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New pricing & PD bundle in the shop

Pricing reform: BASIC from โ‚ฌ10/month, PRO from โ‚ฌ15/month โ€” both membership tiers are cheaper now. New in the shop: the complete PD Collection Bundle for โ‚ฌ99 โ€” all Public-Domain collections in one package instead of ~โ‚ฌ300 individually. Plans → ยท View bundle →

Four Worlds, One Mission โ€“ new homepage + roadmap

The homepage got a fresh start: 4 LIVE projects (Amigo AI, Amiga World, Amiga DB, Retro Shop), three WIP sections (AmigoOS, our own emulator, Amiga Windows Tool) and a roadmap block featuring C64, PS1 and PS2 โ€” every retro classic gets its own world. Visit the new homepage →

Amiga Knowledge Base launched โ€“ 65,174 entries openly browseable

The Amiga Knowledge Base is live! Over 65,174 curated entries on demos, software, hardware, tracker music, cheats and games โ€” free to browse for everyone. BASIC members unlock full search and unlimited access, PRO will soon get the complete archive download. Start browsing →

Registration fixed & newsletter with Captcha

Good news: user registration is back to working smoothly! We’ve also added a Captcha to our newsletter sign-up to keep bot submissions out. Register now →

Community discussion on English Amiga Board

The Amiga community is talking about Amigo AI! There’s already a lively discussion on the English Amiga Board with over 14 replies. Drop by and share your thoughts! To the EAB thread →

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DMA

Direct Memory Access (DMA) is a system architecture feature in Amiga computers where the custom chips (particularly Agnus or Alice) can access Chip RAM directly without involving the CPU. This allows the graphics, audio, and blitter coprocessor to fetch data and perform operations independently, freeing the CPU for other tasks. The DMA controller manages bus arbitration between the CPU and custom chips, enabling the Amiga's renowned real-time multimedia capabilities and smooth multitasking even during intensive graphics operations.
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