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Amiga Magazines / APC&TCP: Amiga Event 40 Merchandise Remaining Available
« Last post by AndreasM on January 13, 2026, 02:41:15 PM »
The remaining merchandise from Amiga Event 40 Mönchengladbach 2025 is now available in our online shop.

Specifically, this includes:

Amiga Event 40 Exhibition Booklet (without coupons!)
Amiga Event 40 Mousepad (blue, black, limited edition)
Amiga Event 40 Mini Flashlight (red, black)
Amiga Event 40 Notepad
Amiga Event 40 Paper Bag (one free with every order)
Amiga Event 40 A1 Poster
Amiga Event 40 Pocket Knife (blue, red, black)
Amiga Event 40 Mug (white, black)
Amiga Event 40 Tote Bag

Only a few of some items are available.

Please understand that we cannot accept reservations.

First come, first served!

As is our custom with these kinds of promotions, the profit goes to Markus to cover his expenses.

https://www.amigashop.org/index.php?cPath=53
https://www.amigashop.org
https://amigaevent.de
https://www.amigafuture.de
http://www.apc-tcp.de
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New User Introductions / Re: Reviving the Amiga Legacy—on SNES
« Last post by SUPER-J11BIT on January 13, 2026, 10:41:00 AM »
Dev Update – Enemy Expansion! 

Hey everyone! I’ve been working hard on new enemy sprites, and I’m excited to reveal a major upgrade:
Two brand-new enemy types have just landed — and they’re not your average foes.These guys fly and shoot, adding a whole new layer of challenge and chaos to the battlefield.
Stay tuned for more sneak peeks and let me know what you think. Your feedback keeps this project alive!  8) 8)

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Amiga Software Issues and Discussion / Re: BlizKick troubles
« Last post by PlatformerZ on January 13, 2026, 08:57:16 AM »
A few points I've heard of are:

A selection of accelerator cards include logic that Hardware maps the rom to fast memory when Maprom or similar is set; while probably the majority ALLOW software mapping from the ss of the rom to fast ram.

If AmigaOS 3.2.2 soft-maps the rom or patches with an update from DEVS in ss by default then Blizkick is going to conflict or a least be unstable.

NB: your solution isn't working in AmigaOS 3.2.2.  but a new install of OS 3.1 which probably wasn't the idea.
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I see the card is in good working condition and just needs a correctly wired cable for the VGA passthrough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqqmQgWlQX0
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Amiga User Group News / Next FCUG meeting - Sunday, January 18, 2026
« Last post by RobertB on January 12, 2026, 09:40:09 PM »
Happy New Year, FCUG members and guests!
     The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2:30+ p.m., Sunday, January 18, at

  Panera Bread Restaurant
  3590 W. Shaw Ave. (corner of W. Shaw Ave. and Marty Ave.)
  Fresno, CA 93711
  (559) 271-0104
  http://www.dickestel.com/meet_loc.htm

     For discussion we'll talk about the April 25-26 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show (CLASS).  Once again we'll look at the newest issues of Compute!'s Gazette magazine.
     At our Christmas meeting, we had so much software to go through that we ran out of time, so we'll continue looking at C64 and Amiga software this time!  Last month GUI64 v1.81 kept crashing; this month we'll see if GUI64 v 1.95 is more stable.  Last month were the games on the C64 Ultimate; this month we'll go over the demos that were included in the C64U.
     The AmigaOne A1222+ returns, and we'll concentrate on games that run on classic OS 1.3/3.1, like SubA1200, Whack-a-Skull, and Chaotic Crazy Castle.
     After being away for some time, the Mini PET from Tynemouth Software also returns.  We'll run some of the latest programs for it -- Radar Rat Race, PET Invaders, and Berserk.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group -
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
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A600GS & A1200NG / Re: Help appreciated with A1200NG D9 joystick/mouse ports
« Last post by broadblues on January 12, 2026, 12:45:23 PM »
So, to be safe would be using a switch in one Port with a d9 mouse and Joystick attached?

Not entirely sure what you mean by that, but DB9 mice don't currently work onlyDB9 joysticks
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Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion / Re: Amiga A1060 Sidecar and XT-IDE/CF Card
« Last post by PlatformerZ on January 12, 2026, 09:26:48 AM »
After recently actually acquiring an A1060 It's great to see interest in the peripheral continuing. :)

I have a Parceiro 8mb ram / SD card device created by David Dunklee that does boot the HDD SD card from the Zorro slot with the help of a combined Kickstart/Workbench disk called Kickwork. The Parceiro came with a Kickwork ADF and HDD tools. So booting from the Zorro slot is possible. I heard the v2.0 Parceiro could autoboot but that may be incorrect.

Have you tried running the early Janus boot disk and then the latter version to set an AmigaOS HDD patition?

 I have similar tools for a GVP PC286 module in a GVP HD8+ II HDD sidecar for A500(+). The HDD is partitioned with the Amiga filesystem; then there's a choice of installing a PC HDD hardfile or PC partition.
The A500(+) must have been further developed than the A1000 to support autobooting from the Zorro slot.
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What kind of beep are you hearing? If its a single fairly high pitched beep, its indicating that all is well with your configuration. If its a multiple buzzy sounding beep, your BIOS settings may be incorrect, or you have a hardware fault.

Even though you have an A4000, make sure there is room in the Zorro II address space to accommodate the Bridgeboard. Total maximum of 8MB for all Zorro II cards, If you have Zorro II graphics cards and memory expansions that use more than 6MB, you will need to remove one, or set it to use less so as to make room for the Bridgeboard.

Also, as you have an 060, don't forget the cache limitations. Installing MMUlib from Aminet (or built into OS3.2) should take care of that.

Once you have it working, just for fun, you can speed it up and optimise your 486 upgrade chip.  https://a4000bear.neocities.org/overclock/A2386/A2386
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Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion / Re: Amiga A1060 Sidecar and XT-IDE/CF Card
« Last post by A4000Bear on January 11, 2026, 11:34:28 PM »
A bit late here, as I stumbled across this while trying to work on a closely related problem.

I have a Monotech XT-IDE Deluxe in my A1060 using XT-IDE and have managed to get it to partially work. I can get the Sidecar to recognise and use the CF card as expected for drive C:, however at this stage I can't create an Amiga partition for use on the Amiga side, as done previously with my old ISA SCSI card and hard drive.

You need to use a very old version of the Sidecar boot floppy, which can be found here https://vetusware.com/download/Commodore%20Amiga%20A1060%20XT%20Sidecar%20Workbench%20Bootdisk/?id=13850
The manual that comes with the sidecar is unclear on the correct setting for the address sector, which needs to be set to E0000-EFFFF. (on DIP switch SW-2, switches 3 & 4 need to be OFF).
In addition, you need to set the address for the XT-IDE ROM to fit into an unused area in the Bridgeboard. In my case CC000 worked well. You can use a DOS program called 'Checkit' to look at the Sidecar's memory map to find a suitable unused area.

Any other (newer) versions of the Sidecar/Bridgeboard Workbench boot disk will fail to recognise the XT-IDE at all. At this stage I don't know why.

Because the old Sidecar Workbench disk prevents me from creating a JH0: Amiga partition, as outlined in the Sidecar manual, I'm trying to find out why later versions of the Sidecar Workbench disk fail completely. If anyone has suggestions it would be much appreciated.
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Can a Piccolo SD64 Scratch a 33 Year Itch? Will it fulfil My Amiga Dreams
33 years ago I had a dream: a 24-bit graphics card for my Amiga 1500, the key to taking my 3D graphics to the next level! There was just one tiny problem… a £3,000 price tag. Fast-forward 33 years and against all odds, a Piccolo SD64 has fallen into my hands — but there’s a catch. It’s untested, it’s ancient, and it may already be dead.  Will it power⚡up? Will it let me live that long-denied Amiga dream? Or will this be the moment when nostalgia goes up in a puff of magic smoke?
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