Category: Commodore Amiga

Amiga Future #102

A new edition of the English and German Amiga (paper) magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: Editorial, News, Previews: Chaos. Reviews: Vampire FPGA, 1980’s Football Manager, Szalter, Grand Prix 500 II, Frogatto & Friends, Scripted Amiga Emulator, Pandora (2), Dir Me Up, Simplemail, AmiCygnix 1.3, Fast Compress, StormC5 Editor, Videoclipper, AmigaAMP, SteamDraw 2.3, MUIbase 3.0, Chrysalis Pack,…

Boingsworld #39

A new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: OSD launcher, The Amiga years, MorpOS tutorial, A1200 label, X1000 2nd production run, M.A.C.E. preview video, Hyperion blog news, Konfigtool, Indivision AGA MK2, Radeon HD driver and a bit of a different meeting. Website: http://boingsworld.deSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

Interview with David Townsend

Amiga PD website had an interview with David Townsend. David developed the game Bull Run for the Amiga. Bull Run lets you step into the shoes of the Union or Confederate commanders at the Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the American Civil War. Website: http://www.amigapd.com

AmiMag – #01

AmiMag is a French pdf magazine for the Amiga user. In this edition: Time Machine, History AmiMag, Wave nostalgeek, Amiga yesterday / Today, Atari 2600, Interview: Imre Antal, Micro Kid’s, DémoMania, 3583 bytes free, CD-32, Replace the hard drive, Interview: Orion, Pin-Up Page and ExtrAmiMag. Website: http://aminet.net/package/docs/mags/AmiMag_01Source: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

AmigaAMP 3.5

Thomas Wenzel released an update of his music player for the Amiga. AmigaAMP is a GUI based MPEG audio. It can also play AIFF, WAV and FLAC files. Changes in this version: TuneNet Plugin support. AmigaAmp now uses faad.library instead of the built in AAC decoder. And the problem with automatic opening of the playlist is now solved. Website: http://www.amigaamp.deSource:…

Battery removal article

PGarcia made a very nice article on what to do when you get a new Amiga with a battery backed clock. Since batteries leak after many years, and the fluid is acid, the acid destroys the PCB and components. The article explains in nice detail how to desolder and cleanup.

FS-UAE New Domain Name

The FS-UAE project has its own domain name now: fs-uae.net :) http://fengestad.no/fs-uae/ will redirect to http://fs-uae.net/ for the foreseeable future (possibly forever), but if you do have permanent links to the FS-UAE home page / download page on your web site, FrodeSolheim would appreciate it if you could update those links (either now, a bit later, or at least eventually)….

WinUAE 2.6.0 Beta 18

Beta 18: (Estimated release date: mid May) – If config (for example default.uae) has keyboard layout A/B/C selected, it will be remembered as default keyboard layout for selected port, then if new config is loaded and it has non-existing device (for example unplugged gamepad), port is configured for remembered default keyboard layout instead of always defaulting to layout A. –…

WHDLoad Update

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Ooze (Dragonware), Universe 3 (Omnitrend Software), Die Kathedrale (Software 2000), Hexuma – Das Auge des Kal (Software 2000), Paladin (Omnitrend Software), Arachnophobia (Disney Software), Donald Duck’s Playground (Sierra), Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood (Sierra), Wisielec (MarkSoft), African Raiders-01 (Tomahawk), Breach 1/2, Cool Croc…

Amiga Mania 6

Amiga Mania is a Hungarian Amiga magazine in PDF format. In this edition: Startup-sequence, News, Announcements, Amiga 4000, AmigaOne 500, Mouse drivers test, Hollywood, Quickshot Aviator, Streamed music, ACA 620, Lightwave, Mega Drive gamepad, Pixelmania – Syloid interview, Demológia, Ancient Games, EntwicklerX, Fire Force and Forgotten Forever. Website: http://amigamania.amigaspirit.huSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl