Category: Commodore Amiga

Individual Computers announced the new Keyrah v2. With the Keyrah you can connect an original Commodore keyboard and two digital joysticks to a modern PC. With the new version you can configured the keyboard (USA/ German) and 8bit or 16 bit computer (C64, VIC-20, C16, Amiga 1200 or Amiga 600. With a little modification you can also use the C128…

A previously unknown game (to most people), Paradise Lost, was intially sent to HOL by the developer Mert Börü with the request to include the game in HOL in April 2013. Mert included two releases of the game in his upload that the HOL team used to take the screenshots. One version was the original 4 disk release of the…

WinUAE 2.6.0 (16.05.2013) New features: – Full 68030, 68040 and 68060 MMU emulation. Amix, Linux, NetBSD, Enforcer, WHDLoad MMU option and more fully working. – Game Ports panel Remap GUI rewritten, more intuitive, supports manually added events. – SCSI and ATAPI (IDE) CD drive emulation. – Built-in full CHD CD and HD image support. HD image support is read-only. –…

May 10, 2013 – Cloanto released today Amiga Forever 2013 and C64 Forever 2013, the latest versions of the award-winning Commodore-Amiga preservation, emulation and support suites for Windows. The 2013 editions for Windows had a focus on making the software easier to use, while providing new and more powerful features for advanced users and content creators. For example, the packages…

Beta 21 (RC2) (1-2 days) – Ultimate Body Blows CD32 pad button problem fix. Hopefully this last minute update does not break anything else ;-) Download: winuae_2600b21.zipSource: http://www.winuae.net

Paolo Besser released a new version of Icaros Desktop. Changes in this version: Updated: Nouveau, audio and network drivers, wireless manager, FlexCat, codesets library and additional Zune classes, AROS shell manual, libgtk-mui and Sqrxz3. New: Boot preference program, Pushover, HELP utility for CLI commands, ntpsync and SFSundelete. Website: http://www.icarosdesktop.orgSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

[youtube nesWip4Nft0 nolink] The Amiga computer was ahead of its time yet never fully embraced by consumers because of the lack of available apps. Dave Needle the original hardware architect is interviewed in this piece by Rick Spence that pays a small tribute to the Amiga and how it helped pave the way for later innovations in computing. Source: http://www.youtube.com

Claus Deslers has improved his Cinnamon Writer for AmigaOS 4. Cinnamon Writer is a compact and efficient word processor. Changes in this version: New user interface, based on MUI. Improvement of the memory management. The better memory management makes it possible to use bigger documents and integrate more pictures and tables. Website: http://desler.beSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

Alinea Computer released the first component of the StormC5 IDE, StormC5ED. The features are: Amiga look-and-feel. Syntax highlighting. File classes. Definition bar. Bookmarks. Folding. MDI- or TDI- User interface. Automatic indentation. Tabulators, spaces and linefeeds. The GUI supports the following languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Danish and Russian. Website: http://software.alinea-computer.deSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

[youtube Gkr9loEYbSs nolink] AmiKit v1.6.5 has been released. AmiKit is a freeware compilation of more than 300 pre-installed Amiga programs. Integrated emulator enables user to experience this high-end AmigaOS configuration on Windows, Mac OS or Linux system. External source of Amiga ROMs and operating system is required, though. With AmiKit you can surf the web, read emails and documents, listen…