A journalist and technical writer by profession, Harvey "Harv" Laser was an Amiga Friend and supporter from the beginning.
He purchased an Amiga 1000 as soon as it became available on October 7, 1985. He founded the Amiga Zone dial-up service in the same year, starting on the American People/Link platform (a CompuServe competitor also known as "Plink"), transitioning to Portal Communications in 1991, and finally setting up a website, Telnet and Wildcat system at AmigaZone.com in 1996. He passionately maintained this infrastructure and community well into the 2010s. Having always been fascinated by handheld digital devices, he used to attend early Amiga events with a Canon Xap Shot camera (remember those 2" floppy disks?)
Harv wrote over a thousand Amiga-related articles and reviews, contributing to more printed and online publications than we can count. He was interviewed and quoted on Amiga topics in Time Magazine, Wired Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal. He also wrote numerous software manuals, and the Amiga chapter in John Dvorak's Guide to Desktop Telecommunications (Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 1990). He helped edit Rob Peck's The Amiga Companion (IDG Communications/Peterborough, 1988). He took great care in writing the occasional obituary. [...]
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Harv Laser passed away
Published 19.09.2022 - 17:38 by AndreasM
Wayfarer 4.1 released
Published 18.09.2022 - 13:39 by AndreasM
Wayfarer released in the Version 4.1 for MorphOS.
Changes:
Rebased to WebKitGTK 2.36.7 [...]
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Changes:
Rebased to WebKitGTK 2.36.7 [...]
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Virtual dimension: Where the past meets the future
Published 18.09.2022 - 11:09 by AndreasM
35 years of gaming experience, as well as 20 years worth of Internet videos - Virtual Dimension has been dealing with the digital world for many years to report on interesting, as well as, background information. Whether that's the C64, Amiga, PC, Atari or Schneider: Virtual Dimension knows the history of computer gaming and so gives you the chance to glance backwards while at the same time looking forward to the future.
Since our last announcement, Virtual Dimension has now put the following videos online:
Indiana Jones 4 #1: Das Schicksal von Atlantis (RetroPlay/Amiga) [...]
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Since our last announcement, Virtual Dimension has now put the following videos online:
Indiana Jones 4 #1: Das Schicksal von Atlantis (RetroPlay/Amiga) [...]
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Amiga Videos on Youtube
Published 18.09.2022 - 11:08 by AndreasM
Almost every day new videos about the Amiga are published on Youtube.
In this weekly news report we want to list these videos for you.
Of course, this is just a small selection. We don't know all the Youtube channels around the Amiga either. [...]
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In this weekly news report we want to list these videos for you.
Of course, this is just a small selection. We don't know all the Youtube channels around the Amiga either. [...]
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Games That Werent: Aphasia
Published 17.09.2022 - 13:19 by AndreasM
Games That Weren write:
Yet another late Amiga game which was sadly never to be, and an interesting looking sideways scrolling shoot-em-up, which had a bit of a Menace/Blood Money feel to it. Details on the game are sketchy, and it seems only Amiga Computer Studio magazine covered it. Here it was revealed that the game would have six levels in total.
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2022/09/aphasia/
Yet another late Amiga game which was sadly never to be, and an interesting looking sideways scrolling shoot-em-up, which had a bit of a Menace/Blood Money feel to it. Details on the game are sketchy, and it seems only Amiga Computer Studio magazine covered it. Here it was revealed that the game would have six levels in total.
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2022/09/aphasia/
WHDLoad: New packets online
Published 17.09.2022 - 11:59 by AndreasM
WHDLoad is a program for using disk games and demos installed on harddisk.
Therefor you need so called install packs and the original disks.
The install packs can be downloaded here: http://www.whdload.de kostenlos geladen werden. [...]
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News URL: http://www.whdload.de/news.html
News Source: WHDLoad
News Source URL: http://www.whdload.de/news.html
News posted by: AndreasM
eMail: andreas@amigafuture.de
Therefor you need so called install packs and the original disks.
The install packs can be downloaded here: http://www.whdload.de kostenlos geladen werden. [...]
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News URL: http://www.whdload.de/news.html
News Source: WHDLoad
News Source URL: http://www.whdload.de/news.html
News posted by: AndreasM
eMail: andreas@amigafuture.de
New uploads in MorphOS Storage
Published 17.09.2022 - 11:59 by AndreasM
MorphOS Storage is a collection of software for MorphOS and can be found via the URL http://www.morphos-storage.net.
It contains more 400 archives, possibilty to class in alphabetic order and by category and search option.
You have access to an info text, readme file, developer website and snapshot and video and possibility to comment software. [...]
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News URL: http://www.morphos-storage.net/index.php?all=1
News Source: MorphOS Storage
News Source URL: http://www.morphos-storage.net/index.php?all=1
News posted by: AndreasM
eMail: andreas@amigafuture.de
It contains more 400 archives, possibilty to class in alphabetic order and by category and search option.
You have access to an info text, readme file, developer website and snapshot and video and possibility to comment software. [...]
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News URL: http://www.morphos-storage.net/index.php?all=1
News Source: MorphOS Storage
News Source URL: http://www.morphos-storage.net/index.php?all=1
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New uploads in OS4 Depot
Published 17.09.2022 - 11:59 by AndreasM
The OS4 Depot is a collection of software for the AmigaOS 4 and can be found via the URL http://www.os4depot.net .
With more than 3,000 files, it should now be the largest collection of software titles for the AmigaOS 4.
As in Aminet, the software is usually released by the programmers themselves and can download it for free. [...]
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News URL: http://www.os4depot.net/share/FULLINDEX.readme
News Source: OS4Depot.net
News Source URL: http://www.os4depot.net/share/FULLINDEX.readme
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eMail: andreas@amigafuture.de
With more than 3,000 files, it should now be the largest collection of software titles for the AmigaOS 4.
As in Aminet, the software is usually released by the programmers themselves and can download it for free. [...]
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News URL: http://www.os4depot.net/share/FULLINDEX.readme
News Source: OS4Depot.net
News Source URL: http://www.os4depot.net/share/FULLINDEX.readme
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New publications at Kultboy.com
Published 17.09.2022 - 11:59 by AndreasM
Kultboy.com is a fan page about the good old computer magazines.
Reports from older computer magazines will be published here.
Since our last report the following Publications have been added:
[...]
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News URL: http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=allupdates
News Source: Kultboy
News Source URL: http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=allupdates
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eMail: andreas@amigafuture.de
Reports from older computer magazines will be published here.
Since our last report the following Publications have been added:
[...]
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News URL: http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=allupdates
News Source: Kultboy
News Source URL: http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=allupdates
News posted by: AndreasM
eMail: andreas@amigafuture.de
New uploads in The Aros Archive
Published 17.09.2022 - 11:59 by AndreasM
The AROS Archives is a collection of software for the AROS Research Operating System and can be found via the URL http://archives.aros-exec.org .
It runs in a similar way to Aminet, as the programmers themselves usually upload their own software in order to make it available to AROS users.
With nearly 1,000 uploads there is now an interesting collection of software for AROS. [...]
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News URL: http://archives.aros-exec.org/share/FULLINDEX.readme
News Source: Aros-Exec.org
News Source URL: http://archives.aros-exec.org/share/FULLINDEX.readme
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eMail: andreas@amigafuture.de
It runs in a similar way to Aminet, as the programmers themselves usually upload their own software in order to make it available to AROS users.
With nearly 1,000 uploads there is now an interesting collection of software for AROS. [...]
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News URL: http://archives.aros-exec.org/share/FULLINDEX.readme
News Source: Aros-Exec.org
News Source URL: http://archives.aros-exec.org/share/FULLINDEX.readme
News posted by: AndreasM
eMail: andreas@amigafuture.de