Category: Commodore News

NetSurf v2.8

NetSurf is a small but fast web browser for Amiga (68k and OS4), RISC OS and Linux. NetSurf supports HTML and CSS: A few examples of the changes in this version are: Improved loading times Libcurl version 7.22.0 is now used Fixed the wikipedia search Removed ffplay from archive Added the natami favicon Improved the scrollbar buttons and an update…

HxC floppy emulator – v1.6.11.15

A new firmware is available for the HxC floppy emulator. The HxC floppy emulator is a replacement of a 3.5 inch disk-drive in for example an Amiga. With this device you can connect the original floppy controller in the computer to a SD memory card or a USB port on a PC. Recent changes in the firmware: File support for:…

Auto AGA/RTG switch A4000

mfilos has made a custom Auto AGA/RTG switch for his Amiga 4000. He wanted to use the manual switch from Ratte’s Auto AGA/RTG switch, but wanted a nicer switch where the keyboard lock switch is located. A small PCB with a CD 4017 IC, two relays and a couple of small components are now built into the A4000. Read more…

Interview with Kalle Marjola

“Thanks to Kalle Marjola for responding to our interview request to talk about his games Knights and Fantasy Forces.” Interview on Amiga PD

Unicode on AmigaOS 3.1

Gilles Pelletier has released a Topaz 8 font to display unicode on AmigaOS:“I spent a few evenings tinkering Topaz 8 to unicode for ucode system. For now there is Latin-1, Russian, some Greek characters, most mathematical symbols and frames (under testing …)” UcodeTopaz8 on Aminet“and the trick to read unicode files and UTF-8″ UReader on Aminet

Amiga Conversion Kit for Windows

Amiga Conversion Kit Ver. 1.0. Included files: Ken’s Icons Port Iconpackager package ICO icons Source PNG files Registry tweak for no explorer bars UXPatcher for themes Amiga OS 4 theme Amiga Mouse Cursors Download: AmigaConversionKit.zip

Dunjon Battler

Dunjon Battler is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Jeffrey Ouelette. In the game you need to find the chalice of ultimate power. Destroy the monsters and collect the treasure chests. Drinking from the chalice will give you immortality. But at what cost? If you completed the first challenge you can access the second quest from the…

Amiga360 – PUAE for XBox 360

“If you have a JTAGed xbox360. I’ve just released Amiga360. Feel free to give Amiga360 a try and let me know what you think. It’s based of P-UAE 2.3.3 and i’ve worked hard to implement the following features:” Based off P-UAE V2.3.3 Simple and easy to use GUI Full Mouse/Keyboard support OCS/ECS/AGA/Picasso96 emulation Hardfile emulation Savestate support BSD Socket Emulation…

Tiny Launcher 1.0 Released

gibs has released the first version of his ‘Tiny Launcher’ for WHDLoad and other HD games. He has tested it on the following configurations : Amiga 600 (without FastMem and Accelerator) Amiga 600 + Aca630 Amiga 1200 + Blizzard 1260 Download Tiny Launcher 1.0

MUIbase 2.10

Steffen Gutmann has published an update of his database MUIbase. Changes in version 2.10: New function SETBGPEN for setting the background color of attributes Several new pre-defined constants PEN_* useful for SETBGPEN New function ‘mainWindowTitle’ for computing the title of the main window Drag and drop of a record from a virtual list onto a reference attribute for setting the…