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Hyperion Entertainment - SDK Update | Hyperion Entertainment released an update for the OS4 Software Development Kit (SDK). This SDK includes all the usual includes and autodocs you need to use all the latest released AmigaOS features. For more information you can also visit the AmigaOS Documentation Wiki or the Frequently Asked Questions section.

ACE128TOS | News about the new operating system for the Commodore C128. All the old program code is rewritten and they have switched from a separate 8 bit and 16 bit version to only one version. The Ace will support Commodore 128 with or without the SuperCPU. The team is also working on support for the Commodore IEEE-488 devices and USB support with the help of the Flyer and USB-Host hardware.

BetterWB v3.0 | BetterWB is a new workbench pack, like AIAB, Amikit, AmigaSYS, ClassicWB etc. It aims to be an enhancement and an update to AmigaOS 3.1 but without the need of extra hardware. Changes in this edition: Added the commands: zDir, dd and KeyPressed. The new icon.library is now default, BootUte replaces NoFastMem, A new font cache system, CopyIcon, MultiHelp, yStart, an updated icon-set and many improvements.

FastView v1.8 - Amiga | FastView is a MUI program which allows you to show your pictures by selecting files or drawer with right mouse button or by drag and drop. Recent changes: Added a Copy to function and a possibility to select multiples files to rescale in one pass. New effects: Black and white, Blur, Contrast, Gamma correction, Noisify, Pixelize, Color replace, Saturation, Sharpen and Wave.

Pixcen | Pixcen is a new graphics tool for the PC. You can use it on a Windows computer to make graphics for the Commodore C64. The program is written by CRT (Censor Design), the graphics are made by cg (Censor Design) and HCL(Booze Design) helped with making of the program.

MorphOS 3.2 | A new version of MorphOS is now available. Improvements for the following modules: Quark, Cybergraphics, Intuition, FatFS, Keylargo, PowerBook, Ambient, Apps/Jukebox, Apps/Scribble, Apps/VPDF, C/Battery, C/LHa, C/PathPart, C/TCPDump, picview.btd, j2k.datatype, tiff.datatype, audio.output, multimedia.class, http.stream, xbox360.class, Radeon, bugreport.library, ixemul.library, Touchpad.mprefs, MCalc, Multiview, Transfer and IWizard.

Arc64 V2.5 | Arc64 is a tool to deal with D64, T64, LNX and ZipCode archives, made by Graham. It can be used to edit or convert D64 images, run D64 images in the VICE emulator. Changes in this version: The problem with spaces in filenames is resolved. And a couple of error messages are added.

C64Studio v3.1 | C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Recent changes: Improvements for the Read Only displays (Output), Search all function, Replace all function and the Debugger now jumps to disassembly if cpu pointer is not in code.

SketchBlock v2.3 - Amiga | SketchBlock is a drawing program for AmigaOS. The aim of this project is to create a sophisticated application for digital painting. Changes in this version: Splash screen on start-up, Improvements for Selection Masks, Transform Plugin GUIs, Macro Recording, Internal text creation and antialiasing of paths fills.

C*Base v3.3.7 - C64 | David Weinehall released a new version of C*Base. With the C*Base program you can operate your own BBS. David started with the original program, developed by Gunther Birznieks, but he made many changes and improvements to the program. A very comprehensive (English) manual is available for C*Base.

CBM prg Studio v2.8.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Screen RAM viewer for debugger. Project comments. Save/load configuration settings. Import multicolour bitmaps into the sprite editor. Export binary files from the character editor. And a much improved BASIC and assembly generation time.

BetterWB v2.9 | BetterWB is a new workbench pack, like AIAB, Amikit, AmigaSYS, ClassicWB etc. It aims to be an enhancement and an update to AmigaOS 3.1 but without the need of extra hardware. Changes in this edition: Improvements for MIDI, Printfiles tool, PFS3, SuperPlus and DMS. Added: Gzip, LZX, DontShowIBorder, ModePro, MagicMenu and TSGUI. More general improvements and removed some errors.

Vic Menu V26 - VIC20 | Boray released a new version of Vic Menu for the Commodore VIC-20. This program can be used with a VIC-20 and original disk drive or an IEC device. The JSLOAD option will require a memory expansion. Recent changes: Improved menu, cursor keys for page changes and //:S can be used to show the current directory or sub directory.

Amiga NetBSD v6.1.1 | NetBSD/amiga is the port of NetBSD to the Amiga line of personal computers. Currently, NetBSD/amiga runs on any Amiga with Motorola 68020 or better CPU with some form of MMU. The minimum RAM requirement is about 8 MB FASTMEM, the minimum hard disk space needed is about 75 MB. Recent changes: Security updates, Bug fixes and a driver improvement for Deneb expansion cards.

Nano VM 3.1.0 - Amiga | Nano is a register based virtual machine. The Nano VM core has 64 bit registers for integer and double numbers. Features are: Types: byte, short int, long int, long long int (64 bit), double and string. Arrays, ANSI output, file I/O, Multi-threading, TCP/IP socket and virtual memory.

FlipPaper - Amiga | FlipPaper is a MUI program which will allow you to manage your wallpaper pictures and swap automatically between them periodically. The program is available in the following languages: English, Czech, Spanish, Dutch, Greek, Swedish and German. Recent changes: Improved the random showing of pictures. No more slowdown when changing pictures.

Star Commander - Windows 7 | Decker made a video about Star Commander (for Commodore disk drives) running on Windows 7. For this test he used the following: XM1541 cable, Commodore serial cable, Dual LPT add-on PCI card, Custom *usermode driver by MyTec Electronics and a modified version of Star Commander.

Assist v1.6 - AmigaOS 4 | Assist is a collection of information: All the content from the Get the most out of your AMIGA PDF guide, shortcuts and links. Assist helps with downloading and unpacking of software, plays YouTube videos and it has AmiUpdate support. Changes in this version: Page numbers below the articles list. Improved button descriptions and OS4Depot downloading. Requester if AmiCygnix or Qt is needed. Added 40 new articles and updated various others.

Excalibur v1.4.2 - Amiga | KJetil Hvalstrand released a new version of Excalibur. Excalibur is a taskbar / start button for AmigaOS4. Changes in this version: Improvements for the (un)install script, configuration and menus. New icons and back theme. Added min/max to integer options in preference menu.

HollyPaint v1.1 - Amiga | HollyPaint is a bitmap graphics editor written in the Hollywood-MAL programming language. The program can be used with AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS. Recent changes: Colour wheel and alpha sliders in separate window. Individual setting of colour for gradient, shadow and edge. Loading and saving of transparent brushes. More filters and a Arc tool. Invert for: brush, mask and alpha. And many more improvements.

C64Studio v3.0 | C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Changes: The BASIC parser is completely rewritten. Added a new Find and Replace function. Improvements for saving projects and the BASIC tokenizer system. Added support for store/load/exec breakpoint types and a button to force hires/multicolor on all characters in Charset Editor.

Jack v4.0.7 - Amiga | Jack is a multi-purpose program for AmigaOS, AROS and MorphOS. Features: Preferences, Screen snapshot, Knowledge Base, Image editor, Music player, Slideshow, File-management, Auto-updates, etc. Changes in this version: MACE added to Entwickler-X Games tab. Improved search for the AppStore. More QT software in the AppStore. Improved VAT Calculator, and a few layout improvements for the dashboard.

ZuneFIG - AmigaOS 4 | Yannick Erb released the program ZuneFIG. ZuneFIG is a vector based drawing program based on XFig. This version is enhanced in many ways and is available for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. The most recent changes are: Anti-aliasing and Alpha channel support for SVG export.

QCodeEdit - AmigaOS 4 | QCodeEdit is a text editing framework for the Amiga. The features are: Excellent speed. Low memory usage. High-lighting, brace matching, auto-indenting and code folding. Unlimited undo/redo, dynamic line wrapping and a easy to use search function.

CBM prg Studio v2.7.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: The debugger has new keyboard shortcuts. The character editor can now copy groups of characters and scroll the scratchpad. In BASIC you have now batch mode, constants definitions in code (hex) and the auto line numbering is improved.

AmigaAMP 3.9 - AmigaOS 4 | 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: New system for wsz skins. The AppIcon position is now correct. UTF8 conversion in FLAC meta-data. Automatically sorting of files alphabetically when loading directories. New skin and icon sets by DjNick, TommySammy and Samo79.

PortablE | Christopher Handley released a new version of PortablE. PortablE is a recreation of the AmigaE programming language with many improvements. The program is available for Amiga OS3, OS4, AROS, MorphOS and Windows. You can find a complete list of new and improved items on the PortablE web page.

Sirena Player v2.20 | Sirena Player is a music player for AmigaOS and MorphOS. The program can play music files as mp3, wav and mod. Changes in this version: Compiled with Hollywood 5.2. Rewind and Forward the song with the mouse wheel. New music time routines. MorphOS Butterfly animation available. The program is available in the following languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, Greek, German, Czech and Polish.

YAM 2.8p1 - Amiga | YAM (Yet Another Mailer) is a email client for AmigaOS. Changes in this version: Updated translations: Czech, Greek, Swedish, French, Spanish, Italian and Turkish. Improvements: BetterString.mcc, ADDRLOAD, Drafts folder management and many other small errors are removed. New: WRITEIDENTITY ARexx command.

tapDancer - Andriod | Kicaco released tapDancer for Andriod. With this app you can convert .tap files to audio files. After that you can use your phone to play back the files to your 8-bit computer via an interface cable. The program can convert the following files: TAP, T64, PRG, UEF, CAS (C64/128/VIC20, ACORN/BBC, MSX, ATARI).

SID Known v1.06 | Wilfred Bos released an update of SID Known. This version is compatible with the latest HVSC (#59). SID Known is a tool which you can use to identify SID tunes from SID and PRG files. Changes in this version: For binary searches, you will now be notified when there are multiple matches found for the same hit percentage. Also you will now be notified when the match that is found might not be reliable.

Bars and Pipes v0.9.98 - Amiga OS4 | Bars and Pipes is a MIDI sequencer for the Amiga computer made by Alfred Faust. Changes in this version: The preferences are improved. A missing font is added. The CAMD handling is completely new and the recording performance is improved.

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