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A600GS & A1200NG / Re: A600GS Updates
« Last post by Rusty Breadbin on September 07, 2025, 09:04:04 AM »So after my post a few days ago AmiKit contacted me directly with a link to the latest image file, which I downloaded (although it took a few tries as the download kept stopping, finally after disabling my VPN and copying the file to my personal Dropbox space it finally downloaded), and the Win32DiskImager refused to work on two computers, one with Windows 11 and another with Windows 10 (which it is supposed to work with), so I found another (thanks @janikosk78) called BalenaEtcher which worked perfectly.
I decided to buy a new SD card in case I completely fouled things up with the new card, and was able to buy the exact same model and size of MicroSD card that was inside my A600. The image writing process took only a few minutes, and the wait on the initial boot up on the 600 was only a few minutes as well. After a false start trying to set my wifi up (which required a reboot, that pregnant pause between the booting bar screen and the startup tune playing every time still leaves me wondering, will it, won't it...) I got everything working and did the update, which was another few minutes, and now here I am.
I finally got to try the video player and I've got to echo the comments of others before in saying that it is simply amazing to see an mp4 file play, in 720p no less, on an Amiga style system. If only this could be done back in the day on a classic Amiga. I copied an mp4 file over from my Windoze box to try to which also played flawlessly. I notice it's only a bare bones system, but at least I can use the left and right arrows to jump forward and backward a few seconds at a time (that's a bare necessity). The ability to show the time elapsed (like in VLC) would be nice too, but I'm very happy with what I'm seeing for now, and will most likely use it from time to time instead of watching mp4s on my PC, just for the novelty of being able to.
I also tried out the new AmiBrowser, once again, simply stunning. I haven't tried loading a YouTube video, will try that next, but my first stop had to be here. I really can't believe I'm typing this post for this forum on my A600GS, that's quite a buzz.
Again I notice it's pretty bare bones at the moment, hopefully things like bookmarks and the ability to download will be added in due time, also tabbed browsing (if possible). But still stunning what has been achieved so far.
EDIT: tried YouTube, guess that's not gonna tear me away from watching vids on my PC (and f*** you Google I'm never turning adblocker off), but once again it's an amazing achievement that it's playing, even if it is slightly choppy even at 480/360p.
Thanks to the guys & gals at AmiKit for your help, and also shout out to @janikosk78 for your comments via email.
Not gonna tear me away from using my Turbo Chameleon cart just to play some games (game speed on some games still below par, and WHDload game support spotty at best), but I'm loving what I have seen in AmiBench at least already.
I decided to buy a new SD card in case I completely fouled things up with the new card, and was able to buy the exact same model and size of MicroSD card that was inside my A600. The image writing process took only a few minutes, and the wait on the initial boot up on the 600 was only a few minutes as well. After a false start trying to set my wifi up (which required a reboot, that pregnant pause between the booting bar screen and the startup tune playing every time still leaves me wondering, will it, won't it...) I got everything working and did the update, which was another few minutes, and now here I am.
I finally got to try the video player and I've got to echo the comments of others before in saying that it is simply amazing to see an mp4 file play, in 720p no less, on an Amiga style system. If only this could be done back in the day on a classic Amiga. I copied an mp4 file over from my Windoze box to try to which also played flawlessly. I notice it's only a bare bones system, but at least I can use the left and right arrows to jump forward and backward a few seconds at a time (that's a bare necessity). The ability to show the time elapsed (like in VLC) would be nice too, but I'm very happy with what I'm seeing for now, and will most likely use it from time to time instead of watching mp4s on my PC, just for the novelty of being able to.
I also tried out the new AmiBrowser, once again, simply stunning. I haven't tried loading a YouTube video, will try that next, but my first stop had to be here. I really can't believe I'm typing this post for this forum on my A600GS, that's quite a buzz.
Again I notice it's pretty bare bones at the moment, hopefully things like bookmarks and the ability to download will be added in due time, also tabbed browsing (if possible). But still stunning what has been achieved so far.
EDIT: tried YouTube, guess that's not gonna tear me away from watching vids on my PC (and f*** you Google I'm never turning adblocker off), but once again it's an amazing achievement that it's playing, even if it is slightly choppy even at 480/360p.
Thanks to the guys & gals at AmiKit for your help, and also shout out to @janikosk78 for your comments via email.
Not gonna tear me away from using my Turbo Chameleon cart just to play some games (game speed on some games still below par, and WHDload game support spotty at best), but I'm loving what I have seen in AmiBench at least already.
