Amiga is a family of personal computers sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. Enjoy!
Amiga Software Archive: As the CEO and ultimate rights-holder for SoftCircuits and Black Belt Systems back in the day, I am pleased to make available archives of most of my/our latest Amiga software to the Amiga community. These archives include most of the latest releases of our commercial efforts as well as those written for PD and shareware. You are free to use, and re-distribute, this software without charge or obligation. I would appreciate your linking back to this page, but do not require it. My thanks to Jay Siegel, who created some of these archives for the Amiga Community. NOTE: Please be aware that I do not offer any support for this software; it is provided strictly on an as-is basis.
E3B - innovative USB solutions for Amiga Classic: Field-tested USB solutions for Amiga Classic computers. E3B offers a wide variety of sophisticated USB and ethernet solutions since 2001. These products are tailormade especially for the Amiga Classic systems. Just take a look ! {ADNEB, ALGOR, SUBWAY, HIGHWAY, NORWAY & ROMULUS. Opinions, Test & reviews and more!}
IrseeSoft: {Turboprint 7 & Picture Manager Pro 5.5}
The Amiga, Remembered: Everyone knows the big picture. Commodore's Amiga was a desktop PC way ahead of its time, sporting a discrete GPU, sound chip and developer support years before x86 got its gaming boots on. Its demise is equally infamous, the company pissing away a leading position amid mismanagement and incompetence. But did you ever know the small picture? The details?
Rescuing Floppy Disks: This page is meant to be a clearinghouse for various options that a person or group of reasonable technical ability could use to rescue data from floppy disks. If any of these options seem daunting, a number of people have offered to accept floppy disks and pull the data using these tools.
asm-editor.specy: The all in one web editor for M68K
DaDither: {Russian} DaDither is a small utility designed to convert full color images to paletted images or to images intended for display on various retro platforms such as the ZX-Spectrum. DaDither allows you to convert images for the following retro platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MSX, Pico-8, Sinclair QL, TI-99/4A {& more}
AmigaOS Manual: ARexx Introducing ARexx: The ARexx programming language can act as a central hub through which applications - even those created by different companies - can exchange data and commands. For example, using ARexx you can instruct a telecommunications package to dial an electronic bulletin board, download financial data from the bulletin board, and then automatically pass the data to a spreadsheet program for statistical analysis - without any user intervention. ARexx is an interpreted language that uses ASCII file input. The ARexx interpreter is the RexxMast program, located in the System drawer of Workbench. RexxMast monitors the execution of an ARexx program. If RexxMast finds an error while translating or executing a line, it halts and displays an error message on the screen. This interactive testing is both a learning tool and an aid in debugging programs because it immediately highlights when and where an error has occurred.
REDUMP Disk Preservation Project: {Over 100,000 of CD/DVD images for dozens and dozens of systems. Amiga: 492 images, Amiga CD32: 172 images & Amiga CDTV: 54 images.

23 Apr 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Well it's time for another quick update. Been busy in the 'real world' with a bunch of things but on the plus side I just hit 400 links added this year. Good job me!

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Bill McEwen has a new job
- Whatever became of... - Bill McEwen?: As one can read on the company website at the title link, the former president of Amiga Inc. Bill McEwen is now working for Stavatti Aerospace. The plans of its founder are ambitious - he wants to produce military jets e.g. for NATO, although he has no corresponding background. As the press reports, Christopher Besker has acquired his knowledge through self-study, but has already succeeded in acquiring tax payers' money to finance his visions. However, the company, which has existed in various forms since 1994, has not actually produced a single aircraft to date. (snx)
- Biography Bill McEwen Chief Operating Officer: {Our former leader} Bill McEwen Chief Operating Officer. Mr. McEwen joined Stavatti as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) in 2019. Mr. McEwen has a diverse and expansive background where he has developed strong management skills while operating geographically diverse company operations. He has raised millions of dollars in capital for technology companies as well as maintained corporate relations with leading aviation suppliers in the United States with his work with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and Irkut Aviation of Russia.
Hyperion just releases hotfix AmigaOS 3.2.2.1. Always good to see something happening back at the mother ship...

Amiga Legal News Update

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Source of Amiga Video Toaster Software Released: "About a decade after the release of of the NewTek Video Toaster for the Amiga, OpenVideoToaster is now hosting the source code of the software! The Video Toaster ushered in the age of affordable desktop video in 1991 and was used in products such as Babylon 5 and Jurassic Park."
Power Programs. Software & more for Commodore computers: This section of the website contains in depth technical articles about the Amiga chipset in general, commonly seen effects and how they’re done as well as articles featuring my own ideas and tricks. {Articles on: assembly source and explanation about Dual Layer Graphics, Copper Chunky, CPU Asissted Blitting, Audio Mixing for Games, Free Form Sprite Layer & Dual Playfield ‘Fast Bobs’}
Audio Mixer 3.1: Audio mixer 3.1 is a completely reworked version of the audio mixer featured in the Amiga Tech Audio Mixing example. This version has a completely reworked API, much more detailed documentation, extra examples, integration with C programs and several new features. Features: Up to four samples can be mixed onto a single hardware channel. High performance: mixing four samples onto a single channel at 11KHz takes only 3.7% CPU time on a 7MHz 68000 without Fast RAM. Can be run while a music playback routine is running, as long as the music routine does not access the hardware channel(s) used by the Audio Mixer. Up to four hardware channels can be assigned to the Audio Mixer, allowing up to 16 samples being played back at the same time. {& more!}
Amiga - 30 Years!: This year marks the 30th birthday of the Commodore Amiga, the revolutionary multi media computer released in july 1985. It was a true generational leap in computing, offering a fast CPU, great graphics and sound and a pre-emptive multitasking operating system. It could do things out of the box that many of its rivals struggled to do even years later. Time then to celebrate this amazing machine, which amongst much more important achievements, was the machine (in combination with the Commodore 64) that was largely responsible for my choice of career and all round passion for computers. Yes, without the Amiga I'd likely be doing very different things today! About the Commodore Amiga
Oktalyzer: Oktalyzer is a commercial tracker developed by Armin Sander and distributed by Mayer Verlag on the Amiga in 1989. Version 1.57, the final version, was released in 1991. Oktalyzer music is stored in OKT format. Oktalyzer is so named because it supports eight channels. This was impressive since the Amiga audio hardware only had four channels. To perform this feat, Oktalyzer loaded eight channels in memory, mixed them in real time down to four channels, and sent the result to the Amiga sound chip. This was a processor-intensive task which degraded sound quality, but was more than made up for with doubled channels. Oktalyzer could also be run in 4-channel mode to suit more processor-heavy programs. Though it offered more channels and featured a more impressive interface than most trackers at the time of its release, Oktalyzer was never expanded to work with updated hardware like newer sound cards and memory expansions on the Amiga. Note: While the format is often denoted with an *.okt or *.okta extension on Windows machines, the files did not have an extension on Amiga machines
The (more or less) forgotten Amiga technologies: The Amiga is the cat of computing. The bird Phoenix. The zombie that refuses to stay in the grave. It seems to have lived multiple lives and died multiple deaths. And each time, it has been taking a lot of unique design ideas and technologies with it into the grave. On this page I shall attempt to describe some of the things I miss, hoping that some day, someone will pick it up and carry on where the Amiga left. I may also describe things that did survive, but are now so rare that I think they need to be exposed further.
PCUAE: PCUAE is for THEC64 models and THE500 Mini, PCUAE is a mod, it allows you to run games from USB on the Carousel(THEC64 Models only), Run Modes(Emulators/Linux) on the machines, For THEC64 Mini, THEC64 and THEVIC20 and now THEA500 Mini too. It is been developed by Spannernick.
EmuTOS: EmuTOS is a TOS compatible operating system for Atari ST series computers, and more. It is made from Digital Research's GPLed original sources and is a free and open source alternative to Atari proprietary ROMs. {Has the ability to run on a A500 mini}
Emutos auf den A500 Mini: {GERMAN - Thread @ forum.atari-home.de covering the running the Atari emulator EmuTOS on the THE500 mini.}
The A500 mini Hacks: {French - lots of pics and information on setting up and using the A500 mini} description
Ultimate Mister - Commodore Amiga Hardware: {lots of good stuff for sale here. MISTer products/addons, CF-IDE Adapter (buffered), xT accelerator for A600, PiStorm32 for A1200/600/500, Amiga EFi – External floppy interface, Greaseweazle V4 USB Floppy Adapter, A600 CHIP RAM, RTC & RGB2HDMI, A608mini 8MB FAST RAM, A630 rev.2 Turbo Card, Null-Modem Serial Cable, A1200 Ex1T 11MB Fast RAM RTC/MapROM/GUI, Terrible Fire 1230, Gotek USB Floppy Emulator, HID Mouse adapter USB-DB9, Front Leds boards, RGB SCART to 1084 (DB9), RGB2HDMI Denise Riser + Switch, RGB2HDMI Denise Adapter + Switch, Amiga miniADF, Ultimate Arcader Joystick DB9, & much more}
OSSC - Open Source Scan Converter: Open Source Scan Converter is a low-latency video digitizer and scan conversion board designed mainly for connecting retro video game consoles and home computers into modern displays. Please check the wikipage for more detailed description and latest features.
OCCS: The Open Source Scan Converter is a low-latency video digitizer and scan converter designed primarily for connecting retro video game consoles and home computers to modern displays. It converts analog RGB or component video signals into a digital format, and doubles (or triples) the scanlines of a single frame if necessary to generate a valid mode for digital TVs or monitors. The board and firmware originated as a homebrew project in 2015. The primary goal of the OSSC project was to create a scan converter with minimal latency and reasonable cost, which could also be assembled by hand. Output image quality and features have also been important targets as long as they didn't contradict with the project's primary goals. Due to interest in the retro gaming community, both DIY kits and pre-assembled boards were first released to the public during early 2016. The firmware of the system is open source (hence the name) and new features can be added as time goes on. If you're new to the OSSC and scalers/processors in general, you may wish to start with the quick start guide here. There's now also an excellent getting started video tutorial, kindly created by RetroRGB, that you can view here.
Open Source Scan Converter (OSSC): The Open Source Scan Converter is a zero lag upscaler. At the moment, it is by far the sharpest way to play your analog consoles via HDMI, offering tons of options, 2x 480p (960p) and up to 5x 240p (1080p!). It’s only shortcoming is it’s not compatible with all TV’s in every mode, but it’s still an excellent choice and what I recommend to all retro-gaming videophiles!
The Colorful Charm of Amiga Utility Disks: Working from floppy. Commodore produced a great many Amiga models, but for several years the gold standard was an Amiga 500 expanded with half a meg of RAM (bringing the total to a full megabyte) and an external floppy drive (bringing the total number to two). For the demo scene, this was the only Amiga configuration that mattered during the late 1980:s and early 1990:s.
How do you retrobrite an a500+?: {Thread @ reddit covering the retrobrite procedure}
Whatever became of... - Bill McEwen?: As one can read on the company website at the title link, the former president of Amiga Inc. Bill McEwen is now working for Stavatti Aerospace. The plans of its founder are ambitious - he wants to produce military jets e.g. for NATO, although he has no corresponding background. As the press reports, Christopher Besker has acquired his knowledge through self-study, but has already succeeded in acquiring tax payers' money to finance his visions. However, the company, which has existed in various forms since 1994, has not actually produced a single aircraft to date. (snx)
Biography Bill McEwen Chief Operating Officer: {Our former leader} Bill McEwen Chief Operating Officer. Mr. McEwen joined Stavatti as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) in 2019. Mr. McEwen has a diverse and expansive background where he has developed strong management skills while operating geographically diverse company operations. He has raised millions of dollars in capital for technology companies as well as maintained corporate relations with leading aviation suppliers in the United States with his work with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and Irkut Aviation of Russia.

16 Apr 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! I saw this welcoming comment a few days on reddit and I believe this BEST SUMMARIZES a large portion of lovely little community better than ANYTHING else I have ever seen. Full disclosure... I TOTALLY believe all of this!! Why else would I still be here 21 years later! ha ha!! My hat's off to Mr. DorkyMCDorky!! You Sir win the Internet!

    "Welcome to the Amiga Community! Over here the:

        - the amiga never died.
        - 50 MHz is a really fucking fast processor
        - The amiga can do everything a modern computer can.
        - Lightwave is the best 3D software, ever.
        - The amiga was 25 years ahead of it's time, and if you disagree "Da fuck you talkin about?"

    We're like Bears fans: rowdy and still talk about 1985 :)

    Seriously though, the OS was in legislative hell for awhile. People have hacked the hell out of the amiga ever since and still purchase new copies of the AmigaOS. Version 3.2 is pretty damn cool, and looks sorta modern for what it is.

    Deep down we know the PC overtook the Amiga in the mid-90s. And most of us likely had an Amiga back in the 80s/90s but have jobs now where we can afford the 1000s of dollars of hardware we wanted for it.

    Everyone here is pretty nice with the rare pissing contest. But you're in good company and there's a lot of hobbyists who know their way around the soldering iron.

    p.s. we all probably have a C64 for the same reasons as above but think 1982 instead :)"

This welcoming comment by DorkyMcDorky over at reddit wins the Internet!!!
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VERY impressed with this little web app Dpaint.js by Steffest to edit Amiga based images (icons and IFF images). If you really want to know more watch this wonderful 10 min demo. Enjoy!

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Leu : Leu is a simple spreadsheet application, which started as a excel and openoffice viewer. Now it also has some basic editing functions and a fully working function parser. It supports loading of Excel (xlsx), Libre/OpenOffice (ods), ASCII (csv) and TurboCalc (tcd) files. You can export the tables to Excel, Libre/OpenOffice, ASCII, HTML or wiki tables. Because it’s written with FreePascal for Amiga systems with MUIClass GUI Toolkit, it is available for all Amiga Systems:
mySQLcontrol: {Translated German} mySQLcontrol is a database administration and editing program for the mySQL database server under AmigaOS 4. Databases and tables can be created, deleted and changed via a reaction-based interface. The table structure can also be changed. Data records can also be searched for/displayed and edited using an SQL QUERY query. An SQL console can also be started in which all SQL commands can be issued directly. A connection to a mySQL server on another computer or on the Internet can also be established via the Prefs window!
PowerShark: Ultra-efficient USB-C power for your Amiga 500, 600 and 1200. Clean, stable energy supply. Advanced monitoring and protection features. Coming soon! Revolutionizing Amiga Power Solutions. PowerShark is a next-generation power converter for the Amiga line of computers - A500, A600 and A1200. It provides stable, high quality power, perfect for continuous long-term operation of even the most expanded configurations. Utilizing any 12V-capable USB-C power supply for the first stage conversion, PowerShark allows users to tap into a vast array of affordable and readily available “power bricks” for their Amiga system. Furthermore, portable USB-C “chargers” are also supported, bringing the dream of battery-operated Amigas to life. And it works flawlessly with magnetic USB-C adapters, too, ensuring an accident-free environment similar to “MagSafe”.
DevPack: This is a bundle that includes a collection of tools, environment and examples for programming on the Amiga (68k) What is included: AmiBlitz 3.9.9 , Amiga E 3.3a, AmigaRebol V2, EVO, AmiLua 0.2, AMOS Pro 2.0, AMOS Pro X (AGA) beta 0.209, ASM-One 1.48 & 1.49-RC2, Blitz Basic 2.1, FreePascal 3.2.2, GCC 2.95.3, PureBasic 4.00, REDPILL 0.9.17, VBCC 0.9j compiler. TOOLS: BlitzGUIGen 1.8, Designer, GadToolsBox 3.0a, minAD 1.7, MUIBuilder 2.3, StormWizard 2.3, UBB2.1, & Blitz Basic Tutorials. SDK/NDK: MUI 5.0 SDK, P96 SDK (link only), NDK 3.9 (link only), NDK 3.2 (link only), RoadShow SDK 1.5 & VBCC PosixLib
Make Linux look like Amiga OS: We know how to make Linux look like Windows 95, MacOS 9, and BeOS… but what about Amiga OS? I mean, if we’re going to go through the trouble of making a Linux desktop look like a classic computer systems… it would be heresy to not include the Amiga! What follows are the best options that I’ve found to achieve exactly that goal. We’ll be starting with XFCE as our default desktop — XFCE is sort of the gold standard for making your desktop look like older systems. If you’re following along at home, I highly recommend installing XFCE before we get started. You can use pretty much any Linux distribution you like.
amiwm: amiwm is an X window manager that tries to make your display look and feel like an Amiga® Workbench® screen. It is fully functional and can do all the usual window manager stuff, like moving and resizing windows. The purpose of amiwm is to make life more pleasant for Amiga-freaks like myself who has/wants to use UNIX workstations once in a while. It can also be used on the Amiga with the AmiWin X server, although this part needs some more work.
amiwm: Amiga Workbench inspired window manager for Xorg.
A m i W M: amiwm is an X window manager that tries to make your display look and feel like an Amiga® Workbench® screen. It is fully functional and can do all the usual window manager stuff, like moving and resizing windows. The purpose of amiwm is to make life more pleasant for Amiga-freaks like myself who has/wants to use UNIX workstations once in a while. It can also be used on the Amiga with the AmiWin X server, although this part needs some more work. This fork of AmiWM basically adds the AmigaDOS 1.x look to AmiWM. Traditionally, AmiWM has just an AmigaDOS 2.x appearance that looks like this. However, with this update, and this .amiwmrc it can look ike this:
37-year-old Amiga platform gets updates to Linux kernel, AmigaOS SDK: Hyperion announced the release of "a very substantial and comprehensive update" of the SDK for AmigaOS 4.1 54.16, for those who prefer to keep the mainline Amiga look and feel on their system. The update includes new options for gcc compiling, Simplegit and Subversion control tools, and general updates for many tools
Welcome to Capehill's corner!: Some software I have written for AmigaOS 4.x / others... Software: Activity Meter, Shaderjoy, Fractal Nova, glSnoop, Hello Hungary Redux, Diamonds and Dust, Nelipala, CPUWatcher, PlayMate, AnimalKeeper & D-fragmenta. Ports: Stunt Car Remake, Milkytracker (SDL2), Aleph One (SDL2/MiniGL), SDL2 and SDL, Super Methane Bros (SDL2 version), CannonBall (OutRun engine), The Zod Engine, ioquake 3 (SDL2), OpenArena, Quake 2, PrBoom & NetPanzer.
tequila: Tequila is a simple CPU profiler which samples current running tasks. At the moment it's not very accurate or feature-rich, but it will detect if some task is using CPU.
Dpaint.js: Dpaint.js is a web based image editor modeled after the legendary Deluxe Paint. It's main purpose is to be used as a tool for creating pixel art, but it can also be used for general image editing. It has a sweet spot for Amiga file formats: it can read and write all Amiga Icon formats and read/write Amiga IFF Images. You can even read/write files directly from ADF disk files and preview your work instantly in the "real" Deluxe Paint! (on an embedded emulated Amiga)
dpaint-js: Webbased image editor, modeled after the legendary Deluxe Paint with a focus on retro Amiga file formats: read and write Amiga icon files and IFF ILBM images
Fúria EC020 (Parný valec): {Thread @ amigaportal.cz the Fúria EC020. A600 accelerator}
New project - Fúria EC020: {Thread @ eab.abime.net covering the Fúria EC020. This is my new project accelerator for A600}
AmigaQB_extract: This python script is designed to accept the Central Coast Software's Quarterback backup disks as .ADF files, identify the CFM file markers within the file, and perform the LZW decompression algorithm on raw datastream, and write those decompressed files back into a qb_dump subdirectory of the current directory. More details. This backup software was a popular HDD backup solution for the Commodore Amiga. The genesis of this project was that I had a couple corrupted disks within my backup set, and Quarterback, despite having SOME builtin protection against it, fails as soon as it encounters some corrupted data. QB also requires a catalog which is stored on the first and last floppy in the backup set, in order to extract the files. My tool works on standalone disks within the set without the catalog. However, because there's no catalog support, there's a major limitation in the current, very beta, version. The original directory information IS NOT stored alongside the individual files, and so all files are simply written to the current directory.
amiga.org.pl: {POLISH. Publishers of the magazine Amiga NG}
FS-UAE: FS-UAE integrates the most accurate Amiga emulation code available from WinUAE. FS-UAE emulates A500, A500+, A600, A1200, A1000, A3000 and A4000 models, but you can tweak the hardware configuration and create customized Amigas.
SCA Welcome to The Mega-Mighty Swiss Cracking Association: {The Amiga section has a VERY NICE browser workbench simulation where you can launch various Amiga demos and more}
RetroTINK-5X Pro: We are proud to offer the RetroTINK-5X Pro, our first FPGA-powered device that introduces a few landmark accomplishments for bridging retro consoles to modern TVs: The first automatic optimal phase algorithm to produce the sharpest image with zero adjustments needed beyond selecting the base mode. The first custom developed FPGA-based Motion Adaptive Deinterlacing algorithm specifically for games to make 480i titles shine without adding lag or flicker. The first high resolution (1080p and above) video scaler that is capable of covering virtually all analog inputs: composite, S-video, component and RGB out of the box. {and more}
Open Source Scan Converter (OCCS): The Open Source Scan Converter is a low-latency video digitizer and scan converter designed primarily for connecting retro video game consoles and home computers to modern displays. It converts analog RGB or component video signals into a digital format, and doubles (or triples) the scanlines of a single frame if necessary to generate a valid mode for digital TVs or monitors. The board and firmware originated as a homebrew project in 2015. The primary goal of the OSSC project was to create a scan converter with minimal latency and reasonable cost, which could also be assembled by hand. Output image quality and features have also been important targets as long as they didn't contradict with the project's primary goals. Due to interest in the retro gaming community, both DIY kits and pre-assembled boards were first released to the public during early 2016. The firmware of the system is open source (hence the name) and new features can be added as time goes on.
OSSC (Open Source Scan Converter) with an Amiga: {Thread @ eab.abime.net about the OCCS}
Amiga I2C Hardware and Utilities: This project contains I2C (TWI) hardware interfaces and a shared library for convenient access to I2C sensors connected to classic 68k Amiga computers. This is a little utility to read EDID values from VGA Monitors connected to the Amiga and calculate appropriate modelines suitable for Picasso96. In terms of hardware, an I2C (TWI) interface is required. Example schematics and software can be found on Aminet in hard/hack/i2clib40.lha. An alternative to external I2C interfaces might be a Zorro card like ICY.
Qmiga: Project Qmiga is to help collaboration in Amiga related development of QEMU.
Graphics card emulation for AmigaOS: AmigaOS 4 drivers exist for different graphics cards but each platform specific version of AmigaOS only inlcudes a limited number of drivers for cards supported on that platform. Also QEMU can emulate a number of graphics devices but most of these are not supported by AmigaOS. Therefore it is a problem to find a combination that works and provides good results without much effort from users. This page discusses the different options for graphics card emulation and meant to be a place to collect information about this topic and to give inspiration for potential contributors who may want to look into one of these.
hunkster: A Windows app that creates Amiga 68k hunk files to embed image/audio/data. Can be linked with Amiga vbcc and freepascal cross compilers.
raster-master: {windows} Raster Master Sprite/Icon/Map editor for Windows 10/11 (64 bit) that generates RayLib code / Put image and map code for Open Watcom, gcc, AmigaBASIC, Amiga C, Amiga Pascal ,QuickBasic, QB64, Quick C, Turbo Pascal, freepascal, Turbo C, Turbo Basic, Power Basic, FreeBASIC, GWBASIC, BASICA, and PC-BASIC.
Amiga Floppy Swap: An Amiga 1000-500-2000-3000 DF0: - External Floppy Drive Swapper. This module can swap an internal DF0: drive with an external DF1: floppy drive in order to boot from an external device, such as a Gotek Floppy Emulator.
The Open Amiga Hardware Repository: The Commodore Amiga platform is still alive, and enthusiasts around the world are still developing new hardware and software for it. The Open Amiga Hardware Repository is meant to promote Amiga related open hardware projects. If you have developed open Amiga hardware, or are looking for open Amiga hardware projects, you have come to the right place! Your board is missing or incorrect? See here about how to contact us.

9 Apr 2023

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! Sorry to say this will be another small update, but I'm still doing better than last year! ;-)

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Personally I don't care how much salt I need to add for this to be true but I LOVE these kinds of tales! I know for me this is a big part of what keeps this community alive and fun! Lord knows it's not the lawsuits, 4 figure $$$$ motherboards or the hopes of a modern OS anytime soon... ;-) The fastest (Mac) Photoshop Machine in 1996 was not a Mac at all...

Amiga Legal News Update

Legal dispute between Hyperion and Cloanto: verdict in first court case

Hyperion Entertainment CVBA obtains key victory in US Federal Court

Hyperion wins lawsuit against Cloanto

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What is the Best Amiga Emulator 2023?: There are only two choices when looking at the best Amiga Emulator, this is WinUAE and FS-UAE. Both based on the original development of the UAE project, WinUAE & FS-UAE are the most up-to-date and advanced Amiga emulators available. Both are regularly updated and benefit from a huge community of users Both applications will give you the best emulation experience available, but it is often observed that Amiga Emulators can be fiddly to set up and can be intimidating to inexperienced users.
Mounting Amiga FFS Hard Drives Under Linux: I had cause to need to mount a hard drive – actually, a Compact Flash card, but that’s beside the point – from an Amiga on my PC the other day. In theory, not a problem: Linux includes in-built support for Amiga FastFileSystem (AFFS) devices, so it should just be a case of identifying which of the three partitions I’m after and giving the mount command. So, let’s fire up fdisk:
Amigan Software Abandonware Page : {Lots of abandoned Amiga software}
Some Amix questions: Hi all, Trying to fill in some gaps in my knowledge. Can anyone please help? 1) Was Amix going to be the default OS of Amiga had it survived or would it have been for the high end computing only? 2) Related to the above would Workbench have been attempted to be rebuilt on it or did they have another UI in mind? 3) Is this a line in the sand for older Amiga apps or would they have included an emulator. I had thought I had heard Dave Haynie say this would the case but can't find a reference to it. Lastly had anyone tried to revive it in the past? I think probably no as I can't find anything. Thanks
Commodore Bankruptcy – Associated Press 1994: April 29, 1994. commodore-computer-factory-production-december-1992WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Commodore International Ltd., a pioneer in the personal computer industry, said late Friday it is going out of business. The company plans to transfer its assets to unidentified trustees “for the benefit of its creditors” and has placed its major subsidiary, Commodore Electronics Ltd., into voluntary liquidation. “This is the initial phase of an orderly voluntary liquidation of both companies,” Commodore said in a brief statement. Company executives could not immediately be reached Friday evening.
Commodore: A Brief History: Reproduced March 18 2002 with permission from Maurizio Banavage. Graphics added by Commodore.ca Nov 2018. Commodore-Computer-Factory-CBMIn 1954 Jack Tramiel founded Commodore as a typewriter repair service. Jack Tramiel was Polish, and after Auschwitz he traveled to the United States and joined the Army. After the army he decided to open a repair shop in the Bronx. Tramiel always had an inclination towards technology such as mechanical and electro-mechanical. Tramiel Moved again in 1955, this time to Ontario, Canada becoming a low-cost office furniture manufacturer.
Commodore (1954-1994): Intro. Commodore has played a very important role in the technological history. Thanks to Commodore and other companies, Computers were now accessible to all. The Idea of having a personal computer had now become a reality for millions of people, due to reasonable price. In 1994 Commodore has been liquidated but still has many followers and recently other retro suppliers started creating their own products with the Commodore logo. We don’t know about trade marks legality for such devices but as long as there are companies and startup’s producing these items means that there is a huge demand for them.
POV: My Real Grand Theft Auto Story: {google translated link}
UADE: Unix Amiga Delitracker Emulator.. UADE plays old Amiga tunes through UAE emulation and cloned m68k-assembler Eagleplayer API.
AmiDeb: AmiDeb is a bare Linux install with just enough to run FS-UAE. It is NOT Amilator, but is based on the idea’s of Amilator. At the end of the installation of AmiDeb you have a real Debian Linux system, with the benefit of being able to update and customize the system. (Unlike Amilator). Ruining a Text based front end, FS-UAE is then launched for your Amiga experience.
PyDPainter - Relase 1.0.5: A usable pixel art program written in Python. Mark Riale. PyDPainter, pronounced "Pied Painter" (like Pied Piper), is an attempt to create a usable pixel art program in Python using PyGame. The original inspiration came from the Commodore Amiga version of Deluxe Paint released by Electronic Arts in 1985. Recently, with a resurgence of all things "retro," low-resolution pixel art and limited color palettes have become popular once again. Many tools to deal with this medium are either too complicated or too crude. This project is an attempt to bring back an old but reliable tool and enhance it with some features to help it better coexist in the modern world
PyDPainter: PyDPainter. A usable pixel art program written in Python. About PyDPainter, pronounced "Pied Painter" (like Pied Piper), is an attempt to create a usable pixel art program in Python using PyGame. The original inspiration came from the Commodore Amiga version of Deluxe Paint released by Electronic Arts in 1985.
amidon: A Mastodon client for Amiga computers. Amidon is a Mastodon native client for computers (or emulators) running AmigaOS 3.x. It allows the user to connect and authenticate with a Mastodon server instance, post new toots and interact with the various aspects of Mastodon (replies, favourites, bookmarks, etc.).
Tutorial: Installation guide for AmigaOS 4.1 under QEMU 8: QEMU is an open-source computer emulator and virtualiser. This means you can functionally simulate computers or provide virtual systems that replicate the functionality of a real system. QEMU is able to emulate a complete computer in software without the need to support hardware virtualisation. So it is also possible to emulate Amiga operating systems like AROS, AmigaOS or MorphOS on QEMU. This is provided by the developer Zoltan Balaton who shares many information and tips on his webeite. In the middle of 2021, Amiga-News.de had a closer look at the installation of MorphOS under QEMU 6.
AmigaOS 4.1 installation on QEMU pegasos2 machine: The pegasos2 machine is available in QEMU since v6.1.0 and was improved in v8.0.0 to be able to run AmigaOS 4.1 Pegasos 2 version but installation is not as straightforward as on real hardware. This is because the Pegasos 2 AmigaOS 4.1 install CD does not have a graphics card driver that matches any of the video cards emulated by QEMU so booting the install CD will not produce video output. To make it work a suitable graphics driver has to be added to AmigaOS Kickstart to make it possible to boot and install it. This page describes the steps needed for that. The NG Amiga emulation in QEMU is still in development and may have bugs but AmigaOS 4.1 should boot and generally work with latest QEMU version.

2 Apr 2023

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  - Greetings and salutations everyone! On the 30th after nearly 15 year since the last message post (14yr 11mo 6dy... Is this a record???) there was news update in the thread The lawsuit... a never ending story. It was reported the Hyperion vs. Colanto lawsuit has finally been settled. Here's my two cents...

  First I thought I would be more excited about the news but I'm not. Honestly I'm not quite sure what to make of it yet. I will leave the discussion to people way smarter than me. Second it seems like, regardless of the verdict, this news should now be EVERYWHERE and EVERYONE should be talking about it. So far that's not the case. Third the verdict is almost completely in Hyperions favor. Interesting. Fourth, and most importantly, where do we go from here???

   I have always believed that if the powers that be really cared about the Amiga every effort would have been made resolve this train wreck decades ago! Yes initially there were quite a few years where there were no options for a quick resolution but what about the last decade+?? Why couldn't compromises been made or strategic alliances formed to save what little we had left? I will NEVER understand the business logic of allowing a once great community to dwindle to nothing then having it fracture into a million different pieces. In what universe is that a smart move?

   So now it's finally over. Can everyone come together and find common ground? Will Hyperion now take charge and finally give us a road map for the future? Will Cloanto/C-A Acquisition continue with their other lawsuit?

"If none of the parties object to this ruling, the case would end without resolving any of the issues between Cloanto/C-A Acquisition and Hyperion. Judge Martinez simply declared that only C-A Acquisition Corporation - renamed to Amiga Corporation in the meantime - is entitled to sue Hyperion for breach of contract or violating trademark rights or Amiga related copyright. Such a case already exists, but has been stayed until the main litigation discussed here is resolved. "

Insightful analysis from amiga-news.de

Or now will an unnamed third party savior swoop in and come to the rescue? Who knows... Maybe just maybe something good will come of this... Only time will tell and, as always, only two more weeks to go! ;-)

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LukHash - Amiga. Turn up the volume and enjoy!!!

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Hyperion vs. Colanto verdict

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The lawsuit... a never ending story

What's the status of the Cloanto / Hyperion lawsuit?

Hyperion vs Cloanto judgement

An end to the Hyperion / Cloanto Amiga Lawsuit!

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An Amiga Mouse, The Modern Way: When we recently featured an Amiga upgrade project, [EmberHeavyIndustries ] was prompted to share one of their own, an adapter to allow a modern USB HID mouse to be used with the Commodore quadrature mouse port.
The MouSTer Adapter Now Has Amiga Scroll Support: The MouSTer is a device that enables modern USB HID mice to be used on various retro computers. The project has been through its ups and downs over years, but [drygol] is here to say one thing: rumors of the MouSTers demise have been greatly exaggerated. Now, the project is back and better than ever!
An Unexpected Amiga Network Interface: The retrocomputer enthusiast has increasingly to grapple with not only runaway computer prices but the astronomical cost of vintage peripherals. A welcome solution in some cases comes from the Raspberry Pi, which has proved itself fast enough to emulate those add-ons for a lot less outlay. A good one comes from [Niklas Ekström], who’s made a Pi-based network adapter for the Commodore Amiga 1200. Better still it doesn’t hog the main expansion port or the PCMCIA slot, instead it sits on the 1200’s rarely-used real-time-clock port. Software wise it uses an updated version of his earlier project for the Amiga 500. It provides access to the Pi command prompt, as well as a SANA driver and a mounted filesystem.
LukHash - Amiga: {LukHash has again has created another WONDERFUL new song & video this time just for the Amiga. Enjoy!}
lukhash.com: Fusion of 8-bit digital mayhem and '80s inspired synth music combined with modern sounds and cyberpunk aesthetics. Are we progressing forward or drifting back? Only two ways to find out… on the dancefloor or in your headphones.

21 Mar 2023

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! Just a quick posting with a selective bunch of Commodore/Amiga links from David. L. Farquhar's wonderful The Silicon Underground website. As he puts it "You can expect to find a mix of material about technology, home improvement, and hobbies here." and boy does he! I'm going on the record to say all his Amiga/Commodore posts should be required reading! Here's the quick link to the Amiga related articles.. Enjoy!

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Amiga chip RAM vs fast RAM vs slow RAM: The great thing about Amigas was they had a flat 32-bit memory architecture from day one. Unlike 16-bit DOS PCs, memory was memory–to an extent. Amigas did have three types of memory. So let’s look at Amiga chip RAM vs fast RAM vs slow RAM. Amiga chip RAM was visible to the CPU as well as the sound and video chips. Fast RAM and slow RAM were not, but fast RAM, which sat higher in the CPU’s address space, could run programs faster than either slow RAM or chip RA
Commodore A1200 Reloaded: Much like the C64 Reloaded, the Commodore A1200 Reloaded will be a new motherboard using original MOS/CSG chips. It does not directly compare to any existing Commodore Axxx mainboard, but if you want a comparison basis, then an A1200 is probably the closest match. However, there are differences that also make it very much "not A1200".
Amiga 500 motherboard revisions: There were four major revisions of the Amiga 500 motherboard released, and that matters if you are trying to upgrade them. Fortunately, if you know what to look for, you can quickly distinguish between all four, and you can even identify them without opening the case. Although it is certainly easier to identify them if you can see the entire board.
Commodore 64 vs Amiga: Looking at the Commodore 64 vs Amiga seems a little odd, at least to me. After all, the machines were never intended to be rivals. The Amiga was supposed to succeed the 64. Commodore bought Amiga because they couldn’t make a 64 successor on their own, so they intended for the Amiga to replace it. It didn’t fully succeed, and maybe that’s why the comparison is still interesting. Looking back, the machines may seem similar today. But in 1985 they sure didn’t.
Amiga 600: The Amiga no one wanted: The Amiga 600 was one of the last Amigas, and it became a symbol of everything wrong with Commodore and the product line. Retro enthusiasts like it today because of its small size, so it’s the perfect retro Amiga for today. But it couldn’t have been much more wrong for 1992. The Amiga 600 was a cost-reduced Amiga for home use, similar in size and appearance to a Commodore 64. But internally it wasn’t much more than a repackaged Amiga 1000 from 1985, trying to compete with VGA graphics and 386 CPUs.
Dell E1912HF and the Amiga: Amiga monitors have never been especially easy to find, but as time moves on, they get even harder. In a pinch you can use a television, but that has some drawbacks. Fortunately there are some other modern alternatives. The Dell E1912HF is a good example, though not the only one
An LCD monitor for retro computing: Purists prefer CRT monitors for a more authentic experience, but if you don’t mind an LCD, here’s a good LCD monitor for retro computing. Look for a Dell 2001fp manufactured in June 2005 or before. For bonus points, try to find one with a soundbar.
Amiga Bridgeboard: The PC compatibility option: A photo of someone’s newly acquired Amiga 2000 turned up on a vintage computing forum recently. It was sporting two 3.5″ drives, but also had a Chinon 5.25″ drive in its lower bay. Someone asked what the 5.25-inch drive was for. I responded it’s a good sign the system has an Amiga Bridgeboard in it. The Bridgeboard turns a big-box Amiga like a 2000 into an odd hybrid Amiga-PC clone.
The forgotten computer that changed the world: A rather hastily written and sloppily edited piece showed up on Slashdot yesterday morning that caught my attention, because it was about the Amiga 2000. The Amiga 2000 is a dear machine to me; in 1991, our family upgraded to one from a Commodore 128. I still have both machines, and there isn’t much that I know today that I didn’t first experience on one of those two machines.
How to connect an Amiga to a TV: Amiga monitors aren’t always the easiest thing to come by. Of course just about every Amiga sold was also sold with a monitor. But sadly, many of the monitors weren’t as reliable as the computer. So being able to connect an Amiga to a TV helps. There are several options, and while some are far from ideal, most of them are suitable for playing video games. And these days I’m sure you’re a lot more interested in Shadow of the Beast than you are in Amiga Word Perfect 4.1.
Steve Jobs and the Amiga: Steve Jobs was aware of the Amiga. He didn’t think much of it. Even still, Steve Jobs and the Amiga did have some connections. Jobs’ opinion of the Commodore PET made bigger headlines after he died, but Jobs had an opinion about the Amiga, too. Both pre- and post-Commodore Amiga. Overall, Jobs thought the Amiga’s chips were overkill. Brian Bagnall’s book On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore states on page 419 that Jobs said there was too much hardware in the machine.
Atari ST vs Amiga: When it comes to Atari ST vs Amiga, there are more similarities than differences from today’s perspective. But the two machines had significant differences that led them to be incompatible even though the hardware differences look minor today. Here’s a look at the two machines and why they were such fierce rivals in the late 1980s.
Amiga Power Stick: Uncommon and affordable: Before the Amiga was a computer, Amiga was a struggling independent company trying to stay in business so it would get its chance at changing the world. In order to make ends meet while they developed their multitasking computer, Amiga produced and sold joysticks for the game systems and computers that were already on the market. It was called the Amiga Power Stick. These joysticks turn up on Ebay fairly frequently. The going rate on them tends to be between $10-$15.
Commodore computer models: The Commodore 64 is by far the most famous and successful computer Commodore ever made. But there were numerous Commodore computer models over the years. Some were also successful. Some were complete flops. Overall Commodore had a good 18-year run, but it could have been so much longer and better. Let’s take a walk through the Commodore computer models from the beginning in 1976 to the bitter end in 1994.
Who bought Commodore: Commodore International went out of business in 1994, after nearly a decade of declining revenue. But the company left a significant legacy, which leads to some logical questions. What became of Commodore? Who bought Commodore?

19 Mar 2023

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! Surprisingly busy week for me so only a small update this time. Still I'm happy to report I have added more links so far this year than all of last year. In fact today I just broke the 300 link mark! YAE me!

- As some of you might already know the book, STAMIGA: The Flame Wars was successfully crowd funded this week. Good job everyone! I CAN'T wait until my copy arrives!

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As always Epsilon does an OUTSTANDING job reviewing AmiKit 12.
This caught my eye. An official listing from Amiga Inc/International of all the companies licensed to sell Amiga related products. {Archived 27 Apr 1999}

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The Undiscovered: {A look at the old Commodore MOS chip fabrication plant with Bill Hurd}
Amig Resistance: {German Amiga news, information and forum site}
COMMODORE USERS - EUROPE: The aim of commodore-users.eu is to bring together the community of Commodore computers users in Europe and beyond, and have us meet and share on a regular base. Commodore users are invited to contribute by presenting their work in areas such as new software and programming (i.e. libraries), former and new OSes, genuine and modern hardware, emulators, art i.e.: petscii or sprites, book reviews etc. We do also accept presentations from hardware/software vendors/editors, also from writers presenting their books or magazine editors. Presentations and/or links to the material used is then archived on this website.
AmigaLand: {German} Welcome to Amigaland.de! (established since 22 May 2000) As the name suggests, Amigaland deals with the Amiga computer, which was the home computer par excellence between 1985 and 1994 and still is with some people. Even today there is a broad fan base that identifies with the Amiga. We are one of them and dedicate this page to the cult computer. We want to preserve retro, classic and history and offer this page for that. Learn everything about the AmigaOS and the computers that go with it. We tell many stories and also offer tons of downloads to bring this computer back to life using emulation. Find the right games, apps or demos and have fun with them. In addition to the freeware offers, we have commercial software for which we have a license for download.
Web Rendering Proxy: AmiFox Server Version. A browser-in-browser "proxy" server that allows to use historical / vintage web browsers on the modern web. It works by rendering a web page in to a GIF or PNG image with clickable imagemap. This server can be used as the original WRP in a webbrowser but works much better using the dedicated AmiFox app available for m68k Amiga
PiStorm: {Repository for: pistorm32-lite-hardware, pistorm32-lite-gateware, pistorm-mini-itx & cm4board: CM4 adapter board for PS32-lite and classic PiStorm}
AmiFox: A new browser for classic Amiga. How does AmiFox actually work? It’s using a virtual Chrome browser on our backend that basically is remote controlled by AmiFox sending back images of the webpage and processing mouse clicks and key strokes.
AmigaPortal.de: {German} Welcome to AmigaPortal.de. We would be happy to welcome you as a new member. Register today and become part of a friendly community whose common hobby is the "AMIGA". Here you can exchange ideas with other users on many interesting topics in a cozy atmosphere or let others share your experiences. We wish you a lot of fun here on AmigaPortal.de
QuickBit PCB: QuicBit PCB is a KiCad-based project which creates a replacement ciruit board for the QuickShot II and QuickShot II Plus Joysticks. It can be built with contemporary, readily available parts. Here are its features: Autofire can be overridden by fire button, without the need to toggle off the Autofire switch. Optional second logical firebutton, compatible to both Commodore 64 and Amiga. 2 Breakout PCBs to replace the fire buttons. Compatible to both QuickShot II and QuickShot II Plus & Can either be operated with original cable (in which case second logical firebutton won't work, since the original cable doesn't have all cores), or with modern replacement that comes with all cores of the cable.
AmiKit 12 released!: This weekend sees the release of AmiKit 12 from Amikit, which is a subscription-based Amiga emulation package for Windows, MacOS, Linux and Raspberry Pi. AmiKit 12 gives you a fully functional legally distributed Amiga system out of the box with all the bells and whistles that would take you many years to customise the standard Workbench 3.1/3.2 installation to achieve by yourself. All you need to supply is the copyrighted AmigaOS files from a legal source like Amiga Forever or Hyperion's AmigaOS 3.2. Let's take a closer look!
HID2AMI: HID2AMI is an HID mouse to quadrature waveform converter and HID Gamepad adapter for the Amiga (and C64, Atari 7600, AtariST also..) series of boards; it allows ANY modern HID mouse (not limited to PS/2-USB) and almost ANY (*) modern digital/analog Gamepad to be connected and enjoyed with our Amiga computers. (*) At the moment it has been tested against dozens of different gamepads, but working for each and every existing Gamepad cannot be guaranteed; nevertheless, if you find a Pad which does not work with HID2AMI, you are encouraged to contact the author and supply him its "HID Report Descriptor" to be investigated.
DevilutionX : DevilutionX is a port of Diablo and Hellfire that strives to make it simple to run the game while providing engine improvements, bugfixes, and some optional quality of life features.
LinxNet Best of Amiga {ARCHIVED 2 Mar 2002}: {A directory listing website listing many Amiga sites}
New Amiga Computers Coming {ARCHIVED 24 Aug 1999}: Amiga is indeed still alive and kicking, and have recently posted concept drawings for the next generation Amigas on their Website. The company is planning to release its next generation multimedia computer in late Q4 1999. According to Amiiga, the new computer will have a new Amiga operating system (OS 5 - a realtime, scaleable operating system for digital convergence and multimedia), advanced 3D graphics performance and multimedia features, and will be extremely easy to use.
AMIGA International, Inc. Licensees {ARCHIVED 27 Apr 1999}: {A listing of the companies officially licensed to sell Amiga products directly from Amiga Inc/Amiga International}
Amiga CDROM Guide v1.6 (21 June 96) {ARCHIVED 21 Apr 1999}: The guide to CD-ROMs that work with the Amiga.

13 Mar 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! I had a lot going on the past few days so you're only getting a small update this time. As always... Enjoy!

Interesting... Keep an eye on

Tech demo by REMZ. I LOVE THE MUSIC and & I REALLY hope he releases this as a full game!! Check it out NOW!!!

Amiga Legal News Update

- Not a peep! Today's Theme

New Links (20) YTD (285)

AmiFox: A new browser for classic Amiga. How does AmiFox actually work? It’s using a virtual Chrome browser on our backend that basically is remote controlled by AmiFox sending back images of the webpage and processing mouse clicks and key strokes.
Battenberg cake: {Can't get much more Amiga than this... } Battenberg[1] or Battenburg[2] (with either 'cake' or 'square' added on the end) is a light sponge cake with different sections held together with jam. The cake is covered in marzipan and, when cut in cross section, displays a distinctive two-by-two check pattern alternately coloured pink and yellow.
Tech demo of my game: {Thread @ eab.abime.net covering a **WONDERFUL** tech demo by REMZ of a game idea he is working on and I **CAN NOT STRESS** how much I **LOVE** the music!!! So everyone let's help him out!} Hello everyone! I have assembled an ADF image on my little game/tech-demo I have been working on for the past few months. This is my first C/ASM Amiga game, so it took a fairly long time and was very challenging and fun to work on. I would be extremely grateful to have your input, comments, suggestions about it. Should it be useful to others, I could put the whole project and source code on GitHub, but otherwise I would be happy to answer any questions too. As I mentioned, this being my first serious game project on an Amiga, it is certain that a lot of things could be done better, safer, more compatible, more efficient, etc.
Amiga 500 Keyboard Schematic Mitsumi: {Thread @ eab.abime.net covering the A500 keyboard}
Connecting an A500 Keyboard to an A1200 Motherboard: {Thread @ eab.abime.net covering how to connect an A500 keyboard to a A1200 MB}
Copeland Icons {ARCHIVED 12 Aug 2003}: {a collection of icons for various systems: Amiga, windows, apple & more}
Geekometry: Amiga wallpapers, icons and mouse pointers, news and more for the Amiga and other operating systems
Interview with Olaf Barthel: We talked today with Olaf Barthel, the programmer, among others, of the terminal emulator Term and the TCP/IP stack Roadshow. He participated to the development of AmigaOS since the late 1990s.
HOT DOG Linux: The design goals of HOT DOG Linux include: Graphical user interface based on retro computer systems including Hot Dog Stand (Windows 3.1), Amiga Workbench, Atari ST GEM, Mac Classic and Aqua. Custom lightweight Objective-C foundation. Bitmapped graphics, low DPI displays. No Unicode support by design
Dhewm3 for AmigaOS4 : # ABOUT _dhewm 3_ is a _Doom 3_ GPL source port, know to work on at least Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and now! AmigaOS4.
CM4 for PiStorm32-Lite: This is the v1.1 "B-Day edition" of CM4 adapter board designed especially for PiStorm32-Lite. The adapter has following features: CM4 connector, cutout for onboard WiFi antenna, four holes for mechanical fastening of the CM4, microSD slot usable with Lite versions of CM4 board, 40-pin FPC port for peripherals: HDMI, Ethernet, USB, I2C, slot on bottom side for further use as mass storage on AmigaOS and much more.
Amiga and DSP 3210: A package for getting the DSP 3210 on the AA3000+ going. Contains drivers, docs, GAL logic and example code to get you started. (A driver extension for ATL DSP Zorro boards is also included, albeit entirely untested and possibly incomplete.)
Storm in a Pi Cup: If you want a rollercoaster ride, take a look at the graph of “Amiga Accelerator prices over time”. What was once in stock in every magazine advert at RRP, then became so cheap you’d be literally giving them away. But for whatever reason prices started to grow and grow until you’d be paying far more than the original price. And that’s where we find ourselves now, with even a simple upgrade often costing more than the Amiga it sits in; as an example a Blizzard 1230 board which had an RRP of £279 in 1993 will now set you back over £400 and the price is climbing. For an A500 owner, a GVP A530 sidecar for an A500 is well over the 1990s RRP of £299 and likely still features a vintage SCSI drive, probably close to failure.
5 Practical Amiga Operating Systems That Are Valuable: In my recent post about Amiga’s not being convoluted, incomprehensible, or frustrating here. I learned by posting on social media that there are people thinking that AmigaOS is just the basic releases that Commodore and ESCOM made. That scares me when they also use AmigaOS from time to time. It’s as if the operating system never improved. Well, they are not going to stop me, because there’s more than meets the eye.
Sound Blaster 128 for Amiga is Possible: Amiga got Paula sound chip which is a fantastic 14-bit soundcard. But what if you want to upgrade the Amiga sound to be fully 16-bit or that you want to make multiple channel mods? Then you need a 16-bit card. Also, many soundcards for Amiga also got a DSP that can be used for playing MP3s on Classic Amiga machines with 68030 or 68040. The sb128.audio Mediator AHI driver for all MediatorPCI models for Classic Amiga supports Sound Blaster 128 sound cards. Sound Blaster 128 PCI soundcards works in Classic and Nextgen Amiga
Prevue (ESQ): The Prevue software (internally named ESQ) was used to power the Prevue Channel from its inception in 1988. In the US, it was phased out in 2000, and replaced by the Windows-based Hollywood platform. In other markets, it was maintained until 2002. Like EPG Sr., Prevue ran on the Amiga platform.
GBAPII ++ RTG card for amiga 500 * / 500 + * / 2000/3000/4000: The GBAPII ++ is a ZorroII card featuring the fast Cirrus GD5434 graphics chip and 2MB of video-ram. An automatic monitor switch between an external VGA source (eg flicker fixer) and the RTG graphics is integrated. Compared to a PicassoII + board this card 76% faster on a A2630 on the important RectFill () – function in P96-Speed. Further performance results can be seen here.
CIA: Cost of Personal Computer in 1987 is a Secret: Under the prevailing information policies of the Central Intelligence Agency, even some well-known public facts, such as the price of a popular personal computer, may be withheld from public disclosure. “We bought our first Commodore Amiga in 1987 for less than [price redacted] including software,” according to a paper entitled “NPIC, Amiga, and Videotape” from the CIA journal Studies in Intelligence. It was among hundreds of papers posted online this month in response to a FOIA lawsuit brought by Jeffrey Scudder
Amiga Workbench Mouse Cursors for Windows 10: {Workbench 1.0, 1.3 & 2.0 for win 10}
MYWORKSPACE!: myWorkspace! creates an alternative user experience environment. Do you remember the good old days of 16Bit computers? myWorkspace! is a tryout to implement an alternative user interface for an Operating System. It feels like back in time, but as modern as possible. It's written from scratch in modern C++ and runs with highest performance and GPU acceleration. It's implementation is platform independent.

5 Mar Feb 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! WOW... Stop the presses. On Friday Hyperion announced the release of OS 3.2.2. Not a major release but a nice update addressing some issues and adding the occasional upgrade or feature where they could. The fact that new updates are still being released is a testament to the developers and their, hopefully, undying love for the Amiga. As always I applaud the efforts of EVERYONE who is involved.

Amiga Legal News Update

- Still nothing but the fact that OS3.2.2 was released shows that Hyperion is still not dead. Today's Theme

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The Visual Canonical List of Commodore Products: {From Typewriters to Amigas and virtually everything in between. Grouped by series and most entries have either a picture or a bit of information. Also has a section for 'products not released'}
Commodore Gallery: {HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! Bo Zimmermans IMCREDIBLE Commodore collection} From places near and far, the computers and accessories of Commodore Business Machines have made their way into my humble home. These digital wonders are my favorite toys, being both my chief hobby and greatest passion. You may want to check out the Canonical List of Commodore Products for more information on the myriad of Commodore products before proceeding. And so, without further ado, I welcome you to join with me in the wonderous exploration of these awesome machines....
Zimmers.net: I am your host, Bo Zimmerman, and this is my web page.. These pages cater only to folks of both taste and distinction. The first test of whether you fit this category is your reaction to the following picture. If your heart begins to race at the sight of this awesome computer, then you may want to check out my Commodore Web Page or take a look at the GEOS Web Page for some great stuff. If you like old BBS programs, my BBS Programs Web Page is another fun stop. If you REALLY like Commodore though, you might want to just to check out my collection in the Commodore Gallery and oogle to your heart's content
Commodore Computers "Commie web page -- Better red than IBM": {HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. A listing of virtually EVERY product Commodore ever made} Commodore Business Machines was founded in 1958 by an Auschwitz survivor named Jack Tramiel. After some time in the typewriter, adding machine, and hand-held calculator markets, Commodore became first company to announce that it was producing a consumer-friendly home computer (the PET 2001). Before they filed bankruptcy in 1994, Commodore had also managed to produce the worlds first multi-media computer (a picture of a c64) (the Amiga) , and what is still today the best selling computer model of all time (the Commodore 64). Although this once dominant company is no more, they still yet live in the hearts of those who loved and appreciated this early pioneer in the realm of personal computers.
Canonical List of Commodore Products: {HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. A listing of virtually EVERY product Commodore ever made - TEXT listing} This list contains informations on every piece of Commodore equipment I have heard of to date. Please help me weed out all the inconsistencies and nail down all the information. This list was originally conceived and created by Jim Brain (brain@jbrain.com). It is now maintained by Bo Zimmerman (bo@zimmers.net)
The Secret Weapons of Commodore: Floodgap Systems and the Commodore Knowledge Base proudly presentThey were the secret weapons! The unrealized phantasms of technological wonder! The ravings of mad geniuses made flesh and locked away in caverns of dust never to see the light of day! The demons that Tramiel forgot, to come tapping at their door even as the winds of oblivion beckon and spit!
Port Commodore: Port Commodore was the name of a Commodore 64 BBS running Image BBS software, the sysop of Port Commodore (the BBS) was Fred Dart (also known by his handle, the Chief or Image Fred), Fred was one of the founders of Image BBS, which was the software my BBS was running on. Fred's Board, Port Commodore, was part of the many Commodore BBS networks ending with one of the more amazing projects the Comm-Net project connecting together many different Commodore BBS networks (of various BBS software). Fred passed away a few years back, I'm sure happy to see his contribution in communication entertained so many people. It was such a good name to let pass I decided to pick it up for my entry onto the internet and it has stuck well with me so far. ion
COMMODORE VEGAS EXPO 2005-2019: It's Vegas, baby! CommVEx stormed Las Vegas, Nevada, from 2005 to 2019! Fifteen awesome years!. Celebrating its 15 years, CommVEx is the longest-running Commodore and Amiga show in the U.S.A.(as of 2019)!
AmigaRemix 2.0: AmigaRemix.com is a non-profit website, dedicated to remixes of tracks from the Commodore Amiga computer series. The remixes are of tracks from games, demos and stand-alone entries such as compo entries from demoparties. It was founded by Paul Vanukoff in 2003 and the torch was handed over to John 'Ziphoid' Carehag in 2006 who has run it since then, with varied levels of intensity depending on the overall life situation. The core structure of the site has been basically the same since the beginning of its life with only fixes and tweaks as time went by. In 2020, a complete rewrite was begun to make it work on newer versions of PHP as well as make it possible to maintain without causing major headaches every time. Finally in the beginning of 2023 - over two years later due to unforeseen family circumstances - the rewrite was finished and the new version of the site was published, just in time for the 20-year anniversary.
AmigaOne X5000: Why AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS tick differently: What is one of the advantages of an AmigaOne X5000? You can use AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS in parallel on it (and Linux). But what drives you crazy on a regular basis? The obviously out-of-sync clocks!
Loading a modern image on an Amiga 500: Amiga computers were renowned for their “multimedia” capabilities. As early as 1985, an Amiga 1000 could display static images composed of 4096 colors or animate 32-color screens. This was way above the graphical abilities of the other personal computers on the market at that time. With dozen of applications such as Deluxe Paint or Lightwave taking advantage of these abilities, the reputation of the Amiga as a graphical workstation was well deserved. Can we load a modern image on the Amiga and manipulate it with, for instance, Deluxe Paint?
Amiga for Mortals: Hi I'm Andrew. I'm just a regular guy (and a bit of a geek) who is into retro gaming and computers. Having recently ventured back into the world of Amiga, I have a few projects on the go. Whilst researching online and looking for guides to help with my projects, I found that a lot of the information out there seemed to assume a level of background experience and knowledge that was above my own. This led to some frustrations, where I was unable to get things working.
Roguecraft: Roguecraft is a modern turn-based roguelike focused on simplicity and fun. It is a dungeon crawler where each play-through is a unique experience. As you progress in the game you will combat meaner monsters and tougher challenges. You only have one life, so you have to be careful, but if you reach the end there are wonderful rewards to be gathered! Roguecraft is currently under development for the Commodore Amiga, with other platforms to follow.
A500.org: This site will cover all my AmigaOS projects (mostly AmigaOS4.x only but also some for AmigaOS3.x and older) as well as some ports that I have made. My main development system is a µA1-C with 750FX CPU and 512MB memory, which is running AmigaOS4.1. I also use cygwin for crosscompiling some programs that do not compile easily on AmigaOS (like f.e. those that use autoconfig) or for crosscompiling for AOS3.x and AROS. Fredrik Wikström
Deark: Deark is a portable command-line utility that can decode certain types of files, and either convert them to a more-modern or more-readable format, or extract embedded files from them. It also has an option (-d) to display detailed information about a file’s contents and metadata. It’s free and open source. (Currently supports 283 different file formats. For OS4}
MorphOS: A Modern Operating System For PowerPC: When it comes to modern operating systems for PowerPC-based systems like pre-Intel Macs, or other PowerPC-based systems like older or newer AmigaOS-compatible systems, there is an increasing lack of options. For 32-bit PPC, official Linux support has been dropped already, leaving only unofficial builds and of course AmigaOS as well as AmigaOS-like operating systems. So what do you do if you have a PPC-based Mac system lying around which you do not simply want to run the same old, unsupported copy of MacOS on? In a recent video, [Michael MJD] decided to give MorphOS 3.17 a shot on a Mac G4 Cube.
PAPERCRAFT MODELS: Construct the computer from your childhood or build an entire computer museum at home with these paper models, free to download and share. Print, Cut, Score, Fold and Glue.
This is how the cover art of Defender of the Crown (1986) was made: Every now and then, I like to focus on game covers here on this site. I started with a series of articles in Swedish that I never finished (there will be a second part though), and I recently wondered why the classic C64 and Amiga covers aren’t part of the evergreen poster culture (also in Swedish). Now the time has come to start writing about how some of my favourite game covers actually were created, and how I found these things out.
The Forgotten Commodore 900: A Look At A Rare Prototype: {Not Amiga related but it does discuss another odd-ball Commodore computer so I find it interesting}Of the computers produced and prototyped by Commodore, most people are likely well-acquainted with the PET, VIC-20, C64 and C128, as well as the never released Commodore 65. Of these systems many examples and plentiful of documentation exist, but probably among the most rare is the Commodore 900, as recently covered by [Neil] over at RMC – The Cave on YouTube. The Commodore 900, conceived in 1983, was intended to become a microcomputer based on the 16-bit Zilog Z8001 CPU that targeted businesses as a UNIX workstation.
How to create a perfect Boing Ball: Boings are easy, once you know how! Here's a step by step guide to creating a 16x8 (16 side, 8 segment) presentation of the defacto Amiga logo. You can adapt the instructions to create any other presentation you fancy. {Lightwave}
{Lightwave} Tutorials: Tutorials will be uploaded periodically. To set the ball rolling, the first one's taken from the WaveGuide© Manual. I'll do my best to incorporate the tutorials I upload into the manual itself. At the moment, WaveGuide contains sixteen Tutorials covering the basic to more complex functions of LightWave3D. If you have an interesting problem, or you've figured a cool way of doing something, let me know and if it's of general interest, I'll put it on the site. {The Maximum Smoothing Angle, How to Create a Perfect Boing Ball, How to do Decals, Creating a Basking Shark Object, How to Create the 'Ocean' Scene & Displacement Mapping a Texture}
Amiga demoscene for beginners: Before we will dive into code, it's good to get to know the machine we are going to work with. Of course, we would like to be compatible with as many Amiga models as possible. Sure, you may have a maxed-out A1200 with 060 CPU, lots of RAM, and a fancy graphics card, and you can write something that will look nice on your machine, but that's not a setup majority of people have, so they wouldn't be able to experience your awesome production! That's why we are going to target the most classic Amiga possible: the vanilla A500 rocking Kickstart 1.3 and 1MB of ram (512K + 512K trapdoor expansion card). This will give us the possibility to run our code on pretty much anything (sorry, Amiga 1000 ₍ᐢ.‸.ᐢ₎).
InstallerLG: A reimplementation of the 'Installer' utility included with AmigaOS as of version 2.1. InstallerLG aims to be fully compatible with the original as described in the V44.10 documentation. Most resource limitations found in the Commodore implementation are gone, and the GUI has been replaced by a MUI / Zune based one.
Identify: identify.library. Identify is a shared Amiga library that helps identifying all kind of system parameters. The source code was closed, like almost all of my Amiga projects. I have now reviewed and reformatted the files, translated the comments from German to English, and made the project compilable on Linux (and probably other targets) using vbcc. The source is now open to everyone for contributing, studying, archiving, or just enjoying the good old Amiga times.

26 Feb 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Came across a bunch of OLD bookmarked links. Most are no longer around...

Interesting... Keep an eye on

Whether you support OS 4 or not everyone needs to visit the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup page at least once a month (and the home page Gaming on AmigaOS 4 the rest of the time) for the latest on OS4.x and other Amiga news!
Daniel Jedlica's Rear Window Blog where he talks about the development of his RAVE sound editor for OS4.x. Always a GREAT read!

Amiga Legal News Update

- Radio silence... Today's Theme

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SLOW-SELLING COMMODORE AMIGA TRIES FOR BETTER IBM COMPATIBILITY: Many people want a home computer for fun, and the Amiga is unsurpassed as a games machine. Many now also want a machine that will allow them to bring work home. IBM and its compatibles dominate the business world -- the Amiga doesn't even use the same microprocessor as the IBM. But there is already a program for current versions of the Amiga called The Transformer, which brings to the computer's screen the familiar A prompt, the hallmark of the IBM PC and its clones. With this software, the Amiga becomes largely compatible with the IBM, although it runs a bit slower and cannot do graphics.
Transformer - IBM on an Amiga: {From ScuzzBlog: Diaries August 2018 an overview w/pics of Amiga Transformer for the A1000}
phase 5 digital products: Unofficial support page {All the drivers, tools, manuals for the Blizzard, Cyberstorm, WarpUP, and CyberGraphX}
Multipaint 2023: With Multipaint, you can draw pictures with the color limitations of some typical 8-bit and 16-bit computer platforms. The screen formats supported are Commodore 64 high resolution, Commodore 64 multicolor, Commodore Plus/4 Hires, Commodore Plus/4 multicolor, Commodore Vic-20 Hires, Commodore Vic-20 multicolor, ZX Spectrum, ZX ULAplus, MSX 1, Amstrad CPC mode 0/1 (and 0 with Overscan), Sinclair QL, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST low resolution.
jAMOS: jAMOS is a cross platform, Java-based reimplementation of François Lionet's AMOS BASIC on the Amiga.
GAMES-COFFER: Exploring the world of games, past and present...
name: Amos Kittens tries to be 100% compatible AMOS interpreter, so you can download Amos programs from Aminet or cover disks or run AMOS code from ADF disk images. This is the goal of this project. The Amos Kittens commands tries to stay 99% compatible, a few commands won’t work as this project use a bit more modern chunky image format instead of the planar graphic format used on Amiga 500 to 4000. AmigaOS4.x is the platform this thing primary developed on, however code is sometimes tested on other operating systems.
amiga_coding_in_amos: This repository contains a set of code written in Amos Pro for tutorial purposes. Amos Pro is a powerful BASIC language specific to the AMIGA computer range. Amos is an extensible language and some extensions have become a de facto standard
Think Commodore {ARCHIVED 16 Jun 2006}: Welcome to "Think Commodore"? Think Commodore is a website about emulating old Commodore computers such as the C64 and the Amiga on your Macintosh. The website also covers subjects such as C64 or Amiga games, demos, music, how to copy files from your Mac back to your trusty old Commodore etc. There's a real nice and active forum too! Websites about Commodore emulation on the Mac are very scarce. The majority of those available are old and obsolete. Many aren't updated regularly and some projects or teams completely ignore the Mac even though some nifty programmer has done a Mac port of that particular project.
Diavolo Backup: You know making backups is essential to prevent loss of data? It can even help you to transfer old files to a new computer. But you are missing a powerful tool for MorphOS? Would you want the best backup program that is available for AmigaOS for your MorphOS too? Don't look any further!
AMCC.com {ARCHIVED 12 Mar 2006}: {AMCC.com tech page on the PPC440SPe, PPC440EP, PPC440GX & PPC440SP. You can also find PDF product briefs}
Amiga Games Hit Parade {ARCHIVED 14 Dec 2005}: Amiga Games Hit Parade is an fully independent project for games on the Amiga platform. This Hit Parade is the result of the grouping of various "small" Hit Parade worldwide into a only one big Hit Parade for the Amiga platform. Our objective is triple : Discover, month after month, the ranking of the best AmigaOS/MorphOS games according to the AmigaOS/MorphOS users. Try to influence coders to make games wished by gamers. Reward best AmigaOS/MorphOS games every year.
BackUp: This is a simple backup tool, nothing fancy. It simply copies files from one directory to another. Of cource it only copies files that are different in some way, like size or date etc.
Badger Badger Badger dance - Hollywood port (03-apr-05) {ARCHIVED 12 Dec 2005}: This is an Amiga version of the famous "Badger Badger Badger" dance. You can download the original version of this cool intro at the URL http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com. The AmigaOS and MorphOS versions were done by Mr.X of Barracuda by using the new amazing Multimedia Application Layer "Hollywood" by Andreas Falkenhahn.
CAD-Technologies {ARCHIVED 31 Oct 2006}: Welcome to the CAD-Technologies home page; Official worldwide distributors of Imagine for the Amiga.
Commodore Vegas EXPO (CommVEx) 2005 {ARCHIVED 16 Feb 2006}: Commodore Users of Edmonton (CUE), Fresno Commodore User Group (FCUG) and the Clark County Commodore Computer Club (5C's Group) were pleased to present CommVEx 2005 - a Commodore Computer EXPO in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Cincinnati Commodore Computer Club (CCCC) also contributed financially to CommVEx. A presentation of member clubs of the United Commodore User Groups Association (UCUGA)
Digital Almanac III {ARCHIVED 24 Jun 2007}: {German} The sale and all support of Digital Almanac III is officially discontinued. If you are still interested in the program, you can send a request by email to achim.stegemann@onlinehome.de. On the following pages you will find a detailed program description with all features. These pages also correspond to the official program documentation as found on the CD-ROM
Remus + RomSplit betas: RomSplit rips ROM images apart into it`s component parts (plus 'AmigaOS ROMUpdate' files and Piru`s Exec44). Remus then takes any of these parts and builds them back into a ROM image. It can also use Blizkick modules and patches too for fixing known bugs etc. Actually, it can take any file in the standard amiga hunk format, as long as there`s at least 1 valid resident structure and no BSS hunks.
Envoy Setup {ARCHIVED 13 Feb 2006}: From STR Wiki. This is how I setup Envoy on all my Amigas. Only two configuration programs need to be set up. The first one, Network Configuration sets the network device and its related settings. The second one is the Filesystem Exports. This one establishes the devices (or directories) to be shared to other computers on the Envoy network.
PowerUP Amiga Goes Power PC: Welcome to worlds biggest (unofficial) PowerUP Support Homepage. This page is primarily build to give the users a platform with all important information and current software for the PowerUP system by phase5 digital products. The PowerUP system by phase5 digital products was the first and is still the only available PowerPC Upgrade for Amiga systems.

21 Feb 2023

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Todays links brings me over the 200 mark for the year. ENJOY!!

   One feature I'm hard at work on for the new admin portal is a comprehensive way of checking a link for being a duplicate. When dealing with thousands URLs each stored with inconsistent formatting (ie. http:// vs. https:// vs. none? Is the www added? Does it have a trailing '/'? etc...) it can get messy. Turns out it's not hard for a human to quickly see that https://www.amigasource.com/files.php is the same as amigasource.com/files.php but a computer doing a simple x=y search not so much.

   Currently I am only comparing the new links to what is found on the web pages and not what is also in the current database of 1400+ links so I can GUARANTEE you will come across some duplicates. So until I move to the new site just work with me.

Interesting... Keep an eye on

A new crowd funded book, STAMIGA: The Flame Wars, has just been launched covering the Amiga vs. Atari wars. Personally I never had any issues because I never knew anyone who used an Atari ST. Guess I was just lucky. Ha ha. Regardless I can't wait to get my copy!

Amiga Legal News Update

- Nothing new to report... Today's Theme

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Digital Video From The Amiga’s DB23 Socket: Back in the days of 16-bit home computers, the one to have if your interests extended to graphics was the Commodore Amiga. It had high resolutions for the time in an impressive number of colours, and thanks to its unique video circuitry, it could produce genlocked broadcast-quality video. Here in 2023 though, it’s all a little analogue. What’s needed is digital video, and in that, [c0pperdragon] has our backs with the latest in a line of Amiga video hacks. This one takes the 12-bit parallel digital colour that would normally go to the Amiga’s DAC, and brings it out into the world through rarely-used pins on the 23-pin video connector.
HippoPlayer: Hippoplayer Online
STAMIGA: The Flame Wars: Amiga vs. Atari ST – a unique power struggle in computer history. All in one book. Microzeit from Germany teams up with Editions64K from France. We embark on a journey into the history of the micro and land in the middle of a revolutionary controversy. Which 16/32-bit system shall one choose? Nothing less than the future of home computing was at stake, and the two main camps were as committed as they were divided.
Amiga Winter Treffen: {German - Amiga event held 10-12 Feb 2023}
ALS: ALS stands for AMOS Layers System, as it turns the screens of AMOS Professional into layers that can be laid over one another, with complete control of order, colors and opaqueness, while keeping them renderable as usual. It is easy, requires little knowledge of the Amiga graphics hardware, does not need installation, does not depend on third-party extensions and comes as a collection of variables, arrays and procedures written in fully commented AMOS code - it can be thought of as an AMOS source-level library.
RETREAM: Creating retro dreams for Amiga, Commodore 64 and PC. With passion. {Makers of Blastaway, MAH, SkillGrid, Huenision, QUOD INIT EXIT, Follix, BOH, ArtPazz, KOG, MeMO, The Cure, ALS & PED81C}
PED81C: PED81C is a video system for AGA Amigas that provides pseudo-native chunky screens, i.e. screens where each byte in CHIP RAM corresponds to a dot on the display. In short, it offers chunky screens without chunky-to-planar conversion or any CPU/Blitter/Copper sweat.
CodeBench: Development Project Management for AmigaOS4. Programming, in any language, can lead to a large number of text files containing source code. The bigger the project, the more files are usually involved, and keeping track of which file contains what can be a nightmare. So what is there that can help...? Designed purely for use on the latest version of AmigaOS, CodeBench is a management system that is modular to allow adaptation to various programming languages.
Cubic IDE: Cubic IDE is a powerful, modular Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for AmigaOS3 and MorphOS developers. It is designed to assist programmers during all stages of development: editing, compilation, writing the installation script, documentation and creating a web site for your final product.
StormC5ED: StormC5ED - Programming, scripting and text editing under AmigaOS 4.x. The first step is taken. The editor module of the prospective StormC5 IDE is completed. It is all PPC native and everything is oriented towards future versions of AmigaOS 4.x. Experience the new StormC5-Editor with lots of new possibilities compared to previous versions and totally compliant to the Amiga look-and-feel. Join now, in a new kind of editing on AmigaOS 4.x!
CygnusEd: Perhaps the most famous Amiga text editor for programmers was developed 25 years ago (1986/1987) by Bruce Dawson, Colin Fox & Steve LaRocque (CygnusSoft Software) and was originally self-published. Even back then, CygnusEd distinguished itself by its high performance and robustness. Development on CygnusEd proceeded at a steady pace in those following years. CygnusEd was one of the first programs to feature an ARexx interface, and was the first Amiga text editor with an Undo/Redo feature. Many Amiga programmers "grew up" with CygnusEd and a considerable part of the Amiga software library was created with CygnusEd.
Gentle Eye {ARCHIVED 28 Jun 2018}: {French based Amiga parts and software store}
Commodore 1084S CRT Monitor Restoration: Three years ago, around the time I was first starting to collect vintage computer equipment, I was lucky enough to get my hands on a Commodore C128D 8-bit computer and matching 1084S-D2 CRT monitor. According to the previous owner, the monitor seemed to work okay except for a broken power switch, which wouldn’t stay engaged – a common 1084 problem. However, upon arrival the monitor was completely dead – no power LED, no display, no high voltage. Further investigation was therefore required. The first step was to dismantle the monitor, and inspect everything inside so as to try and locate the source(s) of our problems.
Amiga 500+ Restoration & Upgrades: I’ve been slowly but surely branching out into Amigas from Commodore’s 8-bit range of computers, but one of the first computers I bought was a Commodore Amiga 500+. This turned out to be a somewhat special unit, with serial number “000657”. The A500+ is a 16-bit computer from the 1990s, and is a more capable version of the A500 on which it is based- it features the same 7.16MHz 68000 CPU and full-sized keyboard, but has ECS graphics (as opposed to OCS graphics), 1MB Chip RAM, and a battery-backed RTC.
Amiga 1200 Restoration & Upgrades: I’ve been slowly but surely branching out into Amigas from Commodore’s 8-bit range of computers, and as such I recently got my hands on my first Commodore Amiga 1200. The A1200 is a 32-bit computer from the 1990s, and is effectively a more capable version of the A600, featuring a 14MHz 68020 CPU (as opposed to an 8MHz 68000), 2MB Chip RAM (as opposed to 1MB) and AGA graphics (as opposed to ECS graphics), and a full-sized keyboard – like the A600, it also features an onboard IDE and PCMCIA interface.
Amiga 600 Restoration & Upgrades: I’ve been slowly but surely branching out into Amigas from Commodore’s 8-bit range of computers, and as such I recently got my hands on my first Commodore Amiga 600. The A600 is a 16-bit computer from the 1990s, and is effectively just a condensed version of the A500 with an onboard IDE and PCMCIA interface.
Development of PowerPC Architecture and Power ISA in Amigas and AmigaNG: {TRANSLATED LINK: Czechoslovakian} A long time ago, I did a speed comparison of AmigaOS and MorphOS computers, and many people found it interesting that old Powermacs from 2005 are faster than some NG Amigas, even ten years newer. Sometimes this topic is mentioned over and over again on all amigaphoras. I was also interested in why this is so, so I took a look at how individual CPUs in AmigaNG look and why they differ so much in terms of performance. Well, when I found out what such exotics as the PPC440 core (Sam440ep, Sam460ex) or even the e500v2 core (A1222 Tabor) look like, I thought that it would be worth doing systematically. And this article gradually emerged from that. It will not be history according to dates, but according to the development of processor architecture. I try to explain abbreviations and unfamiliar terms in the text, and at the end there is also an Explanations section, where everything should be found.
Lyonsden Blog: A blog about Commodore 8-bit & 16-bit computers, retro tech and the odd gadget or two...
Indivision AGA Mk3 Flicker-Fixer: ’ve wanted an Indivision AGA Mk3 flicker-fixer for quite some time but have been stymied by a combination of Brexit and Covid-19. Individual Computers actually halted all shipments to the UK in December 2020 as a direct result of this situation. Undeterred, I kept checking the situation periodically to see if it had changed. Sure enough, towards the end of April I saw the news I’d been waiting for. Shipments to the UK were back on! I quickly ordered myself one and waited patiently for it to arrive. Happily I didn’t need to wait for long as it arrived within a week and with no extra fees to pay too! Needless to say it was taken straight into my man cave to open it up!
Amiga 4000 Small Form Factor Power Supply adapter: The original power supply on my Amiga 4000 started having voltage fluctuations which a fresh set of capacitors didn't correct. I wanted to move to a small form factor power supply, but due to the way the power switch is integrated into the original Amiga power supply, it meant either running an external switch or modifying the power switch actuator in a way which I don't think is ideal. An SFF would also cause a large air gap at the back of the case, since they are half the height of the original AT supply.
PiSCSI: PiSCSI is a virtual SCSI device emulator that runs on a Raspberry Pi. It runs in userspace, and can emulate several SCSI devices at one time. There is a control interface to attach / detach drives during runtime, as well as insert and eject removable media. This project is aimed at users of vintage Macintosh and Atari computers and more (see compatibility list) from the 1980's and 1990's.
Commodore Historical Documents: {Archive.org listing of Historical Commodore documents. Currently 286 and growing} A collection of documents related to the operations and aspects of Commodore International. (Manuals and Books are in other collections.)
Amiga Books: {Archive.org listing of Amiga related books. Currently 236 and growing} Books related to the Commodore Amiga family of computers. Subjects covered include programming, software, and hardware.)
Amiga Bootblock Reader v5 and DataCentre alpha: {Thread @ English Amiga Board covering the Amiga Bootblock Reader v5 and DataCentre alpha} Amiga Bootblock Reader v5. A program for the collection and celebration of Amiga disk bootblocks. DataCentre (Alpha build) Small program which can create data files for use in RomCenter / ClrMAMEPro.
Personal Computing On An Amiga In 2021: Solène created a week-long personal computing challenge around old computers. I chose to use an Amiga for the week. In this issue I write about my experience, and what modern computing lost when Commodore died. I also want to show some of the things you can do with an Amiga or even an emulator if you'd like to try. As I keep telling my partner, Amigas aren’t an addiction, they’re just a very expensive hobby.
umadapple: Bad Apple in Amiga Anim format, made entirely on a Commodore Amiga. Submitted to Novaparty 2020's Wild category, and now fixed up for release.
Bad Apple (Amiga - Vectorized) + Tool: Another Amiga AMOS Pro DEMO project.
avr-amiga-controller: This software will allow you to control an Amiga using your PC keyboard and mouse - without unplugging them from your PC.
AmigaKeyboard2C64: An adapter for connecting Amiga keyboards to the C64. Some features worth mentioning: Can be used simultaneously with the regular C64 keyboard - just connect it in parallel. If connected to /RESET of the C64 user port, it will reset the C64 when pressing Ctrl-Amiga-Amiga. It works by simulating the keyboard matrix which the C64 reads directly using two of the 8-bit CIA ports. It is assumed that the C64 always uses the 8 COL pins as outputs and the 8 ROW pins as inputs when reading the matrix.
Qmiga Pegasos2 Emulation: This subproject is about implementing emulation of Pegasos2 board which can run Linux and several Amiga like and other OSes.

18 Feb 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! I **CAN NOT** wait till I am able to move to daily updates!! While I have been working hard on the new site, I'm trying to do the best I can to prevent feature creep. (Auto top 10 links, multi-level categories, user site rating, feedback, etc...) Trust me... I'm making progress but I don't want to switch over until I'm sure all the core functions (Users Search, Add/Edit a link and News items) are fully working.

Interesting... Keep an eye on

HippoPlayer: Hippoplayer Online

Amiga Legal News Update

- As time permits I am thinking about reaching out to all parties concerned to see if I can get something on the record on where they stand. Lord knows we, as the community, deserve more than 30yrs of deafening silence! Comments?? Today's Theme

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68040 to 68060 – Upformation: Back in the late 80s and early 90s, when the Amiga was relevant as a technical revolution, I was never able to lay my hands on anything beyond an 68000 with 7.14MHz. Years later, around 1997, I acquired an Amiga 3000 with 25MHz as part of one of my university side gigs of porting software from various UNIXes (in this case SCO Unix) to Linux. But a 040 or even 060 was far out of reach until I was well into my first full time job at SUSE Linux when I got a Cyberstorm MK1 that – as we know – doesn’t fit into the A3000. Long story short, the first time I actually ever ran an Amiga with something faster than the 68030 @ 25 was around …. Christmas 2019.
68040-to-68060 adapter: The one thing that is more rare than 68060 CPUs is Amiga accelerator boards for the 68060 CPUs (especially those with RAM). But there's help in sight: If you are a patient person and don't have two left (or right) hands when touching a soldering iron, you can make your own adapter. I made one of these a few months back that worked out of the box. Since then I have struggled to make another one that works. Until now, with a new and improved design (with fill zones and GND, yay!)
All good things …: … come in threes, they say, or “Aller guten Dinge sind drei” in my native tongue German. And so I set out to make a third and final attempt at reliably delivering great 68040-to-68060 adapters. Remember, earlier in my adventure I built one of these adapters with a PCB made by OSHpark. I was so excited, that I sold it on eBay and started to make another one. And failed. And another one. And… Well, you get the story here.
68040-to-68060 Adapter: Put a 68060 CPU in your 68040 accelerator (e.g. Amiga 3640 Improved design (original design by richx, based on a1k.org design)
Amazing Classic Amiga Project: cheap 68040->68060 adapters: While I’d planned to do a 3 part blog series about the FPGA projects that users have or are making, I thought I’d go ahead and make this post about one amazing project I just learned about today: 68040->68060 socket adapters. I’ve found out about 2 related projects, probably derived from the same set of research, to turn 68040 accelerators into 68060 accelerators. The first I found out about was for the WarpEngine 68040 accelerator. The other was for the far more common Commodore A3640.
User Report: The PiStorm32-lite, part 1: {A wonderful write up about a longtime Amiga user who jumped on to the PiStorm bandwagon. The journey step by step w/pictures}
PiStorm Emu68 simple tutorial: {Need to set up your first PiStorm? Stop here and read the FAQ!}
Emu68: {Michael Schultz github.io page. Contains information of Configuring Emu86, Emu68 Internals and Tutorials: SD card prep & setting up P96}
SDDDE: Small 3D engine for Amiga A1200 (C) 2023 by Rst7/CBSIE
QMiga: Project Qmiga (クミガ) is meant to be a place for Amiga related QEMU development and is to help collaboration and host work in progress that is not yet ready for inclusion in QEMU. Consequently, code hosted here is not yet ready for general use (may not even work) and is mostly interesting only for developers who may want to contribute to help finishing it. End users willing to run it for other than testing and development should better use what is already in QEMU where finished results will be upstreamed.
Smart Filesystem: Welcome to the Smart Filesystem website! SFS is a new Amiga filesystem. Take a look at What's New on these pages. SFS will be a new filesystem for your Amiga. SFS was designed from scratch and during its development we've looked at a lot of other filesystems around to try and combine the best features of all of these filesystems into SFS. Currently SFS is already very functional and it is already being tested by a few people.
An old Amiga with ‘Titanic’ miniature shoot ‘video taps’ on it is a treasure-trove of VFX history: On the re-release of a 3D/4K/HDR version of James Cameron’s Titanic, I thought I might showcase something I saw a few years ago: a stunning find by Retro Recipes’ Christian ‘Perifractic’ Simpson relating to the film’s miniature ship and subs motion control shoot by Digital Domain. Simpson happened upon a Commodore Amiga 4000/040 that contained hard drives with Digital Domain video tap footage on them that happened to showcase the miniature mo-co shoots. They literally have VFX plates, passes and element shoots. Amazing!
Settle the World: Settle the World is a turn-based building and trading game with a focus on local multiplayer (up to four players on one Amiga computer). You will have to found settlements, build roads, establish trade relations with your fellow player, explore the map and sometimes send soldiers to war.
Patents Assigned to Commodore-Amiga, Inc. : {The patents assigned to the Commodore-Amiga Inc.
A-Max: My Incredible "Amiga 1000 Mac Plus": {Thread @ AmigaLove covering the A-Max Macintosh emulator board for the Zorro II slot}
Tunes File formats / Replays {ARCHIVED 7 Jul 2002}: "Gathering Amiga music formats and replays info to write portable code" AHX AON APS BD BP BSI DB DM DMU DW EA FC13/FC14 FRED FTM GLUE HIP IS JAM JO MA MED MKII ML MM4/MM8 MON MSO OKT QC SC SUN SID1/SID2 SONIC SFX STONE SUN TFMX VD MOD MOD PACK
Kasmin card: {Thread @ Amibay.com covering the Kasmin card.}
Leave REALITY: Welcome, this studio main goal is to make interesting, bold and simple Websites, Apps, Games, Videos, Graphics and more for various purposes. Makers of AmiLion, AmigaNG Art Collection & AmiPad.
AmiPad: A Hollywood app designed for AmigaOS4 owners, this is AmiPad. Basically I realized that a lot of these so called apps on these tablets devices are just web site powered apps with fancy icons, so that started me think what useful HMTL5 apps and web site could i find that work on Amiga web browsers, so here it is.
AmigaNG Art Collection: A Collection of my Amiga Art work over the years. 40+ Wallpapers. 12+ 3D SketchUp Models. Random Photos/Graphics
The Cutting Room Floor: The Cutting Room Floor is a site dedicated to unearthing and researching unused and cut content from video games. From debug menus, to unused music, graphics, enemies, or levels, many games have content never meant to be seen by anybody but the developers — or even meant for everybody, but cut due to time/budget constraints.

12 Feb 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Hope someone is enjoying all the new links! Also if you have been looking for a new 2023 Amiga calendar for your desk or wall well look no further. AmigaWarp has just what you've been looking for.

Interesting... Keep an eye on (New Feature)

SDDDE: Small 3D engine for Amiga A1200 (C) 2023 by Rst7/CBSIE
AmiFox: A way to view modern web pages on your classic Amiga

Amiga Legal News Update

- Seriously... You think there is something new to report? Today's Theme

New Links (16) YTD (170)

Amiga file formats: How to exploit the Amiga file formats, with portable material if possible. Archive, Picture, Anim, Sound, Music, Misc, Useful tools. Archive: .dms, .pp, .lha/lhz & .lzx. Picture: IFF-ILBM, IFF-ACBM, IFF-DEEP, IFF-RGB8/RGBN, IFF-SHAM, IFF-DHAM/DHIRES, IFF-YUVN, IFF-DCOL, IFF-PCHG, IFF-PBM, IFF-RGFX & SVG. Anim: ANIM-1, ANIM-2, ANIM-3, ANIM-4, ANIM-5, ANIM-6, ANIM-7, ANIM-8, ANIM-with sound Specs, ANIM-J, ANIM-l, YAFA, SSA, Movie Setter & Page Flipper Plus F/X. Sound: IFF-8SVX, IFF-16VX, IFF-MAUD, IFF-RSND & XPK-SQSH. Music: .puma & zmin. Misc: .guide, IFF-FAXX, IFF-FAFF & .adf.
Tunes File formats / Replays {ARCHIVED 7 Jul 2002}: "Gathering Amiga music formats and replays info to write portable code" AHX AON APS BD BP BSI DB DM DMU DW EA FC13/FC14 FRED FTM GLUE HIP IS JAM JO MA MED MKII ML MM4/MM8 MON MSO OKT QC SC SUN SID1/SID2 SONIC SFX STONE SUN TFMX VD MOD MOD PACK
Amiga Hunk: The Amiga Hunk format is the native file format of AmigaOS for loadable files (including all executable files), object code and link libraries.
The .ADF (Amiga Disk File) format FAQ: This document describes the .ADF file format. An Amiga Disk File is a sector per sector dump of an Amiga formatted disk. The intent is to explain in detail how the Amiga stores files and directories on floppy and hard disks. A set of C routines (ADFlib) will be supplied to manage the ADF format.
Amiga graphics formats: {detailed information on the following: Amiga Metafile, Amiga Workbench icon, AMOS Icon Bank, AMOS Picture Bank, AMOS Sprite Bank, ANIM, CFAST Disney Animation Studio, DrawStudio, FAXX, GlowIcons, ILBM, Imagine Object File, Imagine Texture File, NewIcons, SGX & TDDD}
Amiga Icon Formats: Format description of Amiga Icon Format. This format is used by Amiga computers to display icons for each program or project you want to access from the graphical user interface Workbench. There are 3 different formats. 1) The OS1.x/OS2.x icons. 2) The NewIcon icon extension. 3) The OS3.5 icon extension.
IFF File Format Summary: IFF (Interchange File Format) is a general purpose data storage format that can associate and store multiple types of data. IFF is portable and has many well-defined extensions that support still-picture, sound, music, video, and textual data. Because of this extensibility, IFF has fathered a family of special purpose file formats all based on IFF's simple data structure. IFF is most often associated with the Commodore-Amiga computer and originated on that system. IFF is fully supported by the Amiga operating system and is used for storing virtually every type of data found in the Amiga's filesystem. Initialization files, documents, temporary data, and data exported from the clipboard may all be stored using the IFF format.
Intro to Amiga IFF ILBM Files and Amiga Viewmodes: {NOTE - Direct link to a text file} The IFF (Interchange File Format) for graphic images on the Amiga is called FORM ILBM (InterLeaved BitMap). It follows a standard parsable IFF format. Carolyn Scheppner - Commodore Amiga Technical Support
The Amiga File Format Handler package: The Amiga File Format Handler package (AmigaFFH) is designed to interpret file formats that were native to Commodore Amiga machines.
Amiga Forever file extensions: The list of file extensions associated with Amiga Forever Amiga emulator. Found 69 file extension associations related to Amiga Forever and 43 file formats developed specifically for use with Amiga Forever. Amiga Forever default file extension associations: .8svx, .adf, .anim, .ap, .bsi, .db, .dbdm, .dms, .dw, .ea, .fc13, .fred, .ftm, .glue, .guide, .hdf, .hdz, .hip, .ipf, .ksm, .ma, .mg, .mkII, .mo3, .mon, .pfx, .pp, .puma, .rh, .rp2, .rp9, .rs, .s3z, .sc, .sfx, .sonic, .spm, .sun, .syn, .vd, .xadml, .xl & .zmon. Other file extensions associated with Amiga Forever: .adz, .ahx, .amf, .bd, .dhf, .dmu, .fc14, .fdi, .hun, .iff, .is, .lhz, .lzx, .mcc, .ml, .mm4, mm8, .okt, .ps, .qc-emod, .sps, .tfmx, .thx, .trp, .y & .[b].
The ADFlib Page: a free, portable and open implementation of the Amiga filesystem. The ADFlib is a portable C library designed to manage Amiga formatted devices like harddisks and ZIP disks, or dump files of this kind of media via the .ADF format.
Amiga Development. Reverse engineering for the Commodore Amiga: Welcome. This wiki is intended to be a place where people interested in reverse engineering Amiga software can get together. Ideally, we can share knowledge, perhaps even collaborate on tool development or work together reverse engineering projects of shared interest. Subjects of interest: Information on your projects, and opportunities to collaborate! Reverse engineering techniques, including decompilation, disassembling and unpacking. Tips and techniques related to the use of available tools. Information on the Amiga hardware, operating system and anything else which in general is useful to have at your finger tips when reversing.
Warhol Digital Recovery Project: The Warhol Digital Recovery Project was a multi-institutional effort which discovered and recovered more than a dozen of Andy Warhol’s previously unknown Amiga experiments, which had been “trapped” on aging floppy disks from 1985. The project was a collaboration between New York based artist Cory Arcangel, members of the Carnegie Mellon University Computer Club, The Andy Warhol Museum, and the Carnegie Museum of Art, with support from the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry. The team’s efforts are documented in the Hillman Photography Initiative’s new short film, “Trapped: Andy Warhol’s Amiga Experiments.” The Trapped documentary is available online at nowseethis.org.
AmiTCP 3.0b2 Installation Guide: This is an installation guide for AmiTCP 3.0b2 which can downloaded from funet or directly from here. Because the installation script for AmiTCP 3.0b2 is a bit buggy and requires a bit of manual work, we decided to make this guide. We have tried to make each step in this guide as clear as possible so there is a lot of pictures, but don't be afraid, most of the steps will be passed in a matter of seconds.
Commodore Inc: WELCOME TO COMMODORE The great Commodore is reborn with a group of Italian entrepreneurs, with the aim of bringing the historic brand to the fore once again. Luigi Simonetti, the company’s CEO, and his team aim to resurrect this historic brand starting from computer science using the business unit named Commodore Engineering. Ample commercial space is also given to game design and game development with a solid partnership with BigRock School, one of the largest Italian training centers in the industry, and Commodore Sinapsy, Commodore’s game development department...
Interview with Nikola Tomic: Here is an interview with Nikola Tomic, a Serbian musician better known on the Amiga scene under the pseudonym DJ Nick, who has been very successful for years with his various productions on and off the Amiga world.

6 Feb 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! New week... New Links. 7th update!! Boy I'm having a BLAST cataloging websites again. It's really humbling and inspiring the amount of sites that still exist for our little machine. And I know will NEVER be able to thank Archive.org enough for just existing. If it wasn't for them I hate to think of all the sites that would have been lost to history!

Now If I can hurry up and finish the new site everyone will be able to easily search through ALL the links for exactly what they are looking for.

Amiga Legal News Update

- What's the odds we hear some news before the end of the year? Today's Theme

New Links (20) YTD (144)

The Mediator Guide: This is a collection of information about the Mediator expansion cards for Amiga computers. If you have a Mediator, or know about them, and either disagree with something in this guide, or have some extra information you'd like to add, please do contact us. We want this document to grow to cover as much detail about Mediators as possible!
The Mediator Guide: {Another link to the Mediator Guide}
amiga-debug Visual Studio Code Extension: One-stop Visual Studio Code Extention to compile, debug and profile Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 12.2 with the bundled WinUAE/FS-UAE. This fully self-contained extension will help you to quickly develop demos, intros, games, etc. for the Amiga 500, 1200, 4000. It supports C and C++, however no standard library is available. It comes with advanced productivity features like debug overlay, frame profiler, graphics debugger and size profiler.
The Daring Rescue of Pacuvia the Sheep: The Daring Rescue of Pacuvia the Sheep is a short, bizarre, traditional interactive fiction game for C64, Amiga, MS-Dos, Windows and Tandy Model 100. But it's also something more, it's a - drumroll - sentimental research project! Your character is an operative of a mysterious “Agency”, on a dangerous mission: rescuing the bioengineered sheep called Pacuvia from the clutches of a guy too idiot to understand what he's got. Strapped of all your digital support for security reasons, you'll have to rely on your good ol' analogic equipment to recover Pacuvia. And don't forget she's not necessarily helpless...
ReelDeck: {RTG audio player that supports: mod, mp3, mp2, wav, aiff}
AGAConv - Commodore Amiga CDXL Video Converter: This is a retro computing just-for-fun project. AGAConv is a CDXL video converter for Commodore-Amiga computers. It combines some existing tools to convert videos (MP4, etc.) into the CDXL format which can be played with AGABlaster or other CDXL players on an AGA Commodore-Amiga computer. The first Commodore-Amiga computer with the AGA chipset was released in 1992. Commodore went bankrupt in April 1994. The CDXL format was created by Commodore primarily for the Commodore CDTV, released 1991, to permit playback of video from CD-ROM in the early 1990s. The CDXL format is a simple streaming format, consisting of linear concatenated chunks (packets), each with an uncompressed frame and associated audio data. In addition to the original 12-bit colors, AGAConv also supports 24-bit colors, as supported by Commodore Amiga AGA systems released in 1992+. It also ensures 32-bit padding of CDXL chunks, which can make a difference in video frame rate of up to 50%.
Databench: Databench, the ultimate database. Big performance for a small price. Features: manages up to 500 million entries, up to 64 fields (soon even more), seven different field types (incl. IFF, BOOL, FORMEL ect.), incorporates IFF-pictures, diverse sorting-algorithms, multiple letter function, label printing, extensive editing (cut, copy, paste etc.), Complex filter functions (with wildcards and links), up to five files open (more soon), low level relation between files, arexx-port, vast configuration options, import/export from/to other Databases, password protection, read-only option and more. There is also an extension pack to make Databench a true relational Database.
classic Amiga' version of Free Pascal: This page is about the so called 'classic Amiga' version of Free Pascal, which means Motorola 680x0 CPU based systems running AmigaOS 3.x and below. For MorphOS, AROS and AmigaOS4 versions, see the relevant pages.
free pascal: Open source compiler for Pascal and Object Pascal. Download Amiga m68k
AMIGAZette 83: {French} A little over a year between the first publication of AMIGAZETTE and the first issue of AMIGAZette 83. The Fanzine Amigazette n°1 had been created by fans of Amiga games and they had the idea of sharing their playful passion via the paper medium. Chance wanted me to meet them and the idea of making AMIGazette 83 germinated immediately, the time to put everything in place, create the association and off we went for this new adventure which lasted almost 10 years (1994 to 2004) with 56 editions, 1 every 2 months.
FreePascal 3.2.0: Finally Version 3.2.0 of FreePascal is released. This is the first final release contains the Amiga style systems fully usable. A while before I did some extra work to also create an Amiga-sytle installer, which will be also released with this. Today I will also release the 3.2.0 FreePascal packages for Amiga 68k, Amiga OS4, AROS for ARM, AROS for i386 and MorphOS. So basically all versions except AROS for x86_64 because that’s still too unstable to use (mainly the AROS 64 bit is still a moving target and I was not able to fix that, because AROS is simply not working after the last changes and my last questions about it got just ignored)
AmiFox: The main goal of the AmiFox browser for Classic Amiga will give its users a way of browsing the web. Web browsers such as iBrowse, Aweb, and NetSurf demand lots of horsepower. Especially NetSurf which does have CSS support. The AmiFox browser for the Classic Amiga aims at eliminating most of the horsepower needed to surf the web by using a server with much more power that can send the webpages you want to visit on any Classic Amiga with 68020 or higher. This means that you can view webpages such as www.cnn.com on your Classic Amiga. AmiFox is a web browser that depends on a server that can push webpages to it in a way that Classic Amiga can view them. In the video above you can see that the project is in its very first alpha version phase. More info to come about AmiFox will be revealed as the progress goes on.
Dazeland: {French} Need explanations? Do you see the index just above? Yes, the small letters. Click on it to explore the decade 85-95, time of the glorious reign of the Amiga! This constantly expanding selection brings together more than 800 titles, succinctly presented, which will make you fall back into childhood. And if the names of the games mean nothing to you, don't panic, there will also be images... Your favorite game has been forgotten? Do not hesitate to write to me. I love discovering new horrible dung monstrosities dastardly abominations new nuggets! That's it ! Come on, one more for the road: the Amiga !
name {ARCHIVED 5 Dec 2002}: {While they are still around they no longer support the Amiga. Makers of Dual G3/G4 microATX Mainboard - Codename PEGASOS}
SOPE: Sony Playstation emulator
SoundFX: SoundFX (short "SFX") is an editor for digitized audiodata (samples). SFX is designed in a modular fashion and has a comfortable graphical user interface. With SFX you can apply digital effects to samples (which are absolutely unique on Amiga), play back and record samples, and finaly can cut, trim and edit your samples. SoundFX is shareware. More than 50 effects, with many parameters and complexs ways to modulate them. Nearly every parameter could be modulated. More than 100 presets are included. Reads and writes many sample formats including various compression types (IFF-8SVX,IFF-16SV,IFF-AIFF,IFF-AIFC,MP3,RAW,RIFF-WAV,VOC,SND-AU,...)
Official OpenPCI Forum: Project of unified library and drivers for Amiga/Amithlon/Pegasos PCI/AGP Bus. This library is a wrapper for use lot of PCI Bus on Amiga/Amithlon/Pegasos (GrexA1200/A4000 (require cybpci.library and latest Grex 68040/68060 library), Prometheus (require prometheus.library v2.x), Amithlon (require powerpci.library v2.x), Pegasos (require Pegasos+MorphOS)).
LUGDUWEB: {French} Computer-generated images (Real 3D, Deluxe Paint, 3DSMax, POVRay...), computer-generated videos and animations in DivX format, slideshows, 3D scenes and models, demos and Amiga and Pegasos freeware games
Loonies: Loonies is an Amiga demogroup founded in June 95 by Psycho, Tiny and Tarmslyng. In all Loonies productions the overall design is quite important, and we prefer not to make too traditional boring standard productions. Normally we have some theme or other overall idea going through the demo, and we try not to violate this by some routine or picture not fitting the overall design. A production by Loonies can be marked as a Livitas Production. Livitas means crazy, weird, absurd, insane, and a Livitas Production is therefore somewhat absurd and weird etc, and should not be taken too serious..
PUREBASIC: {Still has link to PureBasic 4.00 fullversion (OpenSource) for AmigaOS} Purebasic is a modern BASIC programming language. The key features of PureBasic are portability (Windows, Linux, OS X and Raspberry supported with the same source code), the production of very fast and optimized native 32-bit or 64-bit executables and, of course, the very simple BASIC language syntax. PureBasic has been created for the beginner and expert alike. We have put a lot of effort into its conception to produce a fast, reliable system and friendly BASIC compiler. The full documentation can be found here.

4 Feb 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone. Well let's keep this trend going. 5th week - 6th update! ;-)

Amiga Legal News Update

- What's the odds we hear some news before 1 July? Today's Theme

New Links (17) YTD (124)

PiStorm – Keeping the Amiga alive: The PiStorm, designed by Amiga fan Claude Schwarz, is just one of them, but one that stands out from the crowd for a variety of reasons. The first is its open hardware; Schwarz doesn’t sell the PiStorm, but instead publishes the source code and design files for anyone to submit to a PCB fabricator. If you don’t fancy fighting with minimum order quantities, the community around the PiStorm organises semi-regular group buys, in which an assembled board, requiring only the headers to be soldered in place, can cost as little as $13 US (around £9 ex VAT).
PiStorm: The PiStorm its a Raspberry Pi based device which emulates the Motorola 68000 CPU found inside the Amiga, Atari ST, Mac Classic, etc. It consist on a board which internally replaces the Amiga 68000 CPU. On top of this board a Raspberry Pi 3A+ is connected through GPIO header. When paired with the Amiga, the PiStorm provides CPU accelleration, virtual hard disk (through disk images resident on the SD), WiFi, RTG graphics, 128Mb fast ram, RTC and other enhancements. The device is plug and play if you use the preconfigured SD image we provide. You will need some Linux command line experience to setup the WiFi.
Hands-On with the PiStorm, the Ultimate Raspberry Pi-Powered Accelerator for Your Commodore Amiga: Costing as little as $13 and playing host to a Raspberry Pi, this could be the biggest bargain in Amiga accessories in three decades.
Lightwave 5 benchmarking and findings: {Benchmarks of Lightwave 5 running on: X5000/040 running AmigaOS 4 clocked at 2.2 GHz, A4000 with 060 at 50 MHz, a Vampire V4 standalone running AmigaOS 3.2, a Pi400 running Amiberry 5.5.1, MorphOS on a Powermac, X5000/040 running MorphOS clocked at 2.2 GHz, a Powerbook A1052 with a PowerPC 7447 (G4) at 1.33 GHz running MorphOS and my beloved microA1 with a PowerPC G3 at 800 MHz running AmigaOS 4 and a microA1 with a PowerPC G3 at 800 MHz running AmigaOS 4.}
AMY-ITX.com: {archive: 26 Jan 2019} Based around the original custom chips of the Classic Amiga(tm) computer from Commodore(tm) I’m ready to run all your favorite Classic games and applications. My core design focuses on compatibility, stability and flexibility. My designer is an experienced hardware engineer and he started this project around 2010. Since then I’ve undergone some major design changes. Early boards were larger (ATX+) and based solely on through hole components. In the latest revision (they call me Amy-ITX now …) all non Commodore custom electronics are super small SMD (Surface-Mount Devices). Now I’m a standard Mini-ITX form factor. This not only makes me smaller in size (about 50%) but also cuts cost and makes me more environmentally friendly.
Kasmin card: {Thread @ Amibay.com covering the Kasmin card.}
ATL HDI 1000 Ultrasound Parts {ARCHIVED 20 Apr 2019}: {Parts list for the A4000 driven ATL HDI 1000 ultrasound machine}
AROS One x86. Free Distribution by AMIGASYSTEM: {Downloads for the x86 ISO DVD & USB Flash ISOs. Slide shows covering installation on VMware, VirtualBox and a real dell computer, a tutorial and how to dual boot AROS/W10. Links to the latest nightly builds and links to a bunch of videos of AROS in action}
Tygre's Amiga Wiki: Welcome to my Wiki dedicated to the Amiga computer and OS (and a bit of general retro-computing), hosted on an Amiga 1200! Check also out this Web page! If you have any question, comment, or suggestion, please feel free to contact me. This Wiki belongs to the Amiga Web ring and l'Annuaire Amiga et Pegasos Francophone.
Retro Directory: {A crowd sourced site by RobSmithDev cataloging and mapping around the world: Arcades, Bar/Pub/eSports, Cafe (Gaming & Retro), Museums, Points of Interest, Repair Services, Street Shops, and other Retro places, Auctions, Computer Fairs, Exhibition/Trade Shows, Festivals, Gathering/Meetings, Open Days, Repair Cafe/Workshops, Talks/presentations and other Retro events. Drop by and add your favorite place/event the site!!}
AmigaDev Docker Crosstools: Docker Cross Compile Toolchains for Amiga based platforms. Currently AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4.x and MorphOS 3.9+ are supported. WarpOS and AROS will get supported in the forseeable future
Amiga 1080 monitor: The Amiga 1080 monitor was the original monitor Commodore supplied with the Amiga 1000 in 1985. It’s one of only two monitors that featured the Amiga branding with the Amiga checkmark logo. Its picture quality is very good, but the monitor sometimes behaves oddly. You can fix the odd behavior. I’ll tell you how, and I also tracked down the elusive pinout for this monitor.
All oregon Research Amiga products are now Public Domain!!!: {Thread @ eab.abime.net covering the CEO of Oregon Research allowing the relase of their products into the public domain. GameSmith Development System (game programming), Termite (BBS software) & Termite TCP (tcp-ip stack)}
Annotate: A comprehensive text editor written for AmigaOS 2.0 and up. Author: Doug Bakewell Maintainer and successor: Daniel Westerberg Annotate has been released under the GNU GPL by request of the original author Doug Bakewell. See separate GPL.txt. The source is in a separate archive. Features: Syntax Highlightning, Multi-unit clipboard support, Unlimited Undo/Redo, Macros, Vertical block selection, Left-right shifting of text and blocks, Multi-functional scroll bar, A lot of different ways to cut, copy and paste, Printing, Folding, Text locking, Tools menu, and a full-featured Arexx Port.
gl4es: GL4ES is a OpenGL 2.1/1.5 to GL ES 2.0/1.1 translation library, with support for Pandora, ODroid, OrangePI, CHIP, Raspberry PI, Android, Emscripten and AmigaOS4. This is a library provide OpenGL 2.x functionality for GLES2.0 accelerated Hardware (and of course also support OpenGL 1.5 function, sometimes better than when using GLES 1.1 backend) There is also support for GLES 1.1 Hardware, emulating OpenGL 1.5, and some OpenGL 2.x+ extensions.
Amiga C Programming IDE: If you want to program on the Amiga, you may need a good Amiga C Programming IDE. But is there any? What are the alternatives? Let’s find out. On the Amiga OS or Morph OS there are two fully functional native IDEs: Cube IDE and Storm C 4 IDE. Both can be used with different compilers. Another possibility is to use another operating system (Windows, Linux, MacOS, and others) and the IDEs they provide. To generate an Amiga Executable you then need a Cross Compiler. Let’s look at both native IDEs in detail. We will also describe cross compiling.
BeeBase: BeeBase is a relational, programmable database system with graphical user interface for Windows, Mac, Linux and Amiga. BeeBase is well suited for managing structured data with clear semantics that can be organized into tables and fields. It can be regarded as an application development environment where an application designer creates the database structure and user interface, and users of the application enter and process data on a regular basis. BeeBase is the successor of MUIbase whose development originally started on an Amiga in the year 1994.

27 Jan 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone. I know I'm a bit early this week but that would be a good thing. Update number 5. I'm starting to see a trend here. ;-)

Also I'm happy to report AmigaWorld.net is back up and running again. Good job everyone!

Amiga Legal News Update

- Is the case still going on??? Today's Theme

New Links (29) YTD (107)

Who bought Commodore: Commodore International went out of business in 1994, after nearly a decade of declining revenue. But the company left a significant legacy, which leads to some logical questions. What became of Commodore? Who bought Commodore?
Commodore financial history, 1978-1994: Commodore’s rise and fall are legendary, at least to people like me who grew up using their computers. Putting numbers to that rise and fall was more difficult. I dug up the Commodore financial history from 1978-1994 to help quantify that spectacular rise and fall. It’s noteworthy that I had a hard time finding some of this information. I don’t think Irving Gould, Commodore’s chairman and largest shareholder, wanted people to know this stuff.
Mehdi Ali: Commodore spinmeister: I found the thumbnail biography of one Mehdi Ali recently. It reads, in part: “His prior experience includes serving as the President of Commodore International, where he accomplished a major operational turnaround.” I don’t think he and I share the same definition of “major operational turnaround.”
Commodore was more than a stock scam: From time to time, I see the phrase “Commodore stock scam” or something similar come up in discussion or in books. Commodore, in case you don’t know, was a high-flying computer company in the 1980s that was literally making computers as quickly as they could sell them while Apple struggled for its survival, and was in the enviable position of being the main supplier of chips for its competitors. Imagine if Intel sold computers at retail next to HP and Dell, while still selling chips to Dell. That was Commodore in 1984. I don’t have 1984 figures, but in 1985, Commodore had 38% of the computer market all to itself. IBM and its clones, combined, had 49%. Apple had 13%. But a decade later, Commodore had squandered all of that away and was out of business. That’s why Robert X. Cringely sums up Commodore as Irving Gould‘s stock scam, then goes back to writing about Apple. The real story is more complicated than that. More interesting, too.
The Home Computer Wars: I said that I have been cooperating with the exclusive-paper.com company for a long time. Once I had to write a report on the topic of who influenced my life. And actually, this page is about it. A Nose for the Future - the Legacy of Jack Tramiel- Jack Tramiel, the founder of Commodore, died in April (2012) in California, at the age of 83. He was my mentor and a great influence on my life. My first day with Commodore was April 1, 1980 - I had requested a meeting with Jack to ask him for a job. I was super confident because I already had job offers from Apple where I had been hanging out for a few months (I knew Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Mike Markula), and from Atari. In our first meeting, Jack asked me, "What do you know about Commodore?" and I replied, "I don't know much about Commodore but people who know you seem to think you're some kind of crook - but if you're not in prison, I figure you're not a crook but a shrewd businessman, and I'd like to learn to be shrewd like that." Those were my exact words because I practiced them for 45 minutes in front of a mirror. I wanted to shock Jack into hiring me and I had nothing to lose because I could always go to Apple.
The Home Computer Wars by Michael S. Tomczyk: An Insider's Account of Commodore and Jack Tramiel This book is dedicated to all the people who said I'd never make it, because they're the ones who made me try the hardest. MST
Irving Gould and Commodore: Irving Gould was a Canadian financier and chairman of Commodore International. Although it’s an oversimplification, journalist Robert X. Cringely dismissed the once high-flying computer company, which had 60% of the market in 1984, as Irving Gould’s stock scam. Gould was a bit of an odd fit to be running a computer company. He knew finance, but admitted in 1988 that he didn’t know how to use a computer. Gould never sought the spotlight, but with Commodore, the spotlight found him. Gould had other financial interests, including a shipping company called Interpool. He sold Interpool in 1978 and made $25 million. Michael S. Tomczyk, a former Commodore employee who wrote a book about Commodore in 1984, estimated Gould’s personal wealth at that time at $100-$250 million.
How the Commodore Amiga Powered Your Cable System in the ’90s: For cable providers, the Amiga’s capabilities for displaying content on a television were a bit of a godsend. Previous offerings, such as the Atari 800, were able to put messages onto a television screen, though not without much in the way of pizzazz. As a result, the Amiga quickly became the cable industry’s computer of choice in the pre-HDTV era, especially after the release of NewTek’s Video Toaster in 1990. Video Toaster, which at first was only compatible with the Amiga, made it possible to do complex video editing at a small fraction of the cost of specialized professional video-editing platforms, and that made it popular with public-access TV stations.
Should Amiga Be Resurrected: Based on research, Lenovo is the most popular computer brand in 2022, with 17.11 million personal computers sold within the third quarter. But long before Lenovo came into the picture, there was Amiga, which competed with IBM and Apple during the mid-80s. The name is a Spanish word meaning a female friend. It was chosen to bring home the message that the computer is user-friendly.
MAC OUI look up for Commodore International: {Ever wonder what MAC OUI numbers were assigned to Commodore International for network gear? Well wonder no more. 00:80:10:00:00:00 - 00:80:10:FF:FF:FF}
Kickstart - Amiga UK Show Digital Culture Festival: USER GROUPS: Gathering of UK Amiga user groups to help promote/grow and celebrate the Amiga. TRADERS: Get your Amiga upgraded or recapped with companies from around the world. LIVE MUSIC: Live music performance with Amigas open to the public in a brewery after the show. TALKS: Panels with developers such as Core Designs, DMA, Team 17 and Psygnosis. 23 Jul 23. Nottingham UK
Revision: Revision is back in the E Werk! Join us on the world’s largest demoscene stage to enjoy digital art and connect with friends! It's global. The demoscene is beyond borders, distance and conflicts. If you cannot come to Saarbrücken, a Satellite event might be just near you! It's awesome. Revision is an event celebrating the Demoscene creativity. If you want to know more about the demoscene - look here! April 7th to 10th, Saarbrücken DE
Amiga-N2630: The N2630 is a 50MHz Motorolla 68030 CPU card with additional RAM and IDE device port for the Amiga 2000 family of computers. It is installed in the CPU slot where it immediately upgrades the system to a 68030 processor with FPU, up to 264 megabytes of Fast RAM, and an IDE port. The N2630 is intended to be an evolution of the A2630 card.
Amy Spellbound Original Amy-ITX boards: {6 Flicker images}
Amiga Hardware Database - Amiga Intuition Based Benchmarks: {89 different models of unexpanded and accelerator driven A500/1200/2000/3000/4000s and their AIBB results}
Commodore Amiga 1000 Teardown: {the 7 steps instructions w/pictures and instructions to take apart your trust A1000}
NDK - New Documentation Search Engine: So I have been trying to find some documentation on how to use the NDK and its tools but I have been having some trouble finding it. The only thing I found was in the NDK itself under Autodocs. Which was basically a list of .doc files that I had to open with a text editor to see the documentation. In AmigaOS 4 there is an application where you can search for things in the documentation but it is not available for AmigaOS 3. So I basically had 2 choices: 1. Use the Autodocs and open them with a text editor every single time. orrrr 2. Make a whole new website and use javascript make it check every 110 files and return the thing that I am searching for. So I decided to go with the second option :)
Search for Something in the NDK3.2 Autodocs!: {The title says it all}
docker4AmigaVBCC: docker4AmigaVBCC is a project that contains a few docker images with VBCC compiler, for cross compiling software for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. It is based on Ubuntu OS and has everything needed (vbcc compiler, SDKs, libraries) for compiling your applications. The purpose of the project is to be an up to date, flexible and out of the box solution for cross compiling applications for Amiga environments, using the VBCC C/C++ compiler. Those images can be used on CI/CD solution for automatic testing, compiling, packaging and deployment.
Uae4arm: Amiga emulator with JIT and DispmanX: Uae4arm is a new Amiga emulator with JIT, which enable faster CPU emulation by compiling piece of code just in time instead of emulating each byte code independently. It has been tuned for Raspberry Pi, especially on display side by using Disp
Amiga Scene: Desert Dream: Desert Dream from the Danish Amiga group Kefrens is considered by many as one of the absolute all-time classic demos on any platform. At the time of writing, the two-disk Amiga 500 production is ranked at number 50 on the popular demoscene board Pouet.net. Many sceners remember fondly of this nearly 15 minute effects show, which just keeps throwing new things at the watcher at a steady pace. Still, it's the first four minutes which made probably the biggest impression at first viewing.
LinuxJedi's /dev/null: {The quick link for all pages tagged with PISTORM}
Event: Review of the Amiga Ireland 2023: {Amiga-News.de review of Amiga Ireland 2023}
Commodore Users Group of Ireland: Retro lovers unite for a not-for-profit, friendly annual meeting of enthusiasts of Commodore, Amiga and life in general. Active since 1983, we meet every January and anyone can book a ticket. There is something for everyone whether you are into games, hardware, software, demos or just meeting like-minded people.
A4091 SCSI II Host Controller : Welcome to the ReAmiga 4091 project. Fast SCSI-II (10MB/s max) controller for Amiga Computers. One of only two Zorro-III SCSI controllers ever designed. Full-length Zorro-III with DMA
Commodore Amiga 4000 Rev.B PCB replica: Commodore Amiga 4000 Rev.B PCB replica. This Eagle board-file has been generated in the early days of amigapcb.org from the polygon database for debugging and verification purposes. The export in its current state is not suitable for PCB manufacturing due to various issues, such as possibly wrong pad sizes or via diameters. A lot of work is probably required to get this board ready for production, but this should be a good starting point.
Amiga Replacement Project: "To make replacements for all the custom chips of the AMIGA, useable in any real AMIGA." All documentation is provided for the benefit of the community and the preservation of the original Amiga. The files herein are presented as a work-in-progress.
68060 Turbocard for Amiga A3000(T) and A4000(T): This is a turbocard for for Amiga A3000 and A4000(T) with up to 128MB SDRAM, an 68060CPU running at 50/75/100MHz even a 68040 on 25MHz. The RAM is in the Amiga CPU-ram space and therefore autodetect. The RAM can handle move16-bursts and DMA from the Amiga. One nice feature is the LTC2990-voltage and temperature monitor, which can be accessed via an I²C board, e.g. IcyBoard. For now the card does NOT support vectored interrupts. There is no known card around, which needs it. The A4091 is supported! In a A4000T the Picasso 4 needs active bus termination, because of weak signal quality of the A4000T-Zorroplane. The A3000T is very picky and I couldn't test it, because I don't have one. It SHOULD work, but don't blame me if it doesn't! Even the A3640 is hardly working in an A3000T :( DISCLAIMER!!!! THIS IS A HOBBYIST PROJECT! I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF IT DOESN'T WORK OR DESTROYS YOUR VALUABLE DATA/HARDWARE!
Directory listing for /Datasheets/: {Lots of various datasheets and various docs: 390544-01_8375_Agnus_specification, Agnus_internal_schematic, Alice_internal_schematic, MC68000/20/30/40/60_datasheet, Zorro3_specifications, A3000CPUslotSpecification, 391380-01_Bridgette_specification, Zorro2_developers_manual, Amiga_Hardware_Reference_Manual, Amiga_Intuition_Reference_Manual, Amiga_A500_A2000_Technical_Reference_Manual, 390541-0x_Ramsey_specification, 390540-02_Gary_specification, 391010-01_Alice_specification, 252126-01_Denise_specification, ADV7120-VideoDAC and more.}

22 Jan 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Forth week... Forth update. I'm still impressed! Can I make it 5 for 5? Tune in next week and find out! ;-)

Today's funniest/depressing link? Amiga's new savior: Bill McEwen. Who then would have guessed we would STILL be in this CLUSTER 23 years later.... Absolutely UNBELIEVABLE!!!

Amiga Legal News Update

- Nothing new to report... Today's Theme

New Links (32) YTD (78)

Banana Jr. Series Computer: {How can you NOT think of the Amiga??} The Banana computer was first introduced in 1984, and was labeled as "Jr." to emphasize its affordability. This obscure computer system had a number of innovative hardware and software features. Many of these features were too far ahead of its time, and it had many shortcomings which ultimately doomed it to failure.
The Graphical User Interface Gallery - Amiga OS: Explore the history and evolution of the Graphical User Interface in my GUI Gallery.
Metacomco / Commodore Amiga Transputer Board: The Amiga Transputer was proposed by Tim King (who had previously ported TripOS to the 68k) and several others at Metacomco. The company had developed the custom OS, Helios to interact with the host operating system. The project was demonstrated at several Commodore Amiga shows, but the company never bought the technology. It was later sold as the Atari Transputer.
AMIGA TRANSPUTER PROJECT: If you were an Amiga owner during the late 1980s it is likely that you were excited by the mere mention of 'Transputer'. The Transputer was an 1980s term describing hardware that directly supported parallel processing. This enabled the transparent connection of multiple processors that would be used to work upon a single task. However, information on these boards has become increasingly elusive. On this page I attempt to catalogue every transputer card that has been sold or announced.
Amiga Future News Portal: {The latest Amiga news as reported on by Amiga Future}
Was the Amiga ever used by any U.S. Government agency?: {A good amount of replies from the good users at retrocomputing.stackexchange.com }
Newest Amiga Questions - Retrocomputing.Stackexchange.com: {I think the title says it all}
Weird Ones: 30 years of Brainfuck: Brainfuck (from now on BF) turns 30 this year. This puts it in the same league as Python (32), Java (28) and Haskell (33). I remember the first time I had heard about BF. It was in my college dorm while talking to my roommate. I was pre-med at the time, and had only the faintest idea about programming. So when I first laid eyes on its syntax I hadn’t the faintest idea why someone would ever subject themselves to it. Now many years later I’m a programmer in my own right, and I find myself writing about a programming language I once balked at. Funny how life happens that way
Family Tree of Operating SYstems: {An INCREDIBLE family tree list 810 different operating systems! WOW!!!}
Comparison of Operating Systems: {A very detailed breakdown of 15 different Operating Systems {Amiga included} and all their major features}
Zalman VF900-cu review: Another quick picture guide, This time about my experience mounting and using a Zalman VF900-cu VGA cooler as a CPU cooler for my AmigaOne-XE G4
x5000 emergency boot usb: {Thread @ Hyperion covering creating an x5000 emergency boot disk}}
Amiga's new savior: Bill McEwen: In rural Washington state, Amiga's latest rescue effort has set up shop. But can it finally pull the Amiga out of obscurity? East of Seattle, at the foot of the Cascade Mountains, the Amiga computer system with half a million loyal followers has found its latest would-be savior. "This is about unification and creating something that developers can build upon," said Bill McEwen, the 37-year-old president and CEO of the newly formed Amiga Inc., from his home set amongst 200-foot-tall trees of Maple Valley, Wash.
Libsmb2: Libsmb2 is a userspace client library for accessing SMB2/SMB3 shares on a network. It is high performance and fully async. It supports both zero-copy for SMB READ/WRITE commands as well as compounded commands.
I mapped all 30 of the levels in Fears!: I have also written an entire guide for the game, with level passwords and secrets;
HKvalhe's AmigaOne 500 Blog : My very own AmigaOne 500 Blog about my new Amiga-system and everything i do with it.
Amiga: The TiNA Project (Tecnologia iNformatica Amica): TiNA is a new board that is being designed and developed in Italy by a team of Amiga enthusiasts. Their main goal is to make a complete implementation of the Amiga 500 and/or Amiga 1200 by the use of powerful FPGAs. They want to make this come true with a 68020 CPU that is even more powerful than any existing 68060 CPU. It’ll be able to execute 2 in-order instructions per clock cycle, but at 400 (!) MHz instead of 50. On their website they state that there is a lot of work to do when it comes to this and they need to investigate fully if the FPGA will allow such features.
Pandory Mod for the A500 Mini: The Pandory Mod is "sideloaded" firmware for the A500 mini which gives you full access to the machine and allows you to run native programs that enable many new game emulators, such as RetroArch. It comes in the form of a WHDLOAD package and exploits a hidden-feature of the A500 amiberry emulator to run native code. It runs completely from USB stick and is 100% removable.
Pandory and RetroArch Emulate other systems on your Amiga Mini: Pandory gives you full access to the Amiga 500 Mini allowing you to run native programs. One of those programs is RetroArch, a frontend for a huge number of emulators and game engines (as well as media players). Pandora runs from a USB stick and is completely removable.
You Can Now Bootstrap Your Amiga Without A Floppy With This One Weird Trick: Traditionally, most Amigas were intended to boot from a floppy disk. . An Amiga can readily make its own boot floppy, but only once it’s already booted up. If you don’t have a floppy ready to go, you’re out of luck, as PCs can’t readily make them for Amigas. [Roc] whipped up the amigaXfer bootstrapping method to solve this very problem.
https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/Tutorials:Main: {A MOJOR listing of various tutorials. Most at Amiga events: AmiWest, Amiga Ireland, General, Amiga Future programming articles and more}
Jimmy Johansson creating AMiNIMiga WorkBench Installation and community around: Hi, its me Jimmy Johansson or Ami-Jimmy. I dabble with Amiga :), I'm the author of the Workbench installation AMiNIMiga currently available for The A500 Mini, i also run the Discord community Server "A500 Mini/Maxi Users" Which is also Home of all AMiNIMiga duscussion and support! AMiNIMiga is a collection of old shareware and abandonware software and games that just isnt available anymore, think of it as a timemachine to the 90s! Re-live your youth/childhood with the games you played growing up using your A500Mini.
Retrocoding: Amiga, C, graphics.library und timer.device: {German: Good write up}
ADF View shell extension: {windows} The ADF View is a Shell Namespace extension, which opens up the .ADF file extension. ADF files are Amiga Disk Files, or image dumps of AmigaDOS formatted disks. These files are used by most Commodore Amiga emulator software.
AmigaDX : {windows: A plugin that allows you to access ADF or DMS from Total Commander}
EXTFS plugin for Midnight Commander V4.55 and above for reading ADF, DMS and HDF formated files: {windows: The title says it all}
ADFlib: A free, portable and open implementation of the Amiga filesystem
SSH for AmigaOS: {A BIG listing of various SSH projects for the Amiga}
A500-Tower-Power: A small ATX to Amiga 500 power adapter for towerized A500 builds. Includes 3 fan connectors.
RadeonHD: The RadeonHD driver software is an OS 4.x 2D graphics driver for RadeonHD graphics card. It also supports some Radeon Rx models. The RadeonHD driver version up to V3 supports the RadeonHD 2000-7000 series cards (and the older Radeon X1300-X1950). From Version 5, the RadeonHD driver only supports Southern Islands chipsets such as the RadeonHD 7770, R7-240 and R7-250. There are five versions of the RadeonHD driver commercially released:
Tutorial: Setting up a FTP server under MorphOS, connecting to devices : {AmigaNews.de} The MorphOS and AmigaOS 3 user 'emeck' has kindly taken the trouble to document how he sets up an FTP server under MorphOS in order to connect to the cell phone for data exchange, as in this case. But of course this is also possible from other devices like laptop or Raspberry Pi. Many thanks, 'emeck'.
BasiliskII: Basilisk II is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator. That is, it enables you to run 68k MacOS software on you computer, even if you are using a different operating system. However, you still need a copy of MacOS and a Macintosh ROM image to use Basilisk II.

16 Jan 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Third week... Third update. I'm impressed!

Amiga Legal News Update

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Amiga "Classic" USB mechanical PC keyboard: The Amiga "Classic" USB mechanical PC keyboard is a brand new officially licensed Amiga product manufactured by Simulant Systems Ltd. The keyboard is built to last, with a sturdy construction and quality components. Enjoy the ultimate typing experience with genuine Brown Cherry MX key switches. Now you can use your PC, Mac or Linux computer with an Amiga keyboard that mixes traditional style with modern usability and comfort.
Dual graphics cards - a couple of noob questions :-): {Thread @ Hyperion covering using 2 video cards in a X5000}
My X5000 with AMD RX570 and HD5450 graphics: As you could have read in one of my previous posts is my AmigaOne X5000 equipped with an AMD RX570 graphics card. The use of the RX line of cards allows us to use the VA library. The Video Acceleration Library has been created to support hardware video decoding on Radeon Polaris (RX) cards. For us AmigaOS4.x users this is a very welcome addition to the use of our beloved OS and X5000. The downside to switching to an RX based graphics card is not having support in the Linux kernel for this. This results in losing the ability to use LInux on the X5000. The only option I could think of was adding a second graphics card to bring Linux back to the machine. As there are some posts on the hyperion forum referring to the setup of two graphics cards in the X5000 I thought it would be nice to write about my own setup.
Tutorial: Using two graphics cards in the AmigaOne X5000: {Amiga-News.de: Another summary on using 2 video cards with the X5000}
SKATEMANSWORD On a Strick need To know Basis...: {A nicely done website by long time Amiga user Skateman covering Amiga news, reviews and more}
ProTracker 2.3F for Amiga: Continuation of the ProTracker 2 series for Amiga 68k, based on a disassembly and re-source of ProTracker 2.3D.
Amiga First personal computer to be used for digital video creation. {archived}: The Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985. The original model was part of a wave of 16- and 32-bit computers that featured 256 KB or more of RAM, mouse-based GUIs, and significantly improved graphics and audio over 8-bit systems. This wave included the Atari ST—released the same year—Apple's Macintosh, and later the Apple IIGS. Based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor, the Amiga differed from its contemporaries through the inclusion of custom hardware to accelerate graphics and sound, including sprites and a blitter, and a pre-emptive multitasking operating system called AmigaOS.
Archive for the ‘Commodore Amiga family’ Category: {A nice site with quite a few Amiga articles and lots of pictures: Commodore Amiga A570 CD Interface (Boxed), Commodore Amiga 601 Expansion Memory Module (Boxed), Commodore Amiga A501+ (Boxed), Cleaning Commodore CDTV Keyboard, Restoration Commodore Amiga 500 (ASSY 312512 – REV 3), Amiga 1050 Memory Expansion Cartridge (Boxed/Unwrapped), Brand New Commodore Amiga 1200 Keyboard (UK), Commodore CDTV / Floppy Drive / Remote Control & Mouse, Amiga 2000 PAL REV4.5 Kick v2.05 & 4MB of FastRAM Upgrade and more}
Amiga Explorer: PC to Amiga Data Transfer without a GoTek or Compact Flash!: Lets say you don’t have a GoTek drive or Compact Flash card, how on Earth do you transfer data between your Amiga and a PC? In the days before the GoTek there was another go-to tool for transferring data between an Amiga and PC: Amiga Explorer by Cloanto. Using this application it was possible to transfer not only data between the systems but also create Amiga Disk Format (ADF) images from Amiga floppies, apply ADF images to Amiga floppies, and even copy the Amiga Kickstart ROM. In this article I’ll run you through how to install and use Amiga Explorer with a standard Amiga 500 (512MB of RAM) connected to a Windows 10 PC using a null-modem cable over the serial ports of each system.
PiStorm32-lite: An Opensource, Raspberry Pi based, Amiga A1200 Accelerator. This repository holds all hardware design and fabrication files

9 Jan 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! My two New Years resolutions are

1: More consistent site updates and

2: Finally finishing up site 2.0

But regardless of where I end up I am excited that this year I will be able to spend more time on the site.

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Because Amiga: So, you know I’m a sucker for vintage computing. I’ve been a proud owner of an original C64, an Amiga 1200, an Atari 130 XE, and a ZX-81, and a bunch of old peripherals and hacks that connect to them all in working condition. But today I got in the mail one very special rarity. It’s an original, unopened, white, brand new, from the warehouse, Amiga 1200 Magic edition sold to me directly by no less than the legendary ex president of Amiga Technologies Petro Tyschtschenko.
PC CGA / EGA On A Commodore 1084 Monitor?: The oldest video connector most people have seen on a PC is VGA: Although it has largely been phased out now and replaced with HDMI/Displayport and/or DVI, some devices, such as projectors and TVs, can afford to include it where space is not at a premium. Another connector you may have seen on laptops or some PCs is composite video, using an RCA connector. This provides a low-quality connection, which is rubbish for something like word processing, but may be acceptable for watching DVDs.
A guide to Guru Meditation Error Codes {archive.org}: Format of Guru Meditation messages: If the first digit of the subsystem ID is greater than 3, there is no way to recover from the error. In these cases, subtract 8 from the first digit to get the subsystem ID number.
Amiga CD32 Pictures: {Several good pictures of the CD32}
AGABlaster - 68K Commodore Amiga CDXL Video Player: Overview. GABlaster is a video player for the Amiga Commodore computer. It uses a customized version of the CDXL format supporting the AGA chipset with 24 bit colors and variable length frames. Customized CDXL files can be generated with AGAConv. AGABlaster is written in 68K Assembly and runs on native Amiga hardware (no gfx card or sound card required). It is currently in alpha testing stage.
The Amiga 1000 Parceiro: It provides the following features: 8MB of Autoconfig Fast RAM. Coin-cell battery backed Real Time Clock (RTC), which comes with its own clock software that gets put into your startup sequence. SD Card Reader with 2GB MicroSD.
The Best Amiga 1000 Upgrade in 30 Years: Parceiro II: New Features: Fully Autoconfig, Fully Autobooting And the SD card is REMOVABLE, User-flashable ROM, 2X Faster, SDToolBox & Better Ergonomics
Top 100 Amiga Games: This toplist shows 100 Amiga games, based on your choice of model and number of needed votes. The higher number of votes you choose, the more trusty this list gets.
Worst 100 Amiga Games: This worst-list shows 100 Amiga games, based on your choice of model and number of needed votes. Feel free to adjust the number of required votes, poor games tend to get voted less than good ones.
What is DMA? What does it do? and Why is it Important? {youtube.com}: In a previous video I mentioned DMA, so in this video we're going to learn what it is, how it works, and why it's so important.
Video Toaster with NewTek Founder Tim Jenison - The Retro Hour EP342: We're joined by a legend this week, NewTek founder and the 'father of desktop video', Tim Jenison, to hear the story of how the Commodore Amiga changed the movie and TV industry.
Qt 6.2.0 for AmigaOS 4.1 with OpenGLES2 : Qt 6.2.0 for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition - with optional support for OpenGLES2
AmigaNation News {archive.org}: {Old Amiga News site}
Amiga Mozilla {archive.org}: PROJECT STATUS: NONE There is no status of the project at this point, it's still in the future to my knowledge. If there ever is a beta version, you'll hear about it here, for now there is no such thing and doesn't look like there will be for some time, particularly for Classic Amiga, simply because no Amiga developers want to devote any real attention to the effort. I do hope this changes.
MUI-Vim: Vim with a MUI GUI. Running on AmigaOS 4, AROS and MorphOS.
guideml: AmigaGuide to HTML file converter, with lots of features

2 Jan 2023

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Well another year has come and gone and I'm just happy to still be here! While I could easily highlight the multiple successes and continuing failures of our small community, all I would like to do is wish everyone the best for a happy and healthy 2023. The world is crazy enough place. Let's ALL do our best to not add to it!

Also I would like to reaffirm my perpetual new years resolution of spending more time working on the site. 2023 is the year I FINALLY finish the site!

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Had Commodore not gone bust, and continued their line of Amiga computers, fast forward today. What innovation would we have, how would their machines differ from mainstream Windows desktop's and laptops of the 2020s and beyond? {Dave Haynie}: I can tell you what we had been working on prior to Commodore changing management, and extrapolate that, had they not hired the managers who bankrupted Commodore, and had they spent money more wisely, investing in technology instead of manager’s salaries, where things were likely to go.
Brute Force Colors!: I want to share some of my recent findings when having fun with a very old and not really known graphics mode from the 80s called “HAM”. Everything started when I wanted to add HAM support in the bitmap converter tool I made to create my oldskool demos.
Directory Opus - King of the Dual Panes : Everyday workhorses just expected to be there and do their thing so that you can get on with your life. On the Amiga, one such program is Directory Opus. The biggest irony of AmigaOS is that even though it shipped with a complete desktop environment called Workbench, its mouse-driven file management always felt a bit clumsy. This is where Directory Opus comes in - but it's much more than just a small tool for shuffling files to and fro.
fontanin.net {FRENCH}: Personal website of Alain FONTANIN, presenting certain achievements and passions! {Nice write up about the Amiga}
Blast from the past: Payback native for AmigaOS4. : {Thread on Amigaworld.net covering the subject}
SMB2 file system client: smb2-handler is a filesystem for accessing files remotely using the SMB2/3 protocols. The protocol implementation is based on the currently latest git version of libsmb2
CommodoreOS: Commodore OS Vision was a publicly available linux distribution created by Leo Nigro, on behalf of Commodore USA, LLC in 2010, to be used as a default install for their new Commodore branded line of computers including the Commodore C64x
name: {An INCREDIBLE implementation of the Amiga 4.0 OS running in a browser. Also highlights the events and sponsors of Amiga37 in Germany}
WebkitOnDocker: This is the development environment for compiling Webkit for AmigaOS 4
Beneath a Steel Sky Trivia (Amiga): {Trivia about BASS}
A Love Letter To My Lost Amiga: My first love was a black wedge. It was 1982, and I had saved up to buy a Sinclair ZX81. That little computer remains the only one of the huge number that I have owned over the years about which I can truly say that I understood its workings completely; while I know how the i7 laptop on which this is being written works I can only say so in a loose way as it is an immensely complex device.
German AMIGA Podcast: What can you expect from the GAP? The podcast focuses on Amiga computers and the AmigaOS, both the "classic" from 3.1 and "NextGen" with the AmigaOS 4.1. A well upgraded Amiga 1200 and an AmigaOne X5000 are available for testing.
wiki.amigaos.net UserDoc:BIOS: When your Amiga computer system is powered on or reset, the BIOS or firmware's job is to initialize the hardware and to start the booting process of the operating system. It also enables you to define some settings that you may want to use either for the next boot or for every time you use your computer.
AmigaOne XE - PCI bus hardware interrupt {CZECH}: the article is a free continuation of the previous two parts about AmigaOne XE: AmigaOne XE - easy and fast, AmigaOne XE - AGP and PCIe graphics cards, and discusses hardware interrupts in this Amiga. There will be more theory and more technique here. Since I didn't really understand the PCI interrupt system in XE, I had to look it up and you can find it here. And I must say that it is much more complicated compared to today's PCIe system. So this article will be more of a small textbook for beginners and intermediates on the topic of "PCI legacy interrupts". And textbooks tend to be boring, be prepared for that.
Upgrade Pegasos II {CZECH}: Everyone who has a powerpc computer at home, be it historical or "modern" (X1000) or modern (Power9) is limited by the compatibility of components. This is especially striking in the case of a combination of several operating systems on one computer. While, for example, disk controllers can be selected for all three OSes, the overall problem is in the issue of graphics cards. Since I recently upgraded an Amigaone X1000 with optimization to AmigaOS - i.e. HD7970, I wanted a faster computer for MorphOS. But the wait for MorphOS for Powermac G5 Quad or IMac G5 is still endless, and I didn't want to buy another white elephant - i.e. AmigaOne X5000 - so I decided to refurbish my Pegasos and optimize it for MorphOS.
Amigans: {Amigans.net on Discord}
Emu68: M68K emulation for AArch64/AArch32
Amiga's new saviour: Bill McEwen: In rural Washington state, Amiga's latest rescue effort has set up shop. But can it finally pull the Amiga out of obscurity? {Think we know the answer to this question...}
The 68000 Wars, Part 1: Lorraine: The Amiga was a great computer when it made its debut in 1985, better by far than anything else on the market. At its heart was the wonderchip of the era, the Motorola 68000, the same CPU found in the Apple Macintosh and the Atari ST. But what made the Amiga special was the stuff found around the 68000: three custom chips with the unforgettable names of Paula, Denise, and Agnus. Together they gave the Amiga the best graphics and sound in the industry by a veritable order of magnitude. {5 parts}
Stranger Things and the Amiga 1000: About a year ago, I cancelled by Netflix subscription. One of the few shows listed on the "plus" side when I made my decision was Stranger Things: an entertaining series with an excellent first and good second season. In short, I'm a fan of the show - though my appreciation of it doesn't come near my fanatical passion for the Amiga home computer.

1 Jan 23

Today's Highlights
- Another year in the bag! All I can wish for is a better 2023!!

Wishing everyone a safe and productive New Year from the whole AmigaSource family.

26 Dec 2022

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Hope everyone had a good Christmas. Only 5 more days until 2023. Now as much as I wish for the Amiga to take over the world in 2023 what I really want is for everyone to have a happy, safe and prosperous New Year! And if the A1222 ever ships then that will be the 'cherry on top!'

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Had Commodore not gone bust, and continued their line of Amiga computers, fast forward today. (Dave Haynie): I can tell you what we had been working on prior to Commodore changing management, and extrapolate that, had they not hired the managers who bankrupted Commodore, and had they spent money more wisely, investing in technology instead of manager’s salaries, where things were likely to go.

17 Dec 2022

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Another quick update with a bunch of links...

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AMIGA68K.COM: New and old stock components for your vintage computers. {Parts for ALL stock Amigas. CPUs, cables, memory, Ethernet, Diag Roms and much more}
The polygons of Another World: Amiga 500: This article is part of a study about the ports of Another World. It is highly recommended to read Another World 101 before reading this.
The polygons of Another World: There is a playful way to study the architecture of computers of the past. Find a piece of software you know well and try to find out how it was ported to these machine you don't. An other choice would be Eric Chahi's 1991 critically acclaimed[1]" title "Another World", better known in North America as "Out Of This World" which also happens to be ubiquitous.
Breathless and Map Editor: Breathless and Map Editor sources can be used from Anyone as long as he does not derive any profit, direct or indirect.
FleaFPGA OHM: Welcome to my technical support page for the FleaFPGA Ohm project. This repo contains all necessary support files referenced by the FleaFPGA Ohm user guide are held in this repo.
Welcome to Fleasystems!: This site is dedicated to my crazy embedded projects! FleaFPGA 'Ohm', FleaFPGA 'Uno', FleaFPGA 'Classic', Fleatiny & Flea86. leaFPGA 'Ohm' provides a low-cost FPGA development platfrom in a Raspberry Pi zero-style form factor. FleaFPGA Ohm was designed for users to explore the wonders of programmable logic and hardware-oriented languages i.e. VHDL and Verilog. FleaFPGA 'Ohm' is suited for professional and hobbyist uses alike.
FleaFPGA 'Ohm' FPGA Experimenter Board: Introducing my FleaFPGA 'Ohm' Experimenter board! Flea Ohm is described as a compact, powerful yet easy-to-use FPGA development board built around a variation of the raspberry pi zero form factor. Flea Ohm is useful in applications ranging from robotics to retro gaming. Flea Ohm can operate standalone or as a co-processor 'hat' for a raspberry pi computer.
'Flea Ohm' FPGA Project: My attempt at making an FPGA experimenters board in a popular form factor :)
Yami: YAMI is a mouse interface that enables serial PC mice to be used on AMIGA or ATARI ST computers. YAMI is released under GPL v3. Features: Allows to connect a serial PC mouse to the Amiga or Atari ST mouse connector, Supports Logitech and Microsoft protocol, Supports up to three mouse buttons and more
Design of the GoFloppy Drive: A couple of months ago I released a product called the GoFloppy Drive. It is the result of a long development process and I’m quite happy with the result. I typically design things that I would use myself, in the hope that it will also help others.
PdaLink: PdaLink is an Amiga library that connects a Palm PDA with your Amiga. It's a full-featured stack that helps you to install new software, backup your PDA and use conduits. Features: Connect your Palm PDA with your Amiga using a serial or USB connector, Comes with an ARexx interface so you can connect your PDA using ARexx scripts, With all include files (for Assembler, Basic, C and E), LGPL licensed, open source, Source Code available at GitHub.
Commodore Amiga MIDI Myth Busting: This video, by RetroManCave, takes a look at music making with MIDI on the Commodore Amiga. The Commodore Amiga was released in 1985. It didn’t have built-in MIDI support, but the video covers hardware and software options for using the Amiga with vintage and modern MIDI gear.
Minimig: Minimig (short for Mini Amiga) is an open source re-implementation of an Amiga 500 using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). Minimig started around January 2005 as a proof of concept by Dutch electrical engineer Dennis van Weeren. He intended Minimig as the answer to the ongoing discussions within the Amiga community on implementing the Amiga custom chipset using an FPGA. The project’s source code and schematics were released under version 3 of the GNU General Public Licence on 25 July 2007.
Amiga Magazines - Past and present: Amiga has a long history back to 1985 with some amazing Amiga magazines released every year since then, right up to 2022. I wanted to take a quick look at that history as so much was released.
Cloanto should be doing more: So Cloanto has secured the rights to the Amiga brand for nearly three years now, since 2019, so far the biggest project I see them involved with (well simply licensing the Roms) to Retro Games LTD to allow them to make The A500 Mini. But what else are they doing, are they simply going to become a simple licensing business. Yes they do fund WinUAE development and keep providing Amiga Forever updates, but I feel they should and could be doing much more.
shred.zone>name: {Articles on: Amiga 1000 restoration, Amiga 1200 Mouse Button Fix, Amiga Assigns, Open-Sourcing old Amiga software, MaestroPro Internal and more}
MaestroPro Internal: In the mid 1990s, MacroSystem Germany released the Maestro Professional sound card for the Amiga. It was a special sound card because it was fully digital, having only optical and coaxial digital connectors. It was suited for lossless recording from CD and DAT, as well as generating lossless audio output for DAT recordings. With tools like Samplitude, the Amiga became a studio quality digital audio workstation. There was also a tool for doing backups on DAT. At that time, these tapes were the cheapest way to backup entire harddisks (a 90 minutes DAT tape could backup almost 1 GB of data, which was a lot in the 1990s).
X1000 AmigaOS 4 Updates in 2022: I learnt a great deal, even having to build a new AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Update 2 setup for the AmigaOne X1000 along the way (something I have not had to do before), so there is plenty of new configuration information to share with you here!
ham_convert 1.8.7: New in this version: resizing fixes, clearer ham8 output in non-CIE94 color mode. Improved resizing during fakemode conversion. Fixed resizing of transparent images. HAM8: cleaner output in non-CIE94 color mode. Atari8 mode now uses RGB888 instead of RGB444 for internal processing.
The Gigahertz-Amiga that never (really) was: It was called UltimatePPC, and... yes. And yes. And yes. It is what it sounds like. No strings attached. It's the thing only few dared to imagine, because it was just too... outrageous. And it actually got built.

1 Dec 22

From everyone here at AmigaSource we want to wish you, your family and friends good health, prosperity and safe travels in the coming year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

30 Nov 2022

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Let me just cut to the chase and post a **BUNCH** of new links. With that said here are a few things that make me happy...

  Also I added a new bit of info call Today's Theme. If there is one thing I LOVE is going down a rabbit hole about a subject and decided to define and group them in the new links list. I hope *SOMEONE* likes it...

  The WONDERFUL team that brought you the Checkmate cases have launched a new kickstarter project for a new monitor that supports all classic and future computer & gaming systems. Very impressive. Due to the availability of parts it is being launched as a 2 part campaign. The second part will allow users to choose the type of display panel they want.

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Amiga floppy imaging: This is one of about 600 Amiga floppies I needed to image {...} I tried out a few different open-source tools for creating disk images.
Converting a PC Floppy Drive to Amiga: I recently purchased an external floppy drive the for the Amiga which was sold as “untested”. Unfortunately “untested” in this case meant “doesn’t work and someone did a bad attempt at repairing it”. There were parts of the drive physically broken and it was beyond repair. I lucked out because unlike the Rotec drive I repaired in the past, this one uses a standard floppy connector inside. So, instead I decided to convert a PC floppy drive to work in the case.
Chinon FZ-357A 150rpm slow down mechanism?: {Thread @ eab.abime.net covering the Chinon floppy drive}
Converting all my Amiga Disks..: The time has come to finally get rid of all my 3.5"DD floppy disks.. they are taking up valuable cupboard space that I need back for shinier and more recent items. I know that some of them have data on that I'd like to keep, source I wrote back in the late 80's / early 90's.. midi files, soundtracker / octamed tunes.. The problem is figuring out which disks..
Hacking a Chinon FZ-357 floppy disk drive to an Amiga HD floppy drive: Standard disclaimer: I have only read this information in an old Hungarian Amiga magazine, and tried it myself. It seemed to be correct, and its result worked for me. However, I cannot guarantee that it would also work for anybody else, and hereby I present it on an "as is" basis, without warranty of any kind, so if you damage yourself, your disk drive, your Amiga, or anything/anybody else, it is not my liability.
Jope's drive modification page: Let's modify some drives. T1he trick to getting PC drives to work with the Amiga is twofold: Get diskchange to pin 2 and ready to pin 34. Then jumper the drive as DS0. {Floppy drive into on: Citizen Z1DE, Teac FD235HF, Panasonic JU-256A316P, JU-257-203P, JU-257A606P & 257A516P (Escom drive), Mitsumi D359T5, Sony MPF420-1, MPF520, PF920, NEC FD1231H, Samsung SFD-321B, YE-Data YD-701B & YD-720D & YD-702D, Chinon FZ-357 to FZ-357A, Jumper settings for various drives and MUCH MORE***}
Amiga Floppy Drive Compatibility List: Since a disk drive is by nature a moving part, it is inevitable that it will fail someday. The vast majority of Amiga computers out there are least a decade old (some are nearly 20 years old), and so many users have had the misfortune of their disk drives dying on them. Replacing them is difficult because while Amiga disk drives are for the most part electrically compatible with those used in the Wintels of today, there are slight but vital differences in terms of both signals and pinout. The problem stems mainly from the fact that Commodore used low-density drives throughout the Amiga line up until the Amiga 4000 and 3000T. (After that they made things even worse by switching to custom-made high-density drives that spun at half the speed of a normal high-density floppy drive.) In contrast, low-density drives were quickly phased out of use in the IBM world sometime around the mid-1980s and can be found on only the oldest of machines. The aim of this guide is to provide information on which disk drives will work or can be made to work in an Amiga.
Rescuing Floppy Disks: While they were cool-looking, convenient and even somewhat inexpensive after a while, Floppy Disks are out as a medium to store data on home computers. The USB stick, wireless access, the use of the internet, and a whole other range of options have rendered this medium obsolete. That said, a situation now exists where there are millions of these things out in the world, some of them containing rare or unusual pieces of history, and so there's a lot of benefit to getting all that old data off that medium. This page is meant to be a clearinghouse for various options that a person or group of reasonable technical ability could use to rescue data from floppy disks. If any of these options seem daunting, a number of people have offered to accept floppy disks and pull the data using these tools. None of these options should be considered endorsements, and Archive Team does not earn commission from the sale of these items.
Software Preservation Society: The Software Preservation Society (SPS), formerly the Classic Amiga Preservation Society (CAPS), dedicates itself to the preservation of software for the future, namely classic games. As it is, these items are no longer available from their original suppliers, and are mainly in the possession of an ever diminishing community of well willed collectors. However, just by the passage of time these games are affected by the gradual deterioration of the media that stores them. These classics risk being lost forever in the near future, a tragedy that must be prevented. Our main objective is to guarantee the preservation of such an important part of computer gaming history. Preservation dictates that nothing less than authentic representations of the software exist, which are both free of bit rot, and unaltered since the time of production. After a significant amount of research and development, we now have the technology that enables us to do this.
Sony 920 MPF z/121 fix for Amiga: {Thread @ eab.abime.net covering the Power Computing XL Floppy Drive interface board w/pic}
AmigaBounty.ner {Archived}: Welcome to Amigabounty.net - A site with a 100% focus on AmigaOS4 development.This site lets you donate to existing bounty projects or to suggest new ones yourself. You can contribute to the bounties via Paypal but please keep in mind that Paypal charges a small fee to transfer the money. Amigabounty.net is 100% non-profit and will always remain so.
SuperBase Pro Information: {Thread @ amigaworld.net covering the ownership of SuperBase}
Converted Amiga fonts: These fonts were converted from the Amiga into Windows Bitmap format by Ville Jouppi (vjouppi@sci.fi) P0T-NOoDLE is copyright by Leo "Nudel" Davidson. Topaz is copyright by Commodore-Amiga Inc. (or Gateway or Amiga or whatever). Xen is copyright by Martin "Xen" Huttenloeher
Converting the “Competition Pro Extra USB” to C64/Amiga/Atari DB9: Speedlink makes several versions of the Competition Pro joystick that have all the physical properties and the excellent switches of the original Competition Pro, but come with a USB interface. All versions of this joystick can be easily converted into an old-school DB9 joystick to work with Commodore, Amiga and Atari computers and consoles – optionally without giving up the USB interface!
CVS Info for project wxwidget-aos: The wxwidget-aos project's CVS data is in read-only mode, so the project may have switched over to another source-code-management system. To check, visit the Project Summary Page for wxwidget-aos and see if the menubar lists a newer code repository, such as SVN or Git.
Apollo: Apollo is an experimental operating system for the Amiga 4000 computer with support for user and kernel space concurrency and reentracy. One aspect that sets it aside from traditional threading-based OSs is that it is purely built around dispatch queues similar to Apple's Grand Central Dispatch rather than threads. So there is no support for creating threads in user space nor in kernel space. Instead the kernel implements a virtual processor concept and it maintains a pool of virtual processors.
playsid.library: C64 MUSIC EMULATOR FOR AMIGA
New Universal Agnus 8372, 75 etc: {Thread @ eab.abime.net covering the New Universal Agnus 8372, 75 etc replacement project}
Open Amiga Enhancing the AmigaOS4 experience: The Open Amiga organization is an Amiga community Open Source Research and Development department. The main goals: Enhance the AmigaOS 4 experience, Provide useful information for OS4 developers, Research advanced topics like multi user support. Everything that Open Amiga produces shall be done with the intent of some day including it in the main AmigaOS4 distribution made by Hyperion.
Overview of Amiga Filesystems: Not all varieties of the Amiga filesystems are supported for reading and writing. The Amiga currently knows six different filesystems:
RapidFire: A drop in replacement for the rapid fire circuit in a Speedlink Competition Pro USB after reworking to classical C64/Amiga mode. Introduction. While there was a classic version of the Speedlink Competition Pro sold for a while, the only version available right now is the now is the USB version which works fine on a PC but not on a classical computer like C64 or Amiga. While it can be quite easily reworked to classic mode by connecting the switches directly to a DB9 cable (still sold as Sega MegaDrive extension cable), the rapid fire functionality is removed since it's on the same circuit board as the USB interface. So I designed this little PCB to replace the circuit board.
REVIEW: Power Computing XL 1.76 high-density floppy drive: BRIEF DESCRIPTION. A high-density disk floppy disk drive. The internal version may replace the internal drive on an Amiga 500, 600, or 1200. The external version connects to the external floppy port. The disk drive comes with a patch program that must be run in order for the drive to be able to write high density disks.
RTG card for less than 200 Euro for Classic Amiga: If you want to connect your Classic Amiga to most of the monitors that are available today. Then you need an RTG card for your Amiga. Also, AmigaOS becomes so much better to use. But many reasons for not getting RTG for Classic Amiga have always been the price. This is because producing a card for the Zorro slot isn’t easy and the market for it is not the same as for more modern computers. So, when I got the info about GBAPII in my mailbox. I couldn’t believe my eyes! This is an RTG card for Classic Amiga for less than 200 Euros! Getting an RTG card for your Classic Amiga doesn’t need to cost a lot. It all depends on what you are looking for.
The X500 Plus computer case: The X500 Plus is a computer case I designed as a tribute to the computers of the ’80s and ’90s and it’s overall inspired by the Commodore Amiga 500. It’s a wedge styled computer case with inbuilt, full size keyboard. The X500 Plus has a retro feeling but with modern, clean lines and lots of internal space. It’s made of aluminium, plastic and steel and it’s designed for modern computer hardware. The X500 Plus allows you to build your own modern, powerful computer, with your choice of components and Operating System like Windows, Linux, AmigaOS, AROS, MOS etc…you can use it for your mini-itx x86 motherboards, PowerPC boards such as the SAM motherboards by ACube, the Natami and the upcoming FPGAArcade Replay board, basically any board which is mini-itx or flex-atx format with low profile heat sinks (overall internal height is 52mm).
The X500 Plus computer case: The X500 Plus computer case by Loriano Pagni
UAE Amiga Emulator {ARCHIVED 30 Sep 2005}: UAE is a mostly complete software emulation of the hardware of the Commodore Amiga 500/1000/2000. A Commodore Amiga, for those who don't know, is a 16/32 bit computer system based on the Motorola 680x0 CPU and a few specially designed custom chips that provide very good graphics and sound capabilities. Its first incarnation, the A1000, appeared in 1985, followed by the highly successful A500 and A2000 models. UAE is written for Unixish systems; it is developed on a Linux machine but it should compile and run on any half-recent Unix-like operating system. It has also been ported to a wide variety of machines and operating systems, including DOS, Windows 95/NT, MacOS, RiscOS, BeOS and NextStep
x1000 documentation and other x1000 related questions: {Thread @ amigans.net covering the X1000 documentation and related questions}
QuadDoubler Processor Upgrade Cards {ARCHIVED 27 Apr 1999}: The Sonnet QuadDoubler processor upgrade card card uses a high-quality Motorola 100/50 MHz 68040 processor to ensure maximum reliability and compatibility. This super-fast processor upgrade card includes an integrated FPU math coprocessor for ultimate performance in spreadsheets, graphic applications, web browsing and complex mathematical calculations. A lower cost 80/40 MHz 68040 processor is used in the QuadDoubler for the Centris 610 and Workgroup Server 60/20.
UserDoc:AmigaOS File Systems: {Information about the FastFileSystem (FFS), FastFileSystem 2 (FFS2), SmartFileSystem (SFS), SmartFileSystem 2 (SFS2), JXFS & the New Generation File System (NGFS)}
BackUp by Deniil: A simple to use/smart backup-tool. This is a simple backup tool, nothing fancy. It simply copies files from one directory to another. Of cource it only copies files that are different in some way, like size or date etc.
P96 Driver Development: This document specifies the P96 interface between the rtg.library and the card and chip drivers. Graphics boards for the Amiga consist typically of two components: the Amiga expansion card with the glue logic and the optional video switch and a standard PC-VGA chip. The former interface is provided by the card driver, the latter by the chip driver. The rationale for this functional division is to ease support of similar graphics cards that share the same VGA chip, even though the glue logic on the board is different. The corresponding chip driver can be shared between boards.

13 Nov 2022

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Busy past two weeks. While there were no earth shattering revelations at either Amiga 37 or Amiwest it is safe to say, for those who attended, that everyone had a really good time. And shouldn't that be what's it all about?

  I like looking at the Amiga cluster through a somewhat twisted lenses and think 'for an investor to want apple to double its user base they would need to add an additional 3/4-1 billion new users. (That GUESTIMATE was loosely based on apple stating last year that that they had over 1 billion active iphones and guessing the rest from there.) Now for the Amiga to double its user base all we have to do is order a pizza and invite a friend over.'

  While not a truly accurate statement, it does go to the point that it doesn't take a whole lot of effort for us to grow and that's what we need to be focusing on. Well that a having a products that we can sell... Hmmm... Still waiting on that A1222...

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A few classic mode optimisations: Users of Amiga OS4.1 will be aware that running the vast majority their classic games is done through emulation via E-UAE (Experimental Universal Amiga Emulator) and that this process is facilitated by the excellent RuninUAE program which allows you to run a game from the OS4.1 desktop without the need to set up any configuration files within the emulator. For the purposes of today’s blog, I will take a look at updating these programs on an X5000 machine whilst also taking the opportunity to update the Workbench environment in E-UAE from Amiga OS3.1 which comes as standard to Amiga OS3.9. I will also take a look at optimising the configuation files so that software designed for a 68030/40 processor or extra memory will run in classic mode and I will also look at creating a better resolution in classic mode through the use of Picasso 96 screenmodes.

2 Nov 2022

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Recently I've been out of town and it's good to finally be back home. In my absence I'm happy to report about one of the largest Amiga gatherings many many years. Amiga37. While there was no earth shattering news all reports indicate a good time was had by all.

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Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam: We are happy to invite Amiga game developers from around the world to develop some new games for the Amiga using Blitz Basic or AmiBlitz. The idea behind this jam is to grow the community and increase knowledge and awareness around Amiga and the use of Blitz Basic and AmiBlitz to create games. This means that all submitted games must include the source code so that beginner developers will have examples to study and learn from. Join us no matter your skill level - this game jam is a perfect opportunity to create your very first game, or a side project to your other development activities or a chance to create that game you've been carrying inside you for decades and always wanted to do! Three months of development time should be enough time to produce a playable game, even if you are completely new to Blitz Basic!
NEWS: Blaze Entertainment Announces Partnership With Amiga : Blaze Entertainment is delighted to confirm a partnership with Amiga to bring Amiga games to Evercade systems as part of the new Home Computer Collection line. As confirmed this past weekend exclusively to fans at the Amiga 37 event in Germany, Evercade devices will be able to play games developed for the world-famous home computer system. Blaze Entertainment will be able to license and publish Amiga games from multiple publishers for Evercade. At this time there is no public confirmation of which games and publishers will feature in Evercade’s quickly expanding home computer lineup, but work is already underway to bring high-quality Amiga games to Evercade in 2023 and beyond.

23 Oct 2022

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Please indulge me as we send our besh wishes to Cassidy and Anthony as they begin their journey in life together!!

What a cute couple!

19 Oct 2022

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Well another year has gone by and it's time again to celebrate the 21st Anniversary of AmigaSource! Yes today the website and I can legally go to a bar and get drunk! Ha ha.

I would like to thank everyone your continuing support throughout the years. I LOVE the Amiga and our CRAZY dysfunctional community. Remember... Only two more weeks to go...

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Linux Kernel 6.0 Released for the AmigaOne X1000/X5000 PowerPC-Based AmigaOS Computers: Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a very substantial and comprehensive update of the Software Development Kit (SDK) for AmigaOS 4.1 54.16. Also Linux: Kernel 6.0 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000 has been released and the biggest Amiga event of the year will be held upcoming weekend in Mönchengladbach, Germany: the Amiga37 event.

25 Sep 2022

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! A few bits of interest to cover. V5 of RadeonHD graphics card drivers have finally been released for OS 4.x but not without a little bit of confusion. This thread over at Amigaworld.net goes to my point about us needing to have one company in charge of the future and also its legacy. There is just too much confusion and lack of direct word in our little community. I hope someday the powers that be are able to get this all sorted out.

  -Another interesting thread over at Amigaworld.net where they are discussing the merits of the Commodore Amiga Global Alliance. If you can make it through all 19 pages I think you will come across a few good key points of insight of the current Amiga situation. I HIGHLY recommend it!

  -This is the kind of project that gives me hope in the future. Greg Nacu has released V1.0 of his COS. What is it you ask? It's an INCREDIBLE 'replacement' OS for your Commodore 64 that, along with a mouse, gives you a full point and click user experience on your 40 year old computer. Think GEOS but text based. It comes comes with a file manager, multiple work environments, utilities including: a calculator, a calendar, a timer and stopwatch, a text viewer, a memory inspector, image viewer, SID player and much more. But don't take my word for it. Watch this Retro Recipes Review and sit back in awe!!

  - And lastly I would like to pay my condolences to the friends and family of Harvey 'Harv' Laser who passed away back in July. He was there from the beginning and was a true champion for our little computer. Fair winds and following seas!

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Fuss: Amiga: {WOW! A GREAT page with LOTS of tips and ticks! CapsLock Key-Codes, 3.9 Boing Bag Passwords, Run a Script from Workbench, Turn on Validation, Storage Configuration Limits, Intuition Requester on Workbench Boot, Solve Issues with Drives not Mounting on Boot, Getting Adaptec SCSI to Mount Devices on Workbench Startup, Resolving Issues with Mediator Sound Mixer, Create a (Workbench) Boot Disk, Making Elbox FastATA work alongside AmigaOS 3.2, Get the Full Path to a Directory or File, Speeding Up Quake 1, Blizzard PPC RAM Settings, Getting Games to Work and Warp3D Compatibility and more!}
vlink: vlink is a portable linker, written in ANSI-C, that can read and write a wide range of object- and executable file formats. It can be used to link a specific target format from several different input file formats, or for converting, stripping and manipulating files. The linker can be controlled by GNU-style linker scripts to generate absolute code, but it also runs very well with default rules to create relocatable executables, as required for AmigaOS or MorphOS. Of course there might be technical restrictions that object files of different architectures cannot be merged because of incompatible relocation types, differing endianess or symbol-names with and without leading underscores. But in theory everything is possible!
Classic AmigaOS Releases Since 1985 Guide: {The title says it all}
Remembering our FriendsThe Amiga gave us some exceptional... "amigos". This page is a small and humble tribute to the friends who are no longer with us, but who will be remembered forever in our hearts and memories.
ncurses: ncurses 6.3 for amigaos4 and clib2.
A500 Mini Amiga console interview – ‘that’s our passion for Commodore’: GameCentral talks to the co-creator of the new Amiga 500 mini-console, about the return of everything from Andrew Braybrook to GoldenEye 007.
Scala Still Rocks on the Amiga: Like many people who do multimedia for a living, I've had to migrate to another platform for much of my work. One long-time Amiga program that has been successfully ported to Windows is Scala. If you have a windoze box, you can download the working demo from http://www.scala.com/. It actually makes your windoze box seem like an Amiga. It performs this magic by completely shutting Windows down. But the fact is, no matter how much RAM you have and no matter how fast a Pentium you have, performance with a PC lags behind an Amiga, at least as far as live presentations are concerned. There are bells and whistles that go along with some of the newer PC animation codecs that are fun to have. But the Amiga's TV-compatible output and more manageable file formats really shine with a live presentation.
The Amiga Monitor Archives: {Various issues from Aug 1996 to Aug 1999}
Dongles for Amiga Scala MM: 'tis annoying how people will sell, or give away, their Scala software but not include the dongle along with it. Or, you lose your own dongle. {how to make your own}
PatchWork: PatchWork is a debugging tool similar to MuForce and Mungwall. It asserts that calls to AmigaOS libraries are AutoDocs conformous. Illegal parameters (e.g. NULL where a pointer is expected) are reported. PatchWork helps you to make your code more robust and future proof. The source code was closed, like almost all of my Amiga projects. I have reviewed and reformatted the files, translated the comments from German to English, and made the project compilable on Linux (and probably other targets) using vbcc. The source is now open to everyone for contributing, studying, archiving, or just enjoying the good old Amiga times.
Commodore Amiga Global Alliance: Our vision for the future of all things Commodore. I'm David Pleasance, and I want Commodore's legacy to continue and flourish. So I'm bringing together a group of people who can help make this happen. Our goal is to continue the Commodore story for you the enthusiast, and the entrepreneurs who are refurbishing and making new hardware and software.
ZuluSCSI, by Rabbit Hole Computing: {github repository for ZuluSCSI and firmware
ZuluSCSI: ZuluSCSI™ is a SCSI computer storage emulation platform, which speaks both SCSI-1 and SCSI-2. It uses file-based SCSI HDD & CD-ROM images, similar to RaSCSI and BlueSCSI. It represents a fusion of firmware and concepts from both SCSI2SD V6 and BlueSCSI. Hard drive and CD-ROM drive images are stored on a standard FAT32 or exFAT-formatted SD card.
AMIGA NOTES: This document contains various notes, tips and proposals for Amiga programmers and users, and lists of known bugs and workarounds for various software. It was written by James Jacobs of Amigan Software on 9/8/04, and last updated on 15/9/22. If you have any additions, corrections or suggestions, please email us. EMail: amigansoftware@gmail.com URL: http://amigan.1emu.net/
Video Toaster with NewTek Founder Tim Jenison - The Retro Hour EP342: We're joined by a legend this week, NewTek founder and the 'father of desktop video', Tim Jenison, to hear the story of how the Commodore Amiga changed the movie and TV industry.

10 Sep 2022

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! I'm on a roll. I would like to point out the small discussion over at Amigaworld.net about David Pleasance new project: the Commodore Amiga Global Alliance (CAGA). In this 15 min video David pitches his idea for bringing us Amiga users together under one central umbrella. Annual subscriptions to provide funding for projects, help sponsor events, support groups and meetings and other projects such and movies and books. In theory I REALLY like the idea and wish him luck but what really need is SOMEONE/ANYONE to FINALLY win the never ending court case and take charge!!

And again I'm always shocked but pleasantly surprised when I stumble across projects like this that I haven't come across before. The Amiga Replacement Project is a PRIME example. The goal is a 100% compatible pop-in replacements for the Angus, Denise and Paula chips. WOW!! I'm just wondering why don't I see more people talking about this? Over at EAB they have a thread which covers the current progress with a picture too! Combine this with the efforts of the guys over at BUFFEE working on their own Gary replacement project and individual computers with their Clone-A project (if it ever sees the light of day) and we could making brand new Amigas in our garages!

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Amiga Replacement Project: This is an attempt to make clean Verilog sources for each chip on the Amiga. Unlike MiniMig and related implementations, this seeks to maintain perfect compatibility with the whole chip and the whole chip only to serve as a second-source to the slowly disappearing stock of Amiga chips. These will be drop-in replacements. To view the plan of record for each chip, please visit the README.md for each project.
The Elite Home Page: {Ian Bell's Elite Page. Lots of good information, manuals and downloads}
Amiga Bourne Compatible Shell: Amiga Bourne Compatible Shell – This project is based on pdksh, with the goal to bring a bourne (or POSIX) compatible shell to Amiga systems.
PCI expansions: These boards add PCI slots to your Amiga. {For Sale: Spider USB, Prometheus & Mediator 4000D boards}
Amiga Bourne Compatible Shell: Amiga Bourne Compatible Shell – This project is based on pdksh, with the goal to bring a bourne (or POSIX) compatible shell to Amiga systems.
Retro Giovedi {Italian}: {Italian based Amiga store}
Amiga IDE-LAN Zorro 2 and 3: {Italian} Zorro 2 or Zorro 3 card with standard 40-pin IDE controller and RJ45 10 Mbit/s network connector. Including floppy with LAN driver.
White waffle: The floppy drive indispensable for the Amiga user. It allows you to read and write ADF and, thanks to a specific version of WinUAE, it works like a real Amiga drive allowing you to directly read and write your floppies!
Power Programs Software & more for Commodore computers: On this site you can find articles, downloads and more about my favourite computer types - the old homecomputers from Commodore. Mostly about the machines I owned and used back in the (late) 1980's and 1990's: the Commodore 64 and the Commodore Amiga 500. There is also a special section featuring the MOS 6502, the processor architecture which powered the Commodore 64 and quite a few more homecomputers from the early and mid 1980's and a section featuring articles about retro consoles and computers.
Retro Giovedi {Italian}: Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D. It is used by video playback software, emulators, and popular games including Valve's award winning catalog and many Humble Bundle games. More extensive documentation is available in the docs directory, starting with README.md. Enjoy! Sam Lantinga
Utilitybase Your guide to Amiga development {Archive}: UtilityBase is a site focused on development for AmigaOS, Amiga hardware, Amiga clones and other related systems, this includes but is not limited to systems like AmigaOS 3.x, 4.x, MorphOS, AROS or AmigaDE/Anywhere. Since they share APIs, technology and/or ideology it is only natural to have a common ground to discuss and learn about them. The site provides tutorials, documentation, news and reviews related to Amiga development. In addition, it has a forum for communicating with other developers, helping eachother out, sharing tricks, code or ideas.
AmiUpdate - AmigaOS Update Server Administration: Public updates released since AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition
The adtools project: This is the Amiga developement tools project that host a number of tools that can be used to develop applications for AmigaOS and Amigaoid systems. At the moment only the version for the latest AmigaOS version (4.x) is in a relatively good shape while this is probably not the case for the other systems.
Tom's Homepage: {Information on the Prelude sound card and programs Samplitude, AmigaAMP, AHIRecord & Play16}
The extreme Commodore A600 upgrading page: This site tells the story of me and a friend of mine trying to upgrade an Amiga 600 to the max. Why would you want to do so? Well, hard to explain. It's a freak thing. So if you don't like the Amiga or even don't know what it is, if you've never experienced the wish to do something crazy, well then you better stop reading now. This project was completely irrational -- and therefore one hell lot of fun!
Shadow of the 16-bit Beast: an Amiga gaming retrospective: The Amiga was born a game machine, but it entered a world where the video game industry was well-established and changing rapidly. Long gone were the days where a lone coder would stay up all night in his basement for six weeks and bang out a hit for the Atari 2600. Even the younger and smaller computer game industry had moved far beyond Roberta Williams putting floppy disks into ziplock bags and answering phone calls from players in her kitchen. The success of the Commodore 64 (and on the other side of the pond, the Sinclair Spectrum) meant that more money was available for computer game development, and it was a good thing too, as the more powerful 16-bit machines were starting to seriously test the limits of a one-man development team.
MHI Dev - The new standard in MPEG audio: MHI is a new standard for MPEG audio on the Amiga. It was created by Thomas Wenzel and Paul Qureshi, with help from Dirk Conrad, because current systems (mpega.library and the mpeg.device) do not offer the features modern applications such as AmigaAMP require. This archive contains everything you need to develop programs using MHI and MHI drivers for new hardware or software decoders. Please support MHI, we really think it's the best possible solution for playing MPEG audio on AmigaOS!
AmigaOS Manual: Workbench Fundamentals: This chapter describes the elements of the Amiga Workbench including: Screens, Menus, Windows, Gadgets, Icons & Requesters
Commodities Exchange Library: This article describes Commodities Exchange, the library of routines used to add a custom input handler to the Amiga. With Commodities Exchange, any program function can be associated with key combinations or other input events globally allowing the creation utility programs that run in the background for all tasks. Code samples on this page are not yet updated to AmigaOS 4.x some of them may be obsolete or incompatible with AmigaOS 4.x.
ZitaFTP Server: Transfer files quickly and securely directly to/from your computer. ZitaFTP Server is a fast and secure FTP(S) server. It: Is easy to setup, Enables secure, safe & private file transfer protected by SSL/TLS, Password cracking countermeasures keep hackers out of your files & server, Transfer large files, Supports multiple simultaneous transfers for speed & Web Administration – tweak the configuration remotely. AmigaOS4.x
AmigaScene.nl: {Dutch - An Amiga news and message board.}
RetroEZ: RetroEZ is a community orientated online store, focused on helping people of all levels enjoy the retro gaming computer experience. We are also working towards opening a true bricks-and-mortar shop in the near future; with the goal of eventually bringing the Amiga back to the High Street. {...} We are a group of 40 something year old Amiga 600 focused users who originally got back in touch via the Amiga community during the first lockdown. It reignited a passionate hobby for us all and after helping various other friends and forum members, has turned into a small business that we are proud to be a part of. At Retro EZ we have invested heavily into supporting new product lines as well as manufacturing our own products, which right from prototype production stages through to bulk manufacturing, have been designed with the Amiga user in mind. We hope you will join us on this exciting journey and support us in sharing our products and services with like minded community users. Thank you. The Retro EZ Team.

6 Sep 2022

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- Greetings and salutations everyone! If I'm not making any really progress on the new site at least I will try and increase my link postings on this one.

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Assets for an old mod for Alien Breed 3D 2: Assets for an old mod made in around 1997/1998 for Alien Breed 3D 2, a game released for the Commodore Amiga 1200 and 4000 in 1996. The original version of the game required 4MB of Fast RAM. This mod likely requires more, but not more than 16MB.
Ghidra Amiga: Ghidra Amiga Extension. Load Amiga Hunk executables and Kickstart ROMs. Includes NDK 3.9 symbols
How to build AmigaOS4 cross-compiler (Binutils 2.23.2 & GCC 8.3.0) on CYGWIN: {Amigans.net thread. Full walk though with pics and comments}
AmigaOS4 version of Odyssey: AmigaOS4 version of Odyssey
clib2 – A C runtime library for AmigaOS4: This is a fork of official clib2 present in adtools. The point of this library is to make it Amiga OS4 only to maintain it easily and add all missing clib2 features that are hard to add also on classic amigas. Classic amigas has also ixemul that is the most complete, POSIX compliant, library we have. It is useless share code that most probably no one will use. Te goal is to try to make it POSIX compliant and fix also all C++ problems we have with newer compilers. All warnings (except really few one) produced by GCC 10 and above are now gone. All deprecated OS4 functions are replaced by modern one (except for StackSwap i don't find the replacement)
X5000 WIKI: This page provides information repository about the X5000 computer from A-EON Technology Ltd.
BeeBase: BeeBase is a relational, programmable database system with graphical user interface for Windows, Mac, Linux and Amiga. {Originally MUIbase. Written by Steffen Guttman}
ScanPlus AGA – Amiga 1200 and Amiga 4000D Scandoubler: ScanPlus AGA is a internal Scandoubler for the Amiga 1200 and Amiga 4000D (not Amiga 4000T or Amiga CD32). The advantage of the internal ScanPlus AGA is that it will allow you to connect to a standard VGA monitor whether that be a traditional (best) CRT experience or a flat screen monitor or TV with VGA connector.
The triumph and tragedy of the Commodore Amiga: But can it play Doom? A question we all asked, repeatedly, throughout the early to mid-1990s. As Commodore’s Amiga had dragged itself, almost kicking and screaming, from the high-priced, productivity-focused world of workstations and onto desks of regular punters around Europe (‘the world’ would be pushing it), it felt like there was nothing this computer couldn’t do.
History Of The Amiga: The following history of the Amiga documents the development and commercial history of the Amiga, a home computer product line manufactured from the middle 1980s up to today.
Pandory: The Pandory Mod is "sideloaded" firmware for the A500 mini which gives you full access to the machine and allows you to run native programs that enable many new game emulators, such as RetroArch. It comes in the form of a WHDLOAD package and exploits a hidden-feature of the A500 amiberry emulator to run native code. It runs completely from USB stick and is 100% removable.
amiga-par-to-spi-adapter : The goal of this project is to make a cheap and easy to build SPI adapter that connects to the parallel port of an Amiga. Furthermore, the performance of the adapter should be as fast as possible.
The 7 worst gaming controllers of all time: People love their games machines. Genesis vs Super Nintendo. PlayStation 3 vs Xbox 360. Epoch Cassette Vision vs, er, the Arcadia 2001. If you've owned a gaming box you probably had a view on how it stacks against the competition. But how often do we factor in the controller? As the bit you actually need to get your feels on, it's important. Like, really important. With this in mind, let's take a gander at seven games controllers that didn't so much let the side down, as scuttle the bloody ship altogether. And there isn't an N64 controller in sight.
Why the Atari 2600’s Joystick Port Became a De Facto Standard: The Original “Universal” Port. The Atari 2600’s joystick port had a history that survived for nearly two decades on a variety of systems, from the Sega Master System to the 3DO. Not that cross-compatibility is exactly perfect.
Welcome to the Amiga PCB Explorer: {OUTSTANDING!!! Full PBC layouts for the A500, 600, 1200, 4000, 4000T CD32 and the A2386sx board. Only selective versions of the boards are available}
SDL for AmigaOS 4.0: This is a port of SDL, the Simple Directmedia Layer, for AmigaOS 4.0. SDL is a popular open-source API for games and other software that need low-level access to video and audio hardware and input devices. SDL was created and is maintained by Sam Lantinga, but has had a legion of contributors of the years (see SDL credits). The AmigaOS 4.0 port was created originally by Thomas and Hans Joerg Frieden, but for the last two years has largely been the work of me, Richard Drummond. Other contributors include Juergen Schober (who developed the audio layer). You can find may OS4.0 applications built with SDL at os4depot.net and some that I have built on my Amiga Stuff page.
Why Jack Tramiel left Commodore: Retro computing fans, especially Commodore and Atari enthusiasts, all know the story. Jack Tramiel left Commodore, the company he founded, in early 1984 at the height of its success. Then, within a few months, he gained control of Commodore rival Atari. But why?

24 Aug 2022

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Boy there is nothing more I LOVE than falling down the rabbit hole of some random Amiga topic. While updating my Big Old List of *EVERY* Custom Amiga Chip and Chipset Name I Could Find doc, let me know if you have any comments, I got caught up finding more links about Dr. Ed. helper's Hombre Chipset and Dave Haynie's next generation Acutiator AAA system (Note: PDF doc)

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Commodore Amiga Hombre Chipset {archive.org}: {Agenda Phillips/Commodore Meeting 15 Apr 1994 about the HOMBRE overview goals and strategy by Dr. Ed Helper}
Dr ED's interview: An Interview with Dr. Ed Hepler Amiga Custom Chip-set Designer. By Vidar Langberget, foreword by DarkBlue.
The Dave Haynie Archives: What you have here is the first set of documents from old Commodore that I managed to assemble. This is definitely a work in progress, and it doesn't progress fast. Much of the Amiga stuff was done on Amigas, but unfortunately at different times. So I didn't necessarily still have the programs necessary to read and convert some of this documentation to ASCII and/or the portable document format (PDF, Adobe's Acrobat format, as close as you're likely to get to a universal format). {Buster, AA- Lisa, A2620, A2330, A3640, A3000+, A2631, Acutiator, Gemini, NYX, AAA, Zorro III and more!!}
Mambo's Amiga Blog: This page is for any Amiga and yet-to-be Amiga enthusiasts out there. I’ve learned a lot (not everything) and maybe some of this info will help others.
Amiga-hardware.info: {Custom Amiga search engine for: Google, Archive.org, Aminet, Turran FTP, Retro Computer Scene, Big Book of Amiga Hardware & Amiga Hardware Database}
CBM's Plans for the RISC-Chipset By: Dave Haynie (archived.org): {Custom Amiga search engine for: Google, Archive.org, Aminet, Turran FTP, Retro Computer Scene, Big Book of Amiga Hardware & Amiga Hardware Database}
Andy Warhol: Machine Made: Christie’s is honored to present Andy Warhol: Machine Made, a ground-breaking online auction of five unique NFTs (non-fungible tokens) of digital works created by Andy Warhol in the mid-1980s and recovered from obsolete floppy disks in 2014. Created in a paint program on Warhol’s Commodore Amiga personal computer in the mid-1980’s, the group of five works includes two self-portraits, his signature flower, and Campbell’s soup can motifs, and a rendering of a single banana on a blue background.
AMIGA IS RISING BACK TO NFT: Amiga was introduced to the world in 1985, by the home computers and electronics manufacturer Commodore. Even today, some people always refer to it as Commodore Amiga, while others stand for the model, such as: Amiga 500, the most significant and revolutionary creation by the company. Who would’ve thought that decades past its end there would be a rise of artwork, only made possible through the tools and softwares that Amiga has granted. The rise is coming on the NFT space, mainly with artwork made in the 80’s, which was kept to its creators until today, but also artists who are buying the available computers to make exclusive Amiga art.
amigawiki service information (German): {LOTS of service and technical information - in German}
Clock Signal : Clock Signal ('CLK') is an emulator for tourists that seeks to be invisible. Users directly launch classic software, avoiding the learning curves associated with emulators and with classic machines. A latency-hating emulator of 8- and 16-bit platforms: the Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Apple II/II+/IIe and early Macintosh, Atari 2600 and ST, ColecoVision, Enterprise 64/128, Commodore Vic-20 and Amiga, MSX 1, Oric 1/Atmos, Sega Master System, Sinclair ZX80/81 and ZX Spectrum.
UHC TOOLS: This is a collection of programs and scripts for Amiga computers and their offsprings. {22 currently listed}

22 Aug 2022

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! What a nice way to start off a day. Recently Daniel, over at my FAVORITE Amiga website Amiga-News.de, contacted me about a progress report on the new site. Well I think you all know the answer to that (**STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION** ha ha) but he was nice enough to post this update. Thanks Daniel! I promise I'm working on it!!!

- If you haven't read this interview it is well worth your time. The guys at Tarnkappe.info just did a WONDERFUl interview with Bars&Pipes maintainer Alfred Faust. Side note... In the interview he mentions that his towered A1200 broke a few weeks {edit- years} ago and he's not quite sure when he will be able to get it repaired. Question... Why haven't we either started a gofundme, donated some money directly to him or got him parts to fix his computer yet? I'm going to see how I can help!

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BarsnPipes: Interview with Alfred Faust: In this massive interview we talk to Alfred Faust, the man behind Bars&Pipes about this popular Amiga sequencer and his plans for the future.
Alfred Faust: {Homepage for Alfred Faust. Creator of Bars&Pipes. Also resources for SuperJAM!, TripplePlay3, DB-50XG, Inovatools, MIDI and other music related information}
Amiga-Music-Inquiry: Selectanovel asked some musicians how they produce their tunes on the Amiga. Do they also use any PC hardware for their hobby?
Amigans.net Discord Link: {The title says it all}
Digital Images And The Amiga: There was a time in the late 80s and early 90s where the Amiga was the standard for computer graphics. Remember SeaQuest? That was an Amiga. The intro to Better Call Saul? That’s purposefully crappy, to look like it came out of an Amiga. When it comes to the Amiga and video, the first thing that comes to mind is the Video Toaster, hardware and software that turns an Amiga 2000 into a nonlinear video editing suite. Digital graphics, images, and video on the Amiga was so much more than the Video Toaster, and at this year’s Vintage Computer Festival East, [Bill] and [Anthony] demonstrated what else the Amiga could do.
John "Chucky" Hertell: {The legend! TONS of information about ReAmiga, upgrading Bizzards boards, AA3000+ Amiga 4000 Replica, A3660 A4000 & more!}
A3640 Repairguide: The Commodore A3640 is a very simple 68040 accelerator for the Amiga 3000 and 4000 made only to be low priced. So no memory onboard etc. BUT as they also populated the card with 3 electrolyte capacitors with the wrong polarity, many of them have died due to leakage. The most common problem is that there are a via that have gone bad due to the leakage. And I have been annoyed that it is kind of hard to follow traces. So last summer. I did the painful thing of finding 2 scanned pictures of a bare A3640 board and in paint.net I followed every single trace and documented it.
AAmiga 4000 Hardware: Here I will try to collect different hardware problems and their solutions. This is a “never to be finished page” and have no idea whatsoever if this is a good media to do it. But. ok let’s try. ok? Some fixes and troubleshooting will require you to have spares, oscilloscopes, hot air station, solder station etc. and know how to use it. if not: let someone who got the knowledge/stuff to do it.
GoTek-Retro Articles: {A bunch of good articles on various topics. Adding a CD-Rom to your A2000, A500 memory issues, Amiga IDE FAQ, Big Book of Amiga Troubleshooting, copying a physical floppy to an ADF for a Gotek and more
Dossier: Hidden messages and Easter eggs in AmigaOS {French - translated}: Hidden messages or easter eggs in the Amiga operating system are nothing new. The first hidden message was inserted as early as 1985 in a preview of the Kickstart ROM and this "tradition" continues until the very latest versions of AmigaOS.
The Commodore Logo: A Short History {Video}: A very brief and high level look at the history of logos used by the company that brought us the Commodore 64. From their humble beginnings in 1958 as Commodore Portable Typewriter Company Limited, to the creation of the famous "chicken lips" logo in 1965 when they were called Commodore Business Machines (Canada) Limited, to their demise in 1994 as Commodore International Limited.
MEDUSA Retro SCANDOUBLER: Medusa is here; after many experiments with framemeister, OSSC and others, we decided to make quantum leap ahead all competition and make sth MUCH BETTER :-).. and to be honest - WE DID IT !
Hirasawa Composes Boot Jingle for AmigaOS 4.0 {Archive.org}: Chaos Union and Hyperion Entertainment VOF announced today that recording artist Susumu Hirasawa will deliver a boot jingle created specifically for AmigaOS 4.0. Two additional tracks will also be included on the AmigaOS 4.0 CD to showcase Hirasawa's music.
Photogenics {archive.org}: {Idruna.com Photogenics page}
Retro Supplies: We are a UK based designer and manufacturer of upgrades for Commodore Amiga computers, supplying end users and wholesale customers. All our products are designed and built by the Amiga parts designer know as LinuxJedi. {CPU boards, Ram/Rom Upgrades, RGBtoHDMI, FPGA Addons and more}
Amiga 2000 Rebuild Project Part 1: {Another GREAT posing from Epsilon about a recent A2000 rebuild}
Graphics Tablets on the Amiga: I’ve been working on my A1200 with a graphics tablet and have made a video on how to do this, a couple of the tablets that work, and some recommendations. During this process I’ve realised how hard it can be to hunt down all of the different drivers (some of which have never been on Aminet) I’ve collected them all together here, with thanks to everyone on EAB, and the guy in germany who sold me Tableau Pro. {Wacom}
AmigaONE X1000 10 Year Anniversary Thoughts: So just over 10 years ago, I bought a new Amiga, the AmigaOne x1000. It had a lot of promises, to push the Amiga platform to the next generation of computing. Dual core support, 64bit, cpu and this weird custom chip, Xmos. It all sounded very exciting, os4 also got Firefox port at this time and other promised app like open office for kids was promised to be on the horizon. Amiga sounded like it had a chance of a return, so with much debate and thinking it seemed like it was now or never to try and support this mini comeback I would get myself an AmigaOne x1000. 10 years on did the promises match the dream. I wrote a review also 10 years ago’s, re-reading I put this in its summary section of the review

16 Aug 2022

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Sorry... Trust me when I say really I didn't intend to go a whole month between updates. I must have stared this entry at least half a dozen times but never quite finished it. Anyway.... A few things have caught my eye since the last update.

  A-EON Technology released Version 2.2 of their Enhancer Software. It's good to see that development is still happening on the OS4x side of the house.

  An informative thread on Amigworld.net discusses the back story of Mai Logic (Creators of the Artica chipsets found in the AmigaOne and Pegasos line of computers). There we will find information on [E1] Jason Ho’s chip design businesses, (1992~2004) and various documents pertaining to his various legal issues. Side note... Who knew knew Mai provided parts for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)?

  Night and Day... In Trevor's latest blog post he doesn't expect the production run of A1222 boards to ship until 2023 while ACube is predicting they will have a new batch of Sam460LE motherboards ready by this September.

   On Amigans.net there is a disheartening thread in which a user discuses issues he's having with his second X5000. I realize we all exist in a VERY SMALL community. Virtually every project is basically "hand to mouth". You better buy it today because it might not be there tomorrow. I know we no longer have the backing of a single company with deep pockets, R/D, programming & engineering staffs, QC, advertising, public relations and more. I can sympathize with the global slowdown of electronic parts and how that is affecting out industry and I understand why the community is completely fractured into different camps. I applaud each ones efforts to keep their little part of the dream alive.

  I get it. I really do but at this point I am VIRTUALLY convinced this nightmare will NEVER END!! LOL! The quicker I learn accept it the happier I will be but I take solace in remembering that sometimes it's not the destination but rather journey that is most satisfying part. I like the fight. I like being an underdog. I LOVE the challenges that come with it! Would we really appreciate the Amiga if everything was easy?? My guess is no. And while I'll keep on fighting I guess I'm most angry at the fact that that after all these years we are still no closer to having the legal issues resolved. INCREDIBLE!!! It seems that out of all the possible outcomes the odds of someone FINALLY taking control of this cluster and start picking up the pieces is the MOST UNLIKELY outcome of all...

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Amiga Graphics Card Guide: The aim of this guide is to settle if Amiga is a computer or a console. As you can see in this guide the big-box Amiga computers had graphics cards for a long time. However, low-end Amigas also have several options for making that possible. Amiga computers aren’t limited by their custom chipset at all. It never was!
Building a Micro-AmigaOne - By Lyle Hazelwood {Archive.org}: The following article is an account of observations and solutions to problems which arose during the build of a Micro AmigaOne computer. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Any similarity to your real life experience is purely coincidental. All information in this document is believed to be accurate. The author accepts no responsibility for how you use it.
An Amiga 1000: {Multi-part series abouty the restoration on an A1000}
AmigaWarp: {Bosnian Amiga news site}
The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Amiga platform never died: A new Amiga computer emerges that is both modern and an Amiga.
THE DEATHBED VIGIL: A story of the days surrounding the bankruptcy of Commodore Computer, some of the people involved in making the Amiga systems, and where it all went wrong. A film by Dave Haynie
VIRUS HELP TEAM: Virus Help Team started on 1 january 1995, with the aim to help Amiga users with virus problems and support the antivirus programmers. We do all this anti-virus work in our free time, we all have full time work next to our antivirus hobby. And by the way Virus Help Team in Denmark celebrated 25'th anniversary in 2020, so we are here if you have any virus problems. Our objectives are: To fight and prevent the spreading of computervirus. To aid users with virus relate problems. To support all well known antivirus programmer with virus. To find virus programmers and bring them to justice. To be a NON-PROFIT group. Keeping the Amiga alive.
AmigaLinux.org: {TONS of pictures, files and guides supporting Linux on the AmigaOne X1000, SAM and other AmigaOne Computers.}
Analogic: {Established in 1987 this UK company sells various Amiga chips, boards, refurbished computers and more}
Avalanche: Simple ReAction GUI for XAD
Amiga clock port to Raspberry Pi interface: This interface has a small 64 kB SRAM memory that is shared between an Amiga and a Raspberry Pi. The Amiga connects to the interface through the clock port. The A314 software has been adapted to this interface so that it is possible to run services such as a314fs and the SANA-II network driver. The software is available as the clockport_if branch in the a314 repository, which is added to this repository as a git submodule.
Commodore Amiga 4000 PSU upgrade/repair: Even though I have already replaced the capacitors in my A4000's PSU.. I just didn't trust it! Oh and the cooling fan was just too noisy! So I thought to myself, bugger it I've got a spare A4000 PSU, I'll convert an ATX PSU and refit it in the it's case. So the first thing I did was find an ATX supply that not only had enough current to supply the A4000, but was smaller then the original case so I knew the PSU PCB will fit the original Amiga PSU case.
Amiga 4000: PSU Mod : My power supply died again. It has been very unreliable for some reason (probably bad caps, or overload), so I finally decided to mod an ATX power supply for the 4K to give it more power and reliability. I based my mod on a mix of 2 other ATX mods: I took the PSU case mod part of this: http://mfilos.blogspot.com/2011/08/a4000-psu-mod.html and the ATX part of the mod from this: http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=7593 which gets you the concoction that I came up below. It’s not too bad I think, other than the not-so-straight cut lines. I put links at the end of this post below so you can find everything that I bought for this mod easily.
Commodore Amiga 4000 PSU Upgrade: Some months ago i have decided to upgrade the power supply of my Commodore Amiga 4000 with a good ATX power supply, compact and with a high amperage. I have found the SFX POWER 2 300w from the German Company: Be Quiet. The power supply is perfectly suited to my needs. Below the work was done, anything of complex if not fit the PCB inside the power supply of the Commodore Amiga 4000.
Amiga [Data] On the Go!: {Article covering the Amazing Computing feature story on how to connect an Amiga computer to a Sharp Wizard}
Boxing clever – the best of Amiga box art: Purchasing a video game these days frequently means clicking a button on a website, or buying a box off a shelf with only a code on a piece of paper inside it. But there was a time when buying a game used to mean you got a package of sweet sweet goodies. You could expect a well written manual at the very least, but often you would get maps, posters and fancy code wheels when you handed over your cash. And on the front cover – works of art.
Greaseweazle Host Tools: This repository contains the host tools for controlling Greaseweazle: Greaseweazle is a USB device and host tools allowing versatile floppy drive control. By extracting the raw flux transitions from a drive, any disk format can be captured and analysed: PC, Amiga, Amstrad, PDP-11, musical instruments, industrial equipment, and more. Greaseweazle also supports writing to floppy disks, from a range of image file formats including those commonly used for online preservation (ADF, IPF, DSK, IMG, HFE, ...).
The Micro-AmigaOne and Amiga OS4 Developer Prerelease (Update 1): It lives! Ars looks at new Amiga hardware and the Amiga OS4 Developer...
lammpee: {An INCREDIBLE web based simulation of the OS 1.3 workbench as if you were sitting down in front of the a real 1084 monitor. Scan lines & flicker included!}
Old operating system as homepage: {The source code for lampmee.de}
Amigaplanet: The AmigaPlanet Manifesto. We thought it over and over again and decide to enhance communication with all the Amiga Community by creating a simple blog to share the most important and “juicy” threads of out forum in the form of blog-posts or articles or simply copy-paste procedure.
amiga-debug Visual Studio Code Extension (Windows only): One-stop Visual Studio Code Extention to compile, debug and profile Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 12.1 with the bundled WinUAE. This fully self-contained extension will help you to quickly develop demos, intros, games, etc. for the Amiga 500, 1200, 4000. It supports C and C++, however no standard library is available. It comes with advanced productivity features like debug overlay, frame profiler, graphics debugger and size profiler.
DRACONET International Draco Resource Center {archive.org}: {Hardware & software compatibility, tips & tricks, software, mailing list info and much more}
Welcome to Famous Amiga Uses homepage!: A big document, (actually two, one in AmigaGuide format and the other one in html format) that contains information about famous Amiga uses around the world. This document will show that Amiga was quite widely used in Schools, TV-stations, Movies etc...
Computer Grpahics and Computer Animation: A Retrospective overview - 16.4 Amiga: This book was developed in an attempt to maintain in one location the information and references that point to the many important historical developments of the short life of the computer graphics world as we know it. {This is the Amiga chapter}
Verycomputer Amiga Forums: {An old Amiga forum. Lost of topics. Last posting ~2011}
The Amiga Graphics Archive: vLaunched in 1985 the Commodore Amiga boasted graphics capabilities that were unsurpassed for it's time. It featured an intricate collection of custom chips that enabled it to do things that, until then, had been impossible to achieve with other personal computers. This site is dedicated to graphics made with or for the Commodore Amiga home computer.
Getting an A1200 Online Part 1 – Adding a Network Card: In this guide I’m going to document how I got my Amiga A1200 online. I’ll cover installing a network card and configuring a TCP/IP Stack. I’ll also cover installing a Web browser and email program and maybe a few other bits and bobs too.
Setting up Wireless Internet Access on A1200: Guide to setting up a Wireless Network/Internet connection on A1200/A600* This guide contains the basic steps needed to setup Internet access on an A1200 with the following hardware, if you have different hardware then some of the steps may also differ. This guide only covers the automatic detection of settings; there will be a further guide for setting up manually should you encounter a problem. This guide also assumes you have basic knowledge of navigating your way around the Workbench and have the facility to transfer files to your Amiga.
PCMCIA Compact Flash Guide: This guide will summarise what is needed to get PCMCIA Compact Flash working as a mass storage device on an Amiga A600 or A1200 to be able to transfer files to and from it.
GMB's PCMCIA Page: This page should give you an overview of PCMCIA Cards tested on the native 16 bit PCMCIA-Slot of an AMIGA A1200 or A600. This list isn't ment to be complete and comes with no warranty!
About NetBSD/amiga: NetBSD/amiga is the port of NetBSD to the Amiga line of personal computers by Commodore and [Amiga International] and to the DraCo by MacroSystem GmbH. Development activity on NetBSD/amiga continues at a speed dependent on people's spare time. Currently, NetBSD/amiga runs on any Amiga [1] that has a Motorola 68020 or better CPU with some form of MMU, and on 68060 DraCos. For 68020 and 68030 systems, a FPU is recommended but not required. 68LC040, 68040V and 68LC060 systems don't work correctly at the moment.
About NetBSD/amigappc: NetBSD/amigappc is a very experimental port to the PowerPC-based Amiga expansion boards as manufactured by Phase 5. Supported peripheral devices will basically be the same as with NetBSD/amiga. Currently, we do not plan to create any binary release, but development will continue and is in fact, easier, now that cross-compilation of the base system is supported within NetBSD-current.

15 Jul 2022

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Ok... Between life and me just being lazier than normal I've been a bit behind the power curve this year but I'm still here. Anyway more links to be added this weekend!

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Commodore Amiga port of Curse of Monkey Island: This is a game interpreter and player for the Lucasarts game "Curse of Monkey Island" (COMI) for the Commodore Amiga range of computers. This allows you to play the Curse of Monkey Island game, natively without emulation on the Commodore Amiga using its software APIs using a copy of the COMI PC data files only. In laymans terms; Goodsoup is "COMI.exe" for the Amiga
Geit.de: Later new Amiga compatible systems came and effected my daily computer usage. This also had an effect on Geit.de and the stuff I provided. In the beginning I used Amithlon on a Pentium3 with AmigaOS 3.9, while today I am using the Pegasos2 G4 1Ghz with MorphOS. The Pegasos system was also used as fallback webserver, when Geit.de was offline for some reason. Over the years Geit.de got tweaked and enlarged. I introduced the hardware section where I present my computer systems. Especially the home made hardware stuff was always loved by the Geit.de visitors. At least that is what I got from the access logs and the feedback.
Commodore Amiga Retro scuzzblog diaries: My name is scuzz. On this site you will find my private collection of Amiga and retro computers. Including all the disks, magazines, software, books, videos, expansions, peripherals, cards, cover disks floppy drives, monitors, printers etc etc etc etc.
the Giant List of Classic Game Programmers: This is a Who's Who of classic game designers and programmers, where classic refers to pre-NES 8-bit systems: home computers (like the Atari 800 and Apple II), consoles (like the Atari 2600 and Intellivision), and arcade coin-ops. Games for later platforms are included to show the history of designers that started with 8-bit systems.
YAM (short for 'Yet Another Mailer'): YAM (short for 'Yet Another Mailer') is a MIME-compliant open-source Internet email client written for Amiga-based computer systems (AmigaOS4, AmigaOS3, MorphOS, AROS). It supports POP3, SMTP, TLSv1/SSLv3 connection security, multiple users, multiple identities, PGPv2/v5 encryption, unlimited hierarchical folders, an ARexx interface, etc...
Bob's Bits: {PCBs and Replica PCBs for the Amiga: Amiga 500+, Amiga 2000, Replacement "Vidiot" board, Amiga Mitsumi Keyboard , Flickerfixer/Scandoubler PCB for Amiga 2000, Terrible Fire 534 (TF534) Accelerator PCB, Terrible Fire 534 (TF534) Accelerator PCB, Diet Agnus Adapter, Open 68000 Relocator, Open Amiga 500 Fast RAM Expansion & Multipurpose ATX Adaptor. Also replicas for the C=64, Vic-20, C=1541, Amstrad CPC464 & Acorn BBC Model B.}
Amiga Test Kit 1.19: Amiga Test Kit Version 1.19 by Keir Fraser is an excellent tool for diagnosing issues with your Amiga! You can test: Memory, Keyboard, Floppy Drive, Controller Ports, Audio, Video, CIA, Chipset, Real Time Clock & Serian and Parallel Ports.
How to Burn a Kickstart ROM for an Amiga 500: I found myself needing to update my Amiga 500 to Kickstart 3.1 to support my IDE device, which is a combo IDE / 8MB Fast RAM and uses an SD to 2.5 inch IDE adapter to utilize a 2GB micro SD card. That aside, I know that its possible to patch the 1.3 Kickstart with SCSI device drivers and then be able to boot Workbench 1.3 from the IDE but I didn’t want to mess with all of that, didn’t have the patience and just really needed to test if the IDE part of my IDE / 8MB Fast RAM combo worked. As with all things that I try to do, I find bits and pieces of information that I tend to compile into a fully working solution.
CD32 Screenpedia Encyclopedia {Archive.org}: 196 Pages of awesome Amiga CD32 goodness in this one off retro gaming Digital Encyclopaedia! Every game has been painstakingly researched to give the reader the most detailed look at the CD32 library available to date. Every commercially released game in the Amiga CD32’s lifespan (1993-1998) has been included along with full colour screenshots, box art, sprites and much much more. Being a digital book allows you to take it anywhere, allowing you to view it on a phone, tablet or laptop. If you or someone you know is an Amiga CD32 retro gaming enthusiast this is the book for you.
Cinemaware {Archive.org}: Makers of Defender of the Crown, Wings, It Came from the Desert, Rocket Ranger, Lords of the Rising Sun, The Three Stooges, The King of Chicago & Sinbad.
AmiSSL: AmiSSL is the AmigaOS/MorphOS/AROS port of OpenSSL. It wraps the full functionality of OpenSSL into a full-fledged Amiga shared library that makes it possible for Amiga applications to use the full OpenSSL API through a standard Amiga shared library interface (e.g. web browsers wanting to support HTTPS, etc.)...
The HALF LIFE For AMIGA & LINUX Petition {Archive.org}: {Very old petition. Lots of old names and websites listed.
The Amiga Users Group of Victoria Inc.: Welcome to the Amiga Users Group Website. Melbourne Australia
Amiga Workbench Magazine Archives: {The Amiga Users Group of Victoria Inc.} AUG produced a monthly newsletter which contains club information and the latest Amiga news. Some of our back issues are available to download as PDF files. If you have any missing issues please contact our webmaster. {131 issues. GREAT souce of information. A MUST LOOK AT!!!}
#amigazeux: Messages list
Australian Amiga Gazette: Australian Amiga Gazette (AAG) was created by me in 1996 as a grassroots, hard copy publication for the purpose of keeping the Amiga computer alive here in Australian. First produced in December 1996 and ending in October 98 which spanned 23 issues. AAG was created wholly on an Amiga 4000 using Amiga’s Page Stream publishing software and printed on a secondhand printing press that cost $2500. A black and white monthly magazine containing 40 pages of articles, product reviews and advertising available from computer shops that sold the Amiga here in Australia. This site archives for posterity the 23 issues of AAG in PDF format for download. It also seeks to acknowledge all those who contributed to its pages and the two AAG promotional events during its time.
The Amiga Users Group of Victoria Inc.: Welcome to the Amiga Users Group Website. Melbourne Australia
Kultmags: {Online issues of Amiga DOS, Amiga Fever, Amiga Games, Amiga Games CD-ROM, Amiga Joker, Amiga Magazin, Amiga Play, Amiga Plus CD-ROM, & an buch of other magazines for different systems.}
Power Supply Saver AMIGA 500/600/1200: PROFESSIONAL POWER SAVER PROTECTION FOR: AMIGA 500, AMIGA 500+, AMIGA 600, AMIGA 1200. WORLWIDE EXPERIENCE: To date a couple of people have contacted me thanking me after their crazy Meanwell PSU failed the voltage went up :-O ... but with the OVP the AMIGA was saved ... the only thing burned were the two fuses of protection! OH YEAH! ;-)) This "Power Saver HQ" is different from ordinary protectors: it is professional . And it was created to protect all the Commodore AMIGA power supplies according to the list. The protection is complete for: +5 VDC, +12VDC, -12VDC. It is completely made of semiconductors with very fast intervention times 20us (microseconds!), no relay on board that would require long intervention times 200ms (milliseconds!). What does it means this time value? It means 10.000 time fasters then relay-based protections . This is the only way we can safely safeguard our Commodore vintage computer This electronic circuit allows to keep under control the voltages supplied by the AMIGA power supply by detecting anomalies on the correct value.
Amiga RAMesses: I recently developed a popular board called RAMesses, which upgrades an Amiga 500 / 2000 / Commodore CDTV to 2MB of Chip RAM without any soldering / cutting of the motherboard. I figured I would post more about what it is and why I developed it.
Lupe V2.0 for Amiga 68K and MorphOS: You may remember this small program from the 90's and maybe you are still using it nowadays. We are talking about Lupe - the magnifying glass program. Lupe was originally released in 1995 and was developed until 1997 by Frank Toepper. In 2000 the source code was released and lay around untouched for centuries. Then in 2022, after encountering some problems with the old version I took the source code, ported it to AmigaE, fixed a couple of bugs and added some features. The result is: Lupe V2.0.
Amiga Technical Resource - Technical Datasheets: {Another source for various Amiga and related datasheets}
www.amiga-classic.org: Welcome to a website dedicated to Amiga Classic proposed by the WArMUp Association.
Amiga {Demos}: {Hundreds of Amiga Demos: Videos, Downloads, Year of publication & Group}
Matzes a1k.org Graphics Adapter: Graphics adapter for Zorro II slot - fits all Amigas with Zorro slots, e.g. A2000 up to A4000T. Enjoy high resolutions and frequencies on all big box Amigas. Can be connected to the A500 via the expansion port (requires soldering of expansion port connector) with optional (separately sold) expansion kit. The first RGT graphics card for the A500! Compatible with GBA graphics adapter* - Maximum compatibility with many RTG-ready Amiga applications. Integrated monitor switcher - automatic switching between Amiga and VGA signal. The native Amiga signal is automatically switched as necessary, works with only one monitor cable. A special internal connector allows for direct connection to internal VGA flicker fixer board for Denise. {and more}
Vanilla-Conquer : Vanilla Conquer provides clean, cross-platform builds of the C&C Remastered Collection and the standalone legacy games.
MorphOS-Storage: Welcome to MorphOS-Storage, a webserver dedicated to MorphOS users.
Decades of Fun: Computers Built to Last The Amiga as "a computer built to last 50 years": delightful piece about the author's ideal, long-lasting computational platform - precisely the thing I enjoy reading. It's got a nice blend of slow tech and libre computing advocacy mixed with personal ponderings centered around the computer as a tool for creativity and healthy interpersonal communication.

19 Jun 2022

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Before we get to the links (which are all related to todays post) I need to let you know about this INCREDIBLE experience I had this week....

   As I've stated time and time again "I have the BEST wife in the whole WORLD", today I need to make slight change and expand my frame of reference. "I have the BEST wife in the whole UNIVERSE!!"

  For my father day gift my wife purchased me a night at a 80's themed Air B&B in Winston-Salem North Carolina. The Host, Scott Leftwich, is a true lover of the 80's and vintage tech. The room had a collection of records, old video game consoles (Atari 2600/5200/7800, Nintendos, Colecovision, a Fairchild Channel F and more), an assortment of 8-bit computers (Commodore 64, Mattel Aquarious, Atari 400/800 and other), VHS player w/movies, posters and more. Now while that in of itself would have been good enough for a good time the ABSOLUTELY MIND BLOWING twist was found 12 feet below us in the basement. Scott has amassed the largest collection of arcade machines on the east coast of the US.

   Yes you read that correctly... The LARGEST... Currently he has 129 cabinets and they weren’t just tightly stuffed in there with tarps over them. Scott has it set up just like the arcades of old. He calls his arcade "wieners and losers" and it even has a small snack bar/restaurant, a jukebox and stuff on wall that made it seem like you just took a trip back in time to the mall on a Saturday in 1983. All the machines are complete original, lovingly restored and fully ready to play.

Welcome back to the 80's baby!!

To bring it to the next level he even has the worlds first arcade game Computer Space.

SPEECHLESS!!

Personally I thought the BEST part was the Commodore 64 & trusty 1541 drive he had setup for me with with Ghostbusters booted ready to play! LOL!! Only joking... It was the Arcade!

So stop what you're doing and book a stay so you can check this off your bucket list... But don't wait. The dates fill up quickly.

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Aminet search results for MAME: Have fun!
Amiga in mame?: Thread at English Amiga Board
MAME on an A1200: Thread at Amiga.org
Anyone running the Amiga in MAME?: Thread at English Amiga Board
Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator for Amiga 0.35.12: Triumph Software is a Norwegian Amiga group which has been producing quality utilities, demos, intros and animations for at least 12 years.
Mame cabinet with only GOOD Roms with Amiga Arcade Roms: Thread at Aussiearcade.com
MAME Welcome to The Official Site of the MAME Development Team: MAME is a multi-purpose emulation framework. MAME’s purpose is to preserve decades of software history. As electronic technology continues to rush forward, MAME prevents this important "vintage" software from being lost and forgotten. This is achieved by documenting the hardware and how it functions. The source code to MAME serves as this documentation. The fact that the software is usable serves primarily to validate the accuracy of the documentation (how else can you prove that you have recreated the hardware faithfully?). Over time, MAME (originally stood for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) absorbed the sister-project MESS (Multi Emulator Super System), so MAME now documents a wide variety of (mostly vintage) computers, video game consoles and calculators, in addition to the arcade video games that were its initial focus.
Museum of the Game® International Arcade Museum® - Killer List of Videogame: The International Arcade Museum® (IAM) and Killer List of Videogames® at Museum of the Game® is the world's largest educational center focusing on the art, inventions, science, and history of the amusement, coin-operated machine, game, and videogame industries. The Museum's groups and projects include the Killer List of Videogames®, Arcadia® (including Penny Arcadia®, Pinball Arcadia™, and Video Arcadia™), and the Videogame and Arcade Preservation Society™. The Museum also supports an independently operated 501c3 public charity, the International Arcade Museum Library.

31 May 2022

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! I'm getting this months update in by the skin of my teeth. LOL. It was German Field Marshal Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke who once said “No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.” and let me be the first one to tell you that is the truth! I REALLY did have plans to work on the site but unforeseen events popped up.

But with that said onto a few new links and let us celebrate International Amiga Day. (link from 2017)

This is GREAT!

Pic linked from IndieRetroNews.com
- Happy Birthday Jay Miner.

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Interview with the creator of AmigaDOS: The Amiga is one of my all time favorite computers and a chance encounter via the Museum of Computing, where I volunteer, offered the opportunity to interview Dr Tim King and his wife Jessica about their important contribution to the release of the ground breaking Amiga 1000 computer. Without the TRIPOS operating system the Amiga's launch would have been seriously delayed. I am very grateful to Tim and Jessica for allowing me to take up so much of their time on the day of the interview. This was my first multi-camera, multi-mic interview! I hope you enjoy this fascinating interview.
PowerPCAmiga: This project is a reimplementation of WarpOS for various PPC PCI cards for the Zorro 3 big box Amigas. It is a rewrite from assembly to (mostly) C of the SonnetAmiga project.
User Extensibility in Amiga Mosaic: Abstract: Mosaic and HTTP daemons have greatly improved the utility and aesthetics of the internet by allowing people to express themselves, and to receive and transmit information through a consistent, powerful and attractive interface. There is, however, one important respect in which most current implementations of Mosaic limit user creativity: the program's capabilities are not extensible by the user, except through the relatively awkward addition of external MIME viewers and the use of a simple signal mechanism that allows it to be told to display a new URL.
Amiga Mosaic- Introduction: Introduction: A little over a year ago, three enthusiastic users of both the Amiga computer and the World Wide Web decided that it was time for the Amiga to have its own version of Mosaic. The ``Three Michaels'', as we sometimes called ourselves, began the daunting task of porting NCSA's Mosaic for X to the Amiga platform. Although they did not consider this an official port, the NCSA graciously allowed us to use their source code, and the name Mosaic. Having decided to port NCSA Mosaic to the Amiga, we were faced with the job of moving some 50,000 lines of code designed to run under unix to an entirely different machine architecture and operating system. Fortunately, the Amiga Operating system has a number of features that made the process relatively painless. One such feature is the system's use of shared run-time libraries, which have allowed the developer community to produce widely used operating system extensions.
Troika Releases Details on New AmigaOS4 Board: A lot of hardware-related news today, but this one will probably mean the most to us alternative OS fans: it seems AmigaOS 4 has found hardware to actually run on. The board will have an IBM 750GL at 800 MHz with 1MB of L2 cache, and will support processors up to 1Ghz. Also: “One of the biggest changes to the Amy05 design from our first released specification is the addition of the AMD Geode CS5536 companion device. For Project Prometheus/Amy’05 this becomes Amy’s Southbridge.” The current board is is a development board, and will be made available in a limited quantity for hardware testing/OS4 development.
Kiki speaks of her Video Toaster/Amiga heritage: On Friday at the Macworld Expo 2010 in San Francisco, the Star Trek rock band, Warp 11, played four numbers for the live, on-stage Leo Laporte show. In introducing the band, Leo spoke about the Amiga and the Video Toaster and had a brief talk with band member, Kiki Stockhammer, before the band started playing. Kiki then talked a bit about her history with the Video Toaster.
Commodore International Historical Society Blog: {WOW!! - An ABSOLUTELY FANTASIC website dedicated to a deep dive into the history of Commodore from the beginning! In depth articles cover the whole range of products from the first mechanical adding machines to unreleased prototypes (Unreleased C64 Game Machine). They also have an document archive with TONS of fascinating finds. Looking for an old copy of Commodore International news letter or a company phone roster from 1985? Well look no further!}
QUANTUM LINK COMMODORE FORUMS: Attention, Commodore fans!!! If you were a Quantum Link user, you will undoubtedly remember the Commodore Forums. These forums were hosted by Commodore engineers or other high profile figures in the Commodore world. The forums were a great way for users to find out about the programming secrets, hardware projects and news about upcoming Commodore products. This disk contains the actual transcripts from 30 of these forums. It is an incredible collection of Commodore history. Use the links at the left to view the transcripts. Enjoy.

27 Apr 2022

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Quick update today. I'm happy to report that I **may** finally have made a breakthrough on finishing AmigaSource v2.0. It's still a bit early to make any formal announcements but I'll make sure to keep everyone updated.

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Amiga-FAQ - Chunky vs. Planar: What are chunky and planar displays? Simply put, the terms chunky and planar (short for bitplanar) refer to different ways of storing graphics information in a computer's memory. They are rather easy to understand, as far as things go, but incredibly difficult to explain:
KickstartPalPatcher: A tool to patch Amiga Kickstart Roms so that they always start in Pal mode, even if an NTSC Agnus is installed
Running Amiga like OSes on QEMU: Disclaimer - These are some notes on how to run Amiga like OSes (like AROS, AmigaOS and MorphOS) on QEMU that I've written to have some up to date info on the status and help new users. All this emulation in QEMU comes without any support and it's not expected to be complete or do everything one may desire or dream about. It's not a commercial product with a roadmap or any goal and still a work in progress which may never get finished. I'm doing it for personal interest and in my (limited) free time, no donations are solicited or accepted. So don't expect it to be anything more than a curiosity at the moment and its future depends on what the open source community makes of it. Keep this in mind when trying this.
Amos Professional Unity Homepage: This website is dedicaced to the project "AMOS Professional Unity". This project is based on the François Lionet’s "AMOS Professional Official" source code
VanillaConquer - Amiga port: Vanilla Conquer is a port of Command & Conquer (a.k.a. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn or simply C&C/C&C1) for Amiga's equipped with Apollo/Vampire V4 PiStorm/Emu-68 accelerators.
AmiGameJam Submissions: {The current submissions for AmiGameJam on itch.io. VanillaConquer, Mspackman 500, Green Beret, WOnderboy 1200, Poker Nights: "Dream Girls", Rick Dangerous, Jumpman Lives and more can be found here}
Artigames: Over 10 years of bringing the 68k back! {Working on ports and information about Scumm, Sonic, GnGeo, Heat of Darkness, Hydra Castle Labyrinth, DevilutionX (Diablo engine) and more for the Amiga and Vampire systems

13 Apr 2022

Today's Highlights
- Hello Everyone. Ok, things have finally settled down and I have more time to get back into regular updates again. One thing of interest is the release of the A500 mini by Retrogames and all the very good reviews it has been receiving. It's nice to see the Amiga, and Commodore, getting some love from the mainstream press again. Now if we could ONLY do the same with a low cost, good performing OS 4 machine... I know... Quit dreaming!!

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Exclusive First 'The A500 Mini' Prototype Playtest: {Slashdot post about the new A500 mini prototype}
Amiga 500 Mini REVIEW: A fantastic throwback to classic 1990s PC gaming: IF you've ever been curious about what PC gaming was like in its early days then the Amiga 500 Mini is the classic console for you.
Review: A500 Mini - A Refreshing Alternative To The NES And SNES Classic Editions: When you're discussing video game history, it's often the case that memories will be dominated by consoles like the NES, SNES, Mega Drive / Genesis, N64, GameCube and so on – but those old enough to have lived through the '80s will remember that for a period of time, home computers like the C64, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum and Commodore Amiga were a perfectly legitimate way of playing games outside of the arcade.
Review: A500 Mini review – tiny Commodore Amiga is a robust piece of tech nostalgia: This miniature Amiga 500 comes with 25 games from a fertile period in video game history.
AmigaOS Development Blog: The place to start classic AmigaOS development: The AmigaOS development blog contains articles written by the core AmigaOS 3.2 for 68k developers and friends. Our goal is to encourage and support your first steps into the fascinating realm of developing for the classic Amiga operating system. No matter if you just want to write a small tool, a little game or a a full-blown application - starting development can provide frustrating experiences, especially on a retro operating system. We'd like to remedy this by providing a series of articles, covering installation of development tools, programming examples, debugging war stories and other helpful tips.
Man Cave Ramblings: {A great Amiga blog by Epsilon. Lots of good stories, reviews and insight can be found here.}
Epsilon's World: {The web page of the one and only Epsilon. For 10 years its a tremendous resource of insight and Amiga info!}
Classicamiga: {An Indonesian Amiga blog.}
PiStorm for Amiga 500 / 2000: PiStorm for Amiga 500, Amiga 500+, and Amiga 2000. This adapter which uses a Raspberry Pi to provide a CPU accelerator, RTG graphics card, hard disk interface, Wi-fi, and others enhancements. The device is plug and play if you add the SD card and Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ options (option soon available)
Amiga Games Inc: Amiga Games Inc (AGI) and Active World Club (AWC) have partnered to re-release its mobile classic video games from the late 80’s and 90’s into a huge new Non Fungible Token (NFT) marketplace.
Scorpion Editor Demos: Editor for Scorpion engine (closed source), along with demo games (open source)
The cult of Amiga and SGI, or why workstations matter: I’m considered to be a server guy. I had access to some really awesome server machines. Still, when computers come up in discussions, we are almost exclusively talk about workstations. Even if servers are an important part of my life, that’s “just” work. I loved the SGI workstations I had access to during my university years. Many of my friends still occasionally boot their 30 years old Amiga boxes.
MEDUSA Retro SCANDOUBLER: Medusa project was started 6-7 years ago, when 2 people - old retro stuff geeks have met - Acidmaker (creator of Sio2sd and proffesional file system used at Harvard, Columbia university and many others) and me. Since very beginning Acidmaker was into gettting perfect picture from ATARI ST / ATARI 8bit / Amiga. Meanwhile, me (lotharek), as opposite side, was into simple usage, ergonomy and user friendly interface. After 5 long years of develomennt, many protototypes, hours of discussions/testing, thousands of euros spent (obviously...) we are very happy to announce, that final project is coming and it is about to be released in preorder for retro community soon.
MEDUSA: Medusa is a device that allows connecting of old computers to modern display devices (monitors, projectors etc.).
Hacking Mac OS 7.6.1 to Work with Many OS 8 Apps: Blame it all on BBC, the British Broadcasting Company. I like BBC’s radio programs, but as my favorite operating system is Mac OS 7.6.1, there has been a problem called Real Player 8 (RP8). Regular OS 7.6.1 lets you use RP5, and the Appearance Manager brings RP6 (a.k.a. G2) in the game, but the BBC Radio Player needs RP8 to work.
Amiga Developer Docs: From the Amiga Developer CD v2.1 (OS 3.5). Note: The complete Amiga Developer CD v2.1 (with much more material) can be purchased at Vesalia online. Amiga Mail Volume II (May/June 1993), Amiga RKM Devices Manual, Amiga Hardware Reference Manual, Includes and Autodocs 2.0, Includes and Autodocs 3.5, Amiga RKM Libraries Manual & ADCD 2.1 File List (with titles).
AmiBlitz3: Complete package of AmiBlitz3 including all sources.
AmiBlitz3 (german): {Homepage for AmiBlitz3} AMIBLITZ3 is a free development environment for AmigaOS3.x and compatible. To explain what AMIBLITZ3 is all about, you have to start with BlitzBasic. BlitzBasic, later BlitzBasic2, is an extensive and somewhat idiosyncratic basic dialect originally developed by Acidsoft and Red When Excited (RWE) for the Amiga. Despite the popularity it achieved in the 90s, after the Commodore bankruptcy and the subsequent decline of the Amiga market, Acidsoft was forced to stop developing BlitzBacic2 on the Amiga and devote itself exclusively to a version for Windows PCs.
AmigaOS is Not Convoluted, Incomprehensible, or Frustrating: In the latest OSNews post by Thom Holwerda, he attacks the AmigaOS by saying “I find them convoluted, incomprehensible, and frustratingly difficult to use.” He then states that he is not here to ruin the Amiga community’s party. But he does! I am the editor of this Amitopia Amiga Magazine for many years and I am a daily user of AmigaOS. I love everything about it and at the same time, I use both macOS on my M1 Mac and Windows 10 on my i7 laptop. It is frustrating when Thom of such a respected site about various operating systems attacks AmigaOS like this. It is the exact phrases and words he uses that make many PC users get the extra fuel to spread untrue rumors about the Amiga computer. Quake or Doom will never work on Amiga? Amiga’s are too slow to run QuickTime? 3D accelerated graphics are impossible in AmigaOS? ...
Amiga 2000 Flickerfixer / Scandoubler: Have you ever thought of getting your A2000 up and running again but were hesitating to place the old bulky Commodore 1084S monitor back onto your desk. This is the solution for you.
Welcome to the X-Copy shrine!: A long time ago, when computers still used floppy disks, there was a need to duplicate the contents of these floppies. X-Copy was one of the most well known disk copying programs for the Commodore Amiga series of computers, with countless users all across the world. The disk images on this site have been taken from the actual master disks, to preserve the legacy as authentically as possible. I have also collected as many loose versions of X-Copy as possible, you can find them on the Releases page.
AmigaEditorFamily: Editors for the Commodore Business Machines Amiga, a multitasking microcomputer based on a Motorola 680X0 CPU running AmigaDOS. {contains 23 different programs}
Amiga 1200CD: The project started in the spring 2000 when I bought my Amiga 1200. Previous owner had built it into IBM Aptiva 350 tower case which was functional but not so good looking. First task was to cover the two 5.25" disk bays with white cardboard as the case was missing the lid and add an Amiga sticker on top of IBM logo. Setup at that point was: A1200 motherboard rev 2B Blizzard 1230-IV/50MHz with 16MB RAM Quantum Fireball EL 5GB HDD Hitachi 4x CD-ROM drive
Amiga r/amiga: {reddit} We are a passionate community of Amiga fans. We talk about relevant news, events, new and old hardware and software and all things Commodore Amiga - one of the greatest home computer platforms of all-time.
The Great Commodore Brand Heist: Who owns the Commodore brand? Why are there loads of products using the Commodore name? What is this apparent new computer that is being brandished about by a company called Commodore Business Machines. What in the world is going on? That’s what this investigative episode is going to ask.

15 Mar 2022

Today's Highlights
- Hello Everyone. This post is being 'back dated'. The past few weeks have been rather busy and I moved the site to the back burner. While I have been keeping up with the daily happenings in Amigaland, I just haven't had the time to update the site. So without further ado...

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TrueType Fonts on Classic Amiga is Awesome: Is it possible to make Classic AmigaOS 3.2.1 even more modern? Yes, it is. Just take a look at all the tools that you can find. Together with Powericons and the remarkable dock addon WBDock 2 for AmigaOS. You can even make AmigaOS 3.2.1 to display crystal clear TrueType fonts, and you don’t even need to be a scientist to make it work either. In this article, I want to share with you how is to use TTF fonts in AmigaOS and how to make your desktop shine even more.

28 Feb 2022

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone. Please indulge me to welcome the newest addition to our family, our first Grandson, Sterling Kristofferson! 6lb 2oz. 10 fingers and toes, happy and healthy baby boy! Mom and Dad are doing well!

Welcome to the world Sterling Kristofferson!!
We LOVE you VERY much!! Future Amiga Guru!!! ;-)

25 Feb 2022

Today's Highlights
- Hello Everyone. Well after a few weeks off due an unscheduled accident I'm happy to report that almost all the feeling has returned to my last injured finger. Hopefully this weekend I can resume work on the new site. But in the meantime here are just a few highlights and links over the past month. Enjoy.

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Tank Mouse - your new Amiga mouse: Wireless Amiga-inspired optical mouse. Classic look with a touch of 21st century. Works with classic Amiga and modern computers.
Amiga-3000-Daughterboard: This is a recreation of the Rev 9 Daughterboard for the Amiga 3000 This is a 4 Layer board with signal on the upper and lower layers and a Power and Ground Plane. When fabbing the board you will probably be asked if you want to remove the solder mask on the area for the Edge Connectors. It is fine to say Yes to this.
EZ-FD: Allow standard PC floppy drives to be used with an Amiga. A small PCB designed to sit between the Amiga motherboard and the floppy drive. Based on the same idea as the EZ-DF0 that was sold by Eyetech many years ago. Testing shows it works well, though ATK shows a fluctuating RDY signal.
RaSCSI: RaSCSI is a virtual SCSI device emulator that runs on a Raspberry Pi. It runs in userspace, and can emulate several SCSI devices at one time. There is a control interface to attach / detach drives during runtime, as well as insert and eject removable media. This project is aimed at users of vintage Macintosh and Atari computers and more (see compatibility list) from the 1980's and 1990's.
MiSTress 1200: MiSTer FPGA conversion kit for Amiga 1200 cases. I/O board designed to fit a MiSTer FPGA (Terasic DE-10 Nano) inside an Amiga 1200 case. Uses the original A1200 keyboard as input device. Includes all same connections as the official analog I/O board 6.1. Integrates USB hub and features I2S audio DAC and low latency DB9 joystick port (Amiga/CD32/Atari compatible). Attention! Not the MiSTer FPGA nor the Amiga 1200 case/keyboard are included with this kit. The MiSTer FPGA is one of the finest retro-computing preservation projects out there:
Controlling Sonos speakers: SonosController 1.2 (OS3/4, MorphOS): SonosController lets you control your precious Sonos speakers from any Amiga connected to the same network.
AmiSoft Software for Amiga 68k : {Creators of NetSurf web browser}
GrafX2: GrafX2 is a bitmap paint program inspired by the Amiga programs Deluxe Paint and Brilliance. Specialized in 256-color drawing, it includes a very large number of tools and effects that make it particularly suitable for pixel art, game graphics, and generally any detailed graphics painted with a mouse.
Amiga 2000 EATX PCB: This is an open source Amiga 2000 PCB in the EATX form factor. EATX is an ATX variant that defines larger PCBs, measuring 12 x 13 inches (305 × 330 mm). These are referred to as Extended ATX, or, EATX (see Enterprise Electronics Bay Specification). The length of Zorro II cards and the abundance of components on the Amiga 2000 makes EATX the best choice for this project.

31 Jan 2022

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Due to an unexpected incident involving my fingers and an immovable object, I am the proud owner of 14 new stitches, so this will be a quick update.

- On the plus side I do have one news item I would like to share. This morning I was pleasently surprised (aka 'completely stunned') to find a package from the UK at my door. Upon opening it I found my pre-order the 'AAA Bundle' from AmiKit. Now I will leave it as an academic exercise for you the reader to look back and figure out when I ordered it but considering I have been working on this site for over 20 years... I'm not one to talk! Now if the rest of the computer shows up as fast I'll be a happy camper! ha ha!

The AAA preorder box Inside the box

- In a, I'm sure, not related coincidence, ACube Systems put out a request on twitter to help them update their AmigaOS 4.1 Hardware Compatibility List. So help let's help them out!

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{The official ACube Systems} AmigaOS 4.1 Hardware Compatibility List: If you want to add a new hardware to this list, please click here to send us a message. This will help everyone. Thank you. Supported Platforms: Sam460ex, Sam440ep, Sam440ep-flex, AmigaOne SE-G3, AmigaOne XE-G3, AmigaOne XE-G4, microA1-C & Pegasos 2.
ACube Systems twitter: The official twitter page for ACube Systems.
ReA4091: SCSI2 on Zorro III for everyone!: Hi and welcome to the latest and greatest project by Chris Hooper and me: ReA4091. All in all there were only two ZorroIII capable SCSI controllers ever made: The A4091/DKB4091 and the Phase5 Fastlane Z3. The Fastlane, by being a closed source fortress, is completely useless. It can not be repaired, or improved. But all GAL logic source code for the A4091 has been made available by Dave Haynie.
Amiga "Classic" USB mechanical PC keyboard: The Amiga "Classic" USB mechanical PC keyboard is a brand new Amiga officially licensed product manufactured by Simulant Systems Ltd. The keyboard is built to last, with a sturdy construction and quality components. Enjoy the ultimate typing experience with genuine Brown Cherry MX key switches. Now you can use your PC, Mac or Linux computer with an Amiga keyboard that mixes traditional style with modern usability and comfort.
VR Amiga 500: This is a Virtual reality Amiga 500 interface with winuae emulator, i have developed. You can use it togheter with Trinus VR Android and ios headset.
The Commodore Story: Gone But Not Forgotten. From the PET to the Amiga CD32: What links the following? #1: a best-selling home computer, #2: one of the most beloved non-console gaming machines of the 80s and 90s, and #3: the first personal computer to sell over 1 million units. A lot of people over 30 will probably name a Commodore machine as the first computer they ever used, be it a Commodore PET in the late seventies, a VIC-20 or Commodore 64 from the 1980s, or even one of the Amiga line in the early nineties. Some will have played their first game on one or wrote their first program in BASIC, perhaps leading them to a life-long career in the tech industry-I'm one of many who owe a debt of gratitude to the company.
A2088 XT Bridge Board A2088 Upgrades and modifications: A2088 Upgrade ROM, A2088 use external 1020 as drive A, A2088 Parts List, A2088 Connectors and jumpers.

26 Jan 2022

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and salutations everyone! Sorry for the lack updates. It's been a busy past few weeks on the personal side of the house but rest assured things are still progressing quite nicely on the new site! To be honest I have been spending more time on the AmigaSource v2.0 then here in the hopes of performing the cut over sooner than later. In fact in anticipation I have started to reach out to a few people in the community to have them give us GENTLE feedback on to make the initial roll out a success. Anyway more to come!!

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ICONIC: {from Amiganews.de because AirSoft does not have this on their webpage} In 2022 Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hollywood, the cross-platform multimedia application layer. To kick off the celebrations we are proud to present a brand-new plugin for Hollywood: Iconic. Iconic is the ultimate icon loader and saver plugin for Hollywood. It will make all your icon dreams come true because it can load and save icons in pretty much all of the most common icon formats. The following formats are currently supported: AmigaOS 1.x style icons, AmigaOS 2.x/3.x style icons, AmigaOS 3.5/3.9 icons (aka GlowIcons), AmigaOS 4.x Icons, macOS Icons (*.icns-Format), MagicWB icons, MorphOS/PowerIcons icons (PNG), NewIcons & Windows icons (*.ico-Format).
KA 59 – Mechanical keyboard for Amiga 1200: Purpose - KA59 is a mechanical keyboard replacement for Amiga 1200. It is a complete replacement, no parts from original keyboard are needed. KA59 has been tested with original A1200 enclosures and ones from a1200.net project.

9 Jan 2022

Today's Highlights
  - Greetings and salutations everyone! Today I have a brief but exciting update to share. I'm happy to report that AmigaSource v2.0 is past the 50% mark to completion. After 20 years it's finally coming together. At this point feature creep seems to be my biggest fear. Here's a quick overview of where were at.

   - Completed
     - All MENU TABLES and NEWS STORIES are dynamically generated.
     - Main page NEWS STORIES are now displayed (10) per page.
     - All CATEGORY results are displayed (25) per page.
     - WE FINALLY have a working ADMIN page where we can EASILY enter/edit LINKS and NEWS stories in real time.

   - Still left to do before we can relaunch
     - Finish the visitors interface to add/edit links and news stories.
     - Allow visitors to rate links.

   - Possible features to add after the relaunch
     - File and picture section.
     - Simple message board.

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AmigaNG: Welcome. If you're a first time visitor, this site is dedicated to covering all the information on the next generation of Amiga computers and operating systems. With the arrival of the AmigaOne systems, Vampire FPGA boards, AmigaOS PPC & Classic continued to be developed, Aros a Open Source compatible OS, and MorphOS, heavily inspired compatible OS, the future of Amiga has never looked healthier. All these products need a website to report on them and this is just one of the reasons for this site. AmigaNG started way back in February 1999 to cover news on the AmigaMCC (later cancelled), it is now one of the longest running next generation Amiga focus sites on the planet. Its not official and is not sponsored, but is still one of the best places for your source of next generation information of Amiga computing. I hope you enjoy the site.
Amiga Lore: Amiga Lore is an updated version of abime.net's web portal. It's your gateway to the Amiga world of the Hall of Light, the English Amiga Board, the Amiga Magazine Rack, Amiga Games That Weren't and Amiga Point of View. Powered by the HOL and the AMR!
Hall of Light: The Hall Of Light (HOL) is an attempt to catalogue all games that were released commercially for the Commodore Amiga. Most games in the database are of the boxed, commercial variety but there are exceptions: Licenceware games are considered commercial enough to be included. Shareware, freeware and general Public Domain games are generally not present but they may be added if they form a fuller picture of a commercial person or entity. A number of unreleased Amiga games are referenced. The status of these games varies; some exist in a near-complete or demo form while others never progressed beyond the announcement stage. Some Open Source conversions (e.g. Doom) and games playable through interpreters (e.g. ScummVM or Exult) are listed. These are considered 'native' Amiga games. There are no downloads of the games in the database as the HOL is solely concerned with providing information. The HOL is a non-commercial project and does not generate any money.

1 Jan 22

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- Another year in the bag! All I can wish for is a better 2022!!

Wishing everyone a safe and productive New Year from the whole AmigaSource family.

29 Dec 21

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   - Greetings and salutation everyone. Hope EVERYONE had a safe and Merry Christmas and the rest of your holidays are going well! Fortunately this year is almost over and I know I, for one, will be happy once it's in the books! Fingers crossed that starting 2022 the world can start returning to a state of normalcy. Fingers crossed!

   - While I know this site has been a bit quiet during the holidays, I'm happy to report that work on the new site is progressing quite nicely! My partner has been working on the admin portal and we are now able to easily add/edit links in the main DB which is a BIG plus. The user link portal will come a bit later. Other small features like dynamic formating for link status and dates are being added to make the site a bit more friendly and useful and more CATEGORIES are being added. 20 years ago BLOGS didn't exist or at least back then they were just called WEBSITES. So stay tuned. I'm quite sure the site will be launching sooner than you expect.

   - On the "I'm not quite dead yet" side of the house Hyperion released their first free update of OS 3.2. OS 3.2.1 fixes several bugs and adds a few new features. Also making news a new version of the OS 4.1 Software Development Kit SDK V53.34 can now be downloaded. The best part is we made the front page of Slashdot again!

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Boing: New French Amiga magazine. {Can't believe I missed this one. It's now added to my Magazine table}
MUIbase: MUIbase is a relational, programmable database with graphical user interface for Windows, Mac, Linux and Amiga. MUIbase is a fast and flexible database system. It is targeted for advanced desktop users who want to manage data in a comfortable and powerful way. MUIbase is able to manage any kind of data, e.g. addresses, CD series, movies, photo collections, your family tree, your income and expense, and much more.
Get 14-bit Audio On Every Amiga Guide: Stop getting tricked by people! Amiga is not a 16-bit computer. It is a 32-bit computer as AmigaOS is 32-bit. Amiga is not an 8-bit sound computer. It is a 14-bit audio-capable computer which means that all Classic Amiga computers are able to play 14-bit audio. To get 14-bit Audio on any Classic Amiga. You don’t need AHI and you don’t need to hack it. The 14-bit possibility is a feature of the Amiga hardware. So, let’s make a deal? Stop saying that Amiga audio is 8-bit because the true fact is that it is 14-bit. It means that Paula can produce “almost” CD-quality audio. You will also get rid of the Paula noise too.
Amiga City: Welcome to Amiga City - the portal for the classic Commodore Amiga personal computer. Community, Downloads, Forums and more.
The Commodore Story: Gone But Not Forgotten. From the PET to the Amiga CD32: What links the following? #1: a best-selling home computer, #2: one of the most beloved non-console gaming machines of the 80s and 90s, and #3: the first personal computer to sell over 1 million units. A lot of people over 30 will probably name a Commodore machine as the first computer they ever used, be it a Commodore PET in the late seventies, a VIC-20 or Commodore 64 from the 1980s, or even one of the Amiga line in the early nineties. Some will have played their first game on one or wrote their first program in BASIC, perhaps leading them to a life-long career in the tech industry—I'm one of many who owe a debt of gratitude to the company.
Commodore Techtopics Index : The TECHTOPICS BULLETIN has been developed to inform the dealer network about special troubles and corrections to the Commodore Systems. TECHTOPICS will be a monthly bulletin directed to the Service Centers of the dealerships.
Commodore A1000 Pictures : {A directory of pics of the A1000}
Commodore A2500 Restoration : {Bill Degan documents his restoration of his A2500 w/pics}
The Secret Weapons of Commdore : They were the secret weapons! The unrealized phantasms of technological wonder! The ravings of mad geniuses made flesh and locked away in caverns of dust never to see the light of day! The demons that Tramiel forgot, to come tapping at their door even as the winds of oblivion beckon and spit! {One of the BEST site on the web to find out about about the secrets Commodore was working. Highly recommended}
Commodore Amiga 2000 Teardown : In 1986-87, Commodore released the Amiga 2000. The machine was technically similar to the Amiga 500, but had a larger case and was designed to be more expandable. Costing around $1,500 (US), the Amiga 2000 was designed to compete with the much more expensive Apple Macintosh II (~$5,500) and IBM PC (~$3,000). Follow along as we crack open the second generation he Amiga 2000--the Amgia B2000-CR. Updated 1/8/2011: Dave Haynie, lead engineer for the Amiga 2000 (B2000-CR), has posted several comments about the Amiga 2000 and his worked on the project in this gallery's discussion forum. I encourage everyone to read his posts. And, I would like to thank Mr. Haynie for taking the time to share his experiences.
AmiTube - The first YouTube Client for m68k Amiga : Did you every dream about to watch ordinary YouTube Videos on your classic Amiga? Now it is possible, with AmiTube. You can search by keywords or youtube URLs for your favorite short films then the Server will download them convert to CDXL(32 for OCS Amigas or 255 colors for AGA or RTG Amigas) or MPEG1 (for fast RTG Amigas) then the movie is downloaded to your Amiga where you can use any CDXL/MPEG Player to watch them.
AQB: A BASIC Compiler and IDE for Amiga Computers : An experiment in alternate history: what AmigaBASIC could have looked like, had it been developed further tailored to the Amiga OS. What AQB is not: AQB does not try to be a clone of any particular BASIC dialect - neither QuickBASIC, FreeBASIC or VisualBASIC nor any particular Amiga specific BASIC implementation like AmigaBASIC, ACE, HiSoft, GFA, Blitz or AMOS. While it strives to be as compatible as possible with the Microsoft BASIC family of languages (and certainly has many QuickBASIC traits) the primary focus is on the creation of a modern, clean, Amiga OS-compliant, future-proof BASIC that is tailored towards modern Amiga application development. To be more specific, FreeBASIC is the source of many core AQB language constructs (in many respects AQB can be considered a subset of FreeBASIC) with inspiration for Amiga specific commands mainly from AmigaBASIC, ACE and HiSoft. Main target is Amiga OS compliant application development.
DvPlayer : DvPlayer is an ongoing project to bring the ultimate multimedia experience to the Amiga computer. It is a unique and Amiga-only multimedia player, developed by Amiga enthusiasts, for Amiga enthusiasts! The current version of DvPlayer requires Enhancer Software V2 and supports the following video formats: MPEG-1/2 video streams, MPEG-1/2 system streams, MPEG audio files, VideoCD and SVCD, DVD Video, AVI files (including OpenDML extensions), ASF/WMV files & AIFF audio files
development.
Amiga 500/600/1200 Floppy recap / capacitor list: Floppy drives have an sensor to detect track zero position which tells the drive the positioning of the first track on the disk(hence all tracks). On some drives it is mounted on the same PCB as the capacitors and removing the PCB will dislocate the adjustment for track 0. If the screw holes for the PCB are elongated (thus allowing for adjustment) then there is a good possibility the track zero sensor is on the PCB. One way to determine bad track zero adjustment is by formatting a disk on that device. It will manage to read and write a disk formatted by itself, trying to read a disk written on another known good drive will fail because the track offsets differ. Adjustment of the zero stop should be done using proper equipment and not by trial and error. .. in other words, (TL;DR) do not touch the track zero sensor adjustment

15 Dec 21

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- Hello fellow Amiga lovers! My partner is making steady progress on the new site. While it's still not ready for 'beta' testing, I'm happy to report that everything displayed is now fully dynamically generated. No more hard coding the .html files for us! Very nice ;-) The next step is finishing the Admin portal so we can EASILY edit the database instead of using PHPAdmin. I, on the other hand, am still using PHPAdmin to add & verify links to the database. Not fun but it works. I can't wait till my ADMIN LINKS editor is finished!!

- Since the last time here are a few links & news stories that have caught my eye. The guys over at Apollo are now taking preorders for the Apollo Kraken V4 for the A3000 & 4000! 68080, 512MB, SuperAGA, Audio, 100Mb Ethernet, (2) USB ports, fast IDE (~20MB/sec), Micro SD and few more things. It's a V4 with some added features. Color me excited. My A4000 is currently out of the country being repaired. If it ever gets repaired I look forward to buying one of these for it!

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Amiga-VideoSlot-RGBtoHDMI: Add pixel-perfect HDMI output to big box Amiga machines with video slots. This project builds on c0pperdragon's Amiga-Digital-Video project, adapted for use in big box Amiga video slots.
Forums for MNT: The community forum page for MNT. Makers of the ZZ9900 Video card, ZZ99000CX Denise adapter & ZZ9000AX Audio expansion.
close-and-run-amiga68k: Tools for maximizing chip ram when loading Amiga games or applications from floppy on Kickstart 1.3

11 Dec 21

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UNCW December 2021 Commencement You did it Babe! Masters in Teaching! A++
We are all VERY PROUD of you!! You will make a GREAT teacher!

8 Dec 21

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   - Greetings and salutations everyone! Just another quick update. As more of the code on the new site is being written the less updates there will be on this site. Above you may have noticed I have added a crude status report for the new site. I don't know if is even worth it but at least for me it will show progress we are making.

   For the immediate future my primary job will be to begin adding links to the database while my partner will be focusing on the Admin portal. I will start with the links found on the 2017-21 news pages so they will now be found under their respective categories and when using the search function. My secondary job will be to start adding the remaining 4000+ links I have been sitting on for the past 20 years or so. And to speed up the launch of the new site we are going to allow you, the community, to help us re-validate the 1483 links in the current database. Don't worry we will make it easy for you!

   Well that's it for now. And as always... THANK YOU for stopping by!

   Website Progress: Rewrote - Events Calendar. Now Fully Dynamic Code - Top 10+8, Big Shops and Vendors, Service and Repair and Print & Online Magazines.

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vasm: vasm is a portable and retargetable assembler to create linkable objects in various formats or absolute code. Multiple CPU-, syntax and output-modules can be selected. Many common directives/pseudo-opcodes are supported (depending on the syntax module) as well as CPU-specific extensions. The assembler supports optimizations (e.g. choosing the shortest possible branch instruction or addressing mode) and relaxations (e.g. converting a branch to an absolute jump when necessary). Most syntax modules support macros, include directives, repetitions, conditional assembly and local symbols.
NASA Technical Reports Server - Keyword *AMIGA*: {Did you every wonder if the Amiga was even mentioned in any NASA Technical Service Reports? Well wonder no more!}
{Archived} Kipper2k Items for sale: {Kipper2k make quite a few hardware add ons: A500 (1000, 2000) 4MB / 8MB Fast Ram Memory Expansion board With CF Card IDE support, A600 4MB Fastmem board, A600 Vampire 64MB 68020 Accelerator, A600 8MB Fast Ram Memory Expansion board (configurable), A500 CPU Adapter, A1000 CPU Adapter, CF Adapter, Internal, CF Adapter - External, Modded HDMI cable (3feet), HDMI Adapter, ECS Indivision I VGA adapter for the Amiga 600, Custom Length ribbon cable for Indivision I VGA header, Amiga/Atari PSX controller adapter, MKII Indivision custom length cable, A600 Mouse/Joystick Extender & Svideo/Composite Video Adapter. Good historical info}
Amiga Reproduction Box Brand New: Amiga reproduction box, these are brand new and designed to be used as box art or to house your Amiga. These are true reproductions of the original boxes created by plakativ-druck.ch used when the Amiga was shipped. {Note: This link is for the A1200. The also sell the boxes for the A500, A500+, A600 & CD32}
Amiga News Network {ARCHIVED MIRROR}: {This is the link to the archived mirror of one of the GREATEST Amiga news sites ANN.LU (Amiga News Network) It was run by Christian Kemp, who I had the pleasure to meet in the mid 90's when he visited sunny southern California. What a GREAT person! From 31 Jan 2000 to 28 Dec 2006 if something happened in the Amiga community you could find it here. This official archive, hosted on covers the dates form 31 Jan 2000 to 22 Oct 2004.}
Amiga News Network {Archive.org}: {One of the GREATEST Amiga news sites ANN.LU (Amiga News Network) It was run by Christian Kemp, who I had the pleasure to meet in the mid 90's when he visited sunny southern California. What a GREAT person! From 31 Jan 2000 to 28 Dec 2006 if something happened in the Amiga community you could find it here. This archive covers the full date range. 5754 entries.}
Amiga Information Center {Russian}: {Daily Amiga news and other links in Russian}
HyperCacheAmiga: Source code to the 1980s Amiga product, version dated 1992. A fellow named Matthew Kott reached out and asked me to release the source code to HyperCache if I still had it, so I dug around, and sure enough I did, so I opted to post it here on Github. For various legal and liability reasons, I cannot open-source it at this time, but it's yours to explore and tinker with for nostalgia. If anyone still has Lattice C out there, I'd love to hear if it can still be compiled! If there's sufficient interest, I'll look into the logistics of open-sourcing it. For now, though, it remains (c) 1992 Silicon Prairie Software. Authorship: Primarily Dave Plummer, though it was initially kindled by a sample that I found which showed how to hook the disk driver, and that code likely remains. Also, I ultimately hired someone to work on V2.0 once I got to Microsoft, as I was pretty busy, but now I don't have a name! So some of the code was written by someone else on contract, but I'm still trying to figure out who! Thanks to Matthew for thinking to ask! Dave

1 Dec 21

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From everyone here at AmigaSource, we wish you and your loved ones all the best for a safe and healthy Holiday Season!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
   - Greetings and salutations everyone! We finally made it to December. 11 down 1 to go. No need to point out that this has been a very tough year for everyone. We at AmigaSource want to wish you, your family and friends good health, prosperity and travels in the comping year. It would be nice if the Amiga's fortunes happen to change for the better too, but I'm not going to take that bet.

   Website Progress: I'm happy to report the test site is now fully functional using the NEW DATABASE and my fellow co-programmer has started coding the new ADMIN CENTER! At this point I just want a basic fully functional site before FEATURE CREEP finds me and decides otherwise.

   In keeping with the holiday spirit I have just site to share. Thanks Cammy! Enjoy!!

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Amiga Christmas Tree: {Cammy} Hi everyone! I would like to announce that I've finished making the Amiga Christmas Tree website for 2021! It's a page where all the Christmas related Amiga games are listed for you to enjoy. I've kept the page simple so it's viewable in IBrowse and AWeb on your Amiga too! :) I will continue to update the website before Christmas Day so if you have any games to add, please contact me either through Facebook or at my e-mail arcadecammy @ gmail.com! Happy Festive Season!

29 Nov 21

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- Happy Holidays!! Another quick update. Just like the 'Boy who cried Wolf' I don't expect anyone to believe me when I say...

I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE TO HELP ME FINISH THE SITE

I know I can't believe it either. So with that said soon I will post some kind of 'status chart' to show how things are progressing. Upon completion the site will look 'almost' the same but behind the scenes I will have a fully functioning Admin Portal and more streamlined code to work with. For you, the user, you will have the ability to add new links and even rate them, add news and calendar events and a few more surprises too.

For the past 20 years this site has been a labor of love and I promise... It's only going to get better from here! Now if the same could only be said about the Amiga herself....

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Classic AmigaOS Programming : An introduction: This book provides an introduction into the programming of the classic AmigaOS using C as well as assembly language. It is aimed at programmers who have not programmed for the Amiga before as well as programmers who did this years ago and would like a refresher before diving back in. A general knowledge of computer programming is therefore assumed.
AROS (Github): Main AROS repository for active development. Contains the main Operating System components and Build System.

18 Nov 21

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- Greetings and Salutations everyone! Quick update today. I'm happy to report that my request for assistance has not gone unanswered. One brave and friendly fellow Amiga user has graciously reached out and offered to help me update the site. There will be more to follow in the coming weeks but for the first time in a very long time I feel I can safely say with confidence I think I can start to see the light at the end of the AmigaSource tunnel.

AmigaSource.com will soon be a real 'one stop source' for all level of Amiga lovers to use, enjoy and to help grow. Keep hitting your F5 key!

- Total number of links added 2021: 401

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A2088 XT Bridge Board A2088 Upgrades and modifications: {A nice and useful page about the board, various upgrades and modifications.
Enable FloppyDriveBridge support (Optional): Amiberry supports Robert Smith's FloppyDriveBridge controller, which allows you to read/write Amiga floppies using supported USB floppy drives. To enable this functionality, besides the actual hardware (supported floppy drive, floppies) Amiberry also needs an external library that includes all the custom logic for operating these drives.
A-EON AMIGAONE X5000 Technical Reference Manual: {A-EON AMIGAONE X5000 Technical Reference Manual. Also as a PDF download}.
Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader: This project uses an Arduino to interface with a floppy disk drive and communicate with a PC in order to recover the data from any formatted disks. This includes Windows software to copy from and to ADF files. This project is what is behind getting real floppy disks loading in real time into emulators like WinUAE and Amiberry.
Commodore Amiga 2000 Teardown: {Tear down of the A2000 with dozens and dozens of pictures!} Updated 1/8/2011: Dave Haynie, lead engineer for the Amiga 2000 (B2000-CR), has posted several comments about the Amiga 2000 and his worked on the project in this gallery's discussion forum. I encourage everyone to read his posts. And, I would like to thank Mr. Haynie for taking the time to share his experiences.
Amiga 4000 Daughter Board recreated: This is a recreation of the Amiga 4000 DaughterBoard. I have made it from ground using the A4000 original schematics. It includes all the Zorro slots and also include a VGA 15khz output connector to use with a VGA metal bracket. The ISA ports has been removed from the design. Some new options has beed added on the new version 1.2. This work great on all the Amiga 4000 revisions, except of course the A4000T. If you like the project or want to support it, you can buy me a beer or a KO-FI :)
ReAgnus: A drop-in replacement PCB for the Amiga Agnus chip. This is WORK IN PROGRESS and not tested yet. If you generate gerbers and order PCBs from this source you are doing so completely at your own risk!. It is a prototype, treat it as such. Current design is a four layer board designed for soldering Pin headers 1.27 mm pitch 4 x 21 single row right angle, 0.4 mm square pins.
Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer aka DrawBridge: My Aim: In 2017, Create a simple, cheap and open source way to recover and rewrite data from and to an Amiga DD floppy disk from within Windows 10. My Solution: An Arduino sketch + a Windows application that actually works! Why: To preserve data from these disks for the future. Also, a normal PC can't read/write Amiga disks due to the way they are written.
The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Amiga platform never died: The Amiga computer was a legend in its time. Back when the Macintosh had only a monochrome 9-inch screen, and the PC managed just four colors and monotone beeps, the Amiga boasted a 32-bit graphical operating system in full color with stereo-sampled sound and preemptive multitasking. It was like a machine from the future. But the Amiga’s parent company, Commodore, suffered from terminal mismanagement and folded in 1994, just as PCs and Macintoshes were catching up technologically. The platform, like many others before it, seemed to be at an end. So when a brand new Amiga computer arrived at my doorstep in 2017, you can imagine it was quite a surprise. Accordingly, the Amiga X5000 is a curious beast. In some respects, it's more closely related to its predecessors than either modern PCs or Macintoshes. Yet this is a fully current machine capable of taking on modern workloads. How such a device came to be is a fascinating story, but that's not our goal today—let’s dive into what the experience of using the X5000 is like.
Amiga Inc. anounnces the AmigaOne (Archive.org): October 21, 2000, Melbourne, Australia - It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce the first new Amiga hardware in over 6 years. The AmigaOne, our first consumer product, will be targeted at the desktop and workstation market. Further products to follow will cover the markets from Personal Digital Assistants and upwards. All these products will run a single piece of software, the revolutionary Amiga Digital Environment (DE). We completed the AmigaOne specification three months ago, and dubbed it the "Zico". It is a specification and not a product because Amiga is a software company, not a hardware manufacturer. The ability of the Amiga DE to host itself on multiple hardware and operating system platforms frees us from hardware dependency and gives our partners and our customers the freedom to chose the hardware that best suits their needs and tastes.
Amiga Hardware Reference Manual: The Amiga Technical Reference Series is the official guide to programming Amiga computers. This revised edition of the Amiga Hardware Reference Manual provides detailed information about the Amiga's graphics and audio hardware, and how the Amiga talks to the outside world through peripheral devices. This edition has been updated for version 2.0 of the Amiga operating system and covers the newest Amiga computer systems including the A3000. This book is intended for the following audiences: * Assembly language programmers who need a more direct way of interacting with the Amiga than the routines provided in the system software. * Designers who want to interface new peripherals to the Amiga. * Anyone who wants to know how the Amiga hardware works.
Amiga Video to Pi HDMI: The Amiga Video to Pi HDMI is a card designed for the "big box" Amiga video slot. Using a Raspberry Pi Zero, it can convert and output HDMI video from the Amiga native video formats (only OCS modes are supported). Background: Inspiration for this project began when I saw online the open source Amiga-Digital-Video project by c0pperdragon. It would be more convenient to not have to remove the Denise and run a cable to the rear of the chassis when the Amiga 2000, 3000, and 4000 already have a video slot which can be used for this purpose. Intended use: With the Amiga Video to Pi HDMI in your Amiga 2000/3000/4000 video slot, you get a HDMI video port exposed from the rear of the chassis. This video port provides the Amiga's native video in a format that modern monitors and televisions readily support.
amiga-pi-to-hdmi: This project implements a board which plugs into a big-box Amiga Video Slot (A2000 or A3000) and uses a Raspberry Pi Zero to process the Amiga video output in realtime to provide HDMI video output for the computer. It also partially works with the A4000, but is limited to 12-bit video (the A4000 chipset supports 24-bit) and only OCS resolution screen modes.
AmigaRGBtoHDMI: LinuxJedi's designs for Amiga RGBtoHDMI boards.
Amiga Video to Pi HDMI: This project implements a board which plugs into a big-box Amiga Video Slot (A2000, A3000, A4000) and uses a Raspberry Pi Zero to process the Amiga display video in realtime to provide HDMI video output for the computer. The Amiga Video to Pi HDMI is a card designed for the "big box" Amiga video slot. Using a Raspberry Pi Zero, it can convert and output HDMI video from the Amiga native video formats (only OCS modes are supported). The schematic design is based loosely on LinuxJedi's CPLD version of the Denise socket Amiga-Digital-Video module for OCS and ECS Amigas with a 48-pin DIP Denise. It uses software for the Raspberry Pi Zero that is developed by hoglet67's multi-platform vintage hardware RGBtoHDMI project.
ARIX: ARIX is a set of libraries inspired by the AmigaOS application interface, placed on top of a linux kernel. The libraries provide basic memory management (allocation, reallocation, filling memory etc), thread and process creation, inter process communication and many more. The ARIX libraries themselves does not depend on any other high-level linux libraries apart from some very low level things, such as /lib/ld-linux.so or the dynamic/static library dependencies introduced by the gcc.
Remembering Kiki Stockhammer: Kiki Stockhammer was once one of the most visible people on the internet, and in the video graphics industry. In the early 90's, she worked for a company called NewTek that made in innovative new product called Video Toaster. At the time, this product was designed for use on the Amiga computer, which had better graphics than any other. Video Toaster started the desktop computer video graphics revolution and won an Emmy. In 1994, Kiki and a number of other NewTek employees left and started a new company, Play Incorporated. This company also produced innovative video graphics products (it's technology is used in the new "Star Wars" movies). Kiki Stockhammer was the "face" of Play, Inc., appearing in their ads, and representing them at just about every computer convention and trade show there was. One of the company's products, GlobeCaster, was the worlds first internet TV station-in-a-box, so Kiki began appearing on an internet TV broadcast called "Kiki at Midnight". In 2000, Play Incorporated was bought out, and Kiki disappeared from the Internet and trade show scene, never to be seen again. I have no idea what happened to her, so I set up this page to remember her in pictures.

10 Nov 21

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   - Greetings and Salutations everyone! WOW **A LOT** to cover and not **A LOT** of time to do it so lets get to it!

     - HOLY CRAP... 19 Oct was the sites 20 year anniversary and I have been **SO** busy I totally missed it!

Happy Belated 20th Birthday AmigaSource!

(Side note... If there are any web programmers who would like to make a little side cash and help me add a few features to the site PLEASE contact me and I PROMISE to make it worth your while!)

     - Happy 246th USMC. Semper Fi!
     - Two more Amiga events happened: Amiwest 2021 and The Commodore Los Angeles Super Show (CLASS).
     - Total number of links added 2021: 384

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Colanto

withdrawn their opposition against Intellivision's Amico

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Amazingly, New Commercial Amiga Games are Under Development: Mike Bouma (Slashdot reader #85,252) writes: Pixelglass Games and BitBeamCannon are working on new commercial Amiga games. Metro Siege is a 2-player beat 'em up for the Amiga 500 with 1 MB of Ram. You can watch a teaser trailer here. Alarcity is a shoot 'em up for the Amiga 1200 and Amiga CD32. You can watch an earlier campaign trailer here.
Pixelglass: Game developers of Worthy, Metro Siege, Alar City, Roar Avenger, Time Gail, Giana Sisters S.E. and Raid over Moscow.
BitBeam Cannon: Game developers of Metro Siege, Daemin Claw Origins of Nnar and Cyberjack.
AmigaOS Is Still Getting Updates and Upgrades: Mike Bouma (Slashdot reader #85,252) writes: A-EON Technology Ltd has released Enhancer Software Release 2.1 for AmigaOS4.1 FE update 2, which itself was released on 23 December 2020. It's an OS enhancement package with large amounts of updated and upgraded OS components.
VIRUS HELP TEAM : We where 5 guys, who earlier worked for Safe Hex International to prevent the spreading of virus on Amiga. But as our policy concerning Amiga antivirus couldn't fit Safe Hex International's policy, we decided to leave and start on a fresh, with our own Virus Help Team, which started on 1 january 1995, and this means that Virus Help Team in Denmark celebrated 25'th anniversary in 2020, so we are here if you have any virus problems.
The story of the Commodore Amiga in Pixels: Free PDF download from Retro Fusion Books.
A3640 CPU Board 68040: {Some pics and info}.
Troika {Archive.org}: Makers of the Amy 05. A Flex atx form-factor, PowerPC computer system.
Troika NG Progress Report: {A good historical thread over at Amigaworld about Troika NG and their Amy 05 motherboard}.
Troika Releases Details on New AmigaOS4 Board: A lot of hardware-related news today, but this one will probably mean the most to us alternative OS fans: it seems AmigaOS 4 has found hardware to actually run on. The board will have an IBM 750GL at 800 MHz with 1MB of L2 cache, and will support processors up to 1Ghz. Also: “One of the biggest changes to the Amy05 design from our first released specification is the addition of the AMD Geode CS5536 companion device. For Project Prometheus/Amy’05 this becomes Amy’s Southbridge.” The current board is is a development board, and will be made available in a limited quantity for hardware testing/OS4 development.
Welcome to the official website of the UltimatePPC! {Archive.org}: The UltimatePPC is a multi-function CPU card for the Commodore Amiga 3000 and 4000 series computers and plugs into the CPU slot.
UltimatePPC Accelerator for Amiga 3000/4000: It’s not often you hear about new PPC-based accelerators for the Amiga, but today I received an e-mail from an Amiga user in Norway (Mads). He wrote me some words concerning an upcoming PPC-accelerator for the Amiga 3000 and Amiga 4000. Thanks a lot for the information mate. The board is called UltimatePPC and it is a multi-function CPU-card for the Amiga computers mentioned above. It plugs into the CPU slot of the machines. The specifications are very interesting.
Z3660: Amiga 4000 CPU accelerator board based on A3660 and Z-turn FPGA board.
AmiKut XE for the Raspberry Pi: A modern retro desktop Amiga pre-designed with 400+ AmigaOS3.x apps & games on a bootable all-in-one image to go straight to your own 16GB+ microSD card, USB3 Flash Stick or SSD.
Amiga.gr: {A Greek site for up-to-date Amiga news!}.
MintPPC available for AmigaOne X5000: It was just reported that MintPPC is available for Amigaone X5000 users. Have a look here.
Hyperion Message Board - MintPPC for the X5000: {A good thread over at the Hyperion Entertainment Message Boards about the MintPPC OS for the X5000
Books You Should Read: Bil Herd’s Back Into The Storm: This is the premise behind our Hackaday colleague Bil Herd’s autobiographical chronicle of time in the mid 1980s during which he worked at Commodore, maker of some of the most iconic home computers of the day. We follow him through the three years from 1983 to 1986 as hardware lead on the “TED” series of computers including the Commodore 16 and Plus/4, and then the Commodore 128, a dual-processor powerhouse which was arguably the last of the big-selling 8-bit home computers.
Amiga Icon File Format: An unofficial guide to decoding classic Amiga icon images.
ReAmiga 3000 (kiCAD): ReAmiga 3000TH by John 'Chucky' Hertell converted to KiCAD .
ReAgnus Board (Design Complete): This board is designed to allow me to re-engineer Agnus (cycle exact) and enable us to build Amiga's into the future. It was built out of necessity to get me a 8372AB for my ReA3000. But i should be able to reassign the pins for other Agnus revisions (provided the power pins are always the same). Design is an ICE40HX4K FPGA + Level Shifters. It solders into a PLCC TH socket like Megachip. I'm sure someone will ask why I didn't put ram on here.. Simple. I'm a purist. I want this chip to replace Agnus and nothing else.
OpenPCI MultiOS/MultiHardware PCI/AGP Drivers: Project of unified library and drivers for Amiga/Amithlon/Pegasos PCI/AGP Bus. This library is a wrapper for use lot of PCI Bus on Amiga/Amithlon/Pegasos (GrexA1200/A4000 (require cybpci.library and latest Grex 68040/68060 library), Prometheus (require prometheus.library v2.x), Amithlon (require powerpci.library v2.x), Pegasos (require Pegasos+MorphOS)).
DigiBooster 3: DigiBooster 3 is a music tracker. Its history has roots in ancient times of Amiga. Amiga was the first popular computer having stereo PCM audio output. Then it had a potential to be used as a device for making music. This potential has been fully exploited.
A\BOX Specifications: {Another 'vaporware' computer design} The heart of the A/BOX is the system controller: CAIPIRINHA.
Why Amiga failed: I defiantly celebrated the 25th anniversary of Windows 95 by buying myself an Amiga 500. That relic from 1987 did everything Windows 95 did, and it ran an operating system that first appeared on the market 10 years before Windows 95. It was easily 10 years ahead of its time. But it flopped. Here’s why Amiga failed. There wasn’t any single thing that brought Amiga and its parent company, Commodore, down. If anything, the Amiga is a cautionary tale of how good engineering won’t save you if you get everything else wrong.
Pacman 500 & MsPackMan 500: Pacman arcade 1:1 remake attempt for Amiga 500/1200
RxEnv Tools for your ARexx development environment: Coding in ARexx on the Amiga can be great fun. It's a quirky little language by modern standards, nevertheless I find it to be a highly enjoyable experience. Still, ARexx was born in 1987, and it lacks many of the comforts we take for granted when working with younger scripting languages. I've always felt that it's suffered greatly from the inability to include other scripts, allowing the programmer to build a small library of functions that can complement the built-ins. I also frequently miss a Read, Eval, Print Loop.
Tech Blog – Removing AGA Display Trashes: Many AGA Amiga users have experienced irritating flashing display "trashes" appearing in higher resolution AGA display modes like DblPAL or Multiscan. In general opinion these artifacts are caused by AGA chips overheating, being loaded with larger amount of video data to process. This opinion is so common, that even Jens Schönfeld in user manual for his Indivision AGA scandoubler, recommends attaching a radiator to the Alice chip if trashes appear on the screen. Unfortunately it does not work, as I've learned myself.
How the Amiga could have lived to age 30 and beyond: It was 30 years ago this week that Commodore released its landmark, long-time-coming Amiga 1000 computer–the first 1990s computer in a field full of 1970s retreads. Yes, it was a 1990s computer in 1985. It had color and sound built in, not as expensive, clunky, hard-to-configure add-ons. It could address up to 8 megabytes of memory, though it ran admirably on a mere 512 kilobytes. Most importantly, it had fully pre-emptive multitasking, something that previously only existed in commercial workstations that cost five figures. It was so revolutionary that even NBC is acknowledging the anniversary. Being a decade or so ahead of its time was only the beginning of its problems, unfortunately.
Commodore computer models: The Commodore 64 is by far the most famous and successful computer Commodore ever made. But there were numerous Commodore computer models over the years. Some were also successful. Some were complete flops. Overall Commodore had a good 18-year run, but it could have been so much longer and better. Let’s take a walk through the Commodore computer models from the beginning in 1976 to the bitter end in 1994.
MediaVault: MediaVault is an open source desktop application, for AmigaOS 4, which can be used to discover online radio stations.
Deniser - Amiga Denise chip replacement: Deniser is a drop-in replacement for the Amiga computer Denise chip. This repository contains board design files, FPGA logic source code and synthesis scripts. The idea is to make the material available for anyone to build and program the board for use as a Denise chip replacement.
Should the Amiga be revived?: Every few years, we hear a story in the tech news about how some company is going to resurrect the Amiga computer, and I always have mixed feelings when this happens.
Interview with Carl Sassenrath: To celebrate the 1000th article of Obligement, Carl Sassenrath returns through this long interview on its origins at Amiga Inc. in the 1980's (Manager of AmigaOS and Amiga CDTV system development, among others), the bankruptcy of Commodore, its passages at Apple Computer and Viscorp, Amiga NG, or on its new revolutionary language REBOL. A great name of Silicon Valley !
The Double Life of Dave Haynie—A Rajant Engineer and Commodore Legend: In celebration of the Commodore 64’s 38th anniversary, a tale needs to be told about a Rajant prodigy who also happens to be a Commodore superstar.
Amiga QuickBasic Compiler: An experiment in alternate history: what AmigaBASIC could have looked like, had it been developed further tailored to the Amiga OS. What AQB is not: AQB does not try to be a clone of any particular BASIC dialect - neither QuickBASIC, FreeBASIC or VisualBASIC nor any particular Amiga specific BASIC implementation like AmigaBASIC, ACE, HiSoft, GFA, Blitz or AMOS. While it strives to be as compatible as possible with the Microsoft BASIC family of languages (and certainly has many QuickBASIC traits) the primary focus is on the creation of a modern, clean, Amiga OS-compliant, future-proof BASIC that is tailored towards modern Amiga application development.
Amiga Networking Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Part 1/2: Current version 2.1 (supersedes all previous versions real or imaginary) Date 12/15/96. The primary purpose of a FAQ is to preserve network bandwidth by answering Frequently Asked Questions. A FAQ's second purpose is to provide an altruistic public service to users and vendors.
Amiga Networking Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Part 2/2: Current version 2.1 (supersedes all previous versions real or imaginary) Date 12/15/96. The primary purpose of a FAQ is to preserve network bandwidth by answering Frequently Asked Questions. A FAQ's second purpose is to provide an altruistic public service to users and vendors.
AmigaVideo.net: Welcome to Amigavideo.net, a dedicated collection to the Amiga video memory! Over 160+ hours for your viewing pleasure!
Amiga Report Magazine: Amiga Report Magazine was published between March 1993 and April 1998. As one of the first regularly-published online magazines, it broke new ground for the information revolution to come in the Internet age. Amiga Report published over 100 issues, overseen by three editors. The first, Robert Glover, modeled the publication after the long-running Atari-focused STReport, and quickly migrated the magazine from a text format to the pioneering AmigaGuide hypertext language. As Commodore struggled and the Amiga commercial market deteriorated in early 1994, Glover handed off the magazine to assistant editor Robert Niles. Niles, along with regular contributor Jason Compton, used Amiga Report as a platform to update Amiga users on the Commodore bankruptcy proceedings. Compton became the third and final editor in late 1994.
HippoPlayer: HippoPlayer is a music player for macOS, Windows and Linux that mostly focuses on music made for systems such as Amiga, C64, and gaming systems. While HippoPlayer supports MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, etc it's not the main target. The original HippoPlayer is something I used a lot when I had my Amiga. Over many years I tried various players and while some of them hold up none of them has been what I been looking for. Before starting this project I looked around quite a bit for alternatives and nothing really fit the bill.
Amiga Boot-up Screen Colors and System Error Checklist: When you boot up your Amiga you are always greeted with a series of flashing screen colors. On most days the screen will change from dark gray to a couple lighter shades then white before marching on. On bad days, it flicks over to an actual color of the rainbow, each with its own heart-stopping meaning. What do those colors mean? And what is the Amiga doing during the boot-up process in the first place? The following is a collection of ancient and excellent information compiled from various sources.
AmigaGuide: AmigaGuide is a mark-up language for hypertext documents, introduced by Commodore International in 1992 as part of Workbench 2.1 and later extended in Workbench 3.0 and 3.1. This article describes the AmigaGuide format and provides a complete list of its commands.
Ambermoon: Resources for the incredible Amiga game Ambermoon. This repository should serve as a place where resources and information about Ambermoon can be stored.
Amiga Machine Code Course: Here you’ll find my complete set of posts covering the Amiga Machine Code course.
AmigaOS Versions: The version number reflects a revision of the system software. The chart below lists the specific AmigaOS release versions that system libraries versions correspond to.
A1000 Rejuvenator: This project aims to re-create the original Rejuvenator, and eventually improve on the original design. Schematics and board artwork are complete, and have been fabricated and tested. Several design errors on the original Rejuvenator which required bodge wires and trace cuts to rectify have been identified and eliminated in the new design.
GimpILBM: A GIMP plugin for importing/exporting IFF-ILBM.
CARLSEN ELECTRONICS: This site is dedicated to users of 8 bit Commodore Computer hardware. I had been doing consumer electronics repair work since 1964. I retired from my "day" job as a repair tech at the University of Washington in Seattle back in 2009 and likewise don't do consumer electronics repairs at home any longer... except for Commodore and related 8 bit computer hardware such as the C64 and C128 series and their peripherals. I don't repair the Amiga line or the PETs but I do make a replacement power supply for the Amiga A500, A600 and A1200 in addition to ones for the CBM C64, C128, VIC20E (early) and VIC20CR (late) and Plus/4 computers. {Ray Carlsen is a LEGEND!}
Pictures of the Amiga Ranger (what should of been the Amiga 2000): {Chris Collins has a posted a photo album of 22 pictures of the Amiga Ranger Prototype.}
Pictures of the Amiga 1K prototype: {Chris Collins has a posted a photo album of 26 pictures of the Amiga 1K prototype.}
Pictures from the Amiga 30th Celebration: {Chris Collins has a posted a photo album of 399 pictures from the Amiga 30th celebration held at the Computer History Museum in Mountainview, CA in 2015.}
Pictures of SACC 2015: {Chris Collins has a posted a photo album of 22 pictures of SACC 2015.}
Pictures from RJ Mical 0x3c Birthday: {Chris Collins has a posted a photo album of 269 pictures from RJ Mical 0x3c Birthday.} Robert J Mical doesn't do a little party he has a weekend party for his 0x3c birthday.
Rare and Prototype Amiga Items: {Chris Collins has a posted a photo album of 81 pictures of rare and prototype Amiga items.}
Md2Guide: This is a simple program that converts a directory of markdown files (.md) to an AmigaGuide file. Amiga2Markdown requires .NET Core 3.1 runtimes, so runs on Windows, Linux and MacOS. It is launched through the console.
Project SonnetAmiga: This project is an attempt at reimplementation of WarpOS for Sonnet Crescendo 7200 and other PPC PCI cards. The main part of the project is a library, which aims at API and ABI compatibility with WarpOS powerpc.library. This project is in a beta stage of development.
Project ReWarp: This project is a reimplementation of WarpOS for AmigaOS 4 (work in progress). It's aim is to support all the current flavors of machines running AmigaOS 4 including the X5000. At this moment 95% of all WarpOS functions are implemented.
Amiga5000.de: Welcome to Amiga5000.de On this page I present my projects. All of them were created using the Hollywood programming language. Accordingly some Hollywood-plugins are, if not included, required to run these tools. These can be downloaded on the Hollywood homepage. {here you can find ModExplorer, AmiBrixx, ArtBase, ComicOn, LookingForXmas and V-Trainer.}
A2000 Serotina Mechanical Keyboard: The A2000 Serotina Keyboard is a build it yourself Open Source Hardware Mechanical Keyboard for the Amiga A2000 and A3000 computers. Features are: Uses standard PC keyboard parts, case + keycaps, Allows the use of the WASD keycap printing service for Amiga specific keycaps, All soldering is Through Hole - no SMD soldering required, No original A2000 keyboard parts required, All electronic components are still available to buy {and MORE!}
Guru Meditation Errors - How to Read Them: Transcribed from an old document. Author and year unknown. Stamped by "Megadisc", a small Australian magazine-on-a-disc. It's not always obvious why your Amiga guru's. With the codes below, you can break the meaning down to its basic components and get to the bottom of things.

30 Sep 21

Today's Highlights
- Greetings and Salutations. Full disclosure. Since the past few weeks have been exceptionally busy I'm going to backdate this post a few days so it looks like I did something in the past month. ;-) And to prove it I didn't even write about the A500 Mini. More to follow shortly!

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Arananet RetroProducts Retro products for hobbyists: A large varity of items for the Amiga. CPU relocators, mouse adaptors, denise relocators, clockports, Zorro reinforcement power card, null modems, PISTORM GPIO adaptors, A500 Lazarus board, IDE to MSATA adaptor, the Joyster, Ultimare Floppy Emulator, Ultimate CDTV video board + SD & WiFi and more! Aldo stuff for the Atari, Acorn, C=64 and others

27 Aug 21

Today's Highlights
- Hello everybody!! Well I'm back for now. Sorry for the lack of updates over the past month but it has been a very busy month. On the plus side the nice thing about being away for so long is there's no lack of things to talk about or sites to add.

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Commodore-Amiga Sales Figures: Information on the sales of the Amiga throughout the world may be lacking in many respects. However, there are some figures available that indicate how many were sold during the Commodore era. These only show official figures, the number of Amigas world-wide has been estimated to be 4 times as much.
Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures: {GREAT article by Jeremy Reimer detailing the past 30 years of computer sales.}
Amiga Enforcer: Enforcer is an advanced debugging tool for Amiga computer systems equipped with a 68020/68851, 68030, 68040, or 68060 CPU. It uses the MMU to help detect stray pointers and access to invalid memory. The Enforcer archive includes tools to help identify the exact location of bugs, including the line of source code in most C or Assembly code, as well as some other languages. Enforcer was instrumental in the development and testing of AmigaOS 2.04 (and up) and to the improvement of the quality of software on the Amiga. Enforcer is designed to provide more debugging capabilities across more hardware configurations and with more options than ever.
Pictures from Amiga shows: This site contains pictures I have taken at some European Amiga shows and other events since 1998.
Next generation PowerPC library for classic AmigaOS (work in progress): This project is a reimplementation of WarpOS for various PPC PCI cards for the Zorro 3 big box Amigas. It is a rewrite from assembly to (mostly) C of the SonnetAmiga project.

23 Jul 21

Today's Highlights
- Hello everyone (anyone)!! Let me apologize for the lack up updates over the past month. I was called out of state on short notice and had to put the website on the back burner. But don't worry I'll be back in a few days!

- So instead of trying to recap what we all ready know happened, I'm just going to lead with this VERY important headline...

Happy 36th Birthday Amiga!

At this point I hope we can make it 37!

28 Jun 21

Today's Highlights
Hello All. Sorry for lack of updates. Let's just say that the last few weeks have been quite busy. Now combine that with the fact that Amiga world has been just active enough to keep me 'one step behind' on updating and I'm behind the power curve. Well new week, new motivation. I will be adding links all day long.

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AmigaKit XE Raspberry Pi 4/400: A modern retro desktop Amiga pre-designed with 400+ AmigaOS3.x apps & games on a bootable all-in-one image to go straight to your own 16GB+ microSD card, USB3 Flash Stick or SSD
Installing Windows NT 4.0 On A PowerPC: {just in case you ever have the need to install nt on a Motorola PowerPC based system.}
A\BOX Specifications: {Amiga History Guide's page for the A\BOX}
The adtools project: This is the Amiga developement tools project that host a number of tools that can be used to develop applications for AmigaOS and Amigaoid systems. At the moment only the version for the latest AmigaOS version (4.x) is in a relatively good shape while this is probably not the case for the other systems. The main repo is still hosted on a SVN repository under https://sf.net/projects/adtools. It uses the concept of vendor branches but this is making quick progress nearly impossible, so a new approach is tested here. In contrast to the original approch, build products that are based on other projects (e.g. gcc) are not imported directly into this repository. Instead only the patches that need to be applied to a given base version (e.g. stock gcc 6) are directly stored and maintained.
Plakativ, Druck & Schrift: New badges and cardboard boxes and floppy labels for a majority of the Commodore line of computers and some peripherals. 1000's of items covered!!
What happened to Amithon: A thread over at Amigaworld.net in which Bernie Meyer (AKA Umisef) tells his side of the story. Dated 7 Oct 2007.
How to use the SAS C Compiler: {Good primer on how to to setup & use SAS/C.}
Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer aka DrawBridge: This project is now known as DrawBridge, standing for Disk Reader and Writer (bridge between disk and computer) My Aim: To create a simple, cheap and open source way to recover and rewrite data from and to an Amiga DD floppy disk from within Windows 10.
Next Generation Amiga Architecture (archived): Amiga Announces Alliance with QNX for Next Generation Amiga Architecture. Amiga Inc. has announced an alliance with QNX Software Systems Ltd. to utilize the QNX realtime operating system (RTOS) as the foundation for the Next Generation Amiga architecture.
Next Generation Amiga Architecture (archived): {Archived Amiga.com page announcing QNX as the new OS} Amiga Announces Alliance with QNX for Next Generation Amiga Architecture. Amiga Inc. has announced an alliance with QNX Software Systems Ltd. to utilize the QNX realtime operating system (RTOS) as the foundation for the Next Generation Amiga architecture.
phase5 Unofficial Support Page: {Dowloads for virtually all Drivers/Libraries, CyberGraphX, Tools & Manuals.}
REVIEW: Commodore Amiga 4000: {A review of the new A4000 on comp.sys.amiga.reviews dated 26 Oct 1992}
REVIEW: Commodore Amiga 1200: {A review of the new A1200 on comp.sys.amiga.reviews dated 3 Jan 1993}
Amiga 'Boot' Sequence: {A quick rundown of what happens when you boot an Amiga along with screen color errors. }
Programming Textfiles: The Amiga: It was hard for me not to go completely over the top for the Commodore Amiga when I became aware of it in 1985. Here was a machine incredible graphics, stunning sound, amazing games, and a general sense that the thing could do most anything. I wasn't the only one; Amigas are still in use to this day for professional graphics work and video editing. But at the time, it just changed everything. Here's some files discussing the minutae of being a programmer on the Amiga. {lots of good info 'older' found here}
C= Classic Amiga: Your Guide to everything Amiga: {Games, Demo Scene, Software, Forums, Hardware & more. While the main site doesn't seem to be updated the forums are still active.}
Mr. Hardware Computers: Vast Amiga Experience, Great Prices, Real Customer Service. Amiga Computing Since 1985. Owner/Developer of SBase4Pro Amiga Since April 1996. Custom Amiga Business Management Software Development {may not still be in business}
AmigaOS Versions: The version number reflects a revision of the system software. The chart below lists the specific AmigaOS release versions that system libraries versions correspond to.
AmigaOne X1000: {The X1000 page on wiki.amigaos.net}
AmigaOne: {An absolutely WONDERFUL resource for AmigaOne line of computers AmigaOne, AmigaOne 500, AmigaOne X1000, AmigaOne X5000 and other variations. Firware in stallation instructions can be found here too. Site in Polish}
Run the Amiga 500 in your browser with Portable Native Client: {Article about running an Amiga in your web browser}
Scripted AMIGA Emulator: Welcome! This site is the home- and demopage of the SAE, an Amiga emulator in pure HTML5 and JavaScript. It is heavily based on WinUAE and does use the AROS-Kickstart replacement. For more informations, please see the description. {Run an Amiga in your browser}
Scripted AMIGA Emulator (github): Amiga Emulator in javascript and HTML5.
AROS: {AmigaNG page about AROS. GREAT overview and source of information!!}

11 Jun 21

Today's Highlights
   Ramblings of a crazy man... Well it's been a month since the unexpected release of OS3.2. While I'm happy for all the hard work and understand the developers gave FREELY of their time and SACRIFICED monetary compensation to further the greater cause of keeping the Amiga alive, THIS SHIT HAS TO COME TO AN END!! Let me be Captain Obvious here and rehash a few key points. It's been 27 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days since Commodore went bankrupt and the current situation can be boiled down into this...

    1 - People still love the Amiga: Funny but true. There is still something continues to draw us to this crazy little machine despite all the advancements and incredible products that have eclipsed us since it was launched.

    2 - The community is all that's left: While there is ZERO modern commercial support, one could honestly make the point that there has NEVER been a better time to be an Amiga user. New motherboards, accelerators, FPGA systems, cases, keyboards, chips, software emulation and OS updates. HOLY CRAP!!

    I think this is one single point that helps put everything in this whole crazy cluster in perspective. By the simple fact that you can take an average win10 machine, install WinUAE and Amikit and within 10 minutes have an Amiga that is faster and more capable than ANY Amiga before the death of Commodore shows that time has moved on!

    Hell there are Amiga emulators that run within a web browser that are almost better than the real thing. (Sorry but all that is left is the Archive.org version of the page. No longer as fast but the proof of concept is there.)

    If you remember back in the day it took hundreds of people, thousands of hours and millions of dollars to make an Amiga. Again... IN YOUR WEB BROWSER!! It has more memory, higher resolution and greater expansion than the one you had in your youth. As someone who LOVES old hardware, it really doesn't matter anymore. At least not in the practical sense. Need to use a different computer? Just load a different program. I realize that nothing can EVER replace the real thing but boy have times changed.

     3 - There is no real world business opportunities or growth in the current market: The Amiga lives in the small but passionate world of vintage retro computing or the even smaller world of modern extreme fringe computing. (Does the A1222 sound familiar?) I'm betting almost all sales are from people over the age of 30. Honestly I think is 40+ but I'll stick with 30+ for now. I dare you to show me 2 companies providing the same level of goods and services that also are paying their monthly bills exclusively off sales of Amiga products and that have ANY chances of growth? Not going to happen.

    4 - What the HELL are people still fighting for? WHAT IS THE END GAME????: Power? Money? Prestige? Control? The name? The hardware? The software? The community? What else is there? Someone help me out...

    The Amiga is stuck in some kind of crazy alternate 1994 time line. In real world computers have moved on. No one give a shit about us. In the alternate time line the fight for control is still going on like the fate of middle earth depends on it. WTF? I'm starting to think the current business model is to be out of the market for so long that all the old timers die off so when it comes back it seems like a completely brand new hip retro product that will sell millions. If so then then mission half accomplished! And the last point...

    5 - It's OK that it's dead: All things die but because of points 1 & 2 the Amiga can live on and in its only crazy little way even thrive. Will a new Amiga sell millions? No. Will we make any contributions to modern computing? No. Will anything every be easy for us? No. Do we all need to hold hands and get along? No. Does any of this even matter? F&^*^ NO. What does matter is everyone, in there own way, still cares and that means something!!

    All I want, and what I'm sure everyone else wants this too, is to have fun with our Amigas in a community that isn't getting smaller by the day!

     Hey... To those in charge... Find a way to co-exist and figure this S&*^*&^ out BEFORE WE ALL DIE OF OLD AGE!!! Seriously... It's been 27 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days...

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G-REX PCI The Worlds Fastest Amiga PCI Solutions: Welcome to worlds biggest (unofficial) G-REX PCI Support Homepage. This page is primarily being build to give users a platform with all important information and current software for the G-REX PCI.
RHAG - Robin Hood Amiga Group UK: RHAG is an Independent monthly meeting held in the East Midlands of the UK started in 2020 at Haywood Community Center. Monthly Nottingham Meeting serving Leicester, Worksop, Mansfield, Derby, Sheffield, Doncaster and Yorkshire.
Amiga MCCCC: The Metroplex Commodore Computer Club has been in existence since 1983 supporting Commodore computers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. We have supported the Amiga since the Amiga was introduced in 1985. The MCCC no longer asks for membership dues. If you attend a meeting and leave your email address with an officer, you will be considered a member of the club. This will entitle you to receive newsletters and other correspondence via email. Members will be considered active for one year following the last attended meeting.
Amiga MCCC: An Amiga X1000 FAQ: {A well done FAQ covering the X1000 done by The Metroplex Commodore Computer Club. Dallas/Ft Worth Texas}
AmigaONE X1000 {Archived}: A-EON's homepage for the AmigaOne X1000. {Why this page is no longer found on their current site is a complete mystery. Go figure...}
COMMODORE LETS AMIGA DIE SLOW DEATH: (This appeared originally in the SanJose Mercury News and has since been reprinted many many times across the country... caused enough of an uproar in the Amiga community to prompt a reply (which follows) from that sleeping giant- CBM...) warehouser

5 Jun 21

Today's Highlights
- I was intrigued to see a news item on the German side of Amiga-News.de that A-EON has begun to ship the AAA Bundles (w/pic). Maybe I'll get mine before the end of the year and the A1222 before 2030. Fingers crossed!

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TOGA: The Other Group of Amigoids WEB Page: TOGA, The Other Group of Amigoids, was formed in 1991 by Lawrence Brown. He had moved to California from another state where he was involved with an Amiga user group called Amigoids. Lawrence is no longer involved with our group. He currently works for Cisco Systems in Menlo Park, CA. While with Cisco and with Cisco's help, he was actively involved in getting computers (specifically Amigas) in to local schools.
Touch Device: What is it? This is my attempt to provide AmigaOS4 with an API to handle touch events. API Features: multitouch support (unlimited number of points), simultaneous devices (unlimited number), extendable support to new devices through drivers
The Amiga version of TVPaint 3.59 is available for free DL: {Thread over at TVPaint.com with the link to the last Amiga version (1994) V3.59}
The official twitter page of Mike Battilana (Owner of Colanto): {The title says it all}
The official twitter page of AmigaCorp: {Once I fingure out EXACLY who this represents I'll update the description}
How to create an AmigaOS 4 library: This simple tutorial is based on the creation of my first library.
The AHI home page (Archived for reverence): {Archived AHI home page. For reference}
New Amiga Compatible Mechanical Keyboard: {Page for their A1200 mechanical keyboard project by A1200.net}

29 May 21

Today's Highlights
- I don't know how I always wind up forgetting this day...

International Amiga Day. (Pic from IndieRetroNews.com)

29 May 21

Today's Highlights
- A few more new articles and reviews of OS3.2. This time from Hackers News and this video review by WalkeroGR.

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AmigaE-NPP (Notepad ++): I saw on discord that MickGyver had built some useful stuff for blitz basic providing syntax highlighting, function lists, auto-completion etc. I decided it looked like a useful thing to do and I set about building something similar for Amiga E. Mine doesn't attempt to do any shortcut keys for compiling, its purely to add cosmetic touches when editing Amiga E source code using Notepad++.
D520, an adjustable DB23 RGB video / audio converter to HDMI: Since the advent of liquid crystal (or LCD) monitors and televisions with LED backlighting, and the replacement of the Scart / Scart socket by the HDMI port, it is become difficult to obtain a satisfactory image of his Amiga provided with a Scart socket. Thorsten Schubert worked for a few years on a device that could convert the analog video signal of the Amiga Classic (as well as the audio signal) into a digital signal, thus making it possible to use a monitor with an HDMI port. The result is the D520 , the first version of which dates from 2019. The D520 is therefore an adjustable external box with a generator of scanning lines or "scanlines" managing the specificities of Amiga resolutions. It converts the analog video (and audio) signal from your Amiga computer to a digital version that can be displayed on a monitor, TV or projector with digital video input.
Deinterlacing, Scaling & Processing: Questions and Answers (2021 edition): It's been 12 years now since I switched from my classic Sony CRT television (with Scart RGB input) to a progressive CRT display. I've started using linedoublers back then to enjoy the more vibrant picture a progressive tube can provide. About 8 years ago I've switched to a LCD television and have upgraded quite some times since back then to better models (from a Samsung 32" to a LG 32" to a Sony 52" XBR5 and currently ending up with a 52" Sony HX905). Videoprocessors (enhanced linedoubling devices) has been a central part of my setup since back then. While I own a XBox 360 and a PS3 I still like to play classic videogames. I like my PC Engine, I love my Saturn and the PSOne's got a nice collection of classic videogames as well. In addition I've got a PS2 which provides a nice lineup of titles for everyday's use. For years I've strived to gain the perfect picture on my LCD display. I've test lots of different video devices and by setting up this little page, I want to provide an overview on what's available on the market today. {this page covers dozens+ on devices that will allow an older device to connect to modern display hardware. Definitions, write-ups, pictures, screenshots and more!}
Classic Amiga upgrades: {Epsilon, again, does a wonderful job covering all the upgrades he has done to his classic Amigas. KVM's, Lyra PS/2 keyboard converter, PS/2 Cocolino mouse converter, Rys MKII usb mouse converter, Gotek floppy drive, GuruNet parallel port network card, A565 Plipbox ethernet device, ACE2 A500 2M chip memory upgrade, X-Surf 500 network card, ACA1233n 030 accelerator card and few more things!}
800 KB Amiga floppy disk (youtube): {French w/English subtitles} How does the Amiga manage to fit 880 KB on a double density floppy disk? Answer in this video! Direct access to chapters and links below: Introduction, PC/Atari 720 KB floppy, Amiga 880 KB floppy, Pauline, Similarities, Differences, and FDC & Conclusion. {also links to: HxCFloppyEmulator Software, Pauline, Live Pauline presentation, JeffHxC2001 channel, 720 KB Floppy disk & CrossDOS}
AmiExpress BBS: Rewrite of the Amiga AmiExpress BBS system originally widely used by scene BBS's in the 1990s
ImperiumTerranum2: Improved & adopted C version of ImperiumTerranum2 from Oxygenic/virtualworlds.
ImperiumTerranum2 (German): The (inofficial) next part of Civilization, the fight for life of mankind in space! A Science-Fiction-simulation for the AMIGA only.
Amiga-GCC: The GNU C-Compiler with Binutils and other useful tools for cross development. This is a Makefile based approach to build the same files as in the old amigaos-toolchain to reduce the build time. Right now these tools are build: binutils, gcc with libs for C/C++/ObjC, fd2sfd, fd2pragma, ira, sfdc, vbcc, vlink, libnix & ixemul (not really, but the headers are used).
Epsilon's World: {Flat out one of the BEST blog sites about the Amiga! Now at a new web domain.}

27 May 21

Today's Highlights
- Since its release the chatter from OS3.2 release has settled down. People have been able to order and even some have received their own copies and are doing reviews. Looking good!

- Hopefully only temporarily sad news. The INCREDIBLE site Amiga Hardware Database has gone off line. Fortunately it can still be reached at Archive.org. I'm happy to report that I was able to download all the files and DMS images I clicked on but YMMV. Let's hope this is only a short term glitch!

Amiga Legal News Update

Cloanto applies for admittance of Evert Carton as witness (amiga-news.de)

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Amiga Party Games that Nails the Weekend: I love to support the Amiga commercial games. But there are some remarkable party games that are totally free to download from Aminet. So, I decided to make this guide regarding Party Games for Amiga that are free. All of the games in this guide can be downloaded right now. The Amiga platform got everything from amazing shooters to brilliant snake remakes that are totally free to download and play. Just use this guide and you know what you need to make them run on your Classic Amiga.
Metal Gear – Amiga Port: Originally released in 1987 for the MSX2, Metal Gear became an instant classic. Designed by the legendary Hideo Kojima, it spawned a huge franchise in stealth gameplay and is considered one of the top games from the platform. While there are ports for the NES, Spectrum and C64 they were missing a lot of the key details from the original game. An Amiga version was once advertised in a magazine but sadly was consigned to myth and legend. That is until now.
Presenting the X1Boot Manager! (hyperion thread): Hello everyone! I'm excited to finally release the X1Boot Manager into the X1000 Linux world! :-D The X1Boot Manager is the culmination of a two year research and development project and then some I call the X1Boot Project. The aim of the X1Boot Project was to prove if: 1. Linux could be booted directly off an X1000 HDD (or SSD.) 2. Linux could be loaded from a standard AmigaBoot menu. 3. Linux could be managed from a Linux boot editor. Well I'm pleased to say I was successful in all three aims!
Network Boot Disk for Amiga: This disk is made for getting any classic Amiga easily on network with good file transferring compatibilities. It could be helpful in emergency situations or when building up a completely new system. It's based on stripped down version of AmiTCP/IP 3.0b2 stack and couple of other freeware programs. Almost everything on the disk is packed and cutted down to minimum. You should install some full TCP/IP stack and latest full drivers for permanent use. Use this disk only by booting from it as it is! You've been warned.
Amiga backup software comparison (amibay thread): {Good thread about several different programs: Abackup 5.22, AMI-Back 2.0i, Diavolo 3.7 Pro & Quarterback 7.3.1a}
TextEditFiletypePlugins: Project for the Amiga that aim to gather many filetype plugins (highlighters) for AmigaOS 3.2 TextEdit. Anyone can contribute a new filetype like: E, Installer, AmigaGuide, LaTeX . . . Just ask
Rom Kernel Reference Manual WIP: This book ROM Kernel Reference Manual: The Coveted Addendum aims to cover all programming topics of the Amiga operating system since Release 2 all the way to 3.2. Some of the features are 30 years old and some things were added within the last few years. That is a huge span and a huge undertaking to write about all of it. This book is initially published as a PDF as it is more important to get
WBDock: Simple WB Dock for WB 1.3 & and an extended version for OS 3.1 and above. Fully configurable, various styles, supports external dock apps and more.
Installer's Heaven: I've noticed MANY people are also having problems with manuals for their hardware. They don't know how to install something, because the don't have the jumper settings, or are missing some relevant info from the manual. I've decided to start a web page for that HERE. Have you ever lost an install disk for a piece of hardware, and then realize that the company is bankrupt? Ever had a cool day, and found a cheap accelerator for that old a1000, but don't know where to turn for the software? Well, here's the place! Take what you need, and send ANY software or manuals for hardware here, so others may benefit too! Hard_Drive_Controllers, Misc_Hardware, Ethernet_and_Serial, Accelerators, Audio, Video_Cards & Manuals.
Retro Commodore: Welcome to Retro Commodore – Your place with high quality scans.
Ben Hermans - ARTES: Homepage for Ben Hermans at ARTES.law.

20 May 21

Today's Highlights
- It has been nice to see the recent activity on the forums caused by the release of OS 3.2. and the mini update Hyperion released just a few days earlier. Like everyone else I'm interested to see what comes next but in the crazy world that is AmigLand who knows. At least we only have "two more weeks to go!" ha ha.

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amy-itx: Based around the original custom chips of the Classic Amiga(tm) computer from Commodore(tm) I’m ready to run all your favorite Classic games and applications. My core design focuses on compatibility, stability and flexibility. My designer is an experienced hardware engineer and he started this project around 2010. Since then I’ve undergone some major design changes. Early boards were larger (ATX+) and based solely on through hole components. In the latest revision (they call me Amy-ITX now …) all non Commodore custom electronics are super small SMD (Surface-Mount Devices). Now I’m a standard Mini-ITX form factor. This not only makes me smaller in size (about 50%) but also cuts cost and makes me more environmentally friendly.
8bit2amiga(Polish/English): Idea for the 8bit2amiga project was born at the end of the 90's. When I was 14-15 I wrote my first Henry's House game room on Amiga. In 90's transferring graphics from Atari to Amiga was not as easy as it is today. Of course, the source code and that little work were lost for over 20 years, but a few months ago on the AOZ.Studio newsgroup an idea came up to write such a port. And so I completed the first room of Henry's House years later. More rooms will be released soon. If there is interest from you after Henry, I will start another 8-bit computer game.
Welcome to the Unofficial Official SAS/C Compiler Support Page: Patches for the SAS/C 6.5x Development System.
Amiga C Tutorial: This tutorial will help you to begin to understand how to write Amiga Programs using AmigaOS and Workbench. To create a GUI interface using Intuition, Gadtools or Reaction and use the features of AmigaOS to develop Amiga applications. Example code is included to help you understand it.
Self-powered A500 SCSI Controllers : Although I no longer use any of my A500s regularly, I had a few spare hours during a recent rainy day and I decided to try out an idea I had. The intention was to power an A500 SCSI controller and hard drive off the same power supply that powers the A500, eliminating the 2nd power supply and it's attendant complexity and snarls of cables. I tried this idea on both a GVP A500 HD+ and a Commodore A590.
Classic Amiga Gets Modernized With Custom Amy-ITX Motherboard Project: That initial sense of amazement at the Amiga’s unique capabilities is one of the reasons why the platform continues to have rabid fans some 30+ years later and why a small group of skilled enthusiasts have designed and manufactured a brand-new circuit board, dubbed the Amy-ITX, that brings actual Amiga hardware to the current mini-ITX form factor.
Retro-Updates.com (Dutch/English): Who are we? For a very large group of enthusiastic users of retro computer hardware (such as Commodore, Atari, Sinclair ZX-Spectrum, and 386 / 486PC), we are looking for hardware modifications to maintain and update these retro computers for the current time. The focus is on computers, but you can also think of older Synthesizers, samplers, etc. We are constantly looking for new applications that we would like to make available to you.

12 May 21

Today's Highlights
- STOP THE PRESSES and color me impressed!! Welcome news from Hyperion. Today they just released AmigaOS 3.2 for all Classic Amigas! Over 2 years of work and 100+ new features. WOW!

Brussels, May 14, 2021

Hyperion Entertainment CVBA is very pleased to announce the immediate availability of AmigaOS 3.2 for 68K based Amigas.

AmigaOS 3.2 comes packed with well over 100 new features, dozens of updates that cover nearly all AmigaOS components and a battery of bugfixes that will undoubtedly solidify the user experience.

AmigaOS 3.2 is the result of more than 2 years of intense and relentless work from a team of over sixty people who have contributed to produce a new milestone in AmigaOS history.

Hyperion Entertainment CVBA has no words to express its gratitude to this talented and resilient team for its impressive work ethic.

The most comprehensive version of AmigaOS 3.2 is available now on CD-ROM and contains all the disks and AmigaOS Kickstart ROM sets for all Amiga machines ever produced allowing users to install AmigaOS 3.2 on multiple different types of Amigas at once.

Place your order now with your Amiga dealer of choice!

Digital (machine type specific) downloadable versions will follow.

But to be honest I'm more curious how this will affect the ongoing court case and the chances of someone gaining full control over the OS and the remaining IP? With that said I have nothing but the greatest respect and admiration for all the people involved!

Anyway here are some more links and threads for your viewing pleasure.

AmigaOS 3.2 for all Classic Amigas released and available (Hyperion)

AmigaOS 3.2 released! (English Amiga Board)

AmigaOS 3.2 for all Classic Amigas released and available (AmigaWorld)

AmigaOS 3.2 has been released for all classic Amiga's! (Indie Retro News)

AmigaOS 3.2 for all Classic Amigas released and available (Amigans)

AmigaOS 3.2 for classic Amiga is available now (Amitopia)

AmigaOS 3.2 for classic Amiga is available now (Generation Amiga)

List of approved dealers (Hyperion)

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Gamingboard GK64: nowy produkt Commodore Business Machines LTD (Polish): {Article talking about the new owners of the Commodore brand name.}
Hyperion: List of approved dealers: List of approved dealers who sell Hyperion products.
Amiga Developer Docs: From the Amiga Developer CD v2.1 (OS 3.5). Note: The complete Amiga Developer CD v2.1 (with much more material) can be purchased at Vesalia online. [*] Amiga Mail Volume II (May/June 1993) [*] Amiga RKM Devices Manual [*] Amiga Hardware Reference Manual [*] Includes and Autodocs 2.0 [*] Includes and Autodocs 3.5 [*] Amiga RKM Libraries Manual [>] ADCD 2.1 File List (with titles)
AmigaOS 3.5: Homepage of Amiga OS 3.5 from HAAGE & Partner Computer GmbH.
AROSRetrofit (Sweden): Swedish Amiga store. Accelerators, OS 3.1.4 & 3.2, Mouse adapters, ROM switchers, Shirts and more.
Ways in which The Amiga is Different: The Amiga has stayed alive even though it has had little or no development since Commodore went bust three (now ten, 19 April 2005!) years ago. Why? Here I have collected what various people have said about the Amiga - people who use it or who have bought it. (Note: This collection should NOT be taken as a complete list of the good points of the Amiga; many are not mentioned since they are either found on other platforms or are so well known in the Amiga community that users take them for granted.) First, let's hear what Gateway, who purchased the Amiga, said about it, then the rest is devoted to comments by those who use it.

12 May 21

Today's Highlights
- Hyperion posted an mini update to the timesync.library. Read more about it here.

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Commodore user Europe: The aim of www.commodore-users.eu is to bring together the community of Commodore computers users in Europe and beyond, and have us meet and share on a regular base. Commodore users are invited to contribute by presenting their work in areas such as new software and programming (i.e. libraries), former and new OSes, genuine and modern hardware, emulators, art i.e.: petscii or sprites, book reviews etc. We do also accept presentations from hardware/software vendors/editors, also from writers presenting their books or magazine editors.
Amiga Technologies: {Who knows what will be on this site in the future...}
The Byte Order Fiasco: One of the most challenging topics in the C / C++ programming language is how to handle endianness properly. There's a surprising amount of depth here. I've been programming in C for a while and I feel like I keep learning about this subject, even when I thought I'd seen it all.
The byte order fallacy: Whenever I see code that asks what the native byte order is, it's almost certain the code is either wrong or misguided. And if the native byte order really does matter to the execution of the program, it's almost certain to be dealing with some external software that is either wrong or misguided. If your code contains #ifdef BIG_ENDIAN or the equivalent, you need to unlearn about byte order.
The reason behind endianness?: {Stack flow thread with good information about endians.}

8 May 21

Today's Highlights
- After some digital spelunking I was able to add a few more daily postings between 2004-2008. Boy have things changed!! Here's a link from 2003 when the site was hosted on a Sun Cobalt server in the back room at my local RadioShack in 29 Palms CA. They had the Qube. What memories.

- Still making progress on the back end!

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Phase 5 Story: The history of Phase 5 as told by the gents at Amiga History Guide.
QNX, Phase 5 to bring Neutrino OS to upgraded Amigas: QNX Software Systems today cocked a snoot at Amiga by announcing a tie-in with German hardware developer Phase 5 to port the QNX OS to Phase 5's PowerUP PowerPC-based Amiga upgrade cards, as predicted here Phase 5 also announced its upcoming multi-CPU PowerPC-based AmiRage K2 system, which will run QNX.
AMIRAGE K2: The AMIRAGE K2 was a next generation system announced by Phase 5 on July 22nd, 1999. Based upon the QNX operating system, the computer provides mutual benefit for both companies- Phase 5 can produce fantastic hardware but lack software support, QNX need a hardware partner to move into the Amiga market after being cast aside by the Amiga Company.
Interview with Dan Dodge QNX (translated by google): Interview conducted by Andreas Neumann and taken from Amigagadget - April 2000
ZZap!: Homepage for ZZap! An Italian multi-format retrogaming magazine. Soon it will include a good selection of Amiga games and tools reviews.
Java for the Amiga: Java will run on an Amiga? Yes, Java will run on the Amiga. There are some serious limitations at this time, but if you read on, you'll find out all you'll need to know to get Java up and running on your Amiga.
Fixing Blizzard 1260: When we first tested a (borrowed) Blizzard 1260 with the A1100 it didn’t work. It’s been a long research until we found out what the cause was and how to fix it with minimal intervention.
uboot-amigaone (sourceforge): This project is an effort to bring the port of Das U-Boot firmware bootloader used in Eyetech's AmigaOne SE, XE, and MicroA1 boards up to date, compiling with Denx ELDK, fix bugs and etc.
Amigaone X5000 Blog: The writer of this blog is an avid Amiga and retro gaming fan boy based in the UK who fell in love with video games from the age of 9 when his parents decided to buy him an Atari 2600 from the Index catalogue along with a few games.
The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Amiga platform never died: A new Amiga computer emerges that is both modern and an Amiga.
Backups on the Amiga X5000: Happy New Year everyone! I’ve got big plans for my Amiga projects in 2019, but thought I’d start off the New Year with a blog post on a not-particularly “exciting” topic, but an important one nonetheless: Backups. As I am experimenting more with my X5000 and Amiga OS 4.1, I’ve been getting particularly “twitchy” that I didn’t have a solid backup/restore plan in place, particularly as some of my experiments will invariably go wrong and I’ll need a way to roll back my changes to a known-good state. I spent a few days researching and implementing a backup strategy that’s ideal for my needs and hopefully there will be something of use to other Amiga owners too.
FreeBSD AmigaOne X5000 Support: This project is a continuation of the Book-E QorIQ support enhancements by Semihalf dating back to 2012. The AmigaOne X5000 series of AmigaOS-compatible systems uses the Freescale QorIQ series of SoCs for a desktop-class form factor. The work here entails adding support for the e5500 core itself, in addition to support for the SoC peripherals.
Installing {FreeBSD} on a AmigaOne X5000: {A forum post about the subject.}
AmigaOne X5000 Update Uboot: {How to update the U-Boot your X-5000. Currently has working links to the files.}
Welcome to the classicamiga Wiki!: The information resource for the Commodore Amiga. Welcome to the classicamiga wiki site. This Wiki provides information, tutorials, FAQs and guides about the Amiga and Amiga emulation. It has been created to help the Amiga community, and Amiga users, find out and explore as much about the Amiga as they can. Initially the existing articles from the main classicamiga.com site's FAQs and Tutorials section have been ported over to the Wiki, and then this Wiki will be fully replacing that section of the main site. This will allow this part of classicamiga to grow and expand with member participation. We hope you all find this Wiki useful. Please post comments, feedback, ideas and suggestion on the classicamiga forum.

4 May 21

Today's Highlights
   - Happy to report that I restored access to the previous years news pages. Right now, while the page is created dynamically, the individual news stories are 'hard coded'. This is only a 'quick temp fix' while I finish up on the code to generate everything dynamically. But at least now you have access to hundreds of more links and random comments to enjoy!

   - Also every page now has an unique title.

   - Kas1e over at AmigaWorld.net has posed on youtube this ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL video of him setting up his new Sam460cr. This is MUST WATCH viewing for all SAM and OS4 users!! It was worth making a special news entry today for it!

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Sam460: from the Beginning to the End: The video is about PowerPC-based motherboard Sam460cr. Sam460cr is a PowerPC modular motherboard engineered and produced by ACube Systems and it is totally made in Italy. The core of the board is the PowerPC 460EX, a System On Chip (SoC) from Applied Micro which allowed to build a PowerPC motherboard running at 1.10 GHz, and very low power consumption! A Movie contains 7 parts: PART 1: Unpacking the package and close look at the motherboard. PART 2: The first run. Tests on the Table. PART 3: Installing into the case. Vertical GFX setup. PART 4: Installing of AmigaOS4 FE. an USB Stick way. PART 5: The basic configuration: Network, Audio, and Extras. PART 6: UP 2 DATE. Installing Update1 and Update2. PART 7: Full settings. Real-life performance.

2 May 21

Today's Highlights
- Found some good code to assist me with the admin back end and I'm making really good progress. I hope to have something to show by the end of the week.

But until then... Enjoy!

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Amiga stuff for newbies: I'm not trying to compete with the Amiga FAQ that appears in Amiga newsgroups periodically - it covers all kinds of things that I don't plan to mention at all. I'm also not trying to compete with manuals - this page is mostly for people whose Amiga didn't come with one. There will definitely be plenty of things missing from this page - e.g. instructions for the text editors and Arexx, detailed syntax of commands, description of Workbench preferences programs.
The Next-Generation Amiga That Never Materialized Just Went Up For Pre-Order: The Apollo Team’s Vampire FGPA-based accelerators are also among the most sought after upgrades for Amiga performance enthusiasts. There are an array of Vampires out there for various model Amigas, but the Vampire V4 is the newest and most powerful. And one iteration can actually function as a standalone Amiga – it doesn’t need to be installed in an existing system. The Vampire V4 is an Altera FPGA-based standalone computing device, which recreates a Motorola 680x0 class CPU and all of the custom Amiga chips inside the FPGA, but add some new features and capabilities as well. The “Apollo Core” that runs on the Vampire’s FPGA is a code-compatible Motorola 68K processor, that also offers approximately 3x – 4x the performance of the fastest actual 68060, which was the highest-performing 68K series processor available during the original Amiga’s heyday.
Amiga Documents 3.1.4: Hundreds of Amiga related legal and factual documents all in one place.
The Amiga 2000 You Always Wanted: Back in the late 1980s, Commodore pulled the masterstroke of selling several models and generations of Amiga that were all powered by essentially the same speed 68000 and associated chipset. Sure, there were differences in the RAM and other options you could fit and later models had a few extra graphics modes. Still, the entry-level A500 did substantially the same as the high-end A2000. No matter, we the fans all wanted a 2000 anyway, though we typically found ourselves unable to afford one. It’s 2021 now though, so if you never achieved the dream of owning your own A2000, now you can build one of your own! It’s the task [Drygol] has taken on, with an A2000 made entirely from new components, save for a few salvaged Commodore-specific chips and connectors.
Amiga2000-remake: A recreation of the Amiga2000 motherboard using Sprint Layout.
Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract: The plan was to make a fully working A2000 mobo from a scratch, meaning, to get a brand new PCB, solder it all up and make it work. That was my first task, which turned out to be quite easy but also time-consuming. As a bonus, it was also a very relaxing experience.
AmigaOS 3.9 to 3.1.4: A well written and very detailed walk through a 3.9 to 3.1.4 journey.
FloppyControl: This project started in 2015. I had 300 floppy disks that I kept from my Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200 period. I planned to buy a second hand Amiga after I sold them for a new PC. That of course didn't happen. The data stored on the floppy disks was mostly my personal files, videos, music modules, painted pictures, 3D objects and renderings etc. And a complete backup of my system and data files. I wanted to reconstruct the files that I used to have. However, the Amiga disk format is not something any PC could read, at least not in Windows in a simple way. The disks were in a poor state with fungus and dust. So I set out to clean them. The 3D printable Floppy cleaning kit was a result of this.
ComicOn: Welcome to ComicOn. You surely know these short comic-strips, shown in newspapers. Every day a new strip. Nowadays, these strips are stored on webservers. ComicOn simply downloads the strip of your choice and displays it to you. Simply select a Comic and a date. ComicOn opens the strip for you. ComicOn was done using Hollywood. It requires some Hollywood-plugins, which you can download on the Hollywood-portal.
Amiga-2000-ATX: The purpose of this project is to develop an open source Amiga 2000 PCB in the EATX form factor. What is EATX? It is an ATX variant that allows slightly deeper PCBs, measuring 12 x 13 inches (305 × 330 mm). These are referred to as Extended ATX, or, EATX. The length of Zorro II cards, not to mention the abundance of components on the Amiga 2000, makes EATX the best choice for this project.
CDTV Land: Welcome to the soft-launch of CDTV Land! This website will be all about Commodore’s interactive multimedia player, the CDTV, that was released in 1991. For information about this site itself, see the About page. Otherwise, please select any of the sections below to start off your journey into the land of Commodore’s Dynamic Total Vision!
Box / case / enclosure with lid and screws for SCSI2SD v6 card + DB25 adapter, Mk.2: Box/case/enclosure with lid for the SCSI2SD v6 card with the IDC50-to-DB25 adapter, Mk.2.
Magic User Interface (MUI) – Documentation+Releases : This GitHub repository is a public site for organizing and maintaining the development of the so-called Magic User Interface (MUI) for AmigaOS-driven computer systems. While the services and information on these pages are mainly focused for the developers of the AmigaOS port of MUI only, it also provides online API documentation targeted for interested software developers using MUI. In addition, for end-users wanting to enhance their MUI experience, this site provides updates as well as online documentation and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). Even more important every developer and end-user using MUI is invited to report bugs and request enhancements by using the public ticket management system.

28 Apr 21

Today's Highlights
   - I'm happy to report that everything is still working. Now I'm on to Phase two: The Admin link editor. This is truly the HEART of the site allowing for the easy entering and editing of links. It's going to take a few days but once it's completed I promise I'll dive right in and work overtime to make up for years of neglect! The nice thing is once it's completed it should be simple for me to scale down a version for you all to help! Lord knows I need it!! Fingers crossed!

   - KK/Altair has released Dread Ep 07- Adding Sound FX of his quest to create a worthy "Doom" clone for a stock A500. Even if you don't care about the game it's still worth watching it. The craftsmanship and engineering he has put into designing this game is truly EPIC!

   - Oh and one last thing Amiga-News.de is reporting on a NEW, less expensive A1200 card from the Gunther and his team over at Apollo-Core call the Raptor 1200. Unlike a Vamprire, this card this one will be just an accelerator. No RTG, HDMI, IDE ot SD card support. I for one could not be happier. The more choices the better!!

As always... Enjoy!

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The Amiga 500 promo video (1987) - youtube: Commodore's official A500 prmo video. {Why the link? Because it's cool!}
Interesting Interview with Amiga Paula sound chip creator Glenn Keller: A very interesting interview that is made by The Guru Meditation is now on-line! These two amazing people with full of Amiga interest and spirit have managed to interview the Paula Amiga soundchip designer Glenn Keller. He made it possible for the AmigaScene, MOD composers and music groups like Paula Powered create amazing created music that sound just amazing! You also get to know that the Amiga soundchip maker was looking for a ocean engineering jobs, but ended working at Amiga and Commodore. This happened in San Francisco, he mentions.
Commodore Amiga Paula Chip: A nice page with lots of Paula information.
The rise and fall of Commodore: David John Pleasance, former Commodore MD, tells Martin Cooper MBCS about life inside one of computing’s most loved firms. He also explains why retro computing could be the key to getting a new generation of young people interested in technology.
Amiga Boing Ball -making of - youtube: Ever wondered how the famous Amiga demo of the boing ball came about, well wonder no more.
How Emulate an Amiga 1200 on Your Linux PC or Raspberry Pi: Emulate your ultimate Amiga computer.
Maker Uses Raspberry Pi 400 for Amiga Project: An old school project for a nostalgic new Raspberry Pi. This project is essentially PiMiga running on the Raspberry Pi 400. If you're new to retro PC emulation, check out our guide on how to emulate amiga on systems like the Raspberry Pi.
This Raspberry Pi Project Adds HDMI Output to an Amiga 500: Use the screen you want on the computer you love. We're long time fans of the Amiga franchise here at Tom's Hardware and can't ignore our biases when it comes to awesome Raspberry Pi crossover projects—like this HDMI hack for the Amiga 500, created by a maker known as Reinhard Grafl. The project essentially uses a Raspberry Pi to work with an adapter board to convert the Amiga video signal into HDMI output. It's designed to work with Amiga versions that use a socketed DIP Denise chip.
Raspberry Pi Turbo Boosts Amiga 500 Retro Computer: In the 1980s the home computer market was dominated by the likes of Atari, IBM, Tandy and Commodore and one of the most popular machines was the Amiga. The most popular of the range was the Amiga 500 and with Claude Schwarz's Raspberry Pi Amiga PCB known as PiStorm you can seriously boost the power of this humble home computer.
AmigaOne X5000 Update Uboot: To Update U-Boot on your X-5000 machine, you can use any one of several different methods.
Nightly Builds of MUI: Looking for the latest builds? Well look no further.

26 Apr 21

Today's Highlights
- Good news everyone EVERYTHING you a see now is functional!! Back on the 22nd I completed the last part of, what I am calling, PHASE 1 of the rewrite. The last part, the basic SEARCH feature, is again working! Please note that as with CATEGORIES, both are searching th OLD database so don't expect to find anything NEW just yet. In Phase 2 I will be completing the Admin link editor which will allow me to easily add, delete & re validate all the links. Right now the old database has 1400+ links and I'm currently sitting on 3000+ more so this wont be an overnight job so be patient. Good things come to those who wait.

As always... Enjoy!

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PISTORM BRINGS MODERN MUSCLE TO THE AMIGA: The Amiga, well known as the best and greatest computer ever designed, is nonetheless a platform of yesteryear. Its 68K, and later PowerPC, architectures have both been abandoned by the mainstream, and its attractive grey industrial design no longer graces store shelves. That doesn’t mean the platform is dead however, with diehard shredders like [Claude Schwarz] working hard to keep it alive with projects like PiStorm. PiStorm is a Motorola 68K CPU emulator, running on a Raspberry PI 3A. The Pi uses its GPIOs to interact with a CPLD chip, which acts as the logic glue to allow the modern single board computer to emulate the Amiga’s original processor. However, it’s more than just an easy way to replace or upgrade a CPU. It also offers additional features, like retargetable graphics acceleration, SCSI disk emulation, and the ability to run whatever Kickstart ROM you so desire.
EXPANSION BOARD PUTS SPOTIFY ON THE AMIGA 500: No doubt some purists in the audience will call this one cheating, since this Amiga 500 from 1987 isn’t technically connecting to Spotify and playing the music by itself. But we also suspect those folks might be missing the point of a site called Hackaday. With all the hoops [Daniel Arvidsson] hopped through to make this happen, what else could it be if not a hack?

19 Apr 21

Today's Highlights
- More big news coming. The SEARCH is nearly completed on the development machine. Once I iron out the last of minor issues I will post it live. **PLEASE NOTE** Just like CATEGORIES, the SEARCH feature is only searching the old database. This will change once I finish my custom Admin link add/edit/del portal. As always... Enjoy!

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GL4ES SDK for AmigaOS4: GL4ES is an OpenGL 2.1/1.5 to GL ES 2.0/1.1 translation library, with support for Pandora, ODroid, OrangePI, CHIP, Raspberry PI, Android and AmigaOS4. For AmigaOS4 translation done via ogles2.library (written by Daniel "Daytona" Muessener), and which in turn works on top of warp3dnova.library (written by Hans de Ruiter). Minimum requirements for ogles2.library are 2.8 and for warp3dnova.library it should be 1.65 With GL4ES we have not only OpenGL1.x as with MiniGL, but OpenGL 1.x, OpenGL2.x and even some limited OpenGL3.x support. Also it is faster than MiniGL and bug-less. Written by Sebastian "ptitSeb" Chevalier. AmigaOS4 version handled by kas1e, but all actual AmigaOS4 related code still done by ptitSeb.
RxMUI: RxMUI is the definitive solution to create GUIs in ARexx macros. RxMUI uses MUI, which is one of the best thing happened to Amiga so far, despite last strange decisions made by someone. It means you will benefit of the MUI philosophy programming in your ARexx macros. RxMUI will also introduce you in the wonderful world of the Object Oriented Programming in the most easy way, which is from a simple interpreted language like ARexx. Read the RxMUI documentation for more info. Here you may find a list of all the MUI classes and all the libraries needed to properly run RxMUI examples.
GloomAmiga: Source code to the Amiga FPS classic by Black Magic. Source is provided "as-is" with no support, and no guarantee that it contains the full, complete or final code or data.
The Scorpion Engine – The next best creation tool for the Amiga gets an update: As most of you are aware, there are different ways to create Amiga games, either through Amos, Blitz Basic, RedPill or through the rather lackluster Backbone. But one such engine is making its presence known, and that’s Earok’s Scorpion engine; a constantly updated piece of software that gives developers the tools to create graphically impressive games, running at decent frame rates even on the lowest spec’d Amigas.
scorpion-editor-experimental: This is the experimental version of the Scorpion Editor, it is only minimally tested and contains no sample games. Unless there are specific fixes in this build that you need, the mainstream build at scorpion-editor-demos is recommended.
Editor for Scorpion engine (closed source), along with demo games (open source): Note: This is an ongoing work-in-progress version of the Scorpion Editor for Windows and the included Commodore Amiga game samples. It isn't feature complete, is likely to have more than a handful of breaking bugs, and may not work on every Windows configuration - Windows 10 is the recommended OS. Updates will be released on an "early and often" basis.
Scorpion Engine (EAB): Currently a 37 page thread over at English Amiga Board covering the Scorpion engine.

17 Apr 21

Today's Highlights
- Big news today. CATEGORIES have returned. It works BUT for now it only returns results from the original database of 1400+ links. I will GUARANTEE you that a lot the links are DEAD but that's where Archive.org will come in and hopefully fill in most of the holes. Remember some of these links go back 20+ years. A temp solution for SEARCH is next. Enjoy!

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classicamiga Wiki: Welcome to the classicamiga wiki site. This Wiki provides information, tutorials, FAQs and guides about the Amiga and Amiga emulation. It has been created to help the Amiga community, and Amiga users, find out and explore as much about the Amiga as they can. Initially the existing articles from the main classicamiga.com site's FAQs and Tutorials section have been ported over to the Wiki, and then this Wiki will be fully replacing that section of the main site. This will allow this part of classicamiga to grow and expand with member participation. We hope you all find this Wiki useful. Please post comments, feedback, ideas and suggestion on the classicamiga forum.

14 Apr 21

Today's Highlights
- Cleaned up the main page by temporarily removing the static 2020 content. A year and 4 months was TOO much. Working on the 'CATEGORIES''

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ArtPazz: ArtPazz is a puzzle game where the player has to piece together the tiles an image has been split into. The size and the shape of the tiles can be adjusted, which allows to set the difficulty to anything from to tremendously easy to brain-wracking. ArtPazz has been designed to be very simple and suitable for all ages, so learning how to play is a matter of minutes or even just seconds.
Classic Workbench: Download an Amiga Workbench OS, Preinstalled packs setup for real A500+ A600 A1200 A1500+ A2000+ A3000 A4000 and UAE {systems. Several system configurations available: Lite, full, advanced,P96, UAE, OS3x & 68k. Provides preinstalled applications, icons, screen and color modes settings, and MUCH MUCH more!}
SAM440 I/O Expansion Board: This expansion board for the SAM440ep and SAM440ep-flex motherboards adds the following ports (from left to right): 1x VGA (HD15), 2x S/P-DIF digital (TOSLINK, fiber optic), 1x USB 1.1, 2x USB 2.0, 5x audio jack 3.5 & 2x S/P-DIF digital (RCA coaxial in/out).
Amiga Magazine Rack - Index of Magazine Coverdisks: {While this site has already been added I think it's important to highlight this handy feature!! From the main page select magazine of choice from drop down--> select coverdisk index (note not every disk has been cataloged but its a good start)}
Bit-Preserve: {Project for capturing vintage, classic, aka old computer schematics in KiCad. Covering Amiga, Apple, Atari, Commodore, DEC/Terminals, Dragon, MITS/Altair, Sinclair, Tandy-RS computers. From a power supply to a motherboard various schematics are available. # of schematics varies by manufacturer. Note: Only 1 schematic in the Amiga folder.}
NETWORKING A1200 networking from the next room to the next world: {Overviews and details on ParNet, Serial, TCP/IP, PC2Amiga, Envoy, NCP, Samba, NetFS, Power PCMCIA Ethernet & Eyetech CNet PCMCIA}

12 Apr 21

Today's Highlights
- Still working on the temp solution for 'CATEGORIES'' and the 'SEARCH' function

- Look what arrived last week in the mail. What an exceptionally well done book. I was happy to see Substance by Alliance Design of Quartex. It's even the first pic on the cover! That was, and still is, my goto demo when I need to show off! Still KICKING myself for missing the initial funding window and not getting my name in the book. Darn it!

A bit of light reading just in time for beginning of the work week.
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EEVBlog #438 - Amiga 500 Retro Computer Teardown (youtube): Vintage Teardown Tuesday. What's inside the 1987 Commodore Amiga 500 computer. Relive Fat Agnus, Paula, Denise, and Gary in the Rock Lobster. {Dave us always entertaining!}
Amiga Boing Ball Animated GIF: Creating the checkered ball with Blender {and animating it. With code and examples}
AmigaDOS Part I: In this post I will briefly describe some of the features of AmigaDOS: command syntax, amiga shell, batch scripting.
A history of the Amiga: {A nice little consolidation of Amiga history links}
A history of the Amiga, part 1: Genesis: Part 1 of 12 of the definitive online take of the Amiga written by Jeremy Reimer. It appears the last entry is from March of 2018.
Where to find Classic Amiga Software Guide: For most Amiga users it is easy to find Classic Amiga Software. It’s really not to find for users as the Amiga community is very connected. But if you are new to Amiga, you might want to expand what AmigaOS can do? That’s why I decided to create this guide so anyone, either new or old. Have a guide to check.
Transparent Hard Shell Dust Cover for the CD-32": Transparent Hard Shell Dust Cover for the CD-32.

5 Apr 21

Today's Highlights
   - Wishing my Mom a BIG DOO-WOP HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Love you Mom!

   - While I'm actively working on a full re-write of the 'CATEGORIES'' and 'SEARCH' portion of the site, I plan to have a quick 'DOWN AND DIRTY' fix back on line in a few days. Nothing perfect but at least it will be something to restore greater functionality back to the site! I REALLY need to clean up this front page!! Right now I'm tracking over 512 links on this page alone.

   - Busy past few days on the software side of the house. A bunch of updates made news.
     - AmiKit XE for the Raspberry Pi 4/400 has been released
     - IBrowse 2.5.4 has been released
     - AmiSSL 4.9 has been released
     - Updated AHI driver for AOS4
     - A-EON announces Enhancer Software Release 2 is now available

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Smashed Amiga 2000 Gets New Lease On Life: For most people, opening up a package and seeing that the Amiga 2000 you purchased on eBay had been smashed up by the delivery carrier would be a heartbreaking moment. But not [Drygol]. If you live and breathe vintage computer restorations like he does, finding your latest acquisition is in need of more repairs and upgrades than you originally anticipated is actually a bonus.
Welcome to the MorphOS Library: The wiki based library of MorphOS related documentation.
Bob's Bits: Tindie shop for Bob's Bits. Here you will find replacement for several Amiga and Amiga related boards. (Plus Commodore 64 Motherboards too!) A quick list includes: Amiga 2000 Replica PCB by Floppie209, Replacement "Vidiot" board for Amiga Computers, Multipurpose ATX Adaptor by Ian Stedman, Diet Agnus Adapter by LIV2, Flickerfixer/Scandoubler PCB for Amiga 2000, Open Amiga 500 Fast RAM Expansion by SukkoPera, Terrible Fire 534 (TF534) Accelerator PCB, and more!!
A500++ Amiga 500+ Replica PCB: This is a replica Printed Circuit Board (PCB) from the Commodore Amiga A500+ computer. This board is based on the last A500+ board that was produced by Commodore (Model 8A). The board was created to allow Amiga A500+ computers that had damaged or faulty PCBs to be successfully repaired. This can be achieved by moving all components from an original damaged board to the replica board. Some parts can also be replaced by modern alternatives.
Tygre's Amiga Wiki - AmiMod Radio: Did you know that, as of 2015/06/02, there are more than 20,000 packages in the mods directory on Aminet? Yes! That's more than 20,000 modules to play and enjoy! There are also thousands of modules on Haxor.fi, Modland, Modules.pl . So, why not have a program that could automatically download one module at-a-time, extract it, and play it using your favorite player? This is the purpose of AmiModRadio! It can download, unarchive, and send modules to your favorite players: AmigaAMP, DeliTracker, EaglePlayer, HippoPlayer, MultiPlayer, or TuneNet. {GREAT WIKI PAGE!!!!}

1 Apr 21

Today's Highlights
- Rabbits - Rabbits - Rabbits!

- A few weeks ago I FINALLY mailed out my A4000 & A3640 board out to be recapped and the SIMM sockets replaced. Earlier this week I received an update that initial inspection reveals everything appears to be dead. DOH!! I know it was working when I packed it up and moved it to the garage a few years ago. Is this end of the world? Of course not but hopefully this is just a minor setback.

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68040 to 68060 adapter respin with A2000 and Zeus 68040 Accelerator (EAB Thread): A thread over at EAB discussing the GREAT project of a 040 to 060 adapter.
Motorola 68040 to 68060 adapter (GitHub): This is a 68040 to 68060 adapter. It allows you to physically connect a 68060 CPU to any CPU socket that fits a 68040 CPU, assuming there is enough physical clearance.
RNOAnim: RNOAnim is a compact animation player that also has some conversion and editing functions. It supports IFF, GIF, and AVI (uncompressed/MJPEG) anims internally, but also allows a wide range of other formats via plugins and datatypes. Features: MUI GUI, Inluded plugins: APNG, FLI/FLC, YAFA, Can save (convert) to: GIF, APNG, and AVI (MJPEG), Can export frames to PNG images, Animations can be resized freely by resizing the window, Several options to alter the playback speed, Animation frames can be added, inserted, or removed, ARexx support and MUCH MORE!!
RNOComics: RNOComics is a comic book viewer that can open almost any archive file, PDF file, or a directory with unarchived images, and display the images in it in a GUI designed to read comics. Features: Supports CBR, CBZ, CBT, and any other archiving format XAD supports, PDF files, Unarchives images on the fly, no HD space or memory wasted, Read-ahead cache for the next page, Can continue to the next archive file in a directory with a single command, Can open directories with unarchived images and work as an image viewer, ARexx support and TONS more!
RNOEffects: RNOEffects is a simple image processing program with a focus on good batch conversion options and alpha channel based effects. Features: Around 30 different image processing effects including drop shadows, elliptic crop, and other effects which would need several steps on other similar programs, Drawing options for brushes, text, lines, ellipses, boxes, and arrows, Batch converter and image joiner tools, All effects can be applied to images in a freely selectable order in a batch and MORE! conversion or image joining process, ARexx support and More!
RNOPDF: RNOPDF is a compact PDF viewer having a minimal GUI with easy control options. It can be handy for quick viewing of PDF files if configured as the default PDF viewer on your operating system. Features: Easy zooming with the mouse, Search text in documents, Supports document bookmarks, Recent files list that also remembers last viewed pages, Preloads the next page for quicker viewing, Can export PNG images in various resolutions, Can export pages as text files, Fullscreen mode option, Rotate options, Keyboard and mouse controllable, Drag & drop loading, ARexx support on Amiga compatible platforms and Hollywood source code included.
Bit Beam Cannon: BitBeamCannon is a small independent game studio dedicated to making retro arcade and console style games highly inspired by the 8 and 16 bit era of video games. BitBeamCannon was founded by two veteran pixel artists, Michael Parent and Corey Annis. Makers of Metro Siege, Deamon Claw and Cyber Jack. They also produce many types of videos on YouTube covering game development, classic game art reviews, pixel art tutorials, and more. PLus make basic platform gaming engines and art packs.
Learning 68k assembly – now or never: Wanna learn assembler? Novel was so blown by RamJam's "Corso di Assembler", so he discovered a few more opportunities that 2021 has to offer.
Amiga-IN Berlin: a monthly Amiga-Club in Berlin: Amiga-IN Berlin. On the last Saturday of every month, a group of about 15 to 30 Amiga enthusiasts gather in a club north-east of Berlin.
An Interview with Jogeir Liljedahl: An interview with the one of the GREATEST Amiga MOD makers of all times. The interview is written for his work on the C=64 but reguardless it needs to be here. And here is one of the prettiest songe ever!! Jogeir Liljedahl - Guitar Slinger | ProTracker (YouTube)
Interview with Nosferatu: Making of Chillobits by Offence: With the Amiga demo Chillobits the C64 group Offence surprisingly won the Revision competition in 2020. Here are all details how they did it.
List of all Amiga Projects on SourceForge: Here's a nice quick link to them. {You're welcome}
Symphonie (GitHub): Source to 256 channel Amiga music tracker made compilable. Had to add this YouTube video of the Tacker in action. Amiga Music: Thunder Compilation #2
How does Symphonie Pro actually work?: StackExchange thread about the Symphonie Pro Tracker.
Symphonie Pro (incl. full Sourcecode) (Aminet): Fantastic Audio Composing Software 256 Physical Audiochannels, 16 Bit Software DSP, 16 Bit Samples. By Patrick Meng.

28 Mar 21

Today's Highlights
   - A couple of things to mention at the end of the week.

   - Look what got updated. "A-EON Technology Ltd is pleased to confirm immediate download available of the Enhancer Software Release 2. This is a major version update representing three years of hard work from the Amiga Developer Team. A digital download edition can be purchased from AmiStore App Store."

   - After their first run of Sam460cr boards sold out' ACube are going to manufacture a second batch. Unlike the elusive Tabor these are availavble now. Get one while while you can!

   - Can you help Amiga Future with their next 25 years? They are looking to increase the number or editors (print & web), translators and news coverage. Do you have what it takes?

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Why was the Kickstart 1.x “Insert floppy” graphic so bad?: Now you will know the reasons why.
Response from Sheryl Knowles about how she created the 'Insert Floppy' graphic for Kickstart 1.x: A pure gem of a read!!
Amiga Workbench 1.x: (AmigaOS 1.x) screen shots. In 1985 Commodore introduced the Amiga 1000 with Amiga Workbench Version 1.0. Amiga Workbench loosely mimics the Macintosh finder introduced the year before. Workbench, together with its OS component Kickstart, would later be renamed to "AmigaOS".
The story of the Amiga Kickstart image: In 1985 the Amiga 1000 came to life. With it the Amiga Kickstart v1.0 and the Amiga Workbench v1.0 also came into our lives. All of us who´s been around an Amiga in the 80´s or the 90´s are familiar with the Amiga Kickstart logo (the left hand holding a disc) but are we all clear about why the disc is held in the left hand?
Amiga History: Amiga OS Workbench 1.0 from 1985: A very well done story of AOS 1.0.

27 Mar 21

Today's Highlights
- Happy Birthday to my Moon and Stars!! 143 me!!

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GuruNet Review and Install Procedures: In yet another Amiga post, let’s talk about adding networking to an older machine. The “big box” Amiga systems, (2000, 3000, 4000) have the ability to add a Zorro network card. The 600 and 1200 allow for adding a PCMCIA network card, but there are some issues with those (we’ll get to that). But if you have anything else, you’ve been in a much harder task to get some networking. You can use a serial interface and good old PPP/SLiP but instead, we’re going to talk about something else. The PLiP Box and the GuruNet.
Connecting to an Amiga over a serial port using NComm: I’ve been spending a fair amount of time with the local Commodore nerds restoring my A1200, A2000, and A4000 systems. We’ve also been developing a piece of hardware to connect classic machines via their Serial interface to modern systems called the GuruModem - but I’ll have a lot more about that in some other posts. In the mean time, I wanted to share how to move larger files without the use of physical or virtual floppies: the magic of NComm.
Procedures for a fresh install on an Amiga with Colanto 3.X ROMs : A nice, detailed write up about the various choices and a walk though of setting up a system using Colanto ROMs, OS 3.1, 3.5 & 3.9 and various tips and tricks.
Welcome to the website of the Sydney Amiga Users Group!: SAUG is a meeting point for Amiga, Commodore and other retro computer users in and around Sydney. We aim to provide assistance and better contact between all Amiga and retro computer users within NSW. All are welcome! We meet once a month, please check the next meeting date at the top of this page.
Welcome to Anthony's Amiga Technical Resource: Amiga schematic archive, Amiga hardware repairs, Amiga hardware reference, A4000 and A3000 technical guides, details of various computer connectors, datasheets & acronyms, Datasheets/Publications, Various Amiga related technical PDFs {and more.}
Touch Device: This is my attempt to provide AmigaOS4 with an API to handle touch events. API Features: multitouch support (unlimited number of points), simultaneous devices (unlimited number) & extendable support to new devices through drivers.
Amiga 500 - Papercraft Design: Want your own Amiga 500 and monitor but you can't afford it? Now you can print and fold your own.
Exec.pl Amiga News: A nice page with current Amiga news and happenings.
Amiga present and future: interview with Trevor Dickinson: 2019 interview by Exec.pl.
Everything AMIGA: News, reviews and podcasts.
Everything AMIGA Podcast: By Amigos Retro Gaming. Do you have memories of all-night gaming sessions, falling asleep at the keyboard? Do you remember the thrill of calling into a local or (if you could intercept the phone bill before your parents saw it) long-distance BBS to chat or "acquire" some new software? Are you still part of the Amiga scene, and keep buying new hardware upgrades as soon as they come out, regardless of cost? Amigos: Everything Amiga is the show for you! Each week, Boat and Aaron run down the latest Amiga community and scene news and review a game chosen by our Patreon Game Selection Committee.
KDE Amiga themes, Icons and more: Have fun browsing the store for Amiga related content.
AROS Exec Forum: AROS Exec Recent Forum Topics.
XAMOS: XAMOS is a cross-platform reimplementation of AMOS BASIC based on jAMOS, fully re-written in C++ with SDL libraries. Currently runtime only, however is widely compatible with jAMOS projects. Features: BASIC-like interpreter based on MequaScript, Rudimentary Amiga-style screen and scrolling engine, From MequaScript: Supports both BASIC-style and C-style syntax (in progress), From MequaScript: Multiple XAMOS programs can be run concurrently, From MequaScript: Supports dynamic types similar to JavaScript, Compatible with jAMOS source files and all non-AMAL jAMOS examples & Native support for AMOS BASIC .abk sprite banks.
Bootstrapping an Amiga without a bootable Amiga floppy: This article documents usage of this alternative bootstrapping method, and how it works from a technical perspective.
amigaXfer_1.0.0: This is a Win32 (Windows 7+) build of a new tool for data transfer between an Amiga and another computer using the serial port. No agent required on Amiga's side. It is possible to bootstrap an Amiga for which no bootable disks are available.
pyamigadebug: Framework for abstracting Amiga debuggers and access to AmigaOS libraries and devices.
CS-Lab Warp Discord Channel: DiskDoctor invites you to join {The official Discord channel for CS-Labs (The creators of the WARP series of MC68060 accelerators for the A500, 1200 & 3/4000 computers.}
New Amiga 1200 Cases - When dreams come true!: Kickstarter for newly produced and updated A1200 cases.
RS232 Serial Wifi Modem for Vintage Computers V3: This is a plug and play solution to get your vintage computer connected to BBSs and MUDs again. It's professionally manufactured on a custom PCB. I am continuing to make improvements to the open source firmware. This device behaves like a Hayes dial up modem. This means that all of your old software which uses a modem can use this device instead!

19 Mar 21

Today's Highlights
- Well since the chances of the TABOR arriving this year are growing slimmer by the day, I finally got off my lazy butt and sent my A4000 and A3640 to Acill to have it recapped and the SIMM sockets replaced. He's a VERY BUSY man and I appreciate him taking the time to look at it!! While its out of the state my next task is to focus on the power supply. I think I'm going to try a small ATX power supply and the ATX PSU Power Adapter Cable from AmigaKit. Anyone have any experience with this?

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Commodore Amiga 4000 PSU upgrade/repair: Even though I have already replaced the capacitors in my A4000's PSU.. I just didn't trust it! Oh and the cooling fan was just too noisy! So I thought to myself, bugger it I've got a spare A4000 PSU, I'll convert an ATX PSU and refit it in the it's case. So the first thing I did was find an ATX supply that not only had enough current to supply the A4000, but was smaller then the original case so I knew the PSU PCB will fit the original Amiga PSU case.
A4000 ATX PSU Power Adapter Cable for Amiga 4000: A4000™ PSU to ATX Converter Cable suitable for Amiga 4000. Use a readily available ATX power supply in your Commodore Amiga 4000 with this high quality converter cable.
SPI MasterBus CP: An SPI bus controller (Serial Peripheral Interface) designed for the clock port of the Amiga A1200 computer. The SPI MasterBus CP controller allows connecting various peripherals designed for the SPI bus. It provides a possibility of extending A1200‘s capabilities with SD card readers, RTC modules, ethernet controllers, Flash and EEPROM memories, etc.
KTRL CD32+ Gamepad: The KTRL CD32+ is a replacement controller for the Amiga CD32 with some great added features! It is fully compatible with the original Amiga CD32 controller and can also be used on other Amigas, Commodore computers and other machines supporting Atari style joysticks. You can buy it fully assembled or as a kit that you assemble yourself (thorough assembly instructions are available). The KTRL CD32+ comes in a box with a four page colour instruction booklet and optional stickers for the DPAD and buttons. The kit option comes with all parts you need to build a fully functional controller (also included is the box, instructions and stickers)
CD32 / Amiga / C= / Atari controller to USB adapter: This small form-factor USB adapter makes it possible to use SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive controllers on your PC (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux), Raspberry PI or MiSTer.
neptUNO FPGA (EP4CE55, 32MB SDRAM, 2MB SRAM): The neptUNO is a new retro computer clone based on FPGA. The FPGA has 55K cells, between the power of MiST (25K cells) and MiSTer (110K cells). Includes 32MB SDRAM and 2MB SRAM. It has 2 DB9 joystick ports with zero lag, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, EAR input, VGA output, audio out, USB connector for dual protocol keyboards, microSD card, wifi module (ESP8266), on/off switch and power cable. Also it has an expansion connector compatible with ZXDOS+.
AmigaOS Documentation Wiki: Hyperion's official AmigaOS documentation Wiki.
The adtools project: Hyperion's official AmigaOS documentation Wiki.This is the Amiga development tools project that host a number of tools that can be used to develop applications for AmigaOS and Amigaoid systems. At the moment only the version for the latest AmigaOS version (4.x) is in a relatively good shape while this is probably not the case for the other systems.
Timberwolf, an AmigaOS version of Firefox: Looking for the source code for Timberwolf? Look no further.

12 Mar 21

Today's Highlights
- Colanto has released new edition of Amiga Forever. Version 9 is the result of more than 2 years of development. Whether you love or hate them it's always good to see it being maintained.

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A4000 Replica Project: Homepage of the Amiga 4000 Replica project.
Amiga 4000 Replica with Schematics: As many owners of the Amiga 4000 boards know they contain a battery and several electrolytic capacitors which when age and leak cause severe damage to the motherboard. The goal of this fund raiser is to have the original board converted to schematics and Gerber files. This will allow new boards to be manufactured. The schematics will allow future updates and changes to the design of the board for future enhancements or improvements.
A4000RevB (github): Amiga 4000 Replica project. Based on the A4000 Rev B and funded by Paul Rezendes and the generous contributions of the Amiga Community.
RetroPassion: Putting the passion back into Reto. A UK retailer and service shop that offers A1200 cases, recapping services and repairs plus other parts for the Amiga.
Timberwolf (github): Refactor tfrieden/timberwolf to restore commit history.
llvm-m68k for AmigaOS (github): This is a fork of the unfinished llvm-m68k with the goal of creating a llvm backend generating m68k assembly targeting AmigaOS 3.x. Early WIP.
Cross-compiling for AmigaOS 3.x: I guess I'm not the only one that doesn't have access to a classic Amiga anymore, but still would like to compile the odd program for it. I setup cross-compilers to do so and thought I should share the experience and binaries I have.
Cross-compiling for AmigaOS 4.x: This is an unofficial guide to setup cross-compilers for AmigaOS 4.x. This document expects you to have some knowledge of linux or cygwin, as these are the plattforms used in this document.
Happy Birthday – AmigaWorld wird 20: I'll gladly post a link to any AMIGA site that's been up and running for 20 years! Happy Birthday!!
Putty Squad: 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING AND 100% FREE – PUTTY SQUAD OUT NOW FOR AMIGA. I am delighted to announce that having worked closely with some of Amiga’s incredibly passionate community, Putty Squad, one of the most memorable platform games of the 90s is finally being released for the Amiga; and it’s available to download now, completely free of charge. Without the help of Phil B-B from the Amiga community, and of course John Twiddy & Phil Thornton, this never would have happened. I would like to thank them all for their hard work.
Amiga Games That Weren't: Welcome to Amiga Games That Weren't - now part of Amiga Lore! Legend tells of a breed of Amiga games that never crawled out of the primordial development swamp of their early existence. Games that never stood blinking in the sunlight of the gaming world. Games that were never devoured by predators of the Amiga jungle. They are the... Amiga Games That Weren't.
Amiga PiJoystick: Control your Amiga 9-pin Joystick port with a Raspberry PI.
Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader (V1): An Arduino powered floppy disk controller and reader for making disk images from old AmigaDOS floppy disks. My Aim: To create a simple, cheap and open source way to recover data from Amiga DD floppy disks from within Windows 10 and other operating systems. My Solution: An Arduino + a Windows application. Why: To preserve data from these disks for the future. Also, a normal PC can't read Amiga disks due to the way they are written.
Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer (V2.2): An Arduino powered floppy disk controller and reader/writer for making and writing disk images from and to old AmigaDOS floppy disks. My Aim: To create a simple, cheap and open source way to recover and rewrite data from and to Amiga DD floppy disks from within Windows 10. My Solution: An Arduino sketch + a Windows application (which can be ported to other O/S) that actually works! Why: To preserve data from these disks for the future. Also, a normal PC can't read/write Amiga disks due to the way they are written.

8 Mar 21

Today's Highlights
   - I'm always happy to see the Amiga hit the front pages of Slashdot. By this time in the story the comments are VERY split between loving nostalgia and callous indifference. Still I'm of the belief that any mainstream news is good news. Right?

   - And to cheer things up this is my NEW favorite page! Carl Svensson has a WONDERFUL little page that sums the Little Things That Made Amiga Great. Enjoy!

   - **ATTENTION** Amiga.net.pl has changed its domain name to Bitronic.pl. I've updated my bookmarks... Have you?

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Amiga 1200+: This project is a re-implementation of the Amiga 1200 board started from the schematics. I made some changes and enhancements to the original schematics.
Resurrecting An Amiga 500+: Recently, I was lucky enough to receive a big haul of retro computer gear from a friend who was emptying out his garage. Even better, the haul was almost entirely old Amiga gear — my favorite computing platform of all time. Upon returning home, I gleefully sorted through the boxes, powering things up one by one. Amazingly, everything worked… except for one lonely Amiga 500+. I was greeted by a dull grey screen. This wouldn’t do, so naturally, I got to work.
Recreating The Amiga 1200 PCB From Pictures: In the past we’ve talked about one of the major downsides of working with vintage computer hardware, which of course is the fact you’re working with vintage computer hardware. The reality is that these machines were never designed to be up and running 20, 30, or even 40-odd years after they were manufactured. Components degrade and fail, and eventually you’re going to need to either find some way to keep your favorite classic computer up and running or relegate it to becoming a display piece on the shelf. If you’re like [John Hertell], you take the former option. Knowing that many an Amiga 1200 has gone to that great retrocomputing museum in the sky due to corroded PCBs, he decided to recreate the design from scans of an unpopulated board. While he was at it, he tacked on a few modern fixes and enhancements, earning his new project the moniker: “Re-Amiga 1200”
An Incredible ATX Amiga 4000 Motherboard: This board could be considered a modern reincarnation of the Amiga 4000T, which was an official tower version of the standard Amiga 4000 released by Commodore in 1994. It features a 68030 CPU, with 16 MB Fast RAM and 2 MB Chip RAM. For expansion there are four full-length Zorro III slots and three ISA slots, as well as IDE ports for a floppy and hard drive.
RGB4ALL – composite and s-video module: The RGB4ALL is a universal video converter based on AD724 chip. It takes RGB signal on an input, encodes and outputs it to more convenient Composite video or S-Video sockets which are more often seen in modern TVs. It was tested with Amiga 500/600/1200, Amstrad 464/6128, Neo Geo MVS and other hardware that outputs RGB signal.
Little Things That Made Amiga Great: A deep dive into a selection of ingenious AmigaOS features. {Should be MANDITORY reading for all newbies}
The Complete Amiga 500 Vampire V500 V2+ Installation Guide: In this guide I guide you through the installation process of Vampire V500 V2+ card.

6 Mar 21

Today's Highlights
   - I'm happy to report that my first (2) issues of Amiga Addict arrived from the UK earlier this week. It's a great read and I was very impressed with the quick delivery across the pond. I wish them much success.

   - And I see that the Italian market getting a new print magazine called Passione Amiga. I wish them all the best too!

   - Congratulations to Kevin Saunders who has won the DiscreeteFX Vampire V4 giveaway.

   - And WOW!!! Can't believe I never stumbled upon this before. After doing a little spelunking from a link on Pluritas.com, I stumbled across a treasure trove of documents and (1) video discussing the plans Amiga had to expand its IP. But before I go any further here's a bit on insight on who Pluritas was/is.

    "Founded in 2002, Pluritas (www.pluritas.com) is a global IP transaction advisory firm specializing in divestitures, acquisitions, and mergers where Intellectual Property (IP) is a major component of the transaction."

    So back in 2010 they were hired by Amiga Inc to market their IP and further launch Amiga Anywhere. From what I've read it looks like they were really trying to give it a shot. To bad we all know how it turned out.

    From their press release

"PLURITAS: ENGAGED BY AMIGA, INC. TO MARKET THE GLOBAL IP RIGHTS TO THE ICONIC AMIGA COMPUTER BRAND

Pluritas, LLC, a leading IP transaction advisory firm, is currently accepting offers to acquire the worldwide rights to the AMIGA trademarks and associated intellectual property. The Amiga computer, launched by Commodore International in 1985, was acclaimed for combining superior multimedia technology with ease of use, creating millions of loyal customers throughout the world. The Amiga community thrives today and has been awaiting the return of the brand that helped revolutionize the computer and gaming industry. The Amiga computer was recently voted the 7th greatest computer and the 37th best tech product of all-time by PC World.

Amiga Inc., who is also actively seeking investment capital to fund the ongoing development of their enabling technologies, holds the intellectual property related to the AMIGA personal computer that was developed and sold by Commodore International and Amiga Corporation, including hardware designs, software, operating systems, trademarks, and other intellectual properties. Bill McEwen, CEO of Amiga states that “we are very excited to be working with Pluritas as Amiga has developed a platform in which a strategic buyer or investor can launch new products and technologies that are game changers for the consumer and industry.”
    There are also several documents pertaining to worldwide trademark search results but the (2) that really caught my eye are
      - Sale Of Amiga Trademarks And Intellectual Property Assets (A must read!)
      - Draft of an Amiga Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) (Intersting)

    The best thing I found wasn't a doc but a ~8 min video clip of Bill McEwen on TechTV discussing and demonstrating Amiga Anywhere. It just so happens that the above link for Amiga Anywhere includes that same video too. Found the video twice in one day. Small world.

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Amiga Trademarks: A PDF no later than mid 2010 of the current Amiga listed trademarks.
AMIGANG: If you're a first time visitor, this site is dedicated to covering all the information on the next generation of Amiga computer and operating systems.
AmigaPython: Python is developed mainly for the Unix platform. Because the full source code is available, ports to many other platforms exist nowadays. These include Macintosh, Windows and AmigaOS of course! AmigaPython is the Python version for AmigaOS. Not only is it largely compatible with the 'mainstream' Unix Python version, but it is also a real Amiga program by adding some exciting Amiga features to it.
AmiLion 1.0: Features Windows & Raspberry Pi App for Amikit XE 12 Quick Rabbit Hole Apps 32 Internet Links to Popular & Useful Web Site.
Introducing “Django”, a cheap and compact PowerPC motherboard project: In this post I would like to introduce you to a project I am currently working on: the “Django” PowerPC motherboard. My goal is to publish the schematics of the board as fully Open Source Hardware, enabling anyone interested in having a cheap and compact PowerPC computer for use as a desktop development platform.
Vamos: Vamos is a tool that allows to run AmigaOS m68k binaries directly on your Mac. It emulates the AmigaOS by providing implementations for some functions of the Exec and DOS library. It will run typical console binaries that do not rely on user interface (intuition) or graphics stuff. Its main focus is to run old compilers and assemblers to have some sort of “cross” compilers. This approach will not run any applications or games using direct hardware register access – for this a machine emulator like P-UAE is the tool you will need...
New Apollo 1240/40 cooling system: My "Frankenstein" Apollo 1240 accelerator needed some decent cooling, so I built something.
Demoscene: The Amiga Years, Volume 1: A good review of the book.
rdbtool: The rdbtool is a tool from the amitools tool set that allows to inspect or create hard disk partitions readable by the classic Amiga family of computers. The RDB or Rigid Disk Block is a format to describe the first blocks of a hard disk that store information of partitions and file systems used in the partitions.

27 Feb 21

Today's Highlights
- More links on the front page and some work done on the back end.

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Timothy de Groote no longer a director at Hyperion

Tynemouth Software Tindie store

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SDBox: A small device that you can plug into your Amiga's parallel port and get access to a sd-card formatted with e.g. a windows FAT file system. It uses an Arduino Nano V3 and a common cheap MicroSD Card Adapter that has a voltage level shifter on board.
LL530 - Amiga Keyboard and Controller USB widget: This allows you to connect Commodore and Atari controllers, and Amiga keyboards to your RasPi or Desktop computer, for emulation & gaming.
API2: Our framework called API2 can be used with both the C language and our new language. To illustrate how much easier and faster it is to program using our framework, below are two C programs doing exactly the same, wait one second and then display the words "Time is up!". The one on the left uses API2, the one on the right uses only the standard functions provided by AmigaOS.
Amiga-Stuff: Currently available on this website are: PD Index, Hardware info, Crunchers, Archivers, FileSystems, Virus, Mod-packers, Demos, Amiga and CD³² Game Music on Audio CDs, Commodore Techtopics, Books, For sale and more!
Son of Transputer powers new Amiga box: There was only one place to be for Amiga enthusiasts this weekend: a tent at Bletchley Park. Saturday saw the unveiling of the first dedicated Amiga box for some time, in the shape an unusual and technically advanced system that maintains the Amiga's bleeding edge reputation. The AmigaOne X1000 is a custom dual core PowerPC board with plenty of modern ports and I/O interfaces.
Amiga 1000: un prototipo (Spanish): Small write up about the first Amiga.
OpenAmiga500FastRamExpansion: 4/8 MB Fast RAM Expansion for the Commodore Amiga 500.
OpenAmiga600FastRamExpansion: 4/8 MB Fast RAM Expansion for the Commodore Amiga 600.
A4000 Daughterboard KIT: This is a kit to build a A4000 Daughterboard. This daughterboard was designed from ground using 4 layers and also adding some features, like VGA Output, independent clock for graphics cards. Also all the components are SMD.
Starring the Computer: a website dedicated to the use of computers in film and television. Each appearance is catalogued and rated on its importance (ie. how important it is to the plot), realism (how close its appearance and capabilities are to the real thing) and visibility (how good a look does one get of it). Fictional computers don't count (unless they are built out of bits of real computer), so no HAL9000 - sorry.
A-EON Talks About The Future of The Amiga Platform: Another triple reply thread over at Slashot.
Backups on the Amiga X5000: Experiences of performing backups on a X5000.
A guide to repairing the Amiga real time clock circuit: This section will cover how to diagnose and repair common faults with the RTC circuit, as well as other common problems caused by a leaking battery. PLEASE NOTE that this information is specifically for the A4000D, but the theory and repair notes can also be applied to other models.
Planet m68k: News around Motorola 680x0 CPU computer systems.
AmiSSL: AmiSSL is an Amiga port of OpenSSL. It is a library that makes it possible for Amiga programmers to write programs that use SSL (for example, web browser authors would use it to add support for HTTPS protocol).

24 Feb 21

Today's Highlights
- Always surprised when I discover a GREAT website such as AMIGAOS. Check it out and you'll know what I mean.

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Amiga OS :: multimedia, multi-threaded, multi-tasking: Welcome to the (unofficial) AmigaOS Support Homepage. On this page you will find all important information and updates for the AmigaOS 3.1, 3.5 and 3.9 for your Amiga computer.
The A1100 Project: A replacement MB designed to fit in the original case. Features: 020 @ 14Mhz, 64MB Ram, can use either A1000 or A1200 expansion cards, flicker fixer, serial & parallel ports, IDE, VGA, RCA color composite and more! Incredible project!!
DTML Lemmings: Hi! Welcome to DHTML Lemmings! This is a remake of Lemmings all written in javascript. You will be needing a modern browser and a fairly fast PC to play this game. IE5.5+ pr a recent Mozilla / Opera version and a 500+ Mhz processor should do, but more power is better :)
Amiga Now Includes HDMI By Way Of A Raspberry Pi Daughterboard: If you had an Amiga during the 16-bit home computer era it’s possible that alongside the games and a bit of audio sampling you had selected it because of its impressive video capabilities. In its heyday the Amiga produced broadcast-quality graphics that could even be seen on more than a few TV shows from the late 1980s and early 1990s. It’s fair to say though that the world of TV has moved on since the era of Guru Meditation, and an SD video signal just won’t cut it anymore. With HDMI as today’s connectivity standard, [c0pperdragon] is here to help by way of a handy HDMI upgrade that taps into the digital signals direct from the Amiga’s Denise chip.
Retrocomputing Spray Paints: Amiga Beige, Commodore, And ATARI Grey: [retrohax] has provided vintage computer guidance for years, and part of that guidance is this: sometimes using paint as part of restoration is simply unavoidable. But the days of tediously color-matching to vintage hardware are gone, thanks to [retrohax] offering custom-mixed spray paints in Amiga 500 Beige, C-64 Beige, and ATARI ST/SE Grey. (At the moment only delivery within Poland is available due to shipping restrictions, but [retrohax] is working on a better solution.)
An Amiga Sampler 30 Years Later: There was a magic moment for a few years around the end of the 1980s, when home computers were better than professional ones. That’s a mighty grand pronouncement, but it refers to the crop of 16-bit home computers that genuinely were far better than nearly all PCs at the time for multimedia tasks. You could plug a sampler cartridge into your Amiga and be in the dance charts in no time, something which sparked a boom in electronic music creativity. As retrocomputing interest has soared so have the prices of old hardware, and for those still making Amiga music that cart can now be outrageously expensive. it’s something [echolevel] has addressed, with an open-source recreation of an Amiga sampler.
Why You (Probably) Won’t Be Building A Replica Amiga Anytime Soon: An informative write up of why building a replica Amiga is harder than it sounds.
Doom Clone Shows What An Alternate-Reality Amiga Could’ve Had: Can you run Doom on the Amiga? No, not really, and arguably that was one of the causes for the computer’s demise in the mid-90s as it failed to catch up on the FPS craze of the PC world. [Krzysztof Kluczek] of the Altair demogroup has managed not exactly to remedy that status with the original article, but to show us how a potential contender could’ve been designed for the unexpanded Amiga hardware back in the day.
The Amiga 1000, Still Receiving New Peripherals 35 Years Later: In the world of retrocomputing it’s the earliest models that garner the most interest, usually either due to their rarity, or sometimes just because of their flaws. The Commodore Amiga 1000 is a case in point, it was the machine everybody wanted but its A500 home computer sibling made the Amiga a success story. Peripherals for the 500 are plentiful then, while those for the 1000 remain a rarity. Thus it’s a treat to see an A1000 peripheral appear in the present day, in the form of a memory, clock, and SD card expansion called the Parciero. It packs 8Mb of SRAM to give the Amiga some truly quick fast memory, something that would have used an eye-wateringly expensive brace of chips back in the day but now has just a single package.
Building Replica Amigas To Preserve Digital Artwork: A few years back, the Andy Warhol Museum ran into an unusual problem. They wanted to display digital pieces the pop artist created on his Amiga 1000 back in the 1980s, but putting the vintage computers on the floor and letting the public poke around on them wasn’t really an option. So the team at [Iontank] were tasked with creating an interactive display that looked like a real Amiga, but used all modern technology under the hood.
Jay Miner Interview Pasadena, September 1992: A very well done interview with Jay Miner.
Amiga Unix Wiki: This site is dedicated on preserving Amix's history and sharing information and instructions on what Amix is, how to install it (either on real hardware or in emulation) and what can you do with it. Mainly, it tries to cater to people who wish to run AMIX for whatever reason on their hardware. By documenting experiences with it, it is hoped that subsequent SVR4 junkies will find the way more smooth than it might have been without any guidance at all.
Project Horizon: A fun looking "Commando" type game but on the moon. Really well done.
Ermentrud – Das Spiel: Unfinished adventure game for AmigaOS 3. It was developed with the Inga engine. You can find a demo on Aminet. Most of the backgrounds were colorized by Jan Heinemann and the story was written by Johannes Conrady.
Inga – Adventure Game Engine: Inga stands for Inutilis Graphic Adventure and it is an engine for adventure games including development tools. Download from Aminet. Further development was canceled. The engine was originally created for the never finished game “Ermentrud”.
FAQ about the 4GB problem: An in depth article on Amiga file system 4GB limit and several ways to attempt circumvent it. A MUST READ!
Vampire Italia - Forum dedicato ad Amiga e Vampire (Italian): An impressive looking Italian Vampire forum.
FAQ about the 4GB problem: An in depth article on Amiga file system 4GB limit and several ways to attempt circumvent it. A MUST READ!
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: The official page cataloging CVE issues tagged specifically for the Amiga. Currently we have (4) while micorsoft has (6191). Security through Obscurity for the win!! HA HA!
Amiga Ireland: We have reserved our venue again for our seventh annual event in January 2022. We will wait for pandemic restrictions on indoor gatherings to be lifted before putting tickets on sale. Retro lovers unite for a not-for-profit, friendly annual meeting of enthusiasts of Amiga, Commodore and life in general. Active since 2015, we meet every January and anyone can book a ticket. Read on to learn more about a typical event...
AmigaOS 3.5 Manual: All 5 manuals (Installation, Workbench, Harddisk, AmigaDOS & ARexx) in HTML form.
AmigaOS 3.9 Manual: All 5 manuals (Installation, Workbench, Harddisk, AmigaDOS & ARexx) in HTML form.
Sam440ep: Main ACube systems page for the Sam440ep.
Sam440ep-Flex: Main ACube systems page for the Sam440ep-Flex.
BYTECellar Category Archives: Amiga: One of the BEST sites on the web for vintage computing and here's their Amiga articles.
aMiGa=poWeR (French): Since 1998 one of the last of the printed Amiga magazines still hanging around. If you can read French you're in luck!

12 Feb 21

Today's Highlights
- Nothing to earth shattering but I'm always inspired when I see all the projects to get a classic Amiga to use HDMI, a screenshot of Python3.8 for AmigaOS4, plus an AWESOME thread over at EAB discussing how a coder shows possible way in which some elements of Street Fighter 2 might be possible. We're not dead yet!

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NUEVO Amiga A1100 (Placa base) (Spanish): A thread over at RetroWiki discussing a new motherboard replacement for the A1000. 020 @14Mhz, OCS/ECS compatible, 64MB, IDE, supports 2 Kickstart Roms, Flickerfixer and Scan Doubler, (2) Expansion ports: A1000 (86 pin) & A1200 (150 pin), ATX power supply & A1200 Clockport. Google translation
GoShell: GoShell is free and easy tool to open Shell terminal in fullscreen on separate screen.
The Maestrix: Maestix MaestroPro driver simulator that redirects audio to AHI. Now what is a MaestrixPro? Glad you asked. It was a 16 bit digital audio recorder created by MacroSystems back in 1993.
RGBtoHDMI: Bare-metal Raspberry Pi project that provides pixel-perfect sampling of BBC Micro video and conversion to HDMI.
Amiga-Digital-Video: Add a digital video port to vintage Amiga machines.
Amiga Now Includes HDMI By Way Of A Raspberry Pi Daughterboard: If you had an Amiga during the 16-bit home computer era it’s possible that alongside the games and a bit of audio sampling you had selected it because of its impressive video capabilities. In its heyday the Amiga produced broadcast-quality graphics that could even be seen on more than a few TV shows from the late 1980s and early 1990s. It’s fair to say though that the world of TV has moved on since the era of Guru Meditation, and an SD video signal just won’t cut it anymore. With HDMI as today’s connectivity standard, [c0pperdragon] is here to help by way of a handy HDMI upgrade that taps into the digital signals direct from the Amiga’s Denise chip.
Excellent RGB to HDMI adapter for OCS and ECS Amiga is out: Looking for an HDMI solution for your Classic OCS or ECS Amiga? Don’t want to use lots of money on it? Then look no further. This RGBtoHDMI adapter for your Amiga is what you need. Amiga community never stops to amaze me!
Dennis RGB to HDMI Adapter for Amiga 500 with Raspberry Pi Zero: A Dennis chip adapter to give your Amiga HDMI output. Check project documentation for details and BOM. Thanks to project owners (c0pperdragon and hoglet67) for this awesome work. This is V2 board. 2 Layers PCB 62.2 x 26.7 mm FR-4, 1.6 mm, 1, HASL with lead, Red Solder Mask, White silkscreen. Add pixel-perfect HDMI output to the Amiga machines.
RGB to HDMI: The RGBtoHDMI interface converts the "digital" RGB video signal from vintage computers like the BBC Micro or PC MDA/CGA/EGA to HDMI or DVI compatible with most modern TVs/Monitors. The interface comprises a Raspberry Pi Zero and a specially designed Hat containing a small CPLD. Custom firmware on the Raspberry Pi, in conjunction with the CPLD, is able to correctly sample each of the supported video modes to give a pixel-perfect rendition. The HDMI output is locked to the input so there are no frame drops, repeats or tears and it also has low lag of around 4 milliseconds (less than a quarter of a frame).
D520 Amiga Converter Plug & Play (German): Analogue video signals of the Amiga classic into digital video signals. No modification of the Amiga required: plug it into the DB23 video port of any Amiga Classic.
Patreon: Michal Schultz: I don't normally post links for individual fan based support but MIchals support for AROS alone is worth it.
AROS fork by Michal Schultz: Main AROS repository for active development. Contains the main Operating System components and Build System.
AGNEA: Amiga Group in Northeastern America: The Amiga Group in Northeastern America (AGNEA) is for all Amigans, in particular those living on Northeastern America (Ontario, Québec, New York State…).
AClub Amiga Québec: Facebook page the the club.
Antiryad Gx (AGX): Antiryad Gx is an unified cross platform and multi core 2d and 3d game engine. In development since 1992, Antiryad Gx today rivals and even surpasses many commercial game engines in feature set, optimization and stability. Versions for A68k, MorphOS, AROS and are available from within the main package download.
Antiryad GX: {A nice little overview} Overview of AGX showing the Amiga port.
Ambermoon: Resources for the incredible Amiga game Ambermoon.
Amberworld: File format information. I'm bringing the file format information pages back online, hoping to encourage people to share their findings, too.
WinFellow - Amiga Emulator for Windows: WinFellow is a high performance Amiga Emulator primarily targeted for Windows. It's distinguished API and core does however allow a fairly easy port to other OS.
CLib2 - An ISO 'C' (1994) compliant runtime library for AmigaOS: This is my attempt to get Samba 2.2.x ported to the Amiga. My first Amiga port required SAS/C and a number of strange tricks had to be pulled to get it to support the kind of environment Samba needed. But with the introduction of Samba 2.2.x many of those tricks did not work any more, which is why I decided to attack the problem at the root, namely the runtime library.
NWAG: North West Amiga Group: Was founded in late 2015 as a reaction to the renewed levels of enthusiasm centred around the Amiga computer. Set up as a point of contact and meeting point for all enthusiastic Amiga supporters and users throughout the North West, the group is aimed at all levels of Amiga user, from the gamer, to the creative musician, the image editor, the Workbench-whizz or the re-capper!
WookieChat: An IRC client for AmigaOS.
Firmware Sources for MNT ZZ9000 Amiga Graphics/Coprocessor Card: MNT ZZ9000 is a graphics and ARM coprocessor card for Amiga computers equipped with Zorro slots. It is based on a Xilinx ZYNQ Z-7020 chip that combines 7-series FPGA fabric with dual ARM Cortex-A9 CPUs clocked at 666MHz. The current version has 1GB of DDR3 RAM and no eMMC soldered. This repository contains the sources for the FPGA logic as well as the miniature "operating system" that runs on the ARM core 0 and instruments core 1 for user applications.
Rack mount Amiga 1200: A story about a custom rack mount A1200 Pointboots purchased off of ebay.
A1k SimpleClock: A neat RTC for the Amiga 500 and Amiga 1000 Computer.
Lorraine (translated): The Lorraine is a prototype computer created by the Californian company Amiga Inc. It was the prototype of the Amiga 1000. {LOTS and LOTS of pictures of the original prototype}
Great file manager Guide for Classic and Nextgen Amiga: A very well written article over at Amitopia about the different file managers available.
AmiDock: The Original 1-Click Application Dock for Amiga: A very well written article over at Amigalove about the history of Amidock. Lots of pictures and videos.
Looking Back on 35 Years as an Amiga User: Thirty five years ago I became an Amiga user. One of the first, actually. This is a meandering and reminiscent post of sorts, written to mark the Amiga’s 35th birthday and the 35 years I have known and loved the system.
It Was Always The “Amiga 1000”: I have written a number of posts over the years about the Amiga 1000 computer, the first model in the Amiga line, which was released by Commodore in late 1985. I purchased my first Amiga 1000 in October 1985 from Chaney Computer in Newport News, VA (and I have reason to believe it was the first Amiga sold in the state).
Manuals from the "AmigaOS3.5" and the "OS3.5 - Developer v2.1" CD: AmigaOS3.5 Manual, AmigaOS3.9 Manual, AmigaMail Volume 2, Hardware Manual, Libraries Manual, Devices Manual, Includes and Autodocs 2.0 & Includes and Autodocs 3.5.

2 Feb 21

Today's Highlights
- I've been meaning to update the page for the last two weeks or so but I got caught up thinking "It's the new year. There's no rush". Now I look at the calendar and it's February already?!? Holy cow! Where did January go? Time to pick up the pace again!

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Amiga Telecom: {Yes I know this has NOTHING to do with the Amiga specifically but at least ir proves SOMEOME can have a successful business with AMIGA in the name} Amiga is a leading Austrian Telecommunication Provider focusing on landline phone calls and on international phone calls by mobile phones.
MiSS FPGA: FPGA Board designed to fit inside a Commodore A500 case. Uses the original A500 keyboard as input device! Runs MiST FPGA firmware and it is compatible with all MiST cores. Can run as Amiga (OCS, ECS, AGA), Atari ST/STE/Mega, MSX2+, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari 800, Sega Megradrive, NES, Sega Master System and many more.
Commodore-Eng: The newly resurrected Commodore founds a new companys branch named Commodore Engineering with other young Italian entrepreneurs, Luigi Simonetti as General Manager, Stefano Cianfanelli as Development Manager and Giovanni Celauro as Sales Manager: made up of only highly skilled national staff, it presents itself as a leading research and development body in the electronics and computer engineering sector and is invested with the honor and the burden of realizing the hardware relaunch and starting the software development process.
Commodore Company: Welcome to the official Commodore Company website. Our goal is to renew the Commodore brand and place in the market as this glorious name deserves, by producing awesome devices at fair prices. We’re not here only to look with nostalgia at the past of the first Commodore company that everyone has known in the 80s. We’re here to manage this totally new group and brand towards a completely unexpected future.
How to Emulate a Commodore Amiga on Your PC: Want to play 16-bit games from the classic Amiga computer? Here's how use an Amiga emulator on any PC or Mac.
Tech pioneer is Business Person of the Year. Tundra chief executive learned hard lessons with Commodore Computers (Web Archive): Remember the Amiga? Many people faintly recall a quaint early personal computer that fell under the juggernaut of Microsoft and Intel. But Adam Chowaniec, named Business Person of the Year last night by the Ottawa Board of Trade, has no trouble remembering a product many enthusiasts still believe was the best on the market.
What the Amiga Pioneers Are Doing Now: An old Slashdot thread about creators on the Amiga.
AROS (WikiBooks): The VERY detailed entry at WikiBooks with TONS of support pages and info.
The mysterious sales numbers of Commodore computers: A GREAT thread over at AmigaLove attempting to breakdown the true numbers of Commodore computers sold.
PiStorm: A replacement ARM based 68K processor for the A500 built upon a Raspberry Pi.
The Buffy Accelerator: The Buffy Accelerator, so named because of it’s Vampire killing ability, is a zero-FPGA, zero-CPLD, pure-CPU accelerator for the Amiga Computer. It is designed to fit inline with a 64 DIP socket and should be compatible with the Amiga 500, 1000, 2000 and CDTV. It’s based on the amazing Octavo OSD335x System-in-Package which hosts a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor (about 2000 MIPS), 512MB or 1GB of DDR3 memory as well as various peripherals. It runs PJIT from a small eXecute-in-Place (XiP) Flash ROM and is not designed to run and general purpose operating system itself.
Buffee Accelerator: Buffee is a Dual-Inline-Packaged Motorola 68000 accelerator based on the Octavo OSD335x-SM available with 512MB or 1GB of integrated SDRAM and capable of providing (at least) 68040 400MHz level of performance. The firmware side of this can be found on github here: nonarkitten / pseudo-jit
The Buffy Accelerator Pseudo JIT: PJIT is part of the Buffee Project. PJIT is a real-time version of JIT that avoids the traditional issues of dynamic memory allocation and non-determinism. It is designed to run as a bare metal process on ARM microprocessors operating in big endian mode to provide transparent access to a traditional 68K bus. It is useable with ARM SoC that integrate only a modest (by today's standards) amount of memory.
Amiga 2000 A314 Adapter: The A314 project provides a Raspberry Pi expansion to the Amiga 500 through the trapdoor expansion. Much of the 'magic' is being able to transparently access chip RAM without interfering with the performance of the Amiga itself. However, the Amiga 500 is also the ONLY Amiga model to feature this peculiar expansion interface. This board will add a standard 56-pin "trapdoor" interface to the Amiga 2000 and Amiga 1000 equipped with a Rejuvenator.
ScanPlus AGA for Amiga 1200 - 4000D: {Just in case someone else is looking for this same thing} For connecting on a flat VGA monitor, Natives Amiga resolutions supported (PAL, NTSC, DblPAL, DblNTSC, Euro 36 / 72, Super 72, Multiscan), Connected on Alice and Lisa chips, VGA backplate included, simple DPMS screensaver utility included.
Soft3[dev]: Retailers of Amiga, Minimig and other retro computing hard/software.
Soft3[dev] U-Boot page: Here you'll find various U-Boot versions developed for the Sam4x0 motherboards family from ACube Systems SRL. If you need to develop or adapt U-Boot boot loader for any PPC 4x0 based board, contact us to receive a quote.
Belgian Amiga Club: Welcome to our website! As you can see, we chose English as the main language for this website, because it is cumbersome to maintain it in all 3 official Belgian languages. Also, we can safely assume that the Belgian Amigan is quite proficient in the English language, since most of us used to buy or read English Amiga magazines, back in the day.

13 Jan 21

Today's Highlights
- This year will be the year the website **FINALLY** leaves BETA status (LOL) but until then here are latest NEWS links to keep an eye on.

Latest News

Hotfix for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Update 2 available for download

Hyperion Entertainment

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Twitter: Official AmigaOS: This twitter account is currently connected to the official facebook page ★ All opinions expressed are solely those of the AmigaOS Facebook team.
Inviyya: A horizontal SHMUP for the line of classic Commodore Amiga computers, Inviyya will feature 6 unique organic levels each with its own enemies and bosses, couple of special weapons, 3 layer parallax scrolling and nice music and sfx. Should work on every existing Amiga with at least 512k Chip and any other form of 512kb extra RAM (chip, slow or fast), PAL or NTSC ( for NTSC I recommend some slight acceleration above standard 7mhz 68K. Game is playable as it is, but it will look smoother in a couple of situations with a bit extra oomph.).
Amiga Parceiro: New device that provides the following features: 8MB of Autoconfig Fast RAM. It is a single 8MB of SRAM versus DRAM, so it really and truly is indeed fast with zero wait states, Coin-cell battery backed Real Time Clock (RTC), which comes with its own clock software that gets put into your startup sequence & SD Card Reader with 2GB MicroSD. It comes pre-formatted with the FAT32 file system and is readable on any PC as a result. This way you can quickly set up your new SD-based hard drive.This twitter account is currently connected to the official facebook page ★ All opinions expressed are solely those of the AmigaOS Facebook team.
Twitter: Hyperion Entertainment CVBA: The creators of AmigaOS
The World's Fastest Endian: **GREAT** article that fully explains **EVERYTHING** about Endians> Hint... Motorola uses BIG Endian... Intel and Arm uses Little Edian.
Old School Game Blog: Amiga enthusiasm, retro gaming passion. **A MUST VIST SITE EVERY DAY!!!**
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1 Jan 2021

Today's Highlights
- Holy crap... We MADE it!! If this year is only HALF as bad as last year I'll call it a win!!

Wishing everyone a safe and productive New Year from the whole AmigaSource family.

26 Dec 20

Today's Highlights
- I hope everyone had the safest and happiest Christmas they could this year. Only a couple of more days left then we can 'stick a fork' in this year and call it done. While no one knows what lies ahead, I for one plan on staying optimistic. Not because it's Amiga way but rather what's the odds of next year it being any worse? LOL!

New Links (22) (322 added so far this year)

John "Chucky" Hertell: Follow is journey as he uilds his Amiga 4000 Replica, ReAmiga 3000, Blizzard PPC 040 to 060 upgrade, A3640 repair guide and more! Everyone needs to visit his page!
VIRUS HELP TEAM: We were 5 guys, who earlier worked for Safe Hex International to prevent the spreading of virus on Amiga. But as our policy concerning Amiga antivirus couldn't fit Safe Hex International's policy, we decided to leave and start on a fresh, with our own Virus Help Team, which started on 1 january 1995. Our objectives are: To fight and prevent the spreading of computervirus, To aid users with virus relate problems, To support all wellknown antivirus programmer with virus, To find virus programmers and bring them to justice & To be a NON-PROFIT group. We do all this anti-virus work in our free time, we all have full time work next to our antivirus hobby.
Power Progress Community: Promotion and dissemination of Open Source Hardware and Software (focused but not limited to PowerPC and OpenPower architectures)
Amiga Ireland: Online: A one-day online gathering to make up for the cancellation of our usual annual event. Since the global pandemic has unfortunately left us no choice but to cancel our planned 2021 gathering in Ireland, we are planning a shorter and slightly more casual gathering online. Ticket fees go towards the running of the 2022 event. The day's schedule will be announced in January. Note: this online event is not the same as the now-cancelled 2021 event (i.e. we haven't just moved the event online). This is an less formal gathering for us to get together, talk, have an interview or two and some hi-score gaming competitions. There may be some workshops. 2021 plans have been postponed to 2022 and will take place in Athlone, Ireland.
GNU/Linux Open Hardware PowerPC notebook: The game has changed, now GNU/Linux is everywhere running on every CPU architectures and devices. It's the right time to make new choices, an Open Hardware PowerPC Notebook designed around GNU/Linux, make it happen!
Amiga Books: Find the following here. Amiga 500 - step by step, Forgotten Queen of Machines, Wordworth 7 - user`s maual, Deluxe Paint - user`s manual, MorphOS - Volume One & Two, AMIGA OS 3.1 Volume One, Two & Three, AMIGA OS 4 every day, AMIGA OS 3.9 User's manual, Directory Opus 5 User`s manual, AMIGA OS 4.1 Emulation, AMOS Programming base, BLITZ BASIC Programming base & more. Available in either paper,e-book or both formats.
Power A5000: The A5000 was one of the first Amiga clones announced following the Gateway purchase (1997). The joint DCE/Power Computing project was a mid-range system based upon a new motherboard design. Like the BoXeR it was to be entirely modular, opening the way for a range of market specific systems.
DCE A5000 photos/flyer: (Google Cache) There was a request on Amiga.org from user A6000 (a long time ago!) and more recently CD32Freak, for the DCE A5000 photos. I managed to find the original photos and here they are. The DCE A5000 (and A6000) was an unreleased machine, but it was ractually existing in prototype form when it was shown at the Computer ’97 show in Germany. I picked up this flyer while I was at the show. I believe there also exists some photos of the actual motherboard. I will take a look for it, but it may be also available on the web.
Freedom Translator Client API: This program is a API to use with the most important programs on amiga, like, email, irc, browsers, text editors to translate selected texts, supports English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
Demoscene the Amiga Years Volume 1: Demoscene the Amiga years reflects the making of the best demos as well as the history of the most emblematic and best known groups of the demoscene. Discover numerous pictures of demos through more than 450 pages as well as contributions of "sceners". This book is the first volume covering the years 1984 to 1993 with about 90 demos amongst the most famous and popular ones.
Borrowed Time (Web Archive): Old school Amiga site. Lots of software and information.
Ami Sector One (Web Archive): Borrowed Times archive of Ami Sector One. Ami Sector One was founded by Bernd way back in August 1998 - It is now one of the All Time great sites, but not just for games. It also contains many demo's and even cover scans...
Back to the Roots (Web Archive): Borrowed Times archive of Back to the Roots. I created this page on 30.06.98 because I saw that I had many games and demos, which the world had never seen online before. Back to the Roots (BTTR), was planned as a site which features mostly rare games. I wouldnīt upload games like Alien Breed or Cadaver, which were online at every other site. I wanted to give people some really rare stuff... And therefore Iīve founded BTTR with 11MB webspace on a Tripod Server.
Essential "must-have" Amiga programs. (EAB Thread): A good thread on Engligh Amiga Board on the subject.
Welcome to OWB for AROS: What is OWB for AROS? AROS port of Origyn Web Browser is a Zune-based application created by Stanisław Szymczyk as one of the requirements of Port an Open Source Browser To AROS bounty. It’s using OWB encapsulated in a Zune class as a rendering engine.
OWB Web Browser for AmigaOS: OWB is a web browser designed for CE devices such as mobile phones, portable media players, Set Top Boxes and TV decoders, and any other consumer electronic product (GPS, home-gateways, Web-radios, PVR, DVD recorders, wireless devices etc.)
Linux Kernel 5.10 for the X1000 and X5000: Here you can find several different version.
Super Tux Kart: Here you can find several different version for AmigaOS, MorphOS, AROS & Add-on Packs.
New GBAPII++ RTG-ZorroII graphic cards: I proudly present the new RTG-graphics board for all Bigbox-Amigas and the Amiga500: The GBAPII++ is now commercially available at kryoflux. The GBAPII++ is a ZorroII-card featuring the fast Cirrus GD5434 graphics chip and 2MB of video-ram. An automatic monitor-switch between an external VGA-source (e.g. flickerfixer) and the RTG-graphics is integrated. The card is developed, tested, approved and manufactured in Germany.
Essential 68K Mac Software for Basilisk II: Tragically, developers have stopped creating software that will run on a 68K Macintosh. But thankfully, old Mac aficionados have some options. What follows is a list of software that will run on your emulated Macintosh. I'm a big fan of System 7.5.5 (which is free), so I've only listed software that is compatible with it. These titles have all been tested to work in Basilisk II. And, of course, the software should work on a real 68K Mac.
New Amiga Sports Programmable Co-Processor, Dualcore PPC (OS News Thread): After days of wild speculation and ridiculously fast-growing threads on AmigaWorld.net, we finally know most of what we need to know about the new Amiga. This is not just a random PowerPC evaluation board that you can stuff in a generic case – no, this is an all-new system with a custom motherboard, and some very, very interesting innovations – like a fully customisable co-processor. Twenty-five years after the introduction of the first Amiga, this is one heck of a machine.
Computer Connection (Web Archive): Twenty 22 years ago Computer Connection opened its door's inside of Tracy Music. We started selling music software for Amiga computers through the music store a year prior. As the Amiga picked up steam we decided to sell all Amiga products through our new business Computer Connection. New lines included NewTek products such as DigiPaint and DigiView.

25 Dec 20

Today's Highlights
- MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!! It's a real Christmas miracle. I did some work on the backend of the website and there were a few 'real' surprises on the frontend with the Amiga. I added a 'days left' contdown under the Support Crowd Funding menu and Hyperion released Update 2 for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition, ACube Systems said new Sam460cr boards will hit the road soon, the newly published Amiga Addict Issue 1 shiped and AmiKit X (v. 2017) has been made available for everyone at a 'Pay What You Want' price! Thanks Jan!! All in all I can think of WORSE ways to wrap up 2020.

New Links (7)

Ultimate Amiga: News, Forums, Downloads and more.
AMOS TOME Series IV Manual: TOME IV is the most powerful map editing system on any computer anywhere (TOME Series 3 is the second most powerful). TOME is used to create huge game maps, which you can then use in your AMOS programs to give you huge background areas without using up much memory.
Adventurs in Amiga Land: LOTS of GREAT walk throughs on various topics such as: Getting the Amiga CD32 online, Set up A590 in WinUAE/FS-UAE, Adding a Graphics Card to the Amiga 500, Diagnosing Tank Mouse Click Problem, Amiga 600 Key Cap Repair, WinUAE configuration for ACA500plus and many more.
Amiga-Digital-Video: Add pixel-perfect HDMI output to the Amiga machines. For all Amiga versions that have a socketed DIP Denise chip, a rather small adapter board can be used to extract the digital video signal (12 bit) to a 40-pin connector compatible with the Raspberry Pi Zero. This can then be used with the RGBtoHDMI software to produce a perfect HDMI picture with very low latency (a few milliseconds at most).
PluginKIT-For-AGK: This repository contains files of the DarkBASIC Professional 2DPluginKIT and eXtends plugins port for AppGameKIT. This version is improved in many ways to fit AppGameKit system and structures. (AmiDark)
AmigaDOS Introduction: The AmigaOS.net Wiki introduction about AmigaDOS.
Amiga Web Directory Archives: The WHOLE reason AmigaSource exists! Thanks for shutting down your site 20 years ago! The Amiga Web Directory was a free service of the Champaign-Urbana Computer Users Group. The site was actively operated from May 16, 1994 to January 1, 2000. Thanks to all our members, friends and supporters throughout the years. Contact CUCUG by accessing our comment page.

21 Dec 20

Today's Highlights
- Still working on the migration.

New Links (15)

A4000DB: This is a recreation of the Amiga 4000 DaughterBoard. I have made it from ground using the A4000 original schematics. It includes all the Zorro slots and also include a VGA 15khz output connector to use with a VGA metal bracket. The ISA ports has been removed from the design. Some new options has beed added on the new version 1.2 This work great on all the Amiga 4000 revisions, except of course the A4000T.
The Amiga Show: It's the show made entirely on and about the Amiga computer. It's The Amiga Show!
Amiga Magazine Rack!: The Amiga Magazine Rack was launched in early 2007 after more than 2 years of development. The website you see today grew from 3 independent coverdisk and review indexes independently compiled by members of the Hall of Light team. The site has close ties with the Hall of Light games database, with extensive cross-linking between the two sites. As a result, the current focus of the Amiga Magazine Rack is games, although application/hardware reviews and serious articles will be indexed in the fullness of time. The Amiga Magazine Rack is backed by a large review database which is linked to tens of thousands of scanned pages.
Amiga Reviews: What is this website about...? I am an avid videogame magazines collector collecting magazines since 1989. Back in 2000 my old mags from the Eighties started to fall apart and I decided to preserve them by converting game reviews to HTML. This website contains 7811 reviews of 2375 games for the Amiga home computer that originally appeared between 1987 and 2000 in seven mags I regularly bought: Amiga Computing, Amiga Format, Amiga Joker, Amiga Power, CU Amiga, ZERO and Zzap!
Magazine Indexes (Young Monkeys): Article & Reveiw index for NewTekniques, NewtekPro, Video Toaster User, AC's Tech, Amazing Computing, Amiga Domaine Public, Amiga Info, Amiga Informer, Amiga News, Amiga Survivor, Amiga World, Amiga World Tech Journal, CU Amiga & Scientific Amigan.
(AO) The AIM Project: The AIM Project (Amiga Indexes of Magazines) is here to provide an index of Amiga magazines so you'll know which magazine to find a specific review/preview/feature/etc in. ACE Magazine, Amiga Computing, Amiga Force, Amiga Format (Games & Serious), Amiga Power (Games), Amiga Power (PD), Amiga User International, CU-Amiga, The One Amiga & Zero
Bars&Pipes Professional 2.5: One of the best sequencers for AMIGA and the benchmark for later sequencer programs instructions by Alfred Faust. (German)
Amiga DB23 RGB to VGA Flickerfixer Scandoubler Adapte: This is a complete and ready to go ScanDoubler for your Amiga computer. This converter is compatible with all Amiga computers with the DB23 RGB connector on board. This product is based on our COREi64 original GBS8200 case, however, has been modified slightly in the cable connection area of the case. Internally, the case has a mounting point to firmly hold the DB23 cable as it enters the case.
RetroCollector: Our main goal is to document all the different releases of each game for each platform. Although there are many good websites for retro enthusiasts, most of these tend to focus on game titles and not releases. A collector will find it interesting to know exactly which releases there were of one game, and in many cases there can be quite a lot for one game alone - different media, packaging and regions. Furthermore we want this site to become a main information hub for identifying whether your release is complete or not. Our requirement is that a game does not exist until there is an actual picture of the box and its contents and we also want a cropped cover scan/photo for each title.
Amiga 500 USB Keyboard Controller Kit: This is a kit which will allow you to convert a (preferably non-functional) Commodore Amiga 500 or Commodore Amiga 500+ into a USB keyboard which can be used just like any other USB keyboard. It also includes two joystick ports which allow you to use standard 9 pin Commodore / Atari style joysticks as USB joysticks (for joysticks only, they do not support the Amiga mouse), and two audio jacks to connect to provide rear audio output from a Raspberry Pi or other single board computer.
Basilisk II: This is old version of Basilisk II, I know there are newer more update versions around on GITHUB. This version focusses on AmigaOS4.1, so is designed around AmigaOS4.1 native graphic feature.
AmigaLook Beautiful Your Workbench: Over 240+ Backdrops, Themes, Icons, GUI, Pointers, Skins & Screenshots for your viewing pleasure & use.
Scripted AMIGA Emulator: This site is the home and demopage of the Amiga emulator in pure HTML5 and JavaScript. It is heavily based on WinUAE and does use the AROS Kickstart replacement. (Gamrs, Tools, Demos: Reg & AGA)
D520 HDMi Video Converter For Amiga Classic: Video converter: analogue video signals of the Amiga classic into digital video signals. No modification of the Amiga required: plug it into the DB23 video port of any Amiga Classic.
Santa Run 2020: Santa Run is a free Christmas game that was created in seven days for all Commodore Amiga fans. Control Santa as you leap from roof to roof and deliver presents down the chimneys. Santa Run is a score based game, if you reach the end of the street you will have completed the game. A nice greeting awaits at the end of the game.

9 Dec 20

Today's Highlights
- Still working on the migration.

New Links (4)

Icaros Desktop: Icaros Desktop is an Amiga-like operating system for the PC platform, with a full desktop environment, distributed on a bootable media. It's based on AROS, a lightweight, efficient and flexible open-source operating system, aiming at being compatible with AmigaOS 3 at the API level, while improving on it in many areas. Icaros Desktop runs native AROS applications but also the original Amiga ones under emulation, transparently integrating them onto its desktop.
Scali's OpenBlog: Just keeping it real, a series of articles on oldskool/retro programing. Thoughts on software development.
Mikes Electronics Blog: A take on the the Amiga RPI drive project.
How to use a Raspberry PI as an Amiga Floppy Drive Emulator: After several years of hard work, my Amiga floppy drive stopped working leaving me in trouble... do I have to buy a new drive (but several disks are in bad condition too), buy a floppy emulator (nice but expensive for retro fun) ... or try to use my Raspberry PI other than as xbmc player?

1 Dec 20

From everyone here at AmigaSource, we wish you and your loved ones all the best for a safe and healthy Holiday Season!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

29 Nov 20

Today's Highlights
- Still working on the migration.

New Links (11)

Fienix: Fienix is a modern operating system designed specifically for PowerPC based personal computers and workstations. Stop being left behind! Fienix includes the latest, greatest software. Everything has been tested to ensure functionality on PowerPC systems. This is not a remix. Fienix includes customizations, unique applications, and games not found in other distributions. It also includes PowerPC bug fixes and performance enhancements not found elsewhere. They have a version for the A-EON X5000.
AmigaLinux.org: Linux downloads for the AmigaOne X1000, SAM and other AmigaOne computers.
AmigaOne-Linux kernal project: Linux support for the AmigaOne/MAI Teron CX/MAI Teron PX consumer PowerPC motherboards.
(archive.org) Sunrize Industries Audio: We've been using the AD516 card manufactured by Sunrize Industries for all of our recording work here at EMRL since 1996. At that point, it was already out of date, with Sunrize having stopped production and closed up shop in 1994, shortly after Commodore went bankrupt. Why would we choose to use this outdated hardware/software combo? Firstly, the hardware sounds quite good, and it's expandable, allowing up to 4 cards in the same machine! We currently have three of them installed in our A2000T.
AD516/AD1012/Studio16 Frequently Asked Questions v1.12: This is the Studio 16 mailing list's Frequently Asked Questions and their answers. The purpose of the FAQ is to be a resource on answers and information. Its secondary purpose is also to prevent questions from being asked over and over again. Bear in mind that this FAQ is not an usermanual, nor a developer document. It's purpose is only to answer commonly/frequently asked questions.
AD516/AD1012/Studio16 files: Various software downloads for the Sunrise and Studio16 cards.
Amigaland.de (German): The Amigaland, as the name suggests, deals with the Amiga computer, which was the home computer par excellence between 1985 and 1994 and is still used by some. Even today there is a wide fan base that identifies with the Amiga. We belong to it and dedicate this page to the cult computer. We want to preserve retro, classic and history and offer this page for that. Find out everything about the AmigaOS and its associated computer. We tell many stories and also offer loads of downloads to bring this computer back to life with emulation. Find the right games, but also apps or demos, and have fun with them. In addition to the freeware offers, we have commercial software for which we have a license to download.
Das U-Boot -- the Universal Boot Loader: Welcome to the Wiki area for cooperating on U-Boot development. This is the DENX U-Boot and Linux Guide to Embedded PowerPC, ARM and MIPS Systems. The document describes how to configure, build and use the firmware Das U-Boot (typically abbreviated as just "U-Boot") and the operating system Linux for Embedded PowerPC, ARM and MIPS Systems.
AD516/AD1012/Studio16 files: Addons for VT, TriCaster, 3Play, LiveText, TVP Animation, Aura, Mirage, Directory Opus, Total Commander, Excel, Windows Explorer, and more. Plus support for Commander, ImageFX, MIDI SYStem EXplorer, Studio 16 & The Visible Human Project.
Beyond the Four Gigabyte Barrier: Amiga has released OS 3.5 and added official support for hard-drives larger than 4 Gigabyte. The previously released New Style Device (NSD), as discussed below, is now the official supported standard. It is important to realize that the added NSD support does NOT mean that software that uses a custom file system, such as Movie Shop, will now work with larger hard-drives. If this software didn't work without NSD, it still won't work with it. Also, hard drive applications such as DiskSalv, Ami-Back Tools, etc. will still not work properly, unless they are updated to support NSD.
ProAction 1.8 - A New GUI System For Scripting Under AmigaOS: ProAction. It's a bit of a bad pun on the name of the GUI toolkit this system supports. Reaction. ProAction. Is basically an ARexx host, there are many about, this one is designed to provide GUI's for scripts (or even full programs!). The difference with ProAction is that whilst the script is sending commands to the ProAction server, the server is sending a separate stream of commands to the scripts own ARexx port. It can be used by any scripting language that can both send ARexx commands and implment it's own ARexx port. So that might mean Python using the arexx module thatcomes with the official AmigaOS version, perl using the arexx module from perl_Reaction (Hmmmm....) or even ARexx! (using rexxsupport.library).
SuperTuxKart (German): SuperTuxKart is an open source clone of the console classic Super Mario Kart and based on TuxKart. As with Super Mario Kart, it applies to its competition to hinder with some items. The aim of the game is to be the first to die Cross finish line. There are over 15 race tracks, time, individual and Grand Prix races and a multiplayer mode are available. SuperTuxKart loading requires at least a 1 GHz CPU.

23 Nov 20

Today's Highlights
- Still working on the migration.

New Links (14)

Maker Uses Raspberry Pi 400 for Amiga Project: This project is essentially PiMiga running on the Raspberry Pi 400. If you're new to retro PC emulation, check out our guide on how to emulate Amiga on systems like the Raspberry Pi.
Welcome to the AmigaOS Documentation Wiki: This is the AmigaOS Documentation Wiki. Here we collect all information for users and developers of AmigaOS version 4.0 and beyond.
Capehill's Githiub Page: Home for CPUWatcher, MilkyTracker, Stackwatcher, IOQuake, GLSnoop and a bit more.
Pre-Order of DB23F Amiga video connector: This part was entirely re-designed and remolded per original DB23 blue prints. Development is conjointly done by Soigeneris.com in USA and Retronicdesign.com in Canada.
USB Joystick Adapter: For emulation oriented retro gamers, here is the USB joystick adapter. This adapter enable you to connect any Atari style joystick to a USB compatible machine (Like a PC, a MAC, a Raspberry Pi, The C64…). The integrated microcode is simulating a standard HID joystick.
Soigeneris: Manufacturers of items for various Hi-Tech hobbies. Case saver for the A600/1200, square DIN 5-pin power connector & the new makers long gone DB23 connector.
AmiModRadio: All of Aminet modules at your fingertips. A program to automatically download, extract, and play modules from Aminet.
Workbench Nostalgia: These pages are dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the interesting and valuable history of the AmigaOS, and especially its GUI known as "Workbench."
The Amiga 1000 Rejuvenator (part 1): If you’re an Amiga 1000 owner, you are in a special club of sorts. You’re blessed with the “Original Amiga” and the one many consider the “only” Amiga from a historical perspective (it’s not fair, but people talk like that sometimes). You have a machine that shook the tech world to its core, that was embraced by pop culture heavy-weights like Andy Warhol and Debbie Harry, and brought professional-level creative computing into people’s homes. It’s like Doc Brown brought the 1000 back with him in his Delorean and left it on our doorsteps.
Rejuvenator Project: A thread over at AmigaLove about the this project.
ATL HDI 1000 Ultrasound Parts: {I love coming across various devices the Amiga can be found in. This time the A4000 was used in an ALT Ultrasound Machine}
ATL HDI 1000 Ultrasound Machine pictures of the Amiga 400 driven Ultrasound machine
Kasmin Card: A thread over at Amibay about the card. The Kasmin is a 24bit framebuffer with an intergrated RGB video dititizer which is driven by a 25Mhz T800 transputer.
A500-GraKa: This is an Zorro/Expansionport -expansion card for the big Amigas: A2000/3000/4000 or A500 on the expansion port. It has a Picasso96-compatible RTG-driver and an automatic monitor switch. Picasso96 is currently owned by Individual Computers. Version 2.1 is on the aminet and Version 2.2 can be purchased at individual computers.
Unofficial CS-Labs Warp 3060/4060 Page: Why this page? I started it simply as a means of collecting all known Warp card info spread out across the web. My hope is that it's helpful to other Warp accelerator card enthusiasts out there; my interest is that I have an Amiga 3000 and Amiga 4000. :) It's a work in progress, and I trust that when/if CS-Lab has time to document and post more info, this site will perhaps become unnecessary. Check out the unofficial specifications list. **NICE**

12 Nov 20

Today's Highlights
- Still working on the migration.

New Links (17)

Commodore Show and Tell - Bil Herd and Dave Haynie: Bill Hurd and Dave Haynie tell tales of days past. A **MUST WATCH**
Amiga 1200 hard disk imaging: Good write up about imaging an Amiga IDE hard drive.
Fitting a CF card to an Amiga 1200: Good information on installing a CF card in a A1200.
Commodore Amiga 600 and 1200 USB keyboard kit : The A600 and A1200 are very different from the Amiga 500. The A500 had a keyboard controller board on the back of the keyboard, and a serial interface to the mainboard. The Amiga 500 USB keyboard controller I built for that was a lot simpler in hardware terms, but a bit more effort to implement the serial protocol in the microcontroller.
How to strip down A1200: Step by step instructions w/pictures on how to take apart a A1200.
Amiga cleaning time: The midsummer night's sun beckoned -- "Take out your Amiga 500 and check for battery leak damage. Do it now." So I did. I covered up the top of the case in this photo to cover a rather diverse gathering of filth. The Amiga 500 manuals are in full color and with lots of technical information.
Amiga pixel art: A nice little write up on converting 24 bit drawings to lower resolution pixel art and game sprites.
Back to the Amiga – Pt. 1: Well with Retro being the new thing I thought it was time to get my Amiga 1200 singing and dancing again and also document all the things I’ve done to make it work.
Amiga Hardware Database: A data collection about the Amiga computer and its expansions. A MUST visit website!
AmigaLove Interviews: Jim Sachs (2020): Jim Sachs, the legendary ground-breaking digital artist and game designer accepted to be interviewed by AmigaLove. The following is the result of that process as well as some additional information provided during our correspondence.
The first page of the new AmigaWiki: This wiki tries to capture the 'Spirit of Amiga' and make it accessible to everyone.
Roadshow: Roadshow is an Amiga TCP/IP stack allows you to connect to the Internet, access your e-mail, web pages, chat, etc. It can also help you access and exchange files within your local home network. Roadshow is one of the fastest, if not the fastest Amiga TCP/IP stack. In sustained data transmission tests, Roadshow was able to receive 997 KBytes/s (tested on an Amiga 3000T, using 40 MHz 68040 WarpEngine CPU card and an Ariadne Ethernet card). Roadshow is compatible with the vast majority of Amiga networking programs which use the AmiTCP program interface, such as OWB, IBrowse, AWeb-II, YAM, SabreMSN, ATC and others.
OS4 Coding: AA one stop forum for OS4 coding questions and information.
(Youtube) George Sokianos step by step docker based AmigaOS cross-platform development environment: George Sokianos describes and walks the viewer through a step by step guide to setting up docker based AmigaOS cross-platform development environment. If you are interested in AmigaOS development, CI/CD, or to learn more about containers, this is the video for you.
SellMyRetro: SellMyRetro is a trading website aimed at the retro computer and vintage electronics collectors and traders, with many items of hardware and software for Sinclair, Commodore home computers and games consoles. It is free to list items for sale, and we only charge low final value fees. You can list items for a fixed price, or as a standard auction, with all the features you would expect.
Think Commodore: (Archive.org) Think Commodore is a website about emulating old Commodore computers such as the C64 and the Amiga on your Macintosh. The website also covers subjects such as C64 or Amiga games, demos, music, how to copy files from your Mac back to your trusty old Commodore etc. There's a real nice and active forum too!
Amiga Addict Magazine: After 14 years a new printed UK Amiga magazine has hit the shelves again.

1 Nov 20

Today's Highlights
- Don't worry the migration is **still** in progress. Well another Amiwest has come and gone and nothing earth shattering was revealed but I'm not dissapointed. Here is the best summary of AmiWest 2020 I could find. My hat is off to Amigaworld and the work the do!! And while official word is always hard to come by the secondary market is still going strong. Vampire, Win-UAE, PIMiga, and much much more is out there to fill the void.

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The Double Life of Dave Haynie—A Rajant Engineer and Commodore Legend: In celebration of the Commodore 64’s 38th anniversary, a tale needs to be told about a Rajant prodigy who also happens to be a Commodore superstar.
Ask Your Amiga 0.2: Emulate your ultimate Amiga computerDo your have a question, ask your Amiga, she knows everything and with this program she will even tell you. (Search in the Wolfram Alpha database)
Introducing Enhancer Software Core V1.1: A-EON Technology Ltd has just released the new Core V1.1 edition of the Enhancer Software as a free-of-charge download. You may have read the news and be wondering what is contained in it. In this article we explore this new release and walk through the installation process.
Great Mechanical Keyboard KA59 News For Amiga 1200: KA59 is a New mechanical keyboard, which replaces the original Amiga 1200 keyboard. Grzegorz from RastPort sent Amitopia this update on what’s going on with KA59. It is time to give a valuable upgrade to your Classic Amiga 1200 computer.
AmigaOS 3.x to the new PowerPC-based AmigaOS 4.x migration guide: In spite of being largely compatible with the classic API, there are a few rules that a programmer should be aware of when porting programs from the 68k-based AmigaOS 3.x to the new PowerPC-based AmigaOS 4. This document tries to outline the process and also point to a few potential traps and issues.
RetroMode-AmigaOS-GFXLIB: RetroMode graphic library simulated ECS/AGA effects. Retro mode is for AmigaOS4.1
Rexx Implementations: Here’s a list of platforms (hardware, operating systems, and operating environments) on which you can use Rexx.
Arananet RetroProducts: LOTS of Amiga related products. 3-Way Buffered Clockport for Amiga 1200, A1000 Relocator with Kickstart switcher, A120, 8 – 8MB FastRam for 1200, A500 clockport and cpu relocator 2-1, Ami-Serial – Null modem to Wifi, Amiga RGB to BNC and TONS more!
(AmiBay thread) New GBAPII++ RTG-ZorroII graphic cards: The GBAPII++ is now commercially available at kryoflux. The GBAPII++ is a ZorroII-card featuring the fast Cirrus GD5434 graphics chip and 2MB of video-ram. An automatic monitor-switch between an external VGA-source (e.g. flickerfixer) and the RTG-graphics is integrated.
The moment many of you have been waiting for is finally here! Our upcoming dungeon crawler for the Amiga gets a demo to give you a taste of all the hard work that has been done by Colin, TenShu and Mike over the past 18 months. Official release is expected for the end of the year/beginning of next with pre-orders opening in november. As usual boxed and digital editions will be available.
AmiUpdate: AmiUpdate, as the name might suggest, is an updating system designed purely for the latest incarnation of the Amiga Operating System commonly referred to as "OS4", developed by Hyperion Entertainment CVBA based in Belgium. .
Market Commodore Monitors: A VERY comprehensive list.
Marketed Commodore Amiga models: A VERY comprehensive list.
AmigaOS File Systems: Nice little list available Amiga file systems.
Commodore 1084S-P cap list: I just brought a non working 1084S-P back to life by shotgunning pretty much everything and thought I'd post the info here for posterity.
Commodore 1084S-D1 and 1084S-D2 Monitor Cap List: Compiled by
Guru Updated 10th March 2019.
Hyperion vs Cloanto, the longest running lawsuit in the history of computing?: Delphi and C++ builder developers will probably not have much interest in this, but as far as general IT news goes, this one is attracting interest far and wide due to the sheer absurdity involved. To be honest I also think that the case itself serves as a warning to companies and developers in general, because this truly is the best example of how bad things can go if you don’t manage your patents and rights properly.
Homepage for David John Pleasance: Following on from the success of the no-holds-barred account from inside the company, Commodore: The Inside Story, former Commodore UK managing director David Pleasance announces his second book, detailing the shocking story of what happened to the Amiga computer and brand after the demise of Commodore International.
Rear Window: Sharing the AmigaOS4 experience.
AMIGABLOGS: Going back for more than a decade, informative insight, revuews and more. Very nice!
PiMiga v1.2b for Raspberry Pi 4B: This weekend I decided to take a look at the recently released PiMiga V1.2B Lockdown Edition pre-setup Amiga emulation Amiga 1200/4000 build for Raspberry Pi 4.
Let’s setup a new fresh Amiga 500 using Amibian!: Hi 8-bit friends, today we’ll talk about another mighty computer of the 80s: the Amiga by Commodore, one that I really love (I still have my original 500 model bought when it came out). In my case, for example, I want to keep the real Amiga machines as safe as possible: an emulated one comes really handy for this purpose, and also it’s really easy to take it on the road, since the two ingredients are a Raspberry PI (here I use the RPI 3 model B, but other RPI models are supported as well) and a Linux distro called Amibian.
Amibian: Amibian is what you need to transform your Raspberry Pi into an Amiga. It is a very lightweight sd card image - 2GB and up. It is made to give you the best Amiga experience, without having an actual Amiga. Remember, Re-live, Re-discover the joy of Amiga easily, with cheep hardware and minimum effort.
Homepage for Christian Bauer: Worked on ShapeShifter — A 68k Macintosh emulator for AmigaOS and a buch more applications for the Playstation and the Commodore 64.
cwfloppy - The Linux Catweasel block device driver: cwfloppy is a Linux device driver for the Catweasel Advanced Floppy Controller manufactured by Individual Computers. The Catweasel is a versatile Shugart bus controller, i.e., it can control floppy drives. It is extremely flexible and can be programmed to read and write just about any floppy disk in the world.
cw: cw is (yet another) package for the Catweasel controller, look below for other existing packages. This package is especially for accessing the floppy drives connected to Catweasel.
Catweasel AmigaOS driver development page!: This driver is modified from the original OS4 driver written by Kjetil Hvalstrand, based on Linux sources. catweasel.device is entirely under the GPL, source available on request.
Catweasel Floppy Read/Write Tools: I wrote a set of programs for use with the Catweasel. My programs run on Linux, Windows 95, or MS-DOS and work with the Catweasel MK1, MK3, and MK4. They don't run on the Amiga -- sorry. Note: My Catweasel programs also do not run on Windows NT, 2000, XP, or 2003. I'm not sure if they run on Windows 98 or ME. The problem is that they talk directly to the hardware; they do not go through a device driver loaded into the operating system.
AmigaSYS: The AmigaSYS is a fully pre-configured system. To install, you'll need the original AmigaOS CD or disk (AmigaOS 3.0 or 3.1 or 3.9), after installing these, we will get the full configured system. The AmigaSYS pack contains every important program, which could be required by the user.
Archive.org: Amiga Announces the AmigaOne: October 21, 2000, Melbourne, Australia - It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce the first new Amiga hardware in over 6 years. The AmigaOne, our first consumer product, will be targeted at the desktop and workstation market. Further products to follow will cover the markets from Personal Digital Assistants and upwards. All these products will run a single piece of software, the revolutionary Amiga Digital Environment (DE).
Could an Amiga mini be coming?: With the resurgance of retro gaming hardware enabling us to play old classics on big TV's with lots of built in games such as the NES Mini, SNES Mini, Playstation 1 Classic, NEO GEO Mini,PC Engine Mini and the C64 Mini you'd be forgiven in thinking there wasn't much else to get excited with all the mini's being announced. Well The C64 crew have something to shout about and in a pretty big way, as today they have teased what looks to be an Amiga mini coming 2021 from RetroGames Ltd!
Coming 2021 - From Retro Games Ltd: The tease facebook page from Retro Games Ltd about their upcoming Amiga.
Guru Meditation Errors - How to Read Them: Transcribed from an old document. Author and year unknown. Stamped by "Megadisc", a small Australian magazine-on-a-disc. It's not always obvious why your Amiga guru's. With the codes below, you can break the meaning down to its basic components and get to the bottom of things.
SDL Documnetation: The SDL library is designed to make it easy to write games that run on Linux, *BSD, MacOS, Win32 and BeOS using the various native high-performance media interfaces, (for video, audio, etc) and presenting a single source-code level API to your application. SDL is a fairly low level API, but using it, completely portable applications can be written with a great deal of flexibility.
AmigaDev: Apps, Libs, Hardware: A project to collect the development of ports, apps, drivers, libraries, hardware, et al. for Amiga based systems like AmigaOS 3.x/4.x, WarpOS, MorphOS and AROS.
AmigaDev: AmigaDev is a project to collect the development of ports, apps, drivers, libraries, hardware, et al. for Amiga based systems like AmigaOS 3.x/4.x, WarpOS, MorphOS and AROS.
AmigaDOS Additional Amiga Directories: In addition to the AmigaDOS commands, there are other files and directories on your Workbench disk. This chapter includes the following: DEVS, S, L, FONTS, LIBS and more.

20 Oct 20

Today's Highlights
- The migration is **still** in progress. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

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Amos-Professional-AGA-Releases: This repository contain my enhancements to makes Francois Lionet Amos Professional handles Amiga AGA chipset.
Amigamap.com: The global map of all known Amiga, MorphOS and AROS computers and their users.. 1874 Users, 6576 Amiga entries, 421 MorphOS entries, 224 Aros entries and growing.
Back2Roots Archive thread (Engligh Amiga Board): Following the upload to archive.org of the Back2Roots.org backup that I managed to create a few days after it went finally down there were left files not really related to back2roots because these were other mirrors contained in the back2roots FTP server.
Workbench Explorer Review by amigax5000: Today I am going to take a look at an updated version of a new file browsing tool which has appeared on AmigaOS 4.1 over the past few months, Workbench Explorer.
whdload_slaves: Source files for my whdload slaves.
The history of KCS: The history of KCS. Makers of the Power PC Board for the A500/600 & 2000.
Wayfarer: Wayfarer is the latest web browser for MorphOS, based on a recent branch of WebKit.
Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures: As always Jeremy Reimer over at ARSTechnica does a wonderful article on the subject.

2 Oct 20

Today's Highlights
- The migration is **still** in progress. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

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Video: Exploring The Abandoned Birthplace Of The 6502 And Commodore 64: Bill Hurd takes us on a tour of his old stomping grounds of MOS headquarters in Norristown, PA. A **MUST WATCH** {Warning... The video is a bit shaky}
Komoda & Amiga plus Commodore computers user's magazine: A magazine dedicated to retro gaming culture. Although our articles are usually focused around releases published on the Commodore home computers (Plus/4, VIC20, C16, C64, C128 and M68k, AOS 4.x, Aros, MOS) our primary goal is to refresh the amazing atmosphere of the 80/90s when the world was ruled by pixels and chip-music.
Amiga Calendar 2021: As an Amiga fan since the very beginning, this year, I decided to create my own tribute to Amiga creating a special 2021 calendar.
Soundcloud: Tom Rattigan presents Commodore's Amiga, 1985: Commodore CEO Thomas Rattigan presents the company's new Amiga microcomputer at a Boston Computer Society meeting on August 28. 1985.
Apollo Vampire V1200 Review: After months of being on the waiting list, I recently recieved my Apollo Vampire V1200V2 accelerator! Since then, my Amiga has had a new lease of life so I thought I’d write an update covering all the stuff I would have wanted to know while I was waiting for the package to arrive. What follows is a review/retrospective on my first month or so of usage of this card – I’ll cover the ordering experience, hardware, installation, updates and software and wrap up with my thoughts and reflections on the project.
Amigos Retro Gaming Network - Amigos: Everything Amiga / ARG Presents / Sprite Castle / Pixel Gaiden: Amigos Retro Gaming is a conversational, congenial series of podcasts about the computers and consoles of your youth. Includes Amigos: Everything Amiga, ARG Presents, Sprite Castle, and Pixel Gaiden!
EAB Thread: New dial-up Amiga BBS online!: Dial-Up Nights is a new dial-up only bulletin board, running Max's BBS on native Amiga NG hardware. The 'beta' version of the board is open 9pm - 6 am, and 24 hours at the weekends (UK time). (The plan is to increase to 24/7, depending on demand.) Amiga and general message banks, files. Door games to come. Call tonight!
Download Python for Other Platforms: PyAROS is a port to the Amiga Research OS.
Wiki: AmigaOS Manual: Python: The PythonOS manual on Amigaos.net.
Amiga Python Modules: Steven Solie article about Amiga Python Modules.
Amitools 0.5.0: Amitools is a collection of Python 3 tools that I've written to work with Amiga OS binaries and files on Mac OS X and all other *nix-like platforms supporting Python. Windows might work as well, but is heavily untested. However, patches are welcome. I focus with my tools on classic Amiga setups, i.e. a 680x0 based system with Amiga OS 1.x - 3.x running on it. However, this is an open project, so you can provide other Amiga support, too. The tools are mostly developer-oriented, so a background in Amiga programming will be very helpful.
Github: Amitools: The source files hosted on Github.
Github: python-lhafile: LHA archive support for Python.
Install Amiga OS 4.1 Final Edition on WinUAE: Thomas Rapp's step by step guide for installing AOS4.1 on Win UAE.
Winuae Configuration F.A.Q.: A good guide on setting up WinUAE.
Amiga Emulator Downloads: A nice listing of Amiga emulators.
Celebrating 5 years of Generationamiga.com: Great job!! Here's to 25 more!!
DOS Benchmark Pack: This pack consists of a range of 3D and CPU benchmarks as well as tools. I made this because I want to make life easy for anyone new to DOS retro gaming. If you've built a DOS retro PC, how do you know that it performs like it should?
Manuferhi: Online store selling Mister FPGA, Mistica FPGA16, Sidi, Zemmix Neo and more.
How Commodore changed… PONG: Commodore’s contribution might have been obscured in history as “just one of the many PONG clones”, but it has to be said that the two systems it released, the 2000K and 3000H (also referred to as the TV Game series) were quite different as they were the first programmed systems to play PONG.
The first production RISC-V workstation?: No, not the RiscPC, a RISC-V PC. And, not counting the various one-offs, it appears to be the very first production RISC-V workstation available. SiFive is announcing the RISC-V PC at the Linley Group Fall Virtual Processor Conference, based on the Freedom U740 ("FU740") to be introduced at the same time next month.
Github: Amiga2000-remake: A recreation of the Amiga2000 motherboard using Sprint Layout.
Amiga Podcast: Polish Amiga Podcast site.
Amiga Java: Since Java Grinder (a Java byte-code compiler) already supports the Motorola 68000 CPU with the Sega Genesis I figured it shouldn't be too hard to extend the MC68000.cxx class to support the Commodore Amiga computer. More specifically, the original Amiga 1000.
The CIA Amiga BBS Powered by AMIGA 1200 w/DKB 1240!: After listening to an old school Modem connect, telnet in and enjoy yourself.
Getting The Amiga 500 Online – The You’re Not Stupid Guide: A good thread over at Amigalove.com on the subject.
Archive.org: Back2Roots.org: Not everything was captured but it's one of the few remaining traces of the site left.

20 Sep 20

Today's Highlights
- The migration is **still** in progress. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

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How Emulate an Amiga 1200 on Your Linux PC or Raspberry Pi: Emulate your ultimate Amiga computer.
Amiga500 single power: This is a DCDC converter Module to fit in Rev. 6a+ Amiga 500 mainboards. It will be soldered onto the mainboard and one can then use a 12V barrel jack power supply with the Amiga 500. It can deliver upto 6A @ 5V and 500mA @ -12V. The 12V line is passed through. It also adds a power switch to the machine on the backside.
Amiga1200 single power: This is a DCDC converter Module to fit an Amiga 1200 mainboard. This design has not been finally tested yet.
An Adapter to retrofit a 2MB agnus into a 1MB Amiga 500/2000: This is an adapter board to retrofit a 2MB Agnus into an Amiga 500/2000 and also includes 2MB of chip ram.
Source to 256 channel Amiga music tracker made compilable: Source code to Symphonie found on Aminet.
Adapter to use the PicassoIV FlickerFixer without using the/a video slot: No free or missing video slot in your ECS/OCS system and want to fully use a PicassoIV? Then this adapter pcb comes to the rescue which replaces the PIV's FlickerFixer break off section. Important! The break off part of the PIV must be removed to use this in place off it! The design isn't proven yet but was created from the original schematics and PCB layout.
Listen to CD and Amiga audio out of the PicassoIV line output at the same time: This little gem was developed at Village Tronic Computer back in the day by a service technician, after the audio circuits of the PicassoIV was chiseled in stone and had some short comings. Using this board you can listen to CD and Amiga audio through the PIV audio output at the same time. The design is proven and working.
Recreation of PicassoIV FlickerFixer attachment/snap-off pcb for cards missing it: This is a recreation from original data of the small snap off PCB of the PicassoIV (PIV) Amiga RTG graphics card. I created this because often cards seem to be sold without this PCB and then the FlickerFixer/ScanDoubler of the card cannot be used. The design hasn't been proven yet but as said is created from the original schematics and PCB layout. This is a four layer PCB.
The Shadows Of Sergoth Amiga demo is now available!: The moment many of you have been waiting for is finally here! Our upcoming dungeon crawler for the Amiga gets a demo to give you a taste of all the hard work that has been done by Colin, TenShu and Mike over the past 18 months. Official release is expected for the end of the year/beginning of next with pre-orders opening in november. As usual boxed and digital editions will be available.
Floppy Disk Drive USB Emulator "OpenFlops" with FlashFloppy firmware pre-installed: The OpenFlops drive is an improvement on the Gotek design with extra features and easily accessible placement of header pins and connections for popular addons and mods such as OLED display, rotary encoder and "floppy disk noise" speakers. Fully plug and play and compatible as a complete Gotek upgrade or replacement. OpenFlops is an Open Hardware implementation of a floppy disk emulator, inspired from the ubiquitous Gotek hardware. It is designed to run the FlashFloppy firmware, which gives it several improvements over the original Gotek.
FlashFloppy: FlashFloppy is a floppy-drive emulator for the ubiquitous Gotek hardware. Connect to retro machines just like a real floppy drive but use disk images on a modern USB stick!
OpenFlops: OpenFlops is an Open Hardware implementation of such an emulator, inspired from the ubiquitous Gotek hardware. It is designed to run the FlashFloppy firmware, which gives it several improvements over the original Gotek.
Tiger Claw: TIGER CLAW is a relentless beat 'em up game developed by Lazycow and Saul Cross. Originally released exclusively on Commodore 64 cartridge by RGCD for backers of the C64 in Pixels Kickstarter (Fusion Retro Books, 2016), then ported to Windows, MacOS, Linux and the Commodore Amiga in 2018!
The Games That Weren't: Providing illustrated snapshots of unreleased games dating from 1975 to 2015, The Games That Weren't is Bitmap Books’ biggest and most ambitious book to date. It includes a wide range of titles from the Atari 2600 right up to the Sony PlayStation 4, by way of arcade, home computer, console, handheld and mobile platforms. Years in the making, it's packed to bursting point with exclusive content, in-depth interviews and much more besides.
Newly-Released Trove of Recordings from the 1980s Includes Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak: Over 200 hrs of unreleased recording talking about various subjects. The Amiga included.
Amiga, Warhol, Debbie Harry: The ultimate 1980s tech keynote: A pop artist, a pop star, and a dazzling computer make history—or at least give us a surprisingly endearing little moment.
Amiga Memory: Memory for the AmigaOne XE.

16 Sep 20

Today's Highlights
- The migration is **still** in progress. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

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AmigaLook: Beautify your Workbench: Hundreds of different backdrops, themes, icons and more to beautify your workbench.
Gaming on AmigaOS 4 Gaming on AmigaOS 4: So what am I doing here? The answer is that I want to make a brand new blog, a blog that only focuses on AmigaOS 4 and gaming. I will of course include some general AmigaOS 4 news now and then as well.
Void Demo Group Homepage: Thanks for visiting the homepage of Void! We’re an active Amiga demo group, founded back in 1995 by Powerslave and Griz in the United Kingdom. It’s now 2020 and we’re still here making productions for the Amiga.
Component Locator Chucky 1.2b (beta): Interactive component locater. A2000, A3000, A3630, A3660, A4000, ReAmiga 1200 & 3000.
Welcome to comp.sys.amiga.reviews!: Welcome to Usenet's archive of product reviews for the Amiga computer. We have hundreds of reviews covering many kinds of hardware, software, and other products for the Amiga, both commercial and shareware/freeware.
Directory opus 4 Research Project: This site was dedicated to the m68k-amigaos builds of Directory Opus, which haven't been updated in 14 years. The mailing list has been deactivated today, and the site has had some obsolete and/or incomplete parts removed.
Amiga-Stuff: Various Amiga related resources. PD index, Hardware info, Crunchers, Archivers, Filesyste, Virus, Mod-Packers, Demos, C= Techtopics and more.
Amiga-Stuff Hardware: On these pages I try to collect information about components used in Amiga computers, Commodore computers, peripherals made by Commodore as well as components manufactured by Commodore. **GREAT Page!**
Textfiles.com CD List: List of Various CDs. 350+ Quite a few are Amiga related.
The Fred Fish Collection on CD ROM Volume 1.6 February 1993: Link to the entire collection.
History of DOpus: A wonderful writeup about the history of the Dopus.
Dongles for Amiga Scala MM: 'tis annoying how people will sell, or give away, their Scala software but not include the dongle along with it. Or, you lose your own dongle.
Cineware Retro Page: Defender of the Crown & Wings.
Github: Sodipodi: Sodipodi is general vector illustrating application for Linux/Unix and Windows. It uses W3C SVG as native file and in-memory image format and can do many neat things.
AmiKit XE (v11) Changelog: The Changelog about for AmiKit.
Power2People: Crowd funding support site.
AMOS Professional AGA (X version): Welcome on the AMOS Professional AGA mini-site! This website is dedicated to the project "AMOS Professional AGA" based on the François Lionet's "AMOS Professional Official" source code available here : https://github.com/Francaoz/AMOS-Professional-Official.
Github: AMOS-Professional-Official: The official source code of AMOS Professional on the Amiga.
AmiKIT Support Forum: AmiKIT Support Forum.
Expanding RAM on the Amiga 4000: How to expand the RAM on the A4000.
Amiga Developer Docs: From the Amiga Developer CD v2.1 (OS 3.5). Note: The complete Amiga Developer CD v2.1 (with much more material) can be purchased at Vesalia online.
Amiga Developer CD Hardware Manual Guide v2.1: The Amiga Developer CD Hardware Manual Guide v2.1.

12 Sep 20

Today's Highlights
- The migration is **still** in progress. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

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Rare Recording Of Jay Miner, Circuit Design Pioneer And Father Of The Amiga, Surfaces: The rare recording that has surfaced is of Jay Miner speaking at 1990’s AmiExpo East, which took place in Washington D.C. The talk was titled, “The Amiga From The Beginning” and consisted of thoughts, facts and anecdotes about the Amiga, and why the machine was so special to him and its legions of loyal followers.
AmigaOS Manual: AmigaDOS Command Reference: A reference for AmigaDOS commands.
Linux AFFS Kernal fix: The basic permission bits (protection bits in AmigaOS) have been broken in Linux' AFFS - it would only set bits, but never delete them. Also, contrary to the documentation, the Archived bit was not handled. Let's fix this for good, and set the bits such that Linux and classic AmigaOS can coexist in the most peaceful manner.
Amiga Fast File System makes minor comeback in new Linux kernel: Patch chap wants Linux, classic AmigaOS to coexist peacefully.
affs: fix basic permission bits to actually work: git.kernel.org thread discussion.
iGame: Famous Frontend OS3/OS4/MOS to launch WHDLoad games quickly and easily, each game can be associated with a screenshot.
iGame Multi-Platform: English Amiga Board iGame discussion.
iGame v2 - A well known Amiga game launcher gets a new public beta: If you have an Amiga with an internal CF drive or any other way of playing whdload games such as through Emulation like WinUAE, then this may be the software update that your Amiga thanks you for.
The 20 greatest home computers – ranked!: They seemed like the future … and here we are. We remember the key PC machines that inspired a generation of gamers and programmers.
AmiCygnic: (German) Homepage for Amicygnix.
Welcome to AmiCygnix!: AmiCygnix is a unix environment for AmigaOS 4. It is not an emulation, all programs are native binaries. AmiCygnix offers only some things like the typical unix path tree and a Unix like data structure.
AmiCygnix 1.4 on AmigaOne X5000: Today I am taking a look at the relatively recently released AmiCygnix 1.4 update for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition on my AmigaOne X5000.
Sodipodi: A SVG vector illustrator for AmiCygnix. Based in Inkscape.
Github: Sodipodi: Sodipodi is general vector illustrating application for Linux/Unix and Windows. It uses W3C SVG as native file and in-memory image format and can do many neat things.
Simplehtml_dtc: An html datatype based on SimpleHTML.
Youtube: Stephen Jones announces a smaller version of the Checkmate1500plus: This case is designed for Mini-ITX motherboards.
ALS, a new graphics system: Discussion about a new graphics engine by Saimo.
Jack Tramiel Founder of Commodore: Obituary about Jack Tramiel.
Filesysbox NTFS with SATA HD on X1000 - Part 1: Today I wanted to take a look at the recently released Filesysbox NTFS support on AmigaOS4.1 on the AmigaOne X1000, available via AmiUpdate.
Fat95 filesystem: "Fat95" is a DOS handler to mount and use Win95/98 volumes just as if they were AMIGA volumes.
Mount an (amiga) ffs drive in ubuntu: Amibay thread discussion.

27 Aug 20

Today's Highlights
- The migration is **still** in progress. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

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How Qnx Failed The Amiga: Back in 1997, the QNX (pronounced either Q-N-X or Q-nix) operating system was positioned to play a vital role in the ongoing development of the Amiga platform. Georgios Panayio provides historical background about the proposed relationship between the two projects and shows how QNX’s alleged breach of contract resulted in causing significant damage to the Amiga platform.
QNX partnering w/Phase 5 to make PowerPC computer: Canada based QSSL, which formerly were supposed to deliver the kernel for the next generation Amigas, with their QNX Neutrino kernel, today announced that they will instead partner with Phase 5 in order to port the Neutrino OS to Amigas equipped with Phase 5's PowerPC based PowerUP cards.
Archive.org: Official CyberGraphX Homepage: VGR: The Solar System's premier source for Amiga Graphic Card and Expansion Info & News.
Lista de Monitores que aceitam 15 kHz: (Spanish) Big list of 15kHz monitors and other information.
List of modern monitors that support 15 kHz analog RGB signals : A list of modern flat panel (LCD, OLED) monitors that directly support analog 15 kHz signals through discrete RGB connectors (VGA, DVI-A, and/or SCART). (Note that Component video is actually YPrPb.)
vbcc: vbcc is a highly optimizing portable and retargetable ISO C compiler. It supports ISO C according to ISO/IEC 9899:1989 and a subset of the new standard ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (C99). This is the support site for Amiga (AmigaOS, MorphOS) and Atari (TOS, MiNT, Jaguar).
The Cult of Amiga Is Bringing an Obsolete Computer Into the 21st Century: Meet the dedicated few who are working in the shadows to keep an ancient suite of software alive, waiting for it to thrive again.
vAmiga: vAmiga emulates a Commodore Amiga 500, 1000 or 2000 on your Mac. Development begun in January 2019 and the emulator is currently in beta testing. Bug reports on GitHub are greatly appreciated..
PT-1201: Protracker Digital Turntable: PT-1210 Mk1 is a Protracker Digital Turntable, that is, a computer program that will let you play your Amiga Protracker module files (.MOD) as if you were playing with CDJ turntables. Think of it as Traktor for the Protracker generation..
DiagROM: DiagROM is a diagnostic tool for the amiga computers. And it is to be used on defective machines, trying to help no-boot situations etc. You simply replace the Kickstart roms in the Amiga with the DiagROM. and when poweron. your Amiga will start a diagnostic software. It will try to dump info on the serialport (and actual menus etc aswell) while also trying on the screen.
Amiga Graphics Card Guide That You Need: The aim of this guide is to settle if Amiga is a computer or a console. As you can see in this guide the big-box Amiga computers had graphics cards for a long time. However, low-end Amigas also have several options for making that possible. Amiga computers aren’t limited by their custom chipset at all. It never was!
Githb: Minimal A501: Amiga 512kB memory expansion. Minimal cost efficient design.
Github: Modern Decompression Routines For Ancient Formats: This is a collection of decompression routines for old formats popular in the Amiga, Atari computers and some other systems from 80's and 90's as well as some that are currently used which were used in a some specific way in these old systems.

12 Aug 20

Today's Highlights
- The migration is still in progress. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

New Links (12)

Z3SDRAM V1.2: Homemade Z3 Ram Card. An update to original 1.0 design features 4-layer PCB, LDO-based 1.2V core voltage power supply instead of switching one, and a bunch of decoupling capacitors all over the back side of the card. Another useful addition is the 10M/100M Ethernet network adapter based on DM9000 chip from Davicom.
Github: DOpus 5: Source code for the original APL release version 5.82.
SourceForge: DOpus 5: Dopus5 for all Amiga platforms (AmigaOS3, AmigaOS4, MorphOS and AROS). After acquiring the sources from the original authors (GPSoft) this project was started to coordinate the porting of the sources to all modern Amigaoid platforms like AmigaOS4, MorphOS, AROS as well as updating it for the original AmigaOS3 platform.
Dopus 5: Latest Nightly Builds: The nightly builds of dopus5 disabled at moment, but you can get "latest commit" ones from djbase's mirror.
Unofficial Picasso96: Official Picasso96 2.2. Get it here.
P96: Individual Computers official Picasso 96 Wiki.
Github: ApolloTeam AROS: Apollo Team AROS repository for active development of AROS for Vampire systems.
MCAmiga: A Midnight/Norton Commander style file manager for all Amiga Systems.
Apollo Accelerators Wiki: Welcome to the dedicated Wiki of the APOLLO-Team products: The Vampire boards (A500, A600, A1200, Standalone), the 68080 CPU, MC680x0 compatible & the SAGA Core.
Spray painting a computer case – a short HOW-TO: During my restorations, I’ve often found it impossible to bring back a computer case to its former glory without using a spray paint. I’ve mastered my retr0brighting skills to the max but sometimes the plastic is so unevenly yellowed that it cannot be retr0brighted evenly. Sometimes, some plastics become over retr0brighted. Very often there is a need to fill cracks or holes with a putty and spray painting it afterward is simply a must.
SANA-II Revision 7: SANA-II Network Device Driver Specification. AmigaOS documnet Wiki.
Janeway Amiga Scene Demo Search Engine: 50,000+ of demos. Screenshots, Info, Pics, Downloads and much more.

4 Aug 20

Today's Highlights
- The migration is still in progress. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

New Links (11)

ADF-Copy: ADF-Copy is a small hardware i developed which uses a Teensy 3.2 microcontroller to read and write non copy protected Amiga disks with an out of the box PC 3.5″ Floppy drive connected to the microcontroller which can be build with a few jumper wires on a breadboard with no additional component.
Crash And Burn: The Amiga ST Story: This issue’s story isn’t about technology. It’s about the people behind it. It’s a story of avarice, hatred and an unbridled lust for revenge that descended into a war of attrition.
The Andy Warhol Museum Amiga Exhibit : How does one reliably display digital artwork originally created by Andy Warhol on the Amiga 1000 in the 80s? A team from Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer Club successfully recovered digital Warhol images from floppy disks that had gone overlooked in the museum’s archives.
RNOPublisher: An easy-to-use PDF publishing program.
How to fix the A1200 motherboard timing bugs: This popular and often revised page details the timing/signal integrity fixes required to the Commodore (and Escom) A1200 motherboards to fix issues with some 3rd part accelerators.
All In One streams (AIOSTREAMS) : a pack of Python scripts for streaming video from various platforms. The target Operating Systems are AmigaOS 4, AmigaOS 3, MorphOS and AROS, but they work on other systems just fine.
GoADF!: An easy-to-use app that allow you to use ADF files in your Amiga computer. TONS of features!!
Amiga City: Welcome to Amiga City - the portal for the classic Commodore Amiga personal computer. If you are a fan of the Amiga you will find other people to chat with and maybe even add some website links and upload files for other fans to use.
Amiga power supply guide V1.13: Easily one the definitive sources of information on Amiga power suppies. Ian knocks it out of the park again!
Turn your Raspberry Pi into an Amiga!: Amiberry is an optimized Amiga emulator for ARM-based SoCs (such as the Raspberry Pi, Odroid XU4, ASUS Tinkerboard, etc.), that brings you the highest performance Amiga emulation. Be it a classic A500, A1200, CD32 or up to a high-end model equipped with a 68040 and a graphics card, we’ve got you covered.
Amiberry on Guthub: Optimized Amiga emulator for the Raspberry Pi and other ARM boards

27 Jul 20

Today's Highlights
- The migration is still in progress. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

New Links (4)

Amiga Samba Idiot's guide: This website sets out the steps you must take in order to share files stored on your Amiga computer with other computers on your network.
Insight to Commodore before Commodore: Interesting tidbits pulled from the 3000+ pg Report of The Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into The Failure of Atlantic Acceptance Corporation Limited back in 1969. All this hard work was done by Zube. The original report was courtesy of the Interlibrary Loan people at CSU and to The University of Calgary Law Library.
a314eth.device - SANA-II driver for A314: This SANA-II driver works by copying Ethernet frames back and forth between the Amiga and a virtual ethernet interface (tap0) on the Raspberry Pi. The Pi will, when configured properly, do network address translation (NAT) and route packets from the Amiga to the Internet.
Commodore: Creativity In The Classroom: {An official} Promotional video for the Commodore Amiga. They thought they'd have a chance against Apple in the educational market.

23 Jul 20

Today's Highlights
- The migration is still in progress. There have been a few issues converting the code PHP & SQL code. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

Happy 35th Birthday Amiga!

Ahh what sweet dreams of what could have been. At least we have cake!

Amiga History - Launch Of Amiga: Watch the original unveiling back in 1985.
A1000 Wikipedia Page: The Wikipedia page on the computer that started it all.
Inside the Amiga 1000: Thirty-five {Twenty-five} years ago, Commodore released a revolutionary multimedia machine. We take a peek inside this classic computer to see what made the Amiga so amazing.
A1000 Review: From the Sep 1985 issue of Compute!
Commodore Amiga Amiga 1000 Unboxing Review: Hi guys, yet another Commodore Amiga review, this time its the Amiga 1000 from 1985, I really enjoyed making this video, hope you will too :-)

New Links (1)
RedPill, The Amiga Game Creator: REDPILL is a tool to empower people to create many games for Amiga without programming knowledge. Easy to use and at the same time allow to do complex things. Allows people to create 2D games with the true Amiga feeling! Supports both ECS and AGA Amigas, it is free and it is still in development.

22 Jul 20

USB2Amiga: This project is about connecting USB HID devices like keyboard, mouse and the combination of those (sometimes called "desktops") to almost any Amiga. You can also find the project here.
AmigaOne/Teron CX/PX Linux support: The title says it all.
SFS Install on Amiga: Good information on installing this file system on various systems.
Modern Mice on Old Computers: A good Hackaday article on the subject.
10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast: Just in case you're not familiar with the weekly YouTube channel dedicated to the Amiga and 8 bit computers.
Free Amiga 1000 Kickstart Switcher with Gerbers: Adrian posted about his project in the forums over at Amigalove about his project.
Amiga Boot-up Screen Colors and System Error Checklist: A comprehensive list on the subject.
Amicue: A good source of Amiga Tech Talk and information. (Boot Colors, Boot Sequence & Troubleshooting)
A3000 jumper settings: The A3000D main board jumpers settings.

16 Jul 20

Today's Highlights
- Still working on the migration. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

New Links (7)

The Amiga Virus Encyclopedia: An archived copy of the site. Information on 550+ viri.
Bill Panagouleas of Anti Gravity: What happened with boXer?: A thread from Amiga.org that give a bit more insight to what happened.
Amiga Art Contest: 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast Presents: Amiga Art Contest 2020. Get drawing!!
Copy Protection In The 80s, Showcased By Classic Game Dungeon Master: An in depth look into the next-level protection implemented for this game.
Project mouSTer: The ultimate mouse adapter for retrocomputers .
Changes in Hyperion's Management (16 Jul 2020): Over at amiga-news.de they do a really good job of summarizing the latest happenings.
Project4A: Looking for touchscreen drivers? AlfredOne is hard at work and currently has two working drivers.

13 Jul 20

Today's Highlights
- Still working on the migration. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

New Links (2)

Amiga.com: From **bizzaro land** comes signs of life from the mother ship. Since mid 2018 the home page has remain unchanged... Until now... Internet sleuths are quick to point out that these images are ones seen on various Colanto web pages and products. Stay tuned to see where this is going.
ApolloOS: Generation Amiga is reporting that a new open source AmigaOS has been released designed specifically for the Vampire without the legal entanglements of OS 3.X or the slower speeds of AROS 68k.

10 Jul 20

Today's Highlights
- Still working on the migration. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

New Links (6)

ignition v1.08: Achim Pankalla has been hard at work with improvements to everyones favorite modern spreadsheet application.
Agony: Yves Grolet of Psygnosis released a backup of his last Amiga hard drive which happened to contain the full source code for the game. (Non-commercial use only) Have fun porting!
Hollywood Designer 5.0: The manual is now online in both HTML or PFD format.
NEW HARDWARE: Power Supplies: for your A500,600 & 1200 are now available for preorder from Jens at Individual Computers.
NEW HARDWARE: Indivision AGA Mk3: for the A1200/400T is also available for preorder from Jens at Individual Computers. Here's hoping he adds the A4000D to the list.
NEW HARDWARE: A600 4MB Memory Expansion: is now available from AmiKit.

29 Jun 20

Today's Highlights
- Still working on the migration. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

New Links (6)

NEW HARDWARE: ZORRAM: A 8MB Zorro II auto-config ram card for your big box Amiga is available from AmiKit.
Amiga Joker: APC&TCP pleased to announce they are taking over the digitial distrobution of this game magazine.
Atheros WLAN Drivers: There are new drivers for the Atheros chipset for the Sam 440ep.
RetroMan Cave - Interview with Dave Haynie: A wonderful interview with Dave and as always he leaves you wanting MORE!
NEW HARDWARE: Akiko32: Have you ever wanted you own AGA replica Amiga in a miniITX format? Over two years in the making a board is in progress. Current prototype: miniITX, 030@14 mHz, AGA, Akiko chip, cd32/3.1.3 combined kickstart, IDE, 8MB, clockport, ATX power socket and a bunch more. Looks **REALLY** promising! Website coming soon.
Generation Amiga hits the 5,000,000 mark: Congratulations to one of my FAVORITE sites on the web!

22 Jun 20

Today's Highlights
- Still working on the migration. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

New Links (12)

Demoscene - The Amiga Years: New crowd funding project. This book reflects the making of the best demos made on Amiga from 1984 to 1993.
Retro Computer inspired USB PC Keyboards & Mice by Simulant: New crowd funding project. Manufactured in styles to match Acorn, Amiga, Amstrad & Sinclair computers - USB for modern PCs & emulators.
How to build AmigaOS4 cross-compiler on CYGWIN: An interesting thread over at Amigans.net on the topic.
ReMPU A1200: An interesting thread over at Exxoshost forums about a homebrew MPU replacement for the A1200. Looks promising.
MPU Replacement project for Amiga 1200: The official GitHub page for the project.
Bug Katcher on Agnus: A device that give you the ability to attach a logic analyzer to Agnus which is normally difficult because of the PLCC package that Agnus uses.
ReAgnus Board (Design Complete): An interesting thread over at Exxoshost forums about a homebrew Angus replacement for the A1200. Looks promising.
Minimig-AGA_MiSTer: This is a port of the minimig core to the MiSTer board.
UnAmiga A500: VERY COOL! This header is designed to fit on a real A500 or a Checkmate 1500 case. The header outputs all the required signals from the FPGA to convert your empty case into a fully working A500 020 with AGA.
Acrylic case for the Amiga A500: Looking for a clear acrylic case for your A500? Well look no more!
Set of 4x New PCBs to make a GBA1000 (Amiga 1000 Clone) computer: Looking for a A1000 clone you have to build from the ground up? Set also includes a Thylacine USB 1.1 Card and a MC68060 Turbo Acceleration card!
Gayle PCMCIA reset fix for Amiga 1200: Hardware solution for Gayle PCMCIA reset bug. The device is installed directly on the Gayle chip.

17 Jun 20

Today's Highlights
- Still working on the migration. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

New Links (2)

From Vultures to Vampires: The exciting new Kickstarter book from David John Pleasance and Trevor Dickinson covering the 25 years AFTER the demise of Commodore and the various attempts to keep our beloved computer alive.
IBrowse 2.5.3 Released: The team over at IBrowse are still hard at work and just released a new version improve performance on HTTPS connections.

12 Jun 20

Today's Highlights
- Still working on the migration. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

New Links (2)

From Vultures to Vampires: The exciting new Kickstarter book from David John Pleasance and Trevor Dickinson covering the 25 years AFTER the demise of Commodore and the various attempts to keep our beloved computer alive.
IBrowse 2.5.3 Released: The team over at IBrowse are still hard at work and just released a new version improve performance on HTTPS connections.

10 Jun 20

Today's Highlights
- Still working on the migration. In the meantime here are some more links for your reading pleasure!

New Links (7)

Thai on Amiga: MorphOS and AmigaOS do not have any specific facilities to support Thai language. The reason for this is that no Thai people use these operating systems and there are very few non native speakers. I want to use Thai.
Flash based ROM Replacement: A flash based replacement for the hard to obtain 27C400 EPROM.
New Super Buster Chip: New Amiga 390539-11 Super Buster Chip for A4000 & A4000T.
Dale Got Married - Amiga Design Team Photo 2007: Dale Luck, my old friend (Carl Sassenrath) and Amiga computer collaborator got married last week, and Dale and Rosemarie have headed out to Kauai for the honeymoon (not to be heard from since.) We all wish them the very best in the years ahead.
BareED: BareED is a RAM based and pixel oriented (not character!) Amiga related text editor..
Paradise: Paradise allows to transfer files, directories and ADF's (Amiga disk images) between an Amiga and a PC using the parallel ports and a special cable (A ParNet cable with a little modification, not so hard to build).
How To Use CrossDOS On Your Amiga: You know you can read and write MS-DOS formatted floppy disks on your Amiga drives? You know IBM Compatible machines CANNOT read/write Amiga disks in their drives? What CrossDOS does is install a device driver on your Amiga and allow you to read and write MS-DOS formatted floppy disks.

9 Jun 20

Today's Highlights
- Well today it finally happened... After 19+ year of a statically generated site I bit the bullet and began the switchover to a fully dynamically generated site. (Crowd Funding & Top 10) While I have been working quietly on this for the past few months, obviously there are still a few things I need to tweak. Until then... Here are some new links for you.

New Links (7)

Amithlon: An emulation based system allowing users to run AmigaOS 3.9 on regulation x86 PC systems, without the overhead of having to load an underlying operating system, unlike WinUAE, UAE, or AmigaXL. This is amithlon's linux kernel project.
AmiSSL: This is version 4.7 (will change) of the open-source based AmiSSL library for Amiga based operating systems.
Micromac Speedy Accelerator: A accelerator upgrade product that increases the clock speed of olde Macs. This board can be used on your Amiga too.
Dave's Amiga Hardware Page: Overclocking since 1975! TONS of information on making your Amiga go faster!
Advanced Serial Debugging Guide: The definitive wiki.amigaos.net guide.
Backups on the Amiga X5000: Markround spent a few days researching and implementing a backup strategy that’s ideal for his needs and hopefully there will be something of use to other Amiga owners too.
Rob the Nerd Clockport Splitter: A nice project that adds additional clockports to your A1200.

1 Jun 2020

Today's Highlights
- A site I like to see.
- Focused on preserving Amiga related books and source code, Amiga Source Preservation has been busy finding and asking for permission to release them under the Creative Commons license for all of us to enjoy. They have currently liberated 16 books and over 100+ program source codes (Quarterback, Frodo, Hippoplayer, Shapeshifter just to name a few). With a name like "Amiga Source" they have my seal of approval!!

29 May 2020

Today's Highlights
   - Catching up on some interesting stories.
    - The INCREDIBLE developers over at CS Labs have finally launched the beta version of their accelerator for the A1200. Please welcome the Warp1260. Still in development is the Warp4060 for the A4000. I can't wait but until then here are a few videos for your viewing pleasure. (youtube)
      - Unboxing, Installing, Gameplay, Quake @ 105MHz

Looking good! (pic from website)
    - Next is Hese and his first batch of redesigned A4000 ATX form factor motherboards (rev 1.1). Some of the upgrades include
      - Onboard Fast RAM support up to 112MB (Meutoxo)
      - Kickstart ROM support up to 4MB (Romy)
      - PC PS/2 keyboard & mouse support
      - Support for native Amiga and PC floppy drives
      - Power connectors for two case fans

Very impressive! Now let me plug in a Warp4060 and I'm S-O-L-D!! (video from youtube) Click here for more pics.
    - Not to be outdone John "Chucky" Hertell over at ReAmiga has released rev 1.5 of his redesigned A1200 motherboard. Some of his latest upgrades include
      - Improvements to various video signal outputs
      - Improvements the mouse circuitry
      - Redesigned to allow all chips to be socketed and much more

    - An open source flicker fixer for Amiga 500/2000 is being developed. While it's currently in its initial state of development, the project looks very promising!

A work in progress. (pic from website)
- While anything from Hyperion is always a surprise, I'm happy to see they released AmigaOS 3.1.4.(.1) release notes and locale extras (amiga-news.de). All I can say is "don't stop now!"

4 May 2020

Today's Highlights
  - Some good news to report.
    - SUCCESS! The AMIGA 2020 - A documentary film by Steven Fletcher has met its goal. Hope you reserved your copy!

    - After a few months of silence there's a thread over at www.amigascene.nl discussing some new developemts in CS-Lab s.c. line of '060 accelerators for the A500 & 1200. Personally I can't wait till the A4000 version is finished. Fingers crossed!

    - Say what you will about PDFs or ebooks but I'm always excited when I can get my hands on some real paper. Edwin Th. Van Den Oosterkamp has released a book called Classic AmigaOS Programming: An introduction. It covers the basics of programming with C and assembly language for those who have programmed before or need a refresher. This will look good on my bookshelf.

27 Apr 2020

Today's Highlights
  - This weekend the Amiga made the front page of Slashdot again. The incredible developer KK/Altair posted a new video of his progress on tis MIND BLOWING Doom clone for a stock A500. If you missed the beginings of this story from last year you can follow his progress on the EAB message board.
    - Youtube - Dread Ep 02 - "Doom" clone for Amiga 500 - Laying out the map...
    - Youtube - Dread Ep 01 - Making "Doom" clone for Amiga 500

  - Amitopia has a wonderful article about Amigastore.eu. An actual REAL physical Amiga parts and repair store located in Spain.

AmigaStore.eu - This is my dream business!!

20 Apr 2020

Today's Highlights
  - Software news & updates.
    - Hollywood Designer: The wonderful multimedia-orientated program language and presentation creator has just been updated to v5.0.
    - ImageFX 4.5 Studio: The folks at A-Eon have made ImageFX 4.5 for OS3.x available from either the AMIStore App Store or AmiSphere.
    - RNOXfer: A graphical FTP client with support for SSL/TLS protocols and lots of options is now at v1.0.
    - Abiword & Gnumeric: Both of these programs have been updated for use under AmiCygnix.

13 Apr 2020

Today's Highlights
  - Sad news. Computer pioneer John Conway has passed away at the age of 82. While his work in mathematics was very influential, he is best known for his program Game of Life.
    - ARS Techniac: John Conway, inventor of the Game of Life, has died of COVID-19.
    - The Guardian: John Horton Conway: the world's most charismatic mathematician .
    - Gamasutra: Obituary: Mathematician and Game of Life creator John Conway has passed away.
    - Slashdot: John Conway, Game of Life Author, Dies At 82 of COVID-19.
    - Numberphile (Youtube): Life, Death and the Monster (John Conway).
    - Or you can download an Amiga version and play it yourself.

In memoriam, John Conway (pic from Numberphile & video from youtube)

25 Mar 2020

Today's Highlights
- Have you ever wanted to play Amiga games on-line with people from around the world but neither your Amiga OS or the game was ever designed to do this? Well want no more. The friendly people over at the AmigaLive Project have created a package called AmigaLive that is used in conjunction with FS-UAE software that will do just that. It supports up to 4 players and lots of games are available. Check it out!.

AmigaLive

22 Mar 2020

Today's Highlights
- Been a few days since the last post and I'm exited to share a new Amiga Kickstarter documentary called Amiga 2020 - A documentary film by Steven Fletcher. If his names seems familiar it's because it should. Back in 2018 he released the wonderful documentary called The Commodore Story. Since that time he has been attending events all across Europe and combined with celebrating the Amiga's 35th birthday he wants to document this magical moment in time.

Amiga 2020: Steven Fletcher - Director.

10 Mar 2020

Today's Highlights
- One of the things I have planned after I finish the site upgrade is to focus on bringing togeher the various bits of Amiga information scattered to the four winds and compiling them easy to find comprehensive sources of information. Take for example this list of 'all the Amiga custom chips & chipset names'. There are more than a dozen really good sources but none have all of them in one spot. Most of these names are found on your typical chip listing, but some are so 'rare' that I have added the specific link used. So for my first attempt here are all the names I could find compiled into one 'hopefully close to being' a complete list.

Note: Use this Big Old List as a guide because I'm sure it's **NOT 100% accurate**, but hey it's a start. Let me know if you find any HUGE mistakes.

Who knew there were so many... Click the pic or view the text version. Enjoy!

9 Mar 2020

Today's Highlights
- Two things today.
- I can't belive that it's been 5 years since the Amiga's 30th Anniversary Event held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The event was crowd founded on Kickstarter and was a GREAT success. While I didn't attend, I did get a T-Shirt. So if you were like me and missed out hopefully you can make it to the Silicon Valley Amiga 35th: A celebration of the Past for the Future event being held on June 6th and 7th in the heart of Silicon Valley. Several Amiga personalities are scheduled to attend including Dale Luck, RJ Mical, and Trevor Dickinson. The show floor will consist of "Before Commodore" Amiga artifacts (some of which have not been seen publicly for more than 30 years), displays of Commodore Amigas, and next-generation Amigas. Tickets are on sale now at Eventbrite.

Long live the Amiga!
- And while I'm slowly and quietly working on the complete rewrite of the site, I have updated the SEARCH module to give better results. Try it and see what you find. **NOTE** Quite a few of the links are dead so for now you'll have to manually search for them on Archive.org. Don't worry the new site will do this automatically for you. Happy searching!

8 Mar 2020

Today's Highlights
- I'm surprised I haven't see this news in more places.
- Back in 2016 when I first came across the MNT VA2000 video card for Zorro based Amigas, I was impressed and I've kept an eye on it ever since. In August MNT Research talked about their successor called the MNT ZZ9000 which added a faster processor, 1GB of DDR3 ram, USB ports and a Enthernet port just to name a few. And now I'm excited to see some review videos finally being posted on youtube. Time to retire my old Retina BLT Z3 card.

MNT ZZ9900. WOW!!

5 Mar 2020

Today's Highlights
- Evolution of a banner.
-I know this is silly but I finally updated the old JPG banner with a modern vector based one. It's not perfect but it's close enough for me. I only wish I could remember who sent me the originial so I could give them credit.

20 years. 3 Banners

2 Mar 2020

Today's Highlights
- Added a few *new* sites to the main link database and make some progress on the AmigaSource V2.0 site.

28 Feb 2020

Today's Highlights
  - From the: More is better department.
    - Exciting news for us here in the states. Rob posted on English Amiga Board that he has opened a new Amiga store called MyAmigaShop.com. Right now he is catering to the classic market and has a nice selection of books and Amiga accessories. I wish him all the best!!

    -And here's another interesting posting over at English Amiga Board about a new type of accelerator. Mike Sterling is designing a FPGA based accelerator that could be used on any type Amiga computer. The current protype is running on an Amiga 500 and is looking very impressive. You can read a bit more over at Amigaworld.net forums.

Phone Me NOW!!!

25 Feb 2020

Today's Highlights
- Couple bits of interest
- On a sad note former Amiga OS developer Daren Greenwald passed away earlier this month. While his name may not have been as recognizable as others, his work certainly was. Daren is credited for increasing the compatibility of software after OS 2.x was released, various hardware drivers, reworking the Console driver, getting the PCMCIA to work on the A600 and so much more. Our deepest sympathies go out to his wife and children.

In memoriam, Darren Greenwald (pic from reddit)
-On a happier note, at least to me, GenerationAmiga.com is back *again* from oblivion. As reported back on 3 Feb, GenerationAmiga made its first updates in 7 months only to go dark again a few days later. Editor and founder, Jimmy Proost, tells of a massive DMCA attack launched by Phase 5 and Amiga technologies UG that took them completely off-line. After much rework on the back end he removed everything that could be considered a violation and the site is up and running again.

-NEWS FLASH the TABOR is delayed! In his latest blog Trevor states that due to the coronovirus the anticipated shipping date could be pushed back to 3rd quarter 2020. Personally I like the discussion over at Amigaworld.net. Will they use this delay to offer the same bundle to more people?

Matthew Leaman informed me that, due to factory shutdowns, several of his new classic Amiga hardware products have not been shipped or are now greatly behind schedule. A-EON Technology's A1222 early Adopter development and release schedule has similarly been affected and Matthew thinks the delays could push production into the third quarter of this year

...Only two more weeks...

11 Feb 2020

Today's Highlights
- Sorry in advance to being cynical but at this point I don't know why I even bother to get my hopes up in the slightest over anything that happens on the legal side of the Amiga world. The recent talks between Colanto and Hyperion collapsed into what I believe is shown by the picture below. I need to realize that *at this point* the possibility of any type of compromise or cooperation in the *epic cluster* that is the Amiga legal saga is utterly hopeless.

It's hard to believe that it's been over 25 years since Commodore went bankrupt and people are still fighting tooth and nail for the a little slice of the pie while in the end there will be no one left to serve it to. I know I'll never find out what their motivation is but at least this much is clear... There's still no end in sight but I'm going to keep sticking around it if happens to show up!

Here we go again...

4 Feb 2020

Today's Highlights
- Hats off to Swizpig for doing an OUTSTANDING job of porting the first person shooter Gloom to Linux and windows. The software is still a 'work in progress'. You can't yet change weapons or take damage but the game play is very smooth.

Gloom

3 Feb 2020

Today's Highlights
- Lots of activity over the past two weeks but here are the three that stand out to me. The first one is from Amiga-News-de reporting a newly submitted joint request between Hyperion and Colanto asking the judge to extend a 7 Feb 2020 deadline due to "Business representatives of Hyperion, Cloanto, and C-A Acquisitions, Inc. have been engaged in several days of intensive face-to-face settlement discussions in Europe geared toward a global resolution of all claims [...]. Hyperion, Cloanto, and C-A Acquisitions, Inc. are finalizing changes to a negotiated term sheet, which they anticipate will soon be executed." Is it just me or should more people talking about this while being cautiously optimistic? Oh well, as always in Amigaland... Two more weeks.

-The second one is an update to an Amiga specific package for the IDE Atom created by Alper Sonmez. For those not familiar, the package "provides complete syntax highlighting for the AmigaOS API symbols (also provides complete auto-complete snippets with links to online documentations for functions)." The latest update has a "menu that can create a full fetched, multi platform (thanks to SDI headers) and ready to compile Amiga library source code on the fly." You can read a bit more from Alper himself at Amigaworld.net. Very nice!!

The Amiga Package for Atom
-And the third one is Generation Amiga.com is finally back after a 6 month hiatus. Don't know why the pause but I'm happy they're back!

18 Jan 2020

Today's Highlights
- Well it has been a long time coming but I have finally thrown my hat back in the ring and hopped on the A1222 bandwagon, and to tell you the truth I'm actually really excited. Only time will tell how this system plays out. Fingers crossed!!.

- And to make my life a bit simpler I added a new table on the left hand side just for Tabor/A1222 links. Hope this helps someone else out too.

16 Jan 2020

Today's Highlights
  - A few highlights to take note of.
    - After 2 long weeks AEON has finally launched their A1222 Early adopter program website. For a relatively small price you can pre-order the 'AAA Bundle' from AmiKit which consists of

      - ImageFX 4.5 Studio for OS3 (CD)
      - PPaint 7.3c OS3/OS4 (CD)
      - AmigaSYS (CD) for use on UAE **(requires licensed Kick ROM image-not included)
      - Amiga.org mouse (Black with logo/USB and PS2 compatible)
      - Amiga.org mouse mat
      - Viva Amiga Extended Remix movie (digital download available when movie released)
      - Serial key to register on AmiSphere.com for software updates

       This also gets you on the list for the first batch of 100 motherboards to be released at a reduced price. The expected ship date is 2nd Qtr 2020. Fingers crossed!

    - The source code for Horny, the midi sequencer, can be found here. Good to see there is some development still going on.

10 Jan 2020

Today's Highlights
- More sad news to report. It was announced today that on 7 January Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist of the worlds BEST progressive rock band Rush, passed at the age of 67 due to brain cancer.

Friday, January 10th, 2020
Neil Peart

It is with broken hearts and the deepest sadness that we must share the terrible news that on Tuesday our friend, soul brother and band mate of over 45 years, Neil, has lost his incredibly brave three and a half year battle with brain cancer (Glioblastoma). We ask that friends, fans, and media alike understandably respect the family's need for privacy and peace at this extremely painful and difficult time. Those wishing to express their condolences can choose a cancer research group or charity of their choice and make a donation in Neil Peart's name. Rest in peace brother. Neil Peart September 12, 1952 - January 7, 2020

From Rush.com
After the departure of the original drummer John Rutsey in 1974, Neil quickly changed the tone and direction of the band from a rock trio to progressive music legends. Along with bassist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson, they made the most incredible music for more than 40 years.

As a young boy my discovery of Moving Pictures launched my life long love afair with the Bass guitar and countless hours trying to be like them. Their music was the sound track of my youth and has been with me ever since. Thank you for bringing so much joy to the lives of everyone who had the pleasure to embrace your lyrics and become one with the music!

The Professor.
(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

1 Jan 2020

Today's Highlights
- Wishing everyone the BEST in 2020 from the whole AmigaSource family.

Happy New Year!

29 Dec 2019

Today's Highlights
  - This is from a few days ago and nothing new since. Looks like the fabled "TABOR" is taking another step closer to finally being released to the general public.
Want to know a bit more about the computer? Read this informative review done back in 2016 at Epsilon's Amiga Blog. At present this is all we know.

    - Directly from A-Eon's Facebook page: Pre-order registration for the A1222 Plus Early Adopter Limted Edition
    - Where to pre-order: a1222plus.com The website is "Coming Soon"

NEWS RELEASE: Pre-registration and special AAA bundle.

21 Dec 2019

Today's Highlights
  - Sad news. On 15 December computer legend Charles "Chuck" Peddle passed away. Perhaps most famous for developing the 6502 cpu, he also oversaw the creation of the Commodore Pet and the Victor 9000 line of personal computers.
    - WDC65xx: In Memoriam of Charles "Chuck" Peddle.
    - Team6502.org: In Memoriam: Charles "Chuck" Peddle.
    - Slashdot.org: Microchip Pioneer Chuck Peddle, Lead Designer of the Historic 650x Microprocessors, Dies.
    - NYTimes.com: Chuck Peddle Dies at 82; His $25 Chip Helped Start the PC Age.
    - Commodore.ca: The inventor of the Personal Computer, Chuck Peddle, died on December 15th 2019 and we are saddened by this great loss..
    - And a most touching tribute from former Commodore engineer Bill Herd: Honoring Chuck Peddle; Father Of The 6502 And The Chips That Went With It.

Fair winds and following seas my friend.
(Picture: Team6502.org)

4 Dec 2019

Today's Highlights
- I don't think you can get a better summary of reasons why Apple migrated from 68k to PPC then x86 than from our man himself, Mr. Dave Haynie. While not directly Amiga related, it's not to far fetch to believe a similar scenario would have been in our future if Commodore hadn't screwed everything up!! Oh well...
The link comes from Quora where Dave is quite the prolific poster! Over 4981+ answers and counting. GO DAVE!!

1 Dec 19

Today's Highlights
- From everyone here at AmigaSource.com, we wish you all the best this Holiday Season!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

18 Nov 2019

Today's Highlights
  - Two floppy disk related items.
    - A new project called Greaseweazle has popped up. It consists a USB interface and tool for reading and writing floppy disks in any format: PC, Amiga, Amstrad, all kinds of synths, and many more! Fully open source. Similar to the Kryoflux. Looks promising!
    - GoADF! This app allows even the beginner users of Amiga to acquire data from the ADF file in an easy and intuitive way. Supports reading a writing of several different formats: ADF, ADZ, DMS & HFE. Plus a BUNCH more functions to make your life easier!

10 Nov 2019

Today's Highlights
  - MARINE CORPS ORDERS
      No. 47 (Series 1921)
      HEADQUARTERS U.S. MARINE CORPS
      Washington, November 1, 1921
      759. The following will be read to the command on the 10th of November, 1921, and hereafter on the 10th of November of every year. Should the order not be received by the 10th of November, 1921, it will be read upon receipt.

  -1: On November 10, 1775, a Corps of Marines was created by a resolution of Continental Congress. Since that date many thousand men have borne the name "Marine". In memory of them it is fitting that we who are Marines should commemorate the birthday of our corps by calling to mind the glories of its long and illustrious history.
  -2: The record of our corps is one which will bear comparison with that of the most famous military organizations in the world's history. During 90 of the 146 (now 244) years of its existence the Marine Corps has been in action against the Nation's foes. From the Battle of Trenton to the Argonne, Marines have won foremost honors in war, and in the long eras of tranquility at home, generation after generation of Marines have grown gray in war in both hemispheres and in every corner of the seven seas, that our country and its citizens might enjoy peace and security.
  -3: In every battle and skirmish since the birth of our corps, Marines have acquitted themselves with the greatest distinction, winning new honors on each occasion until the term "Marine" has come to signify all that is highest in military efficiency and soldierly virtue.
  -4: This high name of distinction and soldierly repute we who are Marines today have received from those who preceded us in the corps. With it we have also received from them the eternal spirit which has animated our corps from generation to generation and has been the distinguishing mark of the Marines in every age. So long as that spirit continues to flourish Marines will be found equal to every emergency in the future as they have been in the past, and the men of our Nation will regard us as worthy successors to the long line of illustrious men who have served as "Soldiers of the Sea" since the founding of the Corps.

General John A. Lejeune
13th Commandant USMC

Happy Birthday to some of the BEST Marines EVER!

1 Nov 2019

Today's Highlights
- Two things to cover today. The first one has been around since 2017 and yet somehow I missed it. Nick of Nicks Labor has been continuously working on a hard/software project he calls ADF-Copy. Together with a board of his own design and a Teensy 3.2 microcontroller, it is able to read and write non copy protected disks to a connected 3.5" floppy drive. All the software and schematics are there for you to build your own. Very impressive!! The GUI reminds me of the one used by KryoFlux.

Adf-Copy

- The second thing is a new Kickstarter project for replacement mechanical keyboards for the A500 & A1200. Only 2 days old and they are already 11% of the $48k goal. Designed to be 'plug and play' it uses standard compatible Cherry MX compatible switches and standard keycaps. All switches are socketed for easy replacement and you can chose what kind you want. (clicky, non clicky or gaming) You also get your choice a full set of modern ABS plastic keycaps. (German or US)

New A500 & A1200 Mechanical Kickstarter Campaign

31 Oct 2019

Today's Highlights
- Here's a blast from the past... Happy Halloween!!

AmigaMan strikes again!!

29 Oct 2019

Today's Highlights
  - Well another successful Amiwest took place this weekend in northern California. While there was no earth shattering news, here are some of the more interesting tidbits I could dig up.
    - Pictures and videos (Amiga-News.de)
    - Further details on ExecSG kernel of AmigaOS 4 (AmigaWorld.net)
    - AmigaOne A1222-EA Edition (Early Adopter Edition) (AmigaWorld.net)

Behold the AmigaOne A1222-EA (Early Adapter) Slide

25 Oct 2019

Today's Highlights
- Atten-Hut. Congratulations Daniel... You did it!! Semper Fi and welcome to the club!

One of the Few... The Proud... The Marines

22 Oct 2019

Today's Highlights
- Something I have overlooked last week was the announcement by ACube that they are "...proud to announce the immediate availability of the boxed version of the game The Secret of Middle City (Archived)" on its online store. For those not familiar....

The game is an old-style point'n click graphical adventure settled in a mountain city in the western part of the United States. The exquisite Linda Patton, daughter of Mr. Patton, a respected engineer, has suddenly disappeared leaving no trace. The player, in the shoes of FBI agent Cox, will explore many locations and will meet the city's inhabitants to gather information and solve the case.

The box ships with AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Aros version. If you own Windows or macOS systems, after buying the boxed version, you can send an email to the developer at the address gianluca@gdg-entertainment.it with a proof of purchase and you will be given a download link to get the executable for your system.

This game is a tribute to Stefano Buonocore, game designer and creator, that recently passed away shortly before seeing the fulfillment of his dream to publish a boxed version of the game on which he worked hard and tenaciously for so long.

Once the production costs are covered, the revenues will entirely go to Stefano's family for charity projects."

I'm sure Steven would have been very proud to see the end results of his hard work and dedication.

The Secrets of Middle City

21 Oct 2019

Today's Highlights
- Over the weekend the migration to HTTPS has been completed. The results leaves older versions of Ibrowse, haven't checked v2.5, and AWeb unable to load although Netsurf works. At some point in the future I will provide a link to a vanilla HTTP site for the older systems.

14 Oct 2019

Today's Highlights
  - In case you missed it here are some highlights from Amiga34 show held in Neuss, Germany over the weekend. Looked like one HECK of a good time! Wish I could have attended.
    - Review - Event: Pictures of Amiga34 in Neuss (amiga-news.de)
    - An Even BETTER Review - Amiga34: Announcements, videos and further pictures (amiga-news.de)
    - Finally More Info On - Tabor/A1222, LibreOffice, Enhancer & a few other things... (amiga-news.de)
    - Pics - From the Apollo team's stand
    - Pic - Congratulations Apollo team on winning the A34 community award!
    - Pic - Interesting... AmigaOne A1222-EA Edition (Early Adopter Edition) (skateman.nl)
    - Pic - MorphOS developer version, natively on AMD64 (Ryzen 5, RadeonHD) More info
    - Pic - MorphOS running on a 420Mhz CyberStorm PPC! More info
    - Video - Amiga 34 Germany in Neuss - All Exhibitors - 12.10.2019
    - Video - Amiga 34 in Neuss - Classic-Videogames.de on tour

Dave is still looking good!

9 Oct 2019

Today's Highlights
  - Stumbled across some really good publications by AmigaJay of the UK over at Issue.com. Currently he has 18 PDF books covering various different systems from the Amiga to Atari Falcon/Jaguar/Lynx to the Gizmondo. Most are compilations of historical magazine adverts and game list but these two below are worth a further look. Check out
    - 101 Amiga Games This book isn't any random 101 games that was on the Amiga, this book demonstrates 101 reasons why the Amiga was a great games machine, had a massive influence around the world.
    - Lemmings - The Ports Lemmings - one of the most ported videogames in history, is now documented in this 300+ page full colour book. Now in it's 27th year, this book covers it all. We look at every official (and unofficial) ports, with detailed Information from release dates, pricing, review scores and more.

101 Amiga Games & Lemmings The Ports

8 Oct 2019

Today's Highlights
- Had not seen this one before. Over a year ago HotHardware.com had a small article about an Amiga enthusiast getting Quake to run on the Killer NIC PowerPC CPU Core. The Killer M1 was manufactured by KillerNetworks and has a Freescale MPC8343E PPC processor on board. The card goes back to 2008 but is no longer supported or documented. The best I could dig up is some old links and reviews.

Killer M1 NIC
Not practical but clever and interesting nevertheless. Just the way we like it in the lovely world of the Amiga! Expensive, outdated and a complete HACK!

26 Sep 2019

Today's Highlights
  - Previously I mentioned that I somehow overlooked a new '060 accelerator project for the A1200. Well that's not all I missed. CS LAB s.c. has kicked into high gear and now has two new models for the A500 & A3000/4000. Amitopia.com has two great article on the Warp 1260 and the new Warp 560 for the A500.

  Features
    - Capable of to be overclocked to 100MHz.
    - 256MB RAM.
    - RTG (Video).
    - Sound.
    - WiFi.

Beautiful!

25 Sep 2019

Today's Highlights
- Well it's finally here. From the creators of the Vampire line of accelerators comes their first stand alone product: The Vampire V4. From their forum.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I'm very proud and honored to have the opportunity to unveil tonight details regarding Vampire V4 Standalone sales.

As disclosed some weeks ago, first batch will be sold at Amiga34 directly to people attending the event. Next batches will be sold indirectly only by our resellers listed in our WiKi.

The Vampire V4 Standalone comes in standard with aluminium case, corresponding PSU and shipped with AROS kickstart.

For A34, a special bundle will be made available with free "give-aways" add-ons like compatible Mouse, compatible Keyboard, CF-Adapter a 32GB CF card and an USB Blaster. Later, resellers will have the opportunity to sell their own bundles.

Terms & conditions
* Payment will be accepted in cash or via PayPal.
* Limitation of one unit per person
* Offer is available until stock remains, even regarding accessories
* No support is offered on accessories/give-aways
* Complete warranty terms are available on our WiKi on EXTERNAL LINK
Information regarding current state of the standalone core
* Ethernet: work is in progress, driver is being written.
* USB: support for some input devices like USB mice and keyboards. Support
for more is in progress. Compatibility list available on WiKi ( EXTERNAL LINK )
* Joystick : Status support of AMIGA Joy (like Competition Pro)
* OCS/AGA: Many games and demos work perfectly, but not 100%.
* Boot drives: boot from IDE/CF, microSD card for data exchange. Bootable
microSD is in roadmap.

Price of that special A34 bundle is 549 euros

All details are available here :
EXTERNAL LINK

  -And even more details...
    - The Vampire V4 Standalone - Details and Price thread on the Apollo Forum.
    - The Apollo Accelerator Public Wiki. Great source of information.
    - How to install AmigaOS 3.1.4 ROM on a Vampire.

Official Launch & The Amiga34 Bundle

24 Sep 2019

Today's Highlights
  - Two programming tibits for today...
    - While reading this thread about getting outside programmers interested over at Amigaworld.net I stumbled across an exciting program project called API². While still in the developmental stages, it looks very promising. Directly from the website "The goal of the API² project is to provide these modern solutions to Amiga programmers, which will allow them to create better and more advanced programs quicker. Maybe it can also encourage people from outside the community to program for Amiga systems." Very cool!
    - Every wish you could try Hollywood but didn't know where to start? Well wish no more. Over at MorphZone is a very good Crash Course to Hollywood Programming. Enjoy!

10 Sep 2019

Today's Highlights
- Stumbled across this thread on EAB discussing a programmer by the name of KK/Altair who coded a Doom Clone on a stock A500 (512MB & OCS) running 160x100 at ~12fps. You can read more about it from the man himself. Check out the video on Twitter. Absolutely impressive!

Amiga Doom Clone

1 Sep 2019

Today's Highlights
- Good things come for those who wait and boy did we wait. After 10 years Ibrowse 2.5 has been finally released. With more features than you can shake a stick at, it's certainly worth the money spent.

29 Aug 2019

Today's Highlights
- Check out this interesting project for the A500. Niklas Ekstrom has created a trapdoor expansion that lets you use a Raspberry Pi as a co-processor to an Amiga 500 called the A314. The project is still in its infancy but looks promising. I would love to see a version for the big box Amigas someday. Here's the official thread over at the English Amiga Board Forum.

A314: Would you like a side of Pi to go with your Miggy?

23 Aug 2019

Today's Highlights
- I love when I stumble across sites like this. The Amiga Museum is a wonderful 'virtual' little place for the Amiga range of computers and game consoles. Plenty of info and links PLUS the whole site is rendered in OS 1.X glory. (Blue background, white Topaz font and a period perfect red mouse pointer. Check it out!

The Amiga Museum

19 Aug 2019

Today's Highlights
- This was to good to pass up. A thread on Amigaworld.net links to a video and a short discussion of a tour of the Amiga Inc's offices in taken back in 2001. Definitely worth a view.

29 Jul 2019

Today's Highlights
  - It has been a few weeks but this time I'm going to mainly focus on these INCREDIBLE hardware projects!
     - Generation Amiga - The Vampire 1200 V2 card: The fastest Amiga 1200 ever made and it will be released in the next coming weeks.
     - English Amiga Board - The AA3000+ Motherboard is an Amiga 3000 AGA motherboard based on the Commodore AA3000 schematics with some improvements and extra features that were missing from the original AA3000 motherboard, such as the scandoubler / flicker fixer.
     - Amigaclub.be - The A1200+ is a re-implementation of the Amiga 1200 board started from the schematics. This project also made the front page of Hackaday.

27 Jun 2019

Today's Highlights
  - A couple of things to catch up on...
    - Let's get this elephant out of the way... The 25th anniversary of the bankruptcy of Commodore (translated). (Original German)
    - Have you ever needed an OS rescue disk? Well need no more. Amiga911 Maker is a boot disk which contains various drivers and tools. It is mainly intended for people who wants to set up a harddisk to their Amiga in a quick and easy way, or who wants to boot up a system in order to fix a broken Workbench installation, or maybe even restore files from a system backup.
    - While not Amiga related this is definitely a fun turn of events! From the company that brought you the C64 Mini, now comes a FULL SIZE Commodore 64. Maybe if you're good Santa will put one under your Christmas Tree this year!

1 May 2019

Today's Highlights
- From a few days ago... AmigaLove (aka Eric K. Hill) tells the tale of his acquisition of "...one of the rarest Amigas ever made - one that was never sold to the consumer market. And this one appears to be entirely unique from its brethren, which I shall soon explain, priceless and nearly one of a kind prototype". Behold the Amiga Development System. WOW!!

Amiga Development System
- And another user pointed out that one more of these INCREDIBLE systems has managed to survived. The Computer Collection Vienna (currently offline) have their own Amiga Development System. "I want to share a piece of history, let me explain it that way: It is an Amiga before there was an Amiga. Commodore Amiga VELVET REV03, ICs mostly from early 1985, thus six month before official presentation in Lincoln Center!" Behold the Amiga 1000 VELVET (currently offline) DOUBLE WOW!!

Amiga VELVET Rev03

24 Apr 2019

Today's Highlights
- HOLY CRAP!! Another 060 accelerator but this time its for the CD32. Stephen Leary (aka terriblefire) Behold the "TF630 is announced... not working well yet but boots to Workbench". It appears the project started off as an 030. The YouTube title describes it as a "68030 50Mhz Accelerator + 64MB RAM + IDE - New Accelerator 2019!"

I'm so JEALOUS! My A4000 only has an over clocked 040@35MHz.

23 Apr 2019

Today's Highlights
- It finally arrived. Brian Bagnall's last chapter of the saga. Commodore: The Final Years

I guess I know what I'm doing this weekend!

20 Apr 2019

Today's Highlights
  - Two interesting things today.
    -The first is a VERY informative interview conducted by the Polish news site www.exec.pl with A-Eon Technology co-counder Trevor Dickinson covering the current situation and some GREAT insight into the future of the Amiga.
    -Don't know how I missed this one but the second one is a new '060' accelerator called the Warp-1260 by a company called CS-LAB for the A1200. Here's a short video of it in action. I wish them luck and I hope it makes it out of the prototype phase.

Impressive!

11 Apr 2019

Today's Highlights
- Sad news. Fellow Amiga user and CEO of DreamArtStudio Stefano Buonocore has passed away. He founded the company back in 2008 and was know for the point and click adventure The Secret of Middle City (Archived). Close friend and founder of GDG Entertainment, Gianluca Girelli has written a beautiful and touching tribute to him and his memory.

The Secrets of Middle City

5 Mar 2019

Today's Highlights
  - Once again I'm 'blown away' by the creativity and sheer determination of my fellow Amiga users. Projects like this give me hope that the Amiga will be around for years to come. And 'how did I not stumble across this project sooner???'

   - Jeroen Vandezande from the Belgian Amiga Club has thrown his hat into the ring of redesigned A1200 motherboards. Behold the Amiga1200+. This project is a re-implementation of the Amiga 1200 board started from the schematics. Changes and enhancements were made to the original schematics.

  Features
    - All Original AA chips are needed and can be put into the sockets. These include Lisa, Paula, Alice, The two CIA chips and the Keyboard controller.
    - Gayle, Budgie and the DRAM have been removed and the functionality has been moved to a daughterboard. This board can also contain a CPU.
    - Video output has been moved to a seperate output board. This board get all Lisa output signals and also all the typical Zorro signals. This means that an RTG card can be developed.
    - The PCMCIA slot has been removed and in the free space a power switch, boot selector switch (DF0:/DF1:) and a uSD card slot have been added.
    - A single supply universal power input has been added. (15V - 36V) From this the following voltages are created:
      - 5 Volts: main power rail 5 Amp capable
      - 12 Volts: 1 Amp capable
      - 3.3 Volts: 0.5 Amp capable (for daughter boards)
      - 1.2 Volts: 0.5 Amp capable (for daughter boards)
      - Two PC standard 3 Pin fan headers are added to the board.
      - Terrible Fire compatible SPI port for network chip
      - Extension board connector for mouse/joystick. (one is in development that has USB Mouse and two classic DB-9 connectors and autoswitches when fire button is pressed)
   - This project is Open Source: more on Bitbucket

A1200 & A1200+ with ramboard. (More pics on the site)

10 Feb 2019

Today's Highlights
- Somebody likes me! ;-)

I still have the BEST WIFE ever!!
Get your own at Elle's Crafty Cookies

5 Feb 19

Today's Highlights
What is going on here? Has Colanto gained an upper hand its drama vs. Hyperion? From one of the latest court docuemnts comes this little tidbit...

"On Friday, February 1, 2019, Plaintiff Amiga, Inc. transferred to C-A Acquisition Corp., which is under common ownership with Plaintiff Cloanto Corp.,1 all worldwide rights, title and interest in and to all AMIGA-formative trademarks, including but not limited to the 'Exclusive Licensed Marks' as that term is defined in the 2009 Settlement Agreement (the 'Settlement Agreement'), and the 'Boing Ball' design mark.

- Directly from AmigaDocuments Twitter "Cloanto buys Amiga (sort of overshadows the rest of the motion):"
- Or read the full Plaintiffs Opposition court filing dated 4 Feb 19.

24 Jan 19

Today's Highlights
  I wish I was still on the west coast... Not just one but two Commodore shows coming to a neighborhood near you. (or not)
    - The First Commodore Los Angeles Super Show being held April 27-28. In the meantime visit the shows forum. Presented by the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network and the Fresno Commodore User Group.
    - Pacific Commodore Expo NW v3 being held June 8-9. Presented by the Fresno Commodore User Group, Puget Sound Commodore Users Group, Seattle Retro-Computing Society and the Commodore 64 Enthusiasts of Greater Victoria.

2 Jan 19

Today's Highlights
Nice way to kick off the New Year with one last gift from Santa!

Mmmmm coffee... Now where did I leave my Epyx Fast Load cartridge?

31 Dec 18

Today's Highlights
- I hope everyone had a good Christmas and all the best to us in 2019!

Holidays 2018. Thank you everyone!

23 Dec 18

Today's Highlights
  - I debated about adding this to the front page but since it hit the front pages of Slashdot a few days ago I figured 'what the heck'...
   - Slashdot - Rare Amiga Bought on eBay For $2,500
   - EuroGamer - This Amiga 3000 has quite the history, but it needs some TLC.
   - EBay - Unique and historically important working Psygnosis Amiga 3000

15 Dec 18

Today's Highlights
  - I love it when the Amiga makes the front page of Slashdot.org!
    - Slashdot - Was Commodore's Amiga 'A Computer Ahead of Its Time'?
    - Gizmodo - The Commodore Amiga Was A Computer Ahead Of Its Time
    - YouTube - MST3K: PC vs. Mac - Crow and Tom Servo Throw Down

10 Dec 18

Today's Highlights
- From everyone here at AmigaSource.com, we wish you all the best this Holiday Season!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

28 Nov 18

Today's Highlights
  - Quick updates!
    - The multi talented Andy Broad has released the latest version of his WONDERFUL drawing program SketchBlock. Now available on AMIStore.
    - Forbes - The First Next-Generation, 68K-Based Amiga In Decades Booted Up Yesterday.
    - HotHardware -It's Alive! Commodore Amiga Reborn As Vampire V4 Standalone Boots For The First Time.
    - HotHardware - Revitalization Of Commodore's Amiga Continues With Exciting New Retro Hardware.
    - ElectronicsIsFun - GuruNet A parallel port Ethernet adapter for your Amiga.aaa

16 Nov 2018

Today's Highlights
- Look what I got today... Mmmmmmmmmmm......

I have the BEST wife EVER!!

8-11 Nov 2018

Today's Highlights
- A little adventure I went on thanks to my BEAUTIFUL wife!!

Jason Bonham

That's What She Said with the BEST rock counselor EVER - Tim DiDuro

6 Nov 2018

Today's Highlights
  - Follow along with long time Amiga user Mark Round and his adventures with his new X5000. I can ensure you it is well worth your time!! Let's add this to the small but growing list of other wonderful X5000 blogs out there.
    -Amigaone X5000 Blog - Adventures with a Next Generation Amiga
    -Epsilon's Amiga Blog

29 Oct 2018

Today's Highlights
- Everyone hold on to your Halloween candy. Our favorite zombie computer company looks to be back from the dead. Amiga inc is again a 'company of good standings' with the state of Delaware after 'someone' paid off a $500,000 tax debt.

- NEWS FLASH - The cryptic ROT-13 string found in the source of Amiga.com has been updated too.

"Nf ybat nf crbcyr xrcg jbeelvat gung gur znpuvarf jrer gnxvat bire, gurl jbhyqa'g abgvpr jung jnf ernyyl unccravat."

"As long as people kept worrying that the machines were taking over, they wouldn't notice what was really happening."

- And anyone want to venture a guess to the the meaning of this? Are we finally going to see Snowman Maker 3 released before Christmas? Off to the kitchen to get some more popcorn!

22 Oct 2018

Today's Highlights
  - Another interesting and sorely needed hardware project from KIPPER2K. Replacement keyboards for the A500, A600 & 1200.
   - You can preorder from Amiga on the Lake
   - Indie Retro News - Kipper2K pre-orders for Cherry MX keyboards for the A500, A600 and A1200

15 Oct 2018

Today's Highlights
  - Another successful AmiWest is in the books. Here are a few links for viewing pleasure.
   - Amiwest Devcon 2018 videos - Over 4+ hrs. (Linked from Amigaworld)
   - Amiwest 2018 - The main site.
   - SACC Amiwest page - Sacramento Amiga Computer Club.
   - Amiga Developer - Dedicated to all aspects of Amiga software development.

4 Oct 2018

Today's Highlights
  - Lots to catch up on... In no specific order...
  - The Checkmate A1500 kickstarter project has been successfully funded!! Congratulations Steve!!

  - Very happy news. Last month one of my favorite websites, Generation Amiga, had closed it doors forever but in surprising twist I see it's back from the dead!

  - And from the "Where did this come from department???" The guys over at Hyperion have given us the biggest update to AOS 3.1 in decades. Behold AOS 3.1.4. Here are a few highlights.
    - 20+ Kickstart ROMs
    - Large disk support
    - Updated Diskdoctor
    - Updated CLI/Shell
    - Reworked printer drivers
    - And a whole bunch more!

    - BONUS - We, the Amiga community, have made the front page of Slashdot again!

1-31 Sep 18

Today's Highlights
- Lets just call the whole month of September a draw due to Hurricane Florance.

28 Aug 18

Today's Highlights
- Today is the day! Here is the link for the Checkmate A1500 Kickstarter project. It's only a few hours old and already 25% funded. Better get one before their all gone!

27 Aug 18

Today's Highlights
  - Tomorrow Steve Jones will be kicking off his Kickstarter launch party for the Checkmate A1500. So what is it you ask? From the website "This is a re imagining of an Amiga product from the late 80's brought up to date for the modern retro computer fan that can hold a number of Amiga and PC motherboards".

  The current design is able to accept the following motherboards.
    - A500
    - A600/1200
    - A1222 Tabor (from AEON)
    - Mini/Micro ATX
    - Raspberry Pi model b's

  More links for your viewing pleasure
    - YouTube - The Amiga 1500 Story | Commodore Vs Checkmate Digital
    - The launch will also be lived streamed on YouTube

23 Aug 18

Today's Highlights
   - WOW!! Hese posted on Amibay his latest Amiga motherboard project. Say hello to the A4000TX ATX Amiga motherboard

  - A4000TX ATX motherboard, the first Amiga based motherboard in ATX form factor (actually a hybrid ATX/EATX form factor). A4000TX is an A4000cr motherboard and daughterboard embedded together with a few additional features.

  - The motherboard is fully hand-routed like the A4000+ Alice motherboard was.

  - The specifications of the A4000TX Lisa rev 1.0:
    - fits into (E)ATX case
    - uses standard ATX power supply
    - Amiga AGA custom chipset
    - CPU slot connector for accelerator cards
    - on-board 68030 CPU
    - on-board 68882 FPU
    - 16 MB Fast RAM
    - 2 MB Chip RAM
    - four full-length Zorro III slots
    - three ISA slots
    - extended video slot
    - 3.5" IDE port
    - internal floppy port
    - PS/2 keyboard port supporting Amiga and PC keyboards (PC work in progress)
    - PS/2 mouse port (work in progress)
    - Amiga mouse and joystick ports
    - serial and parallel ports
    - 15-pin VGA port with 15kHz RGB output
    - 24-pin breakout header with full RGB port support (for external scandoublers, genlocks, SCART cables, etc..)
    - 3.5mm stereo jack
    - on-board RTC with battery

- Another link to the story on Hackaday.com

I WANT ONE NOW!!!

22 Aug 18

Today's Highlights
- 3Dprinting service Custom Amiga Designs is happy to announce their NEW Website 3dprintserviceshop.com for your hard to find Amiga needs.

31 Jul 18

Today's Highlights
- Amiga made the front page of Slashdot! Commodore's Amiga Is Being Revived In Newly Updated Hardware

- More from Hot Hardware

15 Jul 18

Today's Highlights
- MNT is now taking preorders for the successor to its VA2000 graphics card the ZZ9000

  - ZZ9000 is the successor to the VA2000 Amiga graphics card. But it can do more than just graphics: based on the Xilinx ZYNQ XC7Z020 chip, it features not only a powerful 7-series FPGA, but also 2 ARM Cortex-A9 cores and DDR3 memory.

  - Here are a few of the specifications.
    - RTG: Up to 1920x1080 FHD screen resolution at 8bit 256-colors "Chunky", 16bit or 32bit color depths
    - Includes enhanced VA2000CX Amiga native video passthrough functionality with AGA support ("scandoubler")
    - Dual 666MHz ARM Cortex A9 coprocessors to offload computing tasks like JPEG, MP3 decoding and graphics acceleration
    - 1GB DDR3 RAM
    - Ethernet interface: Get your Amiga online
    - SD Card interface
    - USB debug serial port
    - For Amiga 2000, 3000 and 4000 (Zorro 2/3 compatible)
    - Drivers, firmware and schematics will be open sourced
    - Includes all necessary cables and metal slot bracket

23 Jun 18

Today's Highlights
- While not Amiga related, exciting news on the Commodore 128 front. Stefany Allaire is creating the successor called the c256Foenix.

- A great article from Retro Game network about the C256

31 May 18

Today's Highlights
- Let's celebrate International Amiga Day. (link from 2017)

This is GREAT!

Pic linked from IndieRetroNews.com
- Happy Birthday Jay Miner.

20 May 18

Today's Highlights
- Amiga Round Table has returned!

5 May 18

Today's Highlights
- Spent most of the day working on the back end. Things are really starting to come together!

1 Apr 18

Today's Highlights
  - No April fools here. It's a real update!!
    - ars Technica - Part 12 of the Jeremy Reimers OUTSTANDING History of the Amiga. A MUST read!!!
    - Indigogo - New crowdfunding compatible case for the Amiga 500 & Plus.
    - The The Commodore Story movie has finally been released.
    - Tower 57 has been released.
    - Congratulations!! Amiga Future turns 20.

29 Mar 18

Today's Highlights
- WOW!! Two new projects to recreate the A4000 motherboard

- Paul Rezendes launched a Gofundme project for an Amiga 4000 Replica motherboard with Schematics. PLEASE DONATE!!!

- Another A4000 motherboard project based on the cost reduction version. (Amiga.org thread)

Direct link to 26 pics of the board.

1 Jan 18

Today's Highlights
- Happy New Year!

22 Dec 17

Today's Highlights
- From everyone here at AmigaSource.com, we wish you all the best this Holiday Season!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

16 Dec 17

Today's Highlights
You did it Son!!!

WCU 2017 Fall Graduation

You did it!!!

A VERY proud Mom and Dad!

31 Jul 17

Today's Highlights
Phase one: A complete rewrite of the current site. *DONE*
Phase two: Coding the new user (adding sites) and admin (front page generator) interface. *IN-PROGRESS*

28 Jul 17

Today's Highlights
Well I don't believe it either but after 17 years I've actually found someone willing to help me rewrite the site. The best part is we're starting this weekend!!

Fingers crossed!!

31 May 17

Today's Highlights
Let's celebrate International Amiga Day.

This is GREAT!

Pic from from IndieRetroNews.com
Happy Birthday Jay Miner.

28 May 17

Today's Highlights
  Apollo Team Accelerator News

  Amigakit is stocking the new Accelerators.

  Apollo-Accelerators.com.

17 May 17

Today's Highlights
  Yes I'm still here...

  Pacific Commodore Expo June 9-10 in Seattle Wa. USA.

  New Amiga OS 3.1 User manual book.

  AmiWest 2017. Be there or be square.

  AmiCloud. Cloud storage for your Amiga and other OSs.

  The Commodore Story - another film on Kickstarter.

  Always keep up withthe latest Vampire news!

Don't you wish you had a cup this cool?

13 Dec 16

Today's Highlights
- From everyone here at AmigaSource.com, we wish you all the best this Holiday Season!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

31 May 16

Today's Highlights
- In honor of what would have been Jay Miner's 84th birthday lets celebrate International Amiga Day.

30 May 16

Today's Highlights
  - An actual book about all the ins and outs of AmigaOS 4.1 Emulation.
  - AmiKit for Android MK2 - Take your Amiga with you on your favorite Andriod device.
  - New classic WebStore - Support Cosmos.
  - More from crew at Holloywood - RapaGUI 1.0. The killer plugin.
  - New from A-EON. Enhancer. A collection of utils, classes, commodities, datatypes and much more.
  - Viva Amiga is still alive and kicking. Enjoy this Retro Hour Pod cast for more details.

18 Apr 16

Today's Highlights
- Now this is what I call motivating. Very informative and well written write up by Lukas F. Hartmann. A homebrew Amiga 2000 Graphics card.

https://github.com/mntmn/amiga2000-gfxcard

6 Apr 16

Today's Highlights
- Still in the progress of moving the site to a new server.

18 Mar 16

Today's Highlights
- I'll make this quick. In the progress of moving the site to a new server.

22 Feb 16

Today's Highlights
Lets show our support for Brian and his wonderful PDF magazine AmigaVille. I think after you have read the first 3 issues you will have no problem with paying the small amount of £ 2 for number 4.

Now stop what you're doing and go get it!!!

20 Feb 16

Today's Highlights
  - One the fathers of the Amiga has passed away today. Our deepest condolences to the family and friends of David Needle.
    -Co-creator of Amiga 1000, Atari Lynx and 3DO, Dave Needle, passes away.
    -Amiga engineer Dave Needle dies.
    -Third Time's a Charm (They Hope).
    -Interview from 2012: R.J. Mical.
    -Amiga 30th Celebration. (RJ Mical and Dave Needle)

1 Jan 16

Today's Highlights
- Happy New Year!

25 Dec 15

Today's Highlights
- From everyone here at AmigaSource.com, we wish you all the best this Holiday Season!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

14 Nov 15

Today's Highlights
- Happy 20th Birthday Sean. We are VERY proud of you!

Love Mom and Dad

28 Oct 15

Today's Highlights
  - Well so much for having at least one or more updates a month... Here are a few interesting links to check out.
    - Kickstarter - New AMIGA 1200 Cases (Made From New Molds).
    - Kickstarter - Amiga inspired key caps for mechanical keyboards.
    - AmigaDeveloper.com - Sponsored by A-EON. They're actively sponsoring Amiga software developers and want to hear from you.
    - Linux cousins Part 1: Reviewing AROS, the Amiga-like OS. (Thanks Dewey!)

31 Aug 15

Today's Highlights
  - Here's some links for everyone.
    - AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition SDK available for download
    - Obligement magazine interview with Igor Majstorovic. The creator of the Vampire 600 FPGA accelerator card
    - Warp3D driver development in pictures
    - Tower 57: Twin stick shooter with 16-bit inspired pixel art, destructible environments, and a heavy focus on co-op. Coming to the Amiga (If they reach the first stretch goal. Make a donation or two!)

24 Jul 15

Today's Highlights
HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY AMIGA!!!

http://blog.retro-link.com/2013/02/chocolate-commodore-cake.html
By either technical superiority, sheer determination or just plain dumb luck the Amiga computer has managed to still be around 30 years after its launch. Sometimes it seems that with no help from the outside world we have become our own worst enemy. It has been a tough road the past decade or so and who knows what lies ahead but one thing is sure if we made this far I'm sure we can make it another 30 more!! Here are a few news articles of the upcoming events and history of the Amiga for your reading pleasure.

  - Amiga30.com: 30th Anniversary Event
  - Techradar: Silicon Valley to remember the classic computer
  - NBCnews: Commodore's Landmark Amiga 1000 Computer Turns 30
  - TheInquirer: Pioneering computer Commodore Amiga turns 30
  - DigitalSpy: Amiga turns 30: What are your favorite games from Commodore's classic computer?
  - Afterdawn: The legendary Amiga is 30 years old
  - ArsTechnica: The Amiga turns 30 Nobody had ever designed a personal computer this way
  - BYTECellar: The Amiga Turns 30
  - Dangerousminds.net: Andy Warhol paints Debbie Harry on an Amiga computer, 1985

  - Technologizer: Amiga: 25 Years Later

18 Jun 15

Today's Highlights
- Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Amiga this July 25th and 26th at the computer History Museum in Mountain View California.

11 Jun 15

Today's Highlights
- For more than 25+ years this Amiga has been been controlling a schools A/C. Nice Job!

14 May 15

Today's Highlights
- From Hyperion-Entertainment
- AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition ISO images for download. We at Hyperion Entertainment CVBA are more than thrilled about the overwhelming success our customers made out of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition! Thank you!

4 Apr 15

Today's Highlights
- Beloved Amiga developer Deluxe Galaga/Deluxe Pacman and PC Warblade programmer Edgar Vigdal has sadly passed away on 1 Apr. He will be missed.

28 Mar 15

Today's Highlights
- Congratulations Jena and Evan!!!

Just Married - Jena and Evan

27 Feb 15

Today's Highlights
- In memory of Leonard "Mr. Spock" Nemoy. A childhood hero.

A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP

16 Feb 15

Today's Highlights
  - Added a new Category - LEGAL. Contain links to the legal documents and drama pertaining to the latest chapter in the on going Amiga soap opera. Very timely all things considered.
    -3 new sites added.
    -61 of 1488 sites reverified.

14 Feb 15

Today's Highlights
Well you can never say things stay dull in Amiga land. If not completely true, Hyperion may or may not be in the midst of a real bankruptcy. Here we go again?
-61 of 1485 sites reverified.

1 Feb 15

Today's Highlights
  - Continued to work on the Admin link editor. Boy is this tougher to code than I would like it to be.
  - Cleaned up the Categories and added a new one. Demos and Mods.
    -61 of 1480 sites reverified.
      -Aminet and User Groups verified.

30 Jan 15

Today's Highlights
Created an online Admin link editor. Not 100% complete and it looks like crap but it does work.
-6 of 1485 sites reverified.

25 Jan 15

Today's Highlights
  - Started validating current links.
    - 4 of 1486 sites reverified. Well this is going to take a long time...
    - All dead websites link directly to an archived snapshot from Archive.org. The date of that archive is also shown.

23 Jan 15

Today's Highlights
- Tweaking the Categories output.

22 Jan 15

Today's Highlights
- More minor formatting adjustments.
- Still tweaking the colors.

21 Jan 15

Today's Highlights
  - WOW! Two news stories on the front page at the same time!
  - Re-formated the news on the home page. Now in their own tables.
  - Streamed-lined more of the code.
  - Still tweaking the colors.

20 Jan 15

Today's Highlights
  -You're looking at the first full major update to the site in years. It may not look any different but virtually EVERY piece of code has been completely rewritten!
    -Categories table: 100% dynamically generated!!
    -New table format for the Categories results.
    -Tweeked some colors.

If you have any comments feel free to drop me a line at webmaster@amigasource.com

More updates to come! ;-)

25 Dec 2014

Today's Highlights

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

18 Apr 2013

Todays Highlights

RRHOF

Ben Hermans -Hyperion - Nov 6 2002

Fleccy Moss - Amiga Inc. - Nov 13 2002

18 Aug 2012

Todays Highlights

Ben Hermans -Hyperion - Nov 6 2002

Fleccy Moss - Amiga Inc. - Nov 13 2002

1 Apr 2012

Todays Highlights

22 Oct 2011

Today's Highlights

Amigaworld.net

In a surprising yet often requested plead for action, Hyperion Entertainment has officially launched an AmigaOS website found at www.amigaos.net. The site, which currently promotes the operating system and some of its many features, also sports screen shots, information about the Amiga range of computers, key AmigaOS applications and the AmigaOS community at large.

31 Jul 2010

Todays Highlights

28 Jul 2010

Todays Highlights

9 Jun 2010

Todays Highlights

Project Timberwolf

Amigaworld.net

13 May 2010

Todays Highlights

OS4.1 released for the SAM460ex

Open Office for Kids coming???

Interview with Trevor Dickinson of A-EON Technology. Lots of good information!!

-New A-EON website

AmigaKit releasing a classic Zorro slot 128MB memory board

Firefox or should I say Timberwolf coming to a OS4.x system soon!

And YES I am STILL working on the site!! *SLOWLY*

6 Jan 2010

Todays Highlights

NEWS

The new X1000

www.a-eon.com

All I can say right now is WOW!!

Keep the Boing alive!

03 Jan 2010

Todays Highlights

Happy New Years!

Hyperion

AmigaWorld.net.

www.a-eon.com

7 Nov 2009

Todays Highlights

Getting closer

17 Oct 2009

Todays Highlights
In case you haven't heard the good news the court case is finally over! On 17 Oct 09 Hyperion and Amiga Inc. have finally reached a settlement!

And with that GREAT news I will keep this brief. After MANY years I have *finally* MADE some time to rewrite the site.
Here are a few of the newly planned features

-Fully dynamic (Courtesy of PHP & MySQL)
-Local search engine (No third party add ons)
-File hosting (Work in progress)
-A simple message board (Work in progress)
-Plus a few more things...

Work in progress #1

Work in progress #2

Keep the Boing alive!

13 May 2009

Todays Highlights

NEWS

Hello Amiga supporters,

I will keep this brief. After 5+ years I have *finally* found some time to rewrite the site. Here are a few of the new planned features

-Fully dynamic (able to upload a site in realtime)
-Local Search engine
-Message board (work in progress)
-File hosting (work in progress)
-Plus a few more things...

Animated Amiga Tribute by Eric Schwartz

Email Webmaster - Scott A. Pistorino

2 may 2008

NEWS

Hello Amiga supporters,

I will keep this brief. This site will be re-launched sometime in mid June! Until then enjoy this courtesy of Eric Swartz.
Animated Amiga Tribute by Eric Schwartz

click here luke

Webmaster - Scott A. Pistorino

Total number of Web Sites found :1413
Total Number of Categories : 41

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2008, Scott A Pistorino

30 Jan 2008

NEWS

Hello Amiga supporters,

I will keep this brief. This site will be re-launched on 1 April 08

Oh... And one more thing... AMIGA RULES!!! Dewey SUCKS!!!

Webmaster - Scott A. Pistorino

Total number of Web Sites found :1413
Total Number of Categories : 41

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2008, Scott A Pistorino

2006-7

NEWS

Apparently I have no archived pages from 2006-7. WHOOPS!!! I know I was busy back then the web archives shows the site was 'gone' for all of '06 and I do remember that sometime in the 2nd half of '07 someone 'swiped' my domain name but WTH??? At least I got my domain back. Although I remember having to pay quite a bit for it!

25 Aug 2005

NEWS

Hello All. I'll keep this short and sweet. The site is STILL undergoing a complete overhaul. There has been a slight setback (caused by me) which has delayed the final roll out a few more ??? I'm hoping to have the problems fixed and most of the basic code compleated and uploaded sometime this YEAR!!! So... Again I apologize for the inconvenience. Hang in there... Just a few more ????

If you need to visit the old AmigaSource click here

IN CLOSING
That's it for now!! And as always...THANKS to EVERYONE who have dropped by and those who have taken the time to send me a link or an e-mail!

Thanks,
Scott A Pistorino

Any questions or comments?? You can contact me at webmaster@amigasource.com

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc./KMOS.

Site Copyright 2005

23 May 2005

NEWS
Hello All,

- I'll keep this short and sweet. The site is STILL undergoing a complete overhaul. I hope that in a ??? or so to have the site I've ALWAYS dreamed of, so stay tuned!!!

IN CLOSING
That's it for now!! And as always...THANKS to EVERYONE who have dropped by and those who have taken the time to send me a link or an e-mail!!

-Please help spread the word about this site - On web pages, message boards, e-mail… Help make this the #1 source for Amiga information!

Thanks,
Scott A Pistorino

New Sites
Click on a link - Go directly to the page. Once the link is moved to it's
approprite category you will be able to see it's full description.

Sites Added	Today	Past 7 Days	Month	Year
Sites Added	0	0	0	182

Total number of Web Sites found :1413
Total Number of Categories : 41

You can contact me at webmaster@amigasource.com

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc./KMOS

Site Copyright 2005.

19 Jul 2004

Todays Highlights

-Hello Everyone,

AmiWest 2004.

IN CLOSING

-That's it for now!! As always...THANKS to EVERYONE who has dropped in and has taken the time to send me an e-mail!
-Once again, if you want to ADD a link, happen to find a broken or misdirecting link or just want to say HI please use the form page.

-Please help spread the word about this site - On web pages, message boards, e-mail. Help make this the #1 source for Amiga information!

Thanks,
Scott A Pistorino

4 Jun 2004

NEWS
-Hello Everyone,

-I can not tell you how happy I am to see that the AOS 4.0 beta CD's have finally shipped. Hopefully in a few months I can FINALLY get my "new" Amiga!!

My hat's off to Hyperion and crew!!!

IN CLOSING
-That's it for now!! As always...THANKS to EVERYONE who has dropped in and has taken the time to send me an e-mail!
-Once again, if you want to ADD a link, happen to find a broken or misdirecting link or just want to say HI!! PLEASE use the form page.

-Please help spread the word about this site - On web pages, message boards, e-mail… Help make this the #1 source for Amiga information!

Thanks,
Scott A Pistorino

New Sites
Click on a link - Go directly to the page. Once the link is moved to it's
approprite category you will be able to see it's full description.

-More comming soon!!

Sites Added	Today	Past 7 Days	Month	Year
Sites Added	0	0	0	182

Total number of Web Sites found :1413
Total Number of Categories : 41

You can contact me at webmaster@amigasource.com

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

18 Apr 2004

Todays Highlights

NEWS

Hello Amiga supporters,

I will keep this brief. This site will be re-launched on 1 April 08

Webmaster - Scott A. Pistorino

Total number of Web Sites found :1413
Total Number of Categories : 41

23 Mar 2004

NEWS
NEWS
-Hello Everyone,

-WOW. What interesting times we now have in Amiga land! Never a dull moment! Amiga Inc. - KMOS - Genesis - Bill vs Bill - OS4.0 VS. Morph VS. DE. What's next??

CHANGES/ADDITIONS
-n/a

IN CLOSING
-That's it for now!! As always...THANKS to EVERYONE who has dropped in and has taken the time to send me an e-mail!
-Once again, if you want to ADD a link, happen to find a broken or misdirecting link or just want to say HI!! PLEASE use the form page.

-Please help spread the word about this site - On web pages, message boards, e-mail… Help make this the #1 source for Amiga information!

Thanks,
Scott A Pistorino

New Sites
Click on a link - Go directly to the page. Once the link is moved to it's
approprite category you will be able to see it's full description.

-More comming soon!!

Sites Added	Today	Past 7 Days	Month	Year
Sites Added	0	0	0	182

Total number of Web Sites found :1413
Total Number of Categories : 41

You can contact me at webmaster@amigasource.com

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

23 Jan 2004

NEWS
-Hello Everyone,

-Quick hello! I hope everyone had a good holiday season. Take care and here's to good things in 2004!

CHANGES/ADDITIONS
-n/a

IN CLOSING
-That's it for now!! As always...THANKS to EVERYONE who has dropped in and has taken the time to send me an e-mail!
-Once again, if you want to ADD a link, happen to find a broken or misdirecting link or just want to say HI!! PLEASE use the form page.

-Please help spread the word about this site - On web pages, message boards, e-mail… Help make this the #1 source for Amiga information!

Thanks,
Scott A Pistorino

New Sites
Click on a link - Go directly to the page. Once the link is moved to it's
approprite category you will be able to see it's full description.

-More comming soon!!

Sites Added	Today	Past 7 Days	Month	Year
Sites Added	0	0	0	182

Total number of Web Sites found :1413
Total Number of Categories : 41

You can contact me at webmaster@amigasource.com

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

14 Oct 2003

Todays Highlights

NEWS

-Hello Everyone,

Keep the Boing alive!

CHANGES/ADDITIONS

IN CLOSING

-Please help spread the word about this site - On web pages, message boards, e-mail. Help make this the #1 source for Amiga information!

Thanks,
Scott A Pistorino

20 May 2003

Todays Highlights

NEWS

Soon you will ALL BE FREE!!

CHANGES/ADDITIONS
-Reworked the form page. The drop down site choice menu is now a lot easier to understand..
-Try it. I DARE you!!!

IN CLOSING
-That's it for now!! As always...THANKS to EVERYONE who has dropped in and has taken the time to send me an e-mail!
-Once again, if you want to ADD a link, happen to find a broken or misdirecting link or just want to say HI!! PLEASE use the form page.

-Please help spread the word about this site - On web pages, message boards, e-mail. Help make this the #1 source for Amiga information!

Thanks,
Scott A Pistorino

21 Apr 2003

Todays Highlights

NEWS

-Hello Everyone,

CHANGES/ADDITIONS

form page.

IN CLOSING

-Please help spread the word about this site - On web pages, message boards, e-mail. Help make this the #1 source for Amiga information!

Thanks,
Scott A Pistorino

23 Dec 2002

Todays Highlights

NEWS

CHANGES/ADDITIONS

IN CLOSING

-Please help spread the word about this site - On webpages, message boards, e-mail... Help make this the #1 source for Amiga information!

New Sites

Total New Sites Added : 12
Total Number of Web Sites : 1144
Total Number of Categories: 41

21 Dec 2002

Todays Highlights

-Hello Everyone,

Happy Holidays!!!

-Quick hello! I would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Holiday Season! Take care and here's to good things in 2004!

CHANGES/ADDITIONS
-n/a

IN CLOSING
-That's it for now!! As always...THANKS to EVERYONE who has dropped in and has taken the time to send me an e-mail!
-Once again, if you want to ADD a link, happen to find a broken or misdirecting link or just want to say HI!! PLEASE use the form page.

-Please help spread the word about this site - On web pages, message boards, e-mail. Help make this the #1 source for Amiga information!

Thanks,
Scott A Pistorino

27 Oct 2002

Todays Highlights

News Flash. To Everyone in the Amiga Community!!

Hello All.
   AmigaSource.com is proud to announce that I have finally reached the 1000+ link mark. (1001 to be exact!) Since it's start a little over 1 year ago AmigaSource has been a solid replacement to the long gone Amiga Web Directory.
   With over 40 easy to browse categories and basic search engine just about everything under the sun for the Amiga can be found here. From Software to Hardware, Articles to Shows & Other OS's to Miscellaneous, AmigaSource has attempted to catalog them all.
   I have personally spent hundreds of hours locating, verifying & cataloging the 1000+ sites dedicated to the Amiga and computers in general. I ask you to please take the time and drop in, look around, make suggestions, point out errors/mistakes and most importantly add more sites!! If this site has helped just one Amiga user my job is done but I believe it can do MUCH more!!
   I would also like everyone to PLEASE spread the word about AmigaSource. If you like what you see please add a link/graphic to my site. I'll do the same for you! I have learned a lot the past year and plan to keep improving the site. I have a few new ideas up my sleeves. Stay tuned!
   To everyone who has contacted me in the past year thanks for your support!! To everyone else?? What are you waiting for??

   For more information anout the site please visit the updated about AmigaSource page.

Thank you
Scott A Pistorino
webmaster@amigasource.com

P.S. I not taking MY site down and going home!!!

Total number of NEW Web Sites Added :57
Total number of Web Sites found :1001
Total Number of Categories : 41

12 Oct 2002

And a REALLY BIG thanks goes out to Mr. Ed. Almost none of this would be possible without him. Not a bad guy for a windoze user.... ;-)

Todays Highlights

NEWS

-Big thanks to Kevin Orme for hosting a mirror of this site on Amigau.com while my ISP was down!!! Proof there still are good left people in the Amiga Community!!!

Enjoy!!!

Total New Sites Added : 1
Total Number of Web Sites : 833
Total Number of Categories: 41

25 Apr 2002

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NEWS

600+ links!!! YAHOO!!!

Hello Everyone.

   - Looks like things are finally getting better in the world of Amiga?!?!? Amiga4.0 screenshots. DCE told not to cooperate with Hyperion. Ben Hermans being as outspoken as always. Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack # 1 being released. Amiga mentioned again on microsloth's website. More information about the AmigaOne and Pegasos.... AOS vs. MOS. Bickering, name calling, boycotts. Just more of the same. I could go on and on. But at least things are happening.

   - Well I'm finally making the change to move the site to a "working" server. Right now all the pages are created off line then ftp to the server. Not very dynamic. I have been working on coding the site using vb so I can have a real time site. Pages can be updated immediately, a GOOD WORKING search function, maybe a primative message board??? Who knows??

   - Once again I'm REALLY SORRY about the lack of updates. All I want to say is I'M STILL HERE and following the community everyday but I have to put the site on the back burner. But stay tuned I may have the a beta of the new site up in the next week or two!

   - THANKS to EVERYONE who has dropped in and has taken the time to send me an e-mail!

   - Added a LOST PAGES/LINKS. - A page of links that may or may not still be around. I just didn't want to TOTAL delete them from the database yet!!

   -Once again, if you happen to find a broken or misdirecting link PLEASE let me know on the form page.

   Well time for you all to enjoy!!!.

Thanks,
Scott A Pistorino

   - Me and Mr. McEwen at Amiwest2001 where I got to tell him in person about my upcoming little gift to the Amiga community.

Total New Sites Added : 18
Total Number of Web Sites : 622
Total Number of Categories: 37

And a REALLY BIG thanks goes out to Mr. Ed. Almost none of this would be possible without him. Not a bad guy for a windoze user.... ;-)

23 Apr 2002

Todays Highlights

Looks nice.

7 Jan 2002

Todays Highlights

NEWS

600+ links!!! YAHOO!!!

- HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
- Yes I'm still around. My job has kept me from keeping the site up to date but I'm still here!!!

- Once again, if you happen to find a broken or misdirecting link PLEASE let me know on the form page.
- Enjoy!!!

Hello Everyone.

    I'll keep this short and simple. Welcome to AmigaSource!! Soon I hope to be the largest source of Amiga related information on the web. Just a few things I would like to let everyone know about this site without boring you.

    - I AM NOT A WEB PAGE DESIGNER. Just thought I need to stress this fact. If something isn't right let me know.

   - There are 500+ links to date with MANY more soon to be added.

   - This site is in the spirit of the Amiga Web Directory but is not a copy of it.

   - To make searching easier a link can be listed in up to THREE different categories. Sometimes it's hard to limit a link to just one category.

   - 98%+ of all the descriptions comes from the actual web page. When one was not present I created one.

   - The Author credited is either the actual author of the program, one of several the authors of the program, the hardware/software company or web site name.

   - The E-mail address is the best one I could find.

   - I don't intend AmigaSource to replace what is out there but rather be another well maintained source of Amiga information.

   - I take full responsibility for any ERRORS found in the listings. I have personally cataloged EVERY site and have done my best to make sure the information provided is correct. If you find something that needs to be corrected simply go to the form page and make the correction.

   - If you want the full story behind the site. click here.

   Well time for you all to enjoy!!!

Thanks,
Scott A Pistorino

   - Me and Mr. McEwen at Amiwest2001 where I got to tell him in person about my upcoming little gift to the Amiga community.

Total New Sites Added : 0 Total Number of Web Sites : 608 Total Number of Categories: 35

20 Oct 2001

Todays Highlights

NEWS

- Well the second day is almost over. I have spent nearly the whole day behind the keyboard making corrections, adding sites and just answering mail. I have just read that the reason that Amiga.org is down is due to a cracker. This is CRAZY!! What kind of JERK has nothing better to do than take down one of our communities best web site?? I hope that Wayne has the kindness in his heart to rebuild the site and put it back up. If not then the JERK who did this is no better than POND SCUM!!! And obviously has no real skill because he would have applied it to taking down a site like microsux and actually do some good!!!!

- Not that my opinion matters much but whenever the Amiga community receives "bad news" the first response should not be "FLAME ON", "THIS SUCKS" or "THAT'S IT. I'M GONE!!". First: We need to investigate and see if the information is even true. Second: We need to fully read and understand what is being stated. Third: If you put this all into perspective, there are weekend hobbies that generate more revenue than the current Amiga Market. Situations like this ARE NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. Currently we are a small, fractured, bitter but talented, motivated and no-nonsense group. What we all need to do is stick together and work as "some kind of a team" if we plan to be around next year.

- A VERY nice gentleman from the Amiga Community offered me a new Logo. I like it!! - Once again, if you happen to find a broken or misdirecting link PLEASE let me know on the form page. I am the ONLY person maintaining this site so situations like this are going to happen.
- Enjoy!!!

Hello Everyone.

    I'll keep this short and simple. Welcome to AmigaSource!! Soon I hope to be the largest source of Amiga related information on the web. Just a few things I would like to let everyone know about this site without boring you.

    - I AM NOT A WEB PAGE DESIGNER. Just thought I need to stress this fact. If something isn't right let me know.

   - There are 500 links to date with MANY more soon to be added.

   - This site is in the spirit of the Amiga Web Directory but is not a copy of it.

   - To make searching easier a link can be listed in up to THREE different categories. Sometimes it's hard to limit a link to just one category.

   - 98%+ of all the descriptions comes from the actual web page. When one was not present I created one.

   - The Author credited is either the actual author of the program, one of several the authors of the program, the hardware/software company or web site name.

   - The E-mail address is the best one I could find.

   - I don't intend AmigaSource to replace what is out there but rather be another well maintained source of Amiga information.

   - I take full responsibility for any ERRORS found in the listings. I have personally cataloged EVERY site and have done my best to make sure the information provided is correct. If you find something that needs to be corrected simply go to the form page and make the correction.

   - If you want the full story behind the site. click here.

   Well time for you all to enjoy!!!.

Thanks,
Scott A Pistorino

   - Me and Mr. McEwen at Amiwest2001 where I got to tell him in person about my upcomming little gift to the Amiga community.

Total New Sites Added : 13 Total Number of Web Sites : 513 Total Number of Categories: 35

24 Dec 2000

Todays Highlights

ALMOST THERE!!!

Only

more sites to go before I go public.

Fixed: A MAJOR format error with descriptions more than 512 characters

All the Websites have come from various searches I have booked marked over the past few YEARS. 98%+ of the information pertaining to the sites found on AmigaSource have come from the ACTUAL web site. I have done as LITTLE editing as possible to their own description. When one wasn't available I have done my best to provide one.

I AM NOT A WEB DESIGNER. I DON'T CLAIM TO BE ONE!!!

18 Aug 2000

Today's Highlights
--AMIGA SOURCE MAIN PAGE!!!

--ALMOST HERE!!!

Current 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Older

Go Cats! Go Seahawks!

***I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE TO HELP ME FINISH THE SITE***

Total number of Web Sites found :1413 Total Number of Categories : 41 Logo Copyright 2001. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc. Site Copyright 2008, Scott A Pistorino

Logo Copyright 2001. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc. Site Copyright 2008, Scott A Pistorino

Total number of Web Sites found :1413 Total Number of Categories : 41 Logo Copyright 2001. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc. Site Copyright 2008, Scott A Pistorino

Logo Copyright 2001. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc. Site Copyright 2008, Scott A Pistorino

Total number of Web Sites found :1413 Total Number of Categories : 41 You can contact me at webmaster@amigasource.com Logo Copyright 2001. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc./KMOS Site Copyright 2005.

Logo Copyright 2001. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc./KMOS Site Copyright 2005.

Total number of Web Sites found :1413 Total Number of Categories : 41 You can contact me at webmaster@amigasource.com Logo Copyright 2001. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc. Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

Logo Copyright 2001. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc. Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

Total number of Web Sites found :1413 Total Number of Categories : 41

Total number of Web Sites found :1413 Total Number of Categories : 41 You can contact me at webmaster@amigasource.com Logo Copyright 2001. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc. Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

Logo Copyright 2001. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc. Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

Total number of Web Sites found :1413 Total Number of Categories : 41 You can contact me at webmaster@amigasource.com Logo Copyright 2001. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc. Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

Logo Copyright 2001. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc. Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

Total New Sites Added : 12 Total Number of Web Sites : 1144 Total Number of Categories: 41

Total number of NEW Web Sites Added :57 Total number of Web Sites found :1001 Total Number of Categories : 41

Total New Sites Added : 1 Total Number of Web Sites : 833 Total Number of Categories: 41

Total New Sites Added : 18 Total Number of Web Sites : 622 Total Number of Categories: 37

Total New Sites Added : 0 Total Number of Web Sites : 608 Total Number of Categories: 35

Total New Sites Added : 13 Total Number of Web Sites : 513 Total Number of Categories: 35

I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE TO HELP ME FINISH THE SITE

Total number of Web Sites found :1413
Total Number of Categories : 41

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2008, Scott A Pistorino

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2008, Scott A Pistorino

Total number of Web Sites found :1413
Total Number of Categories : 41

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2008, Scott A Pistorino

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2008, Scott A Pistorino

Total number of Web Sites found :1413
Total Number of Categories : 41

You can contact me at webmaster@amigasource.com

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc./KMOS

Site Copyright 2005.

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc./KMOS

Site Copyright 2005.

Total number of Web Sites found :1413
Total Number of Categories : 41

You can contact me at webmaster@amigasource.com

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

Total number of Web Sites found :1413
Total Number of Categories : 41

Total number of Web Sites found :1413
Total Number of Categories : 41

You can contact me at webmaster@amigasource.com

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

Total number of Web Sites found :1413
Total Number of Categories : 41

You can contact me at webmaster@amigasource.com

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

Logo Copyright 2001.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Inc.

Site Copyright 2003, Scott A Pistorino

Total New Sites Added : 12
Total Number of Web Sites : 1144
Total Number of Categories: 41

Total number of NEW Web Sites Added :57
Total number of Web Sites found :1001
Total Number of Categories : 41

Total New Sites Added : 1
Total Number of Web Sites : 833
Total Number of Categories: 41

Total New Sites Added : 18
Total Number of Web Sites : 622
Total Number of Categories: 37