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12.08.2021 - 'Amiga 2000 EATX PCB' revision 1.2.1 released
The purpose of this project is to develop an open source Amiga 2000 PCB in the EATX form factor, an ATX variant that allows slightly deeper PCBs. There are one-to-one board replacement projects for the Amiga 2000, but none to change the layout to meet current form factor standards. In addition, the Amiga 2000 made use of connectors and custom parts that are no longer commercially manufactured. This often requires parts to be pulled from existing machines. As such, this project will make use of only actively supported components when possible. New in Rev. 1.2.1: - Added some missing component values to the silk screen, where there was room. - Moved VIDIOT over to make additional room for coprocessor cards

10.08.2021 - Trailer: 'THEA500 Mini' - a compact reimagining of the Amiga 500
Introducing THEA500 Mini, a compact reimagining of the Amiga 500 home computer. Featuring perfect emulation of not only the original A500 but also the Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA) of the A1200. Play one of the included 25 classic Amiga games, selected from a simple to use carousel, including all-time greats like Alien Breed, Another World, Chaos Engine, Simon the Sorcerer and Worms. Or load your own games via USB stick with WHDLoad support and an array of options to choose from. Plus save and resume your game at any time to help you finish those punishingly difficult classics. THEA500 Mini comes with the original style 2-button mouse and newly engineered 8-button precision gamepad. More info here.

09.08.2021 - The Parceiro Card for the Amiga 1000 Review - Episode 104 - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast Doug is reviewing the clever new Parceiro card for the Amiga 1000, and probably manage to mispronounce it at least three times. Join him as we explore the features of this great product and learn a bit more about its limitations, and its future potential! What a great time to own an A1000.

08.08.2021 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - 'Terrible Fire 330 64/128MB + IDE'
For Amiga CD32. Terrible Fire 330 is an accelerator and expansion card for the CD32 console. It provides a full Motorola 68030 (including MMU) clocked at 50Mhz, 64MB or 128MB of Fast RAM, and a fast 2,5" IDE interface for Hard Disk drives or CF/SD cards.

07.08.2021 - Protovision Shop: 'C64 SuperKernal available to order now'
Are you looking for the hardware upgrade that rules them all? Protovision presents to you the SuperKernal - one of the best hardware enhancements for the C64. Switch between kernals and file images at the press of a key. Instantly load and start C64 programs directly from an FTP site and more.

07.08.2021 - 4-Byte Commodore 64 Demo and Follow-up on 10 PRINT Orthogonal [32 bytes] - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
A tiny 4-byte (6 bytes including the load address) Commodore 64 demo called NONMONOCHROME was released by Nom de Nom. We run it, and take a look at how it works. Then we take another look at 10 PRINT Orthogonal by Logiker, and figure out exactly why it doesn't work on Robin's 64C but it does work on many breadbin models of C64.

06.08.2021 - Protovision Shop: 'Blast Annual 2020: Volume 2 in stock'
The Blast Annual 2020 is an awesome multi-format gaming publication celebrating all aspects of the retro community. Volume 2 is now available to order from the Protovision Shop. Containing a large range of game and hardware reviews and interesting feature articles, the annual is a great read.

06.08.2021 - Amiga shooter 'Inviyya' gets a new a level
'Inviyya' is a horizontal SHMUP for the line of classic Commodore Amiga computers, Inviyya features now 7 unique organic levels each with its own enemies and bosses, couple of weapon upgrades, 3 layer parallax scrolling and nice music and sfx. It should work on every existing Amiga with at least 512k Chip and any other form of 512kb extra RAM (chip, slow or fast), PAL or NTSC.

06.08.2021 - SpeedDOS for the Commodore 1541C Disk Drive - new video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan is installing a parallel adapter in his Commodore 1541C disk drive to be able to use the SpeedDOS fast loader.

06.08.2021 - Amiga game 'MeMo' V3.14 released
MeMO is a card MeMOry game whose peculiarity is that it allows two players to play simultaneously - that is, they can flip cards at the same time and battle for the best score! Also, it does not drive players mad due to bad luck, as unlucky moves are ignored - and, well, to say it all, lucky moves aren't rewarded either. With its neat graphics, which pay a little tribute to the Amiga and some of its games, and cool music, MeMO will take you for a pleasant trip down the MeMOry (heh!) lane.

05.08.2021 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - 'Terrible Fire 534'
Terrible Fire 534 accelerator has been designed to be installed inside Amiga 500/500+, or Amiga 2000. It provides a Motorola 68030 CPU and a 68882 math coprocessor clocked at 33, 40, 48, or 50 MHz, 4MB of RAM, and a 2,5" IDE connector for hard drives and CF adapters. If you want to add 512 or 1MB of CHIP RAM, please check our Trapdoor Memory Expansions for Amiga 500 and Amiga 500 Plus. They are the perfect complement to the Terrible Fire Accelerator.

05.08.2021 - Protovision Shop: 'MEGA65 Merchandise for sale!'
We expect that many of you are eagerly awaiting the release of the MEGA65 computer. So how about you pass the time by enjoying some great MEGA65 branded merchandise. The Protovision Shop now stocks t-shirts, USB sticks, mouse pads, key chains, mugs and stickers all with the official MEGA65 branding.

05.08.2021 - The VIC-20. Is It For You? - new video from 'Noel's Retro Lab'
The VIC-20 is a modern recreation of the original Commodore VIC-20. Is it right for you? Let's find out. You may be surprised by Noel's take on it. He was at least!

04.08.2021 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - 'ACA 1233n 40MHz (includes MMU and FPU) and 128MB of RAM'
Accelerator card ACA1233n with a full 40Mhz 68030 CPU (incl. MMU) and a 68882 50Mhz FPU. For Amiga 1200 and Amiga 500 with ACA-500 or ACA-500plus. This is the original ACA1233n from manufacturer and upgraded with a 50Mhz 68882 FPU by AMIGAstore. Two years warranty is covered now covered by AMIGAstore. Product is new and unused. Limited quantity!

04.08.2021 - I built a 1980's Tape Piracy device and blew up my C64 - Clonemaster V2 0 - video from 'Mark Fixes Stuff'
Join Mark as we build a Tape Copying device from the wayward 80's! The CopyMaster v2.0 / Clonemaster v2.0 performs signal rectification from the Commodore Datasette and pipes the beefed up info to two other decks.