Amigent lets AI agents remotely control an Amiga
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Developer Andreas Wendorf (Akustikrausch) has released Amigent, which lets a PC or Mac connect to a real Commodore Amiga over a home network: AI agents such as Claude Code and Codex can install software and change settings on its behalf, or you can operate the remote desktop manually like VNC. The Amiga side requires AmigaOS 2.04 or later, any CPU from the 68000 upward, a network connection (a plipbox on the parallel port is sufficient) and a TCP/IP stack such as Roadshow; the PC or Mac side requires Windows, macOS or Linux and Python 3.10 or later. On first launch you must allow it to access the local network, otherwise it cannot connect to the Amiga. Wendorf warns against exposing the Amiga to the internet.
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- Hacker News AIShow HN: Amigent – AI agent and remote desktop for Commodore Amiga over 50 KB/s
Amigent connects a PC or Mac to a real Amiga over the home network, letting an AI agent such as Claude Code or Codex perform tasks like installing software and changing settings, or letting the user control the Amiga as a remote desktop with live screen, mouse and keyboard, file transfer and shared clipboard. It is tuned for slow hardware and networks, with a 7 MHz 68000 sending its whole screen in under a second and a click over a plipbox showing its result in a fraction of a second. It requires AmigaOS 2.04 or newer, any CPU from the 68000 on, a network connection and a TCP/IP stack, plus a PC or Mac with Python 3.10 or newer, and is MIT licensed.
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