Today's Highlights
   - Greetings and salutations everyone!  Spring has sprang and summer is almost here but for those waiting for the the A1200 will have to wait a bit longer. This week Retro Games announced "The OS Isn't Yet Where It Needs To Be". Some are wondering exactly what that means, but don't worry, here in AmigaLand everything is only "TWO WEEKS AWAY!" lol

• Hats off to Indie Retro News for passing the 100 million view mark! This is TRUELY quite an accomplishment. If you haven't visited yet what are you waiting for? Treat yourself and do it now! The amount of Amiga news is ALWAYS VERY impressive! On the flip side I'm happy if I get 100 visitors a month. J/K LOL
• Also this week publisher APC&TCP turned 34. Wishing them and Amiga Future all the best!
• The new WIP web browser Amelinium has advanced to v0.2. While not intended to replace IBrowse or Aweb, it's already showing tremendous promise!
• Tell me this isn't cool. As a life long Gloom fan I'm excited to try out this new WIP Gloom Level Editor. In the meantime if you want some inspiration check out these other home made Gloom levels to get you in the mood.
• Time again for everyone's required monthly reading. The AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup for April 2026 has been posted. As always another GREAT JOB Puni/Void a.k.a AmigaOldSkooler!

• Idioms for "Never Going to Happen" Pt. 44
  •  “Like finding a unicorn”

• Random Links...

• Gloom Level Editor [WiP]: Gloom Level Editor is a standalone Win32 / x86 Visual Studio editor prototype for creating and editing Gloom-compatible maps. The goal is to provide a practical desktop tool for inspecting, editing and exporting map data while keeping the workflow close to the original Gloom/ZGloom structure. Current editor features: Map view, Inspector, Textures, CrM2 support, Drawing tools, Zone tools, Events & Export.
• Gloom(CD32) / Gloom Deluxe (Amiga): {A very DETAILED MODs page with TONS of information about Gloom}
• Custom DeluxePaint V Keyboard Overlay for the Amiga 1200, version 1: {...} An important part of getting fast with digital painting workflows is keyboard shortcuts. Even today, using menus or toolbars to navigate is not as fast as hitting keys on a keyboard. {...} I couldn’t find any overlays for DeluxePaint V online, and I wanted something silly to give away at VCF East 2026 this weekend, so I assembled a keyboard overlay for DeluxePaint V that works on the Amiga 1200, and should work on the Amiga 500 too!
• Amiga 4000T: the complete history of Commodore’s final Amiga: The Amiga 4000T is easy to romanticize and easy to flatten. People remember the tower case, the rarity, the sense that it was somehow the “ultimate” Amiga, and then they blur the rest into one long, melancholy legend. But the truth is richer than that. There was the Commodore A4000T, assembled in the company’s final weeks and shipped in tiny numbers.
• History : Amiga Classic Boxs: The first likely memory you should have of your Amiga is the Box it came in. Commodore I felt were pretty good at making Amiga box art and bundles, text was always kept to minium to just try to state the most important features of an Amiga. {...} So you may have regrettably chucked out your old box, or its just getting old and in a bad way. {Download and print out MANY mini recreated box art packages you all know and loved for the A500, A600, A1000, A1200 & CD32 for starters. More to follow}
• AmiCube DEV1 for Edge FPGA Board: The AmiCube DEV1 is a dedicated development platform designed for running and testing the AmiCube Minimig core on Artix-7, using a low-cost Edge FPGA baseboard. This setup is ideal for developers and enthusiasts who want to experiment with new features, validate designs, and actively contribute to the evolution of next-generation Amiga-compatible FPGA systems.
• HTMLview.mcc: A well-known and used MUI custom class (HTMLview.mcc) which provides MUI application programmers a gadget for viewing/displaying HTML pages. It comes with an object-oriented design, slim and tidy so that the HTML engine is capable of showing HTML very fast...
• 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 Blank Canvas of the Screen: Samia Halaby’s Kinetic Paintings: Samia Halaby, a Palestinian artist, activist, scholar, and educator based in New York City, is also known as a pioneer of digital art created on the early personal computer. After painting for nearly four decades, Halaby began to experiment with the Amiga Commodore 1000 by teaching herself the coding languages BASIC and C in the late 1980s, an era when few arts organizations or galleries were invested in digital art practices. The resulting works, known as “kinetic paintings,” showcase her approach to abstract art, its complex sociopolitical history, and computational propositions for its future.
• DMS2ADF - Amiga Disk Masher Converter: I've (well AI really) created a new webapp that converts DMS-files to ADF. Just drag'n' drop and download your ADF's. Checksums in the DMS is also respected so you'll get a warning if something is bad. It all runs in your browser using JavaScript, nothing is sent to the server.
• PNG2ILBM - a PNG to ILBM converter: With PNG2ILBM you can convert PNG files to ILBM and ACBM format. It can convert any PNG, including alpha channeled and/or 16-bit depth per channel ones. It supports resampling, quantizing, dithering, color register preservation or override on any bitplanes from 1 to 8, including Extra-HalfBrite and Hold And Modify.
• Wav28SVX - a Wav to 8SVX converter: With Wav28SVX you can convert Wav files to 8SVX format. In theory it can convert any PCM-Wav, including multi channeled and/or 32-bit depth per sample ones. It supports resampling.
• Amiberry Host Tools: A collection of AmigaOS tools designed to bridge the gap between the Amiberry emulator and the host operating system (Linux, macOS, etc.). These tools allow you to execute commands, open files, launch interactive shells, inspect host paths, and use common host desktop integrations directly from the Amiga environment.
• AmiBootEnv Non-Root Installation - Development Log: This document describes modifications made to AmiBootEnv to support running as a non-root user after installation. The original Install.sh runs Amiberry as root; the modified Install-nonroot.sh creates a dedicated amiberry user and runs the emulator with reduced privileges.
• Maker World - commodore lightbox: {Search results for various Commodore Logo lightboxes}

Today's Highlights
   - Greetings and salutations everyone!  Another quite week AmigaLand and I'm going to take advantage of it! 

• I don't know why I don't see more people talking about this but a new project called Amiga Bootcamp popped up on github. Billed as "Everything Commodore never published in one place", it's broken into 16 categories that cover virtually everything about the Amiga. (Overview, Hardware, Boot Sequence, Loader and Exec Format, Linking and Libraries, Reversing, Exec OS, Dos, Graphics, Intuition, Devices, Libraries, Networking, Toolchain, References, FPU MMU Cache & Driver Development) From the source...
  
    "Amiga OS 3.1/3.2 — The Developer's Source of Truth. From cold boot to driver authoring. Everything Commodore never published in one place.
  
    A comprehensive, self-contained technical reference for AmigaOS Classic — covering hardware registers, OS internals, reverse engineering, and cross-compilation. Written for developers building on real hardware, FPGA cores, and emulators.
  
    Why This Exists. The Amiga's documentation was scattered across out-of-print manuals, Usenet posts, ADCD archives, and tribal knowledge passed between developers since 1985. This repository consolidates it into a single, cross-linked, searchable knowledge base — verified against NDK 3.9 headers and official Commodore documentation."
  
  My hat is off to the effort! AWESOME JOB to everyone involved!!!
  
  
• Need help looking for a specific article or advertiser in the iconic COMPUTE'S! GAZETTE magazine? This 'Unofficial Fan Catalog for the New and Classic' magazine has you covered. Currently this index covers both the classic and new magazine from May 1990 till the present. Have fun!

Work on Directory Opus 5 Magellan II for AmigaOS, MorphOS, and AROS has started again

• Idioms for "Never Going to Happen" Pt. 43
  • “t’ll happen when I win an Oscar”

• Random Links...

• Amiga Bootcamp - Amiga OS 3.1/3.2 — The Developer's Source of Truth: From cold boot to driver authoring. Everything Commodore never published in one place. A comprehensive, self-contained technical reference for AmigaOS Classic — covering hardware registers, OS internals, reverse engineering, and cross-compilation. Written for developers building on real hardware, FPGA cores, and emulators. Why This Exists. The Amiga's documentation was scattered across out-of-print manuals, Usenet posts, ADCD archives, and tribal knowledge passed between developers since 1985. This repository consolidates it into a single, cross-linked, searchable knowledge base — verified against NDK 3.9 headers and official Commodore documentation.
• COMPUTE!'s Gazette: Article & Advertiser Index · May 1990 - Apr 2026
• Directory Opus 5 — All Amigas: A modern, actively-maintained fork of Directory Opus 5 Magellan II, the legendary Amiga file manager, ported and updated for all Amiga-like platforms. Supported platforms: AmigaOS 3 (m68k, including OS3.9/OS3.2), AmigaOS 4 (PPC), MorphOS (PPC) & AROS (i386, ARM, and other architectures)
• AWeb 3.6: AWeb 3.6 is the beginning of a comprehensive fork and modernization of the legendary AWeb web browser for Amiga. (Latest Release AWeb 3.6 Alpha 7 (April 2026))
• ToolKit - Universal SDK for Amiga projects: ToolKit is a standard SDK configuration and universal developer experience for Amiga development. The main ToolKit repository is Work in progress, matching the project catalogue on the amigazen home page. The ToolKit project aims to standardise the development tool and SDK configurations for classic Amiga developers, in order to make collaboration easier in the 21st century world of online collaboration and open source.
• unsui - POSIX compliant runtime environment for Amiga: The amigazen project has created unsui, a complete POSIX runtime for Amiga. {...} Rather than forcing Amiga to become Unix, unsui provides a bridge that allows users to access the vast ecosystem of Unix software while preserving the Amiga experience. The focus is on creating a pragmatic, single-user development environment rather than a full multi-user server OS.
• The Zen of Amiga: How the Amiga computer exemplifies the seven fundamental Zen principles in design, architecture, and user experience. The Amiga computer, born in 1985, represents more than just technological innovation - it embodies a philosophy of design that aligns perfectly with the seven fundamental principles of Zen aesthetics. From its intuitive user interface to its elegant system architecture, the Amiga demonstrates how technology can serve human creativity without getting in the way. This essay explores how each Zen principle manifests in the Amiga experience, revealing the deeper philosophical underpinnings of its design.
• Rewriting clib4's I/O Layer: A Newlib-Inspired stdio for AmigaOS 4 : The clib4 C runtime library for AmigaOS 4 has just received its most significant internal overhaul since its inception:{...} This article explains what changed, why it was necessary, and the unique challenges of implementing POSIX-compatible I/O on AmigaOS 4.
• Amiga block device test utility (devtest): This utility interacts directly with an Amiga block device driver to test the driver and physical device. There are several operation types that the utility can perform: Device probe, Performance, Packet support, Device Geometry & Data integrity
• DiskPart: A native AmigaOS 3.x hard disk partition editor with full RDB (Rigid Disk Block) support.
• AmigaPart: Features: Lists all disks and let you initlize a RDB on any disk, add/delete partitions, edit flags like buffers etc (resize not possible), Backup/Restore of RDB Block, Read/Write image of disk, if writing image to a larger disk, you will be given possability of change gemoetry of disk so more space is usable, Edit partitions directly on image, Create image of wanted size.
• U-Boot: There are several versions of U-Boot, but if you are running a version prior to U-Boot 1.0.0 then you will not be able to run OS4. This article is about U-boot 1.1.1 available on the last OS4 update. You'll have to install it from there. This process is not as easy as installing software, so if you don't feel you'll be able to do it, please contact a friend, your user group or your dealer.
• CPU Modules: All AmigaOnes except the G3-SE are fitted with a MegArray socket for a CPU module. This enables the boards to be supplied in varying configurations whilst keeping the cost down. The MegArray connectors are common for PPC processors, however ONLY AmigaOne compatible units will work (limited to those supplied by Eyetech). There are currently three models available, which are supplied with the motherboards and not available to purchase separately (upgrade programmes may be available from your dealer). The current modules are: {...}
• The real history of Commodore monitors: model numbers, OEMs, and variants: The standard version of the Commodore story is clean and familiar. The company made the computer, sold the matching monitor, and together they formed a complete system. That is how many people remember it, and it is how the products were meant to look on a desk. One brand, one ecosystem, one visual identity. The monitor history tells a different story. What sat behind the Commodore badge was not a single, consistent in-house product line. It was a mixed portfolio of displays sourced from multiple outside manufacturers, adapted across regions, and sometimes built on hardware that had already existed in another form.
• Motorola 68000 Series Assembly Language Support for IntelliJ-based IDEs : Support for Motorola 68000 series assembly language in IntelliJ-based IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA, CLion, …) providing smart code insight, inspections, built-in reference documentation, and many more features.

Today's Highlights
   - Greetings and salutations everyone!  Looks like the summer doldrums have kicked in here in AmigaLand. No OS, new hardware or legal news to report. Maybe this is the 'quiet before the storm'?? Yeah probably not... LOL

• Prolific programmer Juen is at it again and this time he's working on a new Amiga Web Browser called Amelinium. He states "Initially, it's a bit of a joke, a bit of fun, but currently it's a project that needs to reach some stage before it's released" but in reality it's very cool and showing some real promise! By the looks of the various screenshots it's already VERY capable little browser. At least in our little world standards. I hope he keeps developing it and wish him all the best!
• Are you looking for a "lightweight TCP/IP network file server and mounter. No configuration files, no daemons, no encryption, no hassle - just a single command line program for sharing and mounting directories "ad-hoc" style? Well look no further because Fizz does it all. This thread over at EAB gives some more insight.
• Check this little cool ditty out. A foldable LCD monitor mount for the A1200. While 'as is' the 'plug in' form factor may not hold up for the long term, if you add some glue or screws you will have a very functional mobile Amiga. And if you don't want to damage your vintage 1992 retrobrite case you can always always do this to a brand new case instead.
• Need to view an ADF file and you don't have real Amiga or an emulator lying around? Well fret no more. Hop on over to WebADF Explorer, drop your file and explore.
• New issue: Amiga Germany Fan’zine #18 has been published
• New issue: REV'n'GE #181 has been published

• Idioms for "Never Going to Happen" Pt. 42
  • “Yeah, and monkeys might fly out of my butt”

• Random Links...

• fizz: Fizz is a lightweight TCP/IP network file server and mounter. No configuration files, no daemons, no encryption, no hassle - just a single command line program for sharing and mounting directories ad hoc style.
• Amiga foldable, articulated support for a 18.5" portable screen: Support to be attached/glued to the rear grille of the Amiga 1200, it can hold any portable screen with VESA 75. It allows the screen to be folded over the keyboard, making the A1200 a sort of portable (some space left for a protective soft pad between the screen and the keyboard).
• WebADF Explorer: Drop an Amiga ADF, HDF or DMS disk image to browse its contents.
• Amiga Assembly Library: A shared library for Commodore Amiga written in Motorola 68020 assembly language. Provides 50+ functions for graphics, file I/O, memory management, UI, and more. Compatible with KickStart 3.0+.
• I Built a Shared Library for the Amiga in 68020 Assembly — and a Modern Documentation Site for It: A love letter to the Commodore Amiga — 50+ utility functions in hand-optimized 68020 assembly, with C bindings, a custom windowing system, and a Next.js documentation site. Back in 1991, I started writing what would become a 5,800-line shared library for the Commodore Amiga — entirely in hand-optimized Motorola 68020 assembly. {...} That code sat on floppy disks and hard drives for decades. Now, in 2026, I’ve dusted it off, open-sourced it, and built a modern documentation site for it with Next.js. Let me tell you the story.
• Commodore in the Movies or TV: {Thread @ lemon64.com containing ocer 40 pages (as of 13 Apr 26) of entries and comments documenting Commodore in movies & TV and more. Good read.}
• Prelude Support {ARCHIVED 01 Sep 2007}: Welcome to the support side of the prelude soundcard by ACT. The pages have been completly reworked to give a faster overview of all our products, the software you need and to give all answers to your questions. The Prelude Z-II is a Zorro-II soundcard for all Amiga computers with a free Zorro-II slot. The card can also be used with any Amiga 500 with a special adaptor or tower housed Amiga 1200 with Zorro-II/III board without any problems
• Prelude Software {ARCHIVED 09 Mar 2012}: Here you can find all official software for your Prelude - Developer information, sources and hardware specifications can be found on the developer-page.
• Prelude Developer Software {ARCHIVED 09 Mar 2012}: On this page you find information for software development and technical specifications of the prelude Z-II feature bus. If there is some information missing or you should need further details please send an email to Thomas Wenzel.
• IMP3: The Only Amiga App You Will Ever Need: So you fixed the Amiga you kept in the attic for 30 years, or you bought your first just now to check out what this whole Amiga fad is about, and... what next? {...} This article is about IMP3, or Infinity Modules Player, written by Paweł "juen" Nowak. {...} but in general IMP3 provides the following functionality: Play modules and streaming formats including MOD, SID, MP3, DBM, XM, AHX. Randomized play from a vast online MOD library. Search for songs in the online library {and much more}
• png2amiga: Convert images to Commodore Amiga OCS/AGA formats with perceptual color matching — {live on a webpage}
• Amiga G-Copy for PC: It is a PC Windows program that uses Keir Fraser's Greasewaezle, D. Tonn's ADF-Drive, or Rob Smith's DrawBridge aka Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer to create backup copies from/to HD/USB/SD and, of course, from/to floppy disk
• SysInfo: SysInfo is an application for Motorola 680x0 based Classic Amiga and is used for getting information about the system like OS and library versions, hardware revisions and stuff. Exactly 19 years after version 3.24 of SysInfo it's time for an update! The original author Nic Wilson has kindly given me permission to continue the maintenance of this old classic.
• Amiga Python: This is Amiga Python, a port of Python 2 to Amiga. Python was originally ported to and adapted for the Amiga in 1999-2000 by Irmen de Jong. {...} This project aims to continue his legacy by updating Amiga Python to the final 2.7.18 revision of Python 2, ensuring it can be built out of the box against the ToolKit standard by anyone with an Amiga computer. Amiga Python has always aimed to be as complete a port of Python as it makes sense to be for the Amiga platform, and includes Amiga specific builtin modules for native functionality including the amiga and arexx modules.
• AmigaPython 2.7.18: AmigaPython 2.7.18 is a complete port of Python 2.7.18 (the final Python 2 release) to classic Amiga systems running AmigaOS 3.x. It's a significant upgrade from the previous Python 2.0 release, bringing modern Python capabilities to classic Amiga hardware while maintaining the classic Amiga feel.

Today's Highlights
   - Greetings and salutations everyone!  Well it's time again for another exciting weekly update. Other than the fact that there's not to much exciting news happening in AmigaLand right now, I would like mention that back in CommodoreLand the Commodore 64 Ultimate sales tracker shows they just passed the 22k mark. Regardless of where this winds up that's still a pretty impressive number. Commodore RULES!!!

• Interesting little project. There's a thread over at PPA (Ploski Portal Amigowy) where poster Juen is showing off his new little web browser project called Amelinium {google translation}. While its more of a fun, proof of concept program, his work so far is really quite impressive! I wish him much success.

• Idioms for "Never Going to Happen" Pt. 41
  • “Don’t make me laugh”

• Random Links...

• 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.
• The Destroyer's Amiga Sampler: Since 1995, when the first Amiga emulators began to appear, none of them has ever been able to maintain a stable enough sampling flow and quality to let me do what I always did on my real Amiga: creating samples for my tracks. The purpose of this plugin is to finally be able to create Amiga soundbanks directly from any DAW, to let then load them into a real Amiga machine or an Amiga emulator.
• Welcome to Every Amiga Game Ever Released {ARCHIVED 06 Oct 2006}: A database of commercial Amiga games. This site contains information on commercially released titles for the Amiga range of computers. Each software title listed has, where available (or applicable), the following information: Brief game description, Commercial availability and/or free download info, Review details and scores, Manuals and supplements {& more}
• Old Blue Workbench adds a ton of improvements to your old Amiga: Are you still using your Amiga with the 1.3 version of Kickstart, but would you prefer an updated version of Workbench with a long list of additional features, improvements, and other niceties? Old Blue Workbench is a Workbench replacement for Amigas running Kickstart 1.3 written by Mats Eirik Hansen. It adds a ton of features and improvements {...}
• Outpost: Atari; Jack Tramiel, a look back, a look ahead, and the Amiga Lorraine revisited. {ARCHIVED 04 Jan 2025}: {...} Way back in the April 1984 issue of Creative Computing (p. 150), I reported on a new computer from Amiga, a company known only as a manufacturer of joysticks and a kludgy foot-controlled joystick called the Joyboard. I had been ready for another big presentation resulting in a big letdown, but I was surpsised. The machine, code-named Lorraine, was a total knockout. I'll stand by the comment I made then: "Suffice to say it is the most amazing graphics and sound machine that will ever have been offered to the consumer market."
• Amiga; the message is the medium. {ARCHIVED 21 Mar 2025}: A little over two years ago, two gentlemen from a small joystick company called Amiga paid us a call at the lab. David Morse and David Reisinger had no more than a pitch and a slideshow to show us, but we were impressed by their savvy and their sincerity. They spoke of a custom chipset from Jay Miner, the man who designed the Atari 400/800 chipset. They spoke of graphics and sound of a quality yet unimagined in a personal computer. They spoke of a commitment to an MPU that allowed true multitasking and RAM in excess of 5Mb. I broke the story of the Amiga computer, then code-named Lorraine, to the world back in early 1983.
• New Amiga Stirs Passions {ARCHIVED 07 Apr 2001}: After waiting seven years for a new Amiga, some members of the PC's fiercely loyal community are spitting mad about the new device. At the Amiga 2000 show in St. Louis over the weekend, Amiga unveiled a new machine for the platform's developers based on a 500 MHz AMD K6 processor and a fast 3D graphics system from nVidia.
• the Gateway Computer Show Amiga 2001 {ARCHIVED 05 Apr 2001}: Amiga2001 is our latest show, the seventh show, in the longest running show in the Americas. Bob & Diana Scharp have produced the Gateway Computer shows since the beginning, and Amigan-St. Louis, is the company they formed a few years ago to run them. This continues a tradition of excellent Amiga computer shows that have helped keep Amiga in the minds of everyone in the Americas. They have definitely added fun, enthusiam and excitment to the Amiga sceen.
• Prelude ZII Sound Card: This is a replica of the Prelude ZII sound card for the Amiga. Original hardware design is by Thomas Wenzel, and the board was replicated by Alf24de. Special thanks to TomSonic.
• Not-A-Varta: This is a battery replacement for old circuit boards utilizing the 19mm length 3.6V Varta battery. The replacement is a 3V CR1220 with charge circuit protection. Low voltage drop is achieved with the MAX40200 "ideal diode" chip. Most boards will work with RTC/CMOS function at 3V, so check datasheets before you go through the hassle of building and installing this. Some motherboards have additional diodes that need to be bypassed. Clean up any corrosion from the pre-existing evil Varta before installation.
• Not-A-Varta CR2032: Same concept as the Not-A-Varta, except with a vertical CR2032 holder and elongated mounting holes for better fit across various motherboards which can have anywhere from 18-20mm pin spacing.
• MigStorm-ITX: A 68000 socketed ITX form factor Minimig. Tested by Zenon to boot with Pistorm and CaffeineOS, also with a regular M68k CPU. It appears to be fully working, and I've received feedback from at least 10 people that it is working well in their testing. It could use more general trace cleanup/enhancement, but works as-is.
• Audiocast Remote: The AudioCast M5 is a small device that connects to an amplifier and allows you to stream music over Wi-Fi. The Audiocast Remote acts as a remote control for this device. It supports Play, Stop, Next, Previous, and volume controls. {...} You can choose from a variety of services, such as Spotify, VTuner, Deezer, Tidal, Napster, and others. After selecting a service in the phone app, you can continue control using the Audiocast Remote. The archive includes versions for AmigaOS3, AmigaOS4, AROS, and MorphOS. {Uses Hollywood}
• AmithlonBlog: I’ll post the journey I’ve had with Amithlon, from hardware I’ve used, installing issues and tweaks and eventually to compiling the kernel based on Milan’s “Kernel 4” tree. Make sure to visit http://amithlon.snkbitten.com/ for downloads of patches, kernels and miscellaneous files. Lots of internet searches and hardware experimenting to make your journey easier – SnkBitten
• Amiga 4000T and A4000-060 Accelerator: November 30, 2007: 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... January 11, 2009: I have made a scan of the manual, you can download it here. {lots of pics}

Today's Highlights
   - Greetings and salutations everyone!  WOW... Where did this week go? Fortunately it's been another SLOOOOW week in AmigaLand so I'll call it a draw.

• Amiga of Rochester have announced it's 'pleased to announce that it is now accepting backorders for the full lineup of products from Individual Computers'. So if your in the states and your looking for a closer source for a ACA series of Amiga Classic Accelerators, Indivision flickerfixers, X-Surf, etc... Well look no further.
• Time again for everyone's required monthly reading. The AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup for March 2026 has been posted. GREAT JOB Puni/Void a.k.a AmigaOldSkooler!
• New Disk Mag: Adventures In Retro: Duncon Woodward has just announced his new diskmag "to document, discuss and talk about the retro computing scene, vintage technology, awesome music & film from yesteryear, and everything else nostalgic in the modern day, but done in an old school vintage way." I wish him a long and productive run!
• New issue: Amiga Future #180 has been published
• New issue: WhatIFF? #19 has been published

• Idioms for "Never Going to Happen" Pt. 40
  • “That ship has sailed”

• Random Links...

• Adventures In Retro: A retro computing disk mag for 2026 and beyond. Welcome to the new "Adventures In Retro" disk magazine from woody.cool & friends, this is a very nostalgic project to document, discuss and talk about the retro computing scene, vintage technology, awesome music & film from yesteryear, and everything else nostalgic in the modern day, but done in an old school vintage way.
• Computer Lab: Experiences with the AmigaOSXL Big-Tower 1800+: What is the Purpose of this Report? Since the end of 2001 Haage&Partner offers an emulator package called AmigaOSXL, which enables one to use 68k Amiga software on regular x86 hardware. In February 2002, I acquired one of the systems being offered in Germany by H&P, the "Big-Tower 1800+". This report shall compile the experiences I collect, while I "transit" from my Amiga 4000 to the Athlon Tower. The Amiga 4000 also serves me as a reference object to encircle problems. Therefore, my experiences could also be helpful for other Amiga users and ex-users.
• amiport: AI-powered toolkit for porting Linux/POSIX C software to the Commodore Amiga. amiport ports POSIX/Linux C programs to AmigaOS 3.x. It provides POSIX compatibility libraries, a cross-compilation toolchain, and an AI-powered pipeline that takes a C source file from analysis through to a tested, Aminet-ready binary. 60 ports shipped. 1,384 test cases. 7 live on Aminet.
• m68k: A Motorola 680x0 emulator written in Java. Currently m68k emulates the 68000 cpu found in the Amiga and other 16-bit era machines. There is no reason why this couldn't be extended to support the rest of the 680x0 family and this was a consideration of the design.
• Amiga LightWave Plugin - ObjSwap: Object Replacement plugin for Layout. Automatically swaps objects based on frame number derived from filename suffixes.
• MULTIBOOT OS: THE ULTIMATE AMIGA MULTI-BOOT SOLUTION. Welcome to MultibootOS - boot different Amiga distributions for PiStorm with only ONE 128GB microSD card! No more swapping cards or using unrecommended extenders. Compatible with Amiga 500, 600, 1200, 2000 equipped with PiStorm, PiStorm16, or PiStorm32-lite accelerators. Also runs on WinUAE/FS-UAE emulation.
• MultiBootOS 2.2 Loads multiple Amiga enviroments: A new solution for fast equipped Amiga’s with PiStorm called MultiBootOS is changing how modern Amiga systems are used. This tool is designed by Davide and Steve primarily for PiStorm-equipped machines, which makes the Amiga feel complete for PiStorm Amiga users. MultiBootOS allows users to run multiple Amiga environments from a single microSD card. This eliminates the need to constantly swap cards or reconfigure setups. This means that systems like the Amiga 500, 600, 1200, and 2000 can now easily switch between different configurations such as gaming setups, Workbench environments, and customized distributions.
• Retro32 BBS: The Retro32 BBS is driven by the Amiga community, for the Amiga community. It is focused on bringing BBS to the old-school Amiga users looking for that modern-day nostalgia and people like me, (Retro32) who never got the chance to experience a BBS back in the day. If you have any suggestions or ideas please feel free to reach out using bbs@retro32.com or contact us using the discord BBS channel. It is mainly focused on the Amiga
• Amiga Unix allows access to files using finger CVE-1999-1218: Details: amiga-finger (522) reported Feb 1, 1993. The finger command in Amiga allows non-privileged users to access files that they would not normally be able to access. Consequences: Gain Access. Remedy: As root, modify the permission of the existing /usr/bin/finger to prevent misuse. Issue the following command: # /bin/chmod 0755 /usr/bin/finger
• Clock Signal: Clock Signal ('CLK') is an emulator that seeks to be invisible. Users directly launch classic software, avoiding the learning curves associated with emulators and with classic machines. This emulator seeks to offer: single-click load of any piece of source media for any supported platform; with a heavy signal processing tilt for accurate reproduction of original outputs; avoiding latency as much as possible. {Current # systems: 19 including the Amiga}
• Clock Port Confusion: The “Clock port” is somewhat of an oddity. An internal connection on the A1200, it officially never existed in the form we use, but became so useful that you can add this strange row of pins to just about any other Amiga – and connect far more than just a clock to it. Still with us? Great. A history lesson for you, then….
• 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. Later in the Amiga’s life, games sometimes came with a hard drive installer when they were supplied with many disks (and in fact it was the purchase of Beneath a Steel Sky, on 15 floppies, that prompted me to purchase a 260MB drive for my A1200 the very next day to try and save myself from disk-swapping injury) but this is an exception rather than a rule.
• American Amiga Lightwave & Toaster: Paul Austin brings you the future of the Amiga from the American angle, plus all the latest news from home and abroad... Attending shows is part and parcel of any consumer magazine. As you'd expect, such gatherings generally follow the same format — kiss hands, shake babies, chase‑up gossip, hassle for product and so on. With this in mind, I packed a bag and headed off to Florida to attend the world's biggest computer graphics extravaganza — Siggraph 94
• ODFileSystem: ODFileSystem is a read-only optical-disc filesystem driver for Amiga systems. It is implemented as an AmigaDOS handler frontend with clean backend plugins for the various optical-disc formats it supports, allowing it to mount and browse CD-ROM, DVD, Blu-ray, and image-based media. The project also includes host-side tools and tests so most parser and cache logic can be developed and validated outside an Amiga environment.
• Index of /pub/Patches/LightWave_Amiga {ARCHIVED 23 Oct 2019}: {Archived NewTek FTP site for Amiga version of LightWave}