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CDXL player | Fredrik Wikstrom made a portable, SDL-based command line program for playing Amiga CDXL files on today's computers. CDXL is an motion video file format developed by Commodore in the late 1980s and early 1990s for the Amiga computer platform. The CDXL player can be used with an AROS or Windows system.

NetSurf v3.0 - 68k | NetSurf is a free, open source web browser with CSS support for the 68k Amiga. Changes in this version: Getvideo: v0.22, ixemul: v62.1, Special chars on title are working, Buttons act like real buttons, Streaming of videos, Support for more unicode characters, Icons for search engines and Bookmarks. Please visit the web page for all the details.

MorphOS Development Wiki | A new wiki is available for the users of MorphOS. The goal of this site is to collect and provide development information for everyone who is interested in developing software for the exciting operating system known as MorphOS.

Merlin Web Browser v0.06 | Arend-Paul Spijkerman released a new version of his (beta) web browser. In this version the stability problem on Amigas are fixed. The home button works better now and you can switch the favourites bar on or off. The loading of IFFs is now faster, the gui and html engine has improved in speed. The Merlin Web Browser can be used on a Amiga 68k (kickstart 2.0+), Mac OSX, Windows and Linux. Arend-Paul is now working on improving the HTML and CSS engine.

Cartograph V1.1 | Arkanix Labs has released a native Commodore 64 application for designing tile-based maps/levels. This versatile tool allows you to create maps and levels for your games, matrices and data for demos and tools and much more. There is a pdf manual available.

OWB v3.18 | Jörg Strohmayer released a new version of his web browser for the Amiga. In this new version: Fixed bug zoom in/out with CTRL + mouse wheel. Fixed bug with cookie, file uploads and favicon scaling. SplashLauncher is updated to version 1.6. Added are: Creating pointers from images and favicon support. For all the details visit the web page of Jörg.

MINIPAINT | Mike released a drawing program for the Commodore VIC-20. This pixel-oriented editor is divided into three windows: A scrolling window of 40x32 pixels (zoomed to 4 times), a window in original size and a status-, info- and help-window. The program supports hi-res, and multi-colour for each (4/8)x16 cell. The pictures are PAL/NTSC compatible and contain a stand-alone viewer.

AmiTwitter | IKE is developing a Twitter client for the Amiga. At this moment the program is an alpha version and IKE is searching for people who want to help him testing the program. Features: Sends Tweets, Downloads Following Tweets (and images), Sends Direct Messages, Downloads @Replies, Downloads Most Recent Public Tweets, Displays the most recent Tweets that you have sent.

Plus4IDE v1.64 | There is an update available of Plus4IDE (Plus/4 Integrated Development Environment). The update concist of bugfixes and cosmetic improvements. For people who want to know more about Plus4IDE or want to contribute can also download the source-code.

Pimp my MorphOS | Marcin Korni Kornaś has collected 16 skins for MorphOS. You can view a full-screen version of each skin including all details. If you have a skin of your own, you can submit it to Korni's web page.

geoGlyph | geoGlyph is a GEOS Desk Accessory. It is a game of pattern matching. The aim is to form color matches at least 3 long either horizontally or vertically by swapping any two adjacent Glyphs. The matched Glyphs are removed, and gravity takes effect, dropping Glyphs into the spaces left open by the removed match. The game is made by Sean Huxter and can be downloaded from his web page.

cc65 - v2.13.0 | cc65 is a complete cross development package for 65(C)02 systems, including a powerful macro assembler, a C compiler, linker, librarian and several other tools.
cc65 has C and runtime library support for many of the old 6502 machines, including: Commodore VIC20, C16, C116, Plus/4, C64, C128, CBM 500/600/700, GEOS C64/128, Apple 2, Atari 8 bit, Lynx, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Supervision console, Oric Atmos.

Timberwolf | Timberwolf is the project name of the AmigaOS port of the Firefox web browser. It's features include: tabbed browsing, support for HTML 5, ECMAScript 3.1, and CSS 3, extensibility through add-ons, and a lot more. In short, Firefox is the most complete open source browser to date. Timberwolf is a spare-time project, not funded by anybody.

Admiral64 | Adric is working on Admiral 64. This program will emulate the BASIC operating environment, with the look and feel of a Commodore 64 (or Plus/4 or 128). It will include: PETSCII graphics, Direct editing and executing of BASIC, In quote mode and a Screen editor. The program is written in C++ and can be used in DOSBox.

ACID 64 v3.02 | Wilfred Bos released an update of his SID player. Improved in this version: Last played file is remembered when ACID 64 is started. Selected file will always be visible. Special characters Ø and ø can now be searched. Escape in search boxes will now select the text. Selecting a search filter will change the color of the filter box. Copy filename strips HVSCRoot automatically. Seeking can now be cancelled (escape). Scrolling search results will now update rows immediately. Clicking on a folder name in Folders tab will expand the folder. For all the details, please visit Wilfreds web page.

Merlin v0.04 | Arend-Paul Spijkerman released an update of his Amiga web browser. In this update: Higher speed (tripled). Less memory use (halved) and bug fixes. The Merlin browser will run on AmigaOS4 PPC, Amiga 68K, Windows, Apple macintosh and Linux. The browser can be downloaded but it is still beta software at the moment.

MorphOS 2.3 | The MorphOS team released a new version of their operating system. In the Boot.img there are 10 changes and more than 50 disk components are updated or new. The trail version of MorpOS 2.3 can be downloaded to try out the new system. Visit the MorpOS web page for all the details.

GrafX2 AmigaOS 4.x | GrafX2 is a bitmap paint program. It's available for Amiga OS 3 / 4 and MorphOS. Visit the web page for all the changes and improvements of the AmigaOS 4.x version.

Plus4IDE v1.63 | A new version of Plus4IDE, the Commodore Plus/4 Integrated Development Environment is now available. In this version: Better documentation. Re-definable shortcut keys. Window position is remembered. CTRL+TAB allows cycling between tabs. Any editor window can be closed. Comment/uncomment code block works more intuitively. The program can be used on a Windows computer.

NetSurf v2.1 - 68k | NetSurf is a free, open source web browser with CSS support. Changes in this version: Added Window title caption, better pointer support, nicer tool bar icons, home page button and favorite sites panel. To run Netsurf you need: AmigaOS 3.x, Ixemul 61.1 (included) and P96 / CGX.

SVS-Calc 1.0 | SVS-Calc 1.0 is a spreadsheet system for the Plus/4. The program is written by Valentino and gives you an intuitive interface, powerful calculation engine, graphics generator, color themes, and much more. You can download the spreadsheet program from the Plus/4 World web page.

AmigaOS 4.1 Quick Fix | The new Quickfix package is available for registered users of AmigaOS 4.1. Features include: Improved overall system stability. Fixed shared object handling, Radeon Warp3D graphics drivers. Improved: IDE drivers, JXFileSystem and Sam440ep ethernet driver. Check the Hyperion web page for all the details.

Twitter - C64 | Johan van den Brande wrote a Twitter client for the Commodore C64. To connect to the internet he uses a MMC replay cartridge with the RR-net option. The Twitter program runs on the C64 with the help of the Contiki operating system. If you don't have an MMC replay cartridge with RR-net, you can use the VICE emulator.

OWB 3.14 | Jörg Strohmayer released a new version of his web browser for the Amiga. In this new version: Fixed the progress bar and several cookie bugs. Implemented HTTP authentication. Added support for scrolling with space and backspace, ToolType DOWNLOADDIR, ToolType DISABLEGIFANIMS and Accept-Language. Updated SplashLauncher to version 1.3. Added new toolbar images and updated scripts from Martin Merz.

64Copy v4.42 | 64COPY is an all-purpose DOS and C64 emulator file manager. It specializes in converting and manipulating emulator files between various formats. 64COPY does file conversions between D64, D71, D81, D80, D82, DNP, D2M, T64, G64, PC64 (Pxx, Sxx, Uxx, Rxx), LNX, DOS binaries, ARC, SDA, X64, LBR, ARK, SPY and CPK files. It also has a very powerful 6502 Disassembler, TEXT, HEX and D64 HEX editors, FILE viewer, BASIC unlister, D64/D71/D81/D80/D82 directory customizer. Check disks and T64, ZipCode, G64, F64 and CRT files for errors.

AMIGIFT 2.0 | AMIGIFT is a peer-to-peer filesharing application which can connect to several networks at once by using plug-ins. This is a 100% AmigaOS native application with a full-featured Graphical User Interface. The requirements for AMIGIFT are: Amiga OS3.0 or higher, 68020 CPU (68060 is prefered), 32 MByte RAM, 8 MBytes hard disk space.

Csabo's Gfx Edit v0.64 | The Csabo's graphics editor has been updated to V0.64. This program can be used to make images or logos for the Plus/4 on a PC (Windows). In this version: Preview window added. Screen update optimization for faster performance. PRG file import and export works better, saves extra color information like Multi-Botticelli. A few minor bugfixes.

Claws Mail Amiga OS4 | Claws Mail is an email client based on GTK+. Besides an email program it also has plug-ins, like a calender or a RSS system. The supported protocols are POP3, SMTP and SSL/TLSv1. If you want to use the program you have to install AmiCygnix v1.0 (or higher) first. Claws Mail and AmiCygnix can be downloaded from the OS4 depot.

ACID 64 Player Pro | Wilfred Bos released a new version (3.00) of ACID 64. With this new version the name has changed to ACID 64 Player Pro and is now only available for HardSID devices. In this version: Fast incremental SID file search on title, author, year and publisher fields. Search through SID tunes via slider bar. Digital clock. Scroll wheel support. Anonymous usage statistics. Tree view of folders improved. SidID search in properties menu is done in background now to access dialog faster. Emulation and Keyboard navigation improvements. Many small improvements and fixes.

JITT64 v1.02 | There is an update of JITT64 available, you can read the details on the JITT64 web page. Java Ice Team Tracker 64 is a java based music tracker (editor) for creating music for SID chip of Commodore 64. Instruments are totally based onto tables for full control of sound generation.

Aros for AmigaOS 4.4 | Aros for AmigaOS (AfA) brings the components of AROS to AmigaOS 3. In version 4.4 the following items are changed: Fixed a bug in the screen title if skins are used. NewInstaller shows the pictures correctly. The DeletePool function is improved. AfA_OS_Libs, AfA_Prefs and AfA_OS_Loader are updated. Residentmodul morelibspace_module is added. The zune_lib.exe is updated. The documentation is updated.

D64 Recall | D64 Recall is a collection of C16 and Plus/4 software. This time Bushrat made a collection of 380 diskettes. Besides games there are Graphics programs, Viewers, Tools and Recipes.

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