Amiga Workbench Simulator Helps You Pick Your Ultimate Retro Desktop In Your Browser

We’re in the midst of a classic computing revival, with numerous recreations of older hardware, such as THEC64 Mini and the Amiga A1200. This retro goodness isn’t limited to just hardware, though. Enthusiasts are contributing with interesting software projects like The Amiga Workbench Simulator (TAWS) as well.

TAWS has been a labor of love for developer Michael Rupp, who initially launched it over twenty years ago. He describes the project as a “pure JavaScript simulation of the Amiga Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 FE for Firefox and Apple-WebKit-based browsers (Chrome, Opera, Edge, etc. incl. Odyssey) aiming for the goal to reproduce the Workbench in all its flavours as closely as possible.”

It’s an excellent way for fans of the Amiga to be able to revisit the OS and bring back memories of whatever specific era of the Amiga they were a part of. Although what’s even ...