Saturday, May 3, 2025

 

 

 Amiga users/ fans check out the latest Issue #16 of WhatIFF? Amiga Guide magazine :check::boing:

 Issue 16 is out for April 2025! You can get it at Aminet and WhatIFF? sitehttps://www.whatiff.info/

 Reviews
• OpenPSX2AmigaPadAdapter - PlayStation Controller to Amiga
• AKUA Amiga to Keyboard UDB Adapter
• RGB to VGA Ultimate Adapter
• Tikus US Mouse/Joystick Adapter
• TechnoSound Turbo Sampler (New Edition)
• Amiga OS3.2 Reference Manual (English Edition)

Games
• Final bHangman
• Dungeonette

Guides
• How to upgrade a PiStorm32-3A+ to a PiStorm32-CM4
• Using OpenURL in AmigaGuide
• DigiPaint - Back to the basics
• Accessing BBSs without a modem

Articles
• 15Khz DELL monitors: An examination
• The Amiga, us, the community
• ChatGPT and Amiga
• Increase interest in your pixel art

Interviews
• Paul Vince AGS
• Rob Cranely SOLAS
• Timothy Deters FinalWriter

The coverdisk contains pixel art examples and a whole new set of music for play via the magazine. Thank you everyone who has contributed to this issue, and for putting up with me over the last four years. I am looking forward to the magazine continuing under the leadership of Bill, who will be editing the magazine from the August issue 4.17.

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

 Amiga users/ fans check out the latest Issue #15 of WhatIFF? Amiga Guide magazine :check::boing:

Issue 15 is out for December 2024! You can get it at Aminet and WhatIFF? sitehttps://www.whatiff.info/


You can also read it on your PC or tablet using TAWS site https://taws.ch/WB.html?wbrun=WhatIFF:WhatIFF3.15/WhatIFF-Issue-3.15.guide
 

Reviews:
• RastPort PCMCIA Adapter
• Electroware PSU
• A500 2MB + RTC
• IBrowse 3a
• FlashMandel Vamped Edition
• GoVD - Virtual Workbench
• A600GS
• GOEX Drive SD Card Version

Game Reviews:
• RogueCraft
• Untangle

Tutorials:
• Andy Vaisey`s Blitz Basic Basics - Part 2 - A Simple Demo
• Avoid Clicks`n`Pops in Your Audio - Part 3 of 3
• Installation of CPU fan on a TF1260 in a tower
• Digital Xmas Card using ImageFX & Brilliance
• LightWave 101: Cleaning Up Objects
• First Time Users: Setting Up Amiga OS3.2 on a real Amiga
• First Time Users: Workbench 3.2 - MenuTools

Articles:
• WHDLoad and Retro Gaming: What are the best options for Amiga gamers in 2024?
• Update from Gunnar regarding V4 updates and progress
• Excursions into an NTSC Amiga
• Coding The Elephant's Balloon & Other Children's Bedtime Stories by K.P.Koljonnen

Interviews:
• Carsten Jensen - www.retro-commodore.eu
• RedBug - FlashMandel Vamped Edition
• Grzegorz Kraszewsk - Untangle
• Krzysztof Donat - GoVD

Cover Disk:
• Audio Samples
• Blitz Basic Basics Demo and programming files
• Music Disk: Mr. Roboto - The Elephant's Balloon & Other Children's Bedtime Stories LP

 

Merry Christmas 🙏


Thursday, August 8, 2024

Amiga users/ fans check out the latest Issue #14 of WhatIFF? Amiga Guide magazine

Issue 14 is out now & download is available at Aminet and https://www.whatiff.info/ :check: :boing: <3

You will also be able to view the latest issue on TAWS (run it on a web browser to load up various version of AmigaOS and on the Workbench you'll see a WhatIFF? folder)

The magazine contains the following content:

Reviews:
SDBox v2
TF536
Amiga GPT
Backdrop Pattern Generator
Redit
Retronics Plastic Covers
ApolloExplorer

Game Reviews:
Cecconoid
ZombieSurvivor
Shift

Guides:
Blitz Basic Basics Part 1: Introduction and Setup
How to Setup WPA2 Encrypted WIFI on PiStorm
More on Noise Reduction
ApolloBoot: Getting Started
Creative Graphics: Creating Custom Brushes
First Time: Creating MagicWB Backdrops from Modern Photos

Articles:
Show Report Kickstart 02
Old Computer Challenge 2023
The Elements of the Game
FPU or not FPU
Full Circle

Interviews:
karri-Pekka Koljonen: Hippo Player
Cameron Armstrong: AmigaGPT
Wayne Ashworth: Scourge of the Underkind
Michael Rupp: TAWS
Badgerpunch: Henning and Ricki - Roguecraft

Shell Talk
Invents Corner

Cover Disk:
M1 Samples
Printable WhatIFF? Disk Label
Mods from MrRobot
Transparent Low-Res Pointer
WHDLoad Torrent File

Authors:
Andy Vaisey, Ivan Sorensen, John Scolieri, Kevin Saunders, Kristian KG,
Martyn Bampton, Rob O'Malley, and Timo Paul.

Thank you to everyone who has written an article(s), helped with editing and provided suggestions. This issue is the first one to have inline images for those on OS3.2, please be aware though that the pages can take up to 30 seconds to render on slower Amigas, so do not be surprised if it takes a while for a page to show up. Also thanks to Roald Strauss we have music in the magazine via easy on and off buttons from the main menu. Enjoy the magazine!

 

& here's what the less viewed NE section of the mancave looks like today!


 

Thursday, April 4, 2024

 Amiga users/ fans check out the latest Issue #13 of WhatIFF? Amiga Guide magazine

Issue 13 is out now & download is available at Aminet and https://www.whatiff.info/ :check: :boing: <3

Reviews:
xT Amiga 600 Turbo Card
Open Amiga Sampler
Apollo Computer V4+ Standalone
RNOXfer
Aminet Goodies

Game Reviews:
Weasels Gaming Corner: Current Games
The Deep
Dice Masters

Guides:
Game Graphics: What NOT to do
Making Modules 101 Part One
How to Get Better Samples
Creative Graphics: Easzy Aztec Graphics
Brilliance 101 Part 12 - Tokyo Bay Part 2
Creative Graphics: Fun With Smear

Articles:
Completing Games at Long Last
Building a New Rejuvenator in 2024
Amiga Paradox of Choice
Amiga Through the Lens of LD Learner Part 2
Contributing article: Lessons from a 7Mhz CPU

Interviews:
Massimo Loi: NEONnoir
Simone Bevilacqua: RETREAM
8080: The Deep and Dice Masters
Willem Drijver: Apollo Robin Hood

Shell Talk
Invents Corner

Cover Disk:
The Deep
WHDLoad Torrent File

Authors:
Andy Vaisey, Ivan Sorensen, John Scolieri, Kevin Saunders, Rob O'Malley,
and Timo Paul.

 

 & here's what the NW section of the mancave looks like lately before I dismantle my Amiga 1200 Tower to finally send off my 1D1 MB to get recapped !


 

Thursday, December 14, 2023

 Amiga users/ fans check out the latest Issue #12 of WhatIFF? Amiga Guide magazine

Available via download from http://www.whatiff.info/ as well as https://aminet.net/

Issue 12 includes:

Reviews:
A600 RGB2HDMI Adapters
Furia Accelerator
DrawerGenie
Aminet Goodies

Game Reviews:
Spheroid (Demo)
Tenebra 1 and 2

Guides:
Making DF1 work as DF0 with the PiStorm
A314-CP date/time and device not found fix
Creative Graphics: 3D Objects with a word processor
Brilliance 101 - Tokyo Bay
ImageFX 101 - Part 2

Articles:
The Amiga Philosopher's Stance on Amiga Games
Things Commodore Did Right
Amiga Through the Lens of an LD Learner

Interviews:
Andrew Vaisey - Spheroid
Rob Cranley - DrawerGenie
Miguel Fides - Trinity Card

Shell Talk
Invents Corner

Cover Disk:
Spheroid Xmas Demo - 15 Levels
Audio Sample Pack 1

Authors:
Ivan Sorensen, John Scolieri, Kevin Saunders, Rob O'Malley, and Timo Paul.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Friday, September 29, 2023

 

 Amiga users/ fans check out the latest Issue #11 of WhatIFF? Amiga Guide magazine

Available via download from http://www.whatiff.info/ as well as https://aminet.net/

Issue 11 includes:

Reviews:
* ImageFX 4.5
* OmniPort A1200
* AmigaKit RED LEDs
* Amiga CD32 Disc Reference Guide Book

Game Reviews:
* CyberPunks 2
* NightShift

Tutorials:
* LightWave 101 - Rendering DEMs
* ImageFX 101 - Digital Postcard
* Brilliance 101 - Dithering
* OctaMED 101 - Setting up OctaMED SoundStudio
* How to install RTG on PiStorm32-lite
* ELUDE Demos on PiStorm32-lite
* Reducing noise in 8-bit samples
* Modern Effects in Oldskool trackers

Articles:
* Amiga Magazines Yesterday Today
* Custom music vs stock music
* Revisiting Tokyo Retro Computer Users Meet

Interviews:
* Apollo Team Part 1 of 2
* Scorpion Engine - Erik Hogan
* RNO Developer

Cover Disk
* BitBeam Cannon Demo - Aeon Legends
* Acidic breakcore OctaMED multi-module

Friday, June 30, 2023

 

 Amiga users/ fans check out the latest issue #10 of WhatIFF? Amiga Guide magazine

I have to admit that it's just comfy and cool to read a new Amiga magazine on my Amiga computer ! For this issue 10 release there's also a PDF version and both can be downloaded from http://www.whatiff.info/ as well as https://aminet.net/ and for the first time there's an exclusive game demo of Humulet which is a new dungeon crawler with great HAM6 graphics that can run on OCS miggies !

More details are below:

Reviews:

PiStorm 32-Lite
A314-CP
HID2AMI v2.0
How Synthesizers Work
Commotron Gamepad Turbo
Aminet Goodies

Game Reviews:

Weasels Quick Gaming Corner
Attack of the Petscii Robots
Luma
NEON Noir

Guides:

A314-CP Setup
LightWave 3D - Creating Objects for 2D work
Brilliance - RubThrough Tips

Articles:
Amiga Gaming and You
Amiga Daily Software

Interviews:
Remi - Hamulet
Carlos - RedPill
Marcin - A314-CP
Mirko - HID2AMI v2.0

Shell Talk