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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #44 on: July 03, 2024, 11:22:24 AM »
@Boing-ball

Thanks, we have had some suggestions as well as encouraging feedback

Another video review today:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDFUKLfZ3Hs
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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #45 on: July 09, 2024, 01:52:07 PM »
The following software updates for the A600GS have been uploaded today through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users:


46.1.745 (09.07.2024):

* Address race condition when setting up the detection and driver initialisation of the DB9 Joystick ports.

* Add C:Date to SystemV46 


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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #46 on: July 12, 2024, 11:08:33 AM »
The following software updates for the A600GS have been uploaded today through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users:


46.1.751 (12.07.2024) :

A600GS
Add CD support to systemv46 config and enable mounting of ISO images in AmiBench via the "Insert New Disk" item in the PAUSE MENU.   Note:  Users who have customised AmiBench screen mode may want to back up their settings before updating.

Add password and username retrieval buttons to the Amisphere login panel.
Pressing these will enable the user to have their username emailed to their
account email and perform a password reset if they for get their password.

Pause Menu and sub windows now "grab" the mouse pointer preventing accidentally transferring focus back to amiberry when its paused.


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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #47 on: July 19, 2024, 04:20:57 PM »
The following software updates for the A600GS have been uploaded today through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users:


46.1.765 (19.07.2024):

Fix USBMount Config issues causing quirky file permissions on USB drives


46.1.763:

Add a short delay before initialisation GPIO to allow the low level drivers to finish startup.  Should fix DB9 Joystick initialisation.

Add Restart Menu option to shutdown to allow a rapid soft restart of the main A600GS Menu.

Changing model in a class with no memory options (eg AmiBench) would cause a segfault. FIXED.

Internal fixes and improvements to the build system.

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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #48 on: July 25, 2024, 03:42:56 PM »
Our Time Prefs program has been added to AmiBench on the A600GS.   This will be released as part of a free downloadable update in the coming days.   You may notice that it uses a few extended Classes and Gadgets that are part of SystemV46.







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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #49 on: July 26, 2024, 12:29:41 PM »
A restructure of Programs partition on the AmiBench on the A600GS:



Games drawer added for games that can start from AmiBench, such as WHDLOAD / JST games packs.

Office drawer icon added.  This is for applications such as Final Writer.




Time Prefs updated to v46.21 which adjusts the tab corners to rounded edges.

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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #50 on: July 26, 2024, 04:54:50 PM »
The following software updates for the A600GS have been uploaded today through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users:


46.1.776 (26.07.2024):


AmiBerry:
Merge with latest AmiBerry release, retaining the threaded SDL rendering for performance.
A couple of small fixes for valgrind.
The Status bar was overwriting the end of the  SDL surface by 1 line, causing crashes when the Surfaces were freed. FIXED.
Add a custom RTG screen mode to support "Future Attractions"
A600GS:
Add improved error handling and reporting to the update process.
Fix up left over GUI locks after update failures (and occasionally success!)

The GPIOCtrl object could be disposed off uninitialised if the application exited very soon after startup, typically when passed an incorrect command-line arg, that only happens in testing. FIXED

Improve handling of incorrect arguments, catching the correct exception in the on_cmd() signal handler.

Build script tweaks
Wrong flag was tested for reinstalling programs

When the start button on gamepad was pressed as the "any key to start" the joystick handler would switch modes, leaving a trailing key down event that would trigger autorepeat. FIXED.

Update archive unpacking errors now throw exceptions, for error reporting through the previously fixed mechanism

SystemV46:
Add SYS:Prefs/Time and SYS:System/TimeGuard to allow time setting independent of the host machine.
Setup InstallerNG
Some config changes to support "Future Attractions"

Programs:
Add Games directory to support "Future Attractions"
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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #51 on: August 02, 2024, 03:01:17 PM »
The following software updates for the A600GS have been uploaded today through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users:


46.1.792 (02.08.2024):

A600GS:
Add special handling for backing up from INSTALL archives

AmiBerry:
Using SDL_Renderer settings to add support for scaling P96 screens to fit the display.
Add a specific patch for display the VGP screen at correct aspect.
Set default to write_log to true for __A600GS__
Fix bug where scanning of P96 modes might abort.

A600GS:
Add GetPASoundCardMute(index) to query the mute status of an audio sink.
Use above to keep PauseMenu mute button in sync with sound card.
Add game panel mute button top right.
Now checks for a600gs update version via public URL when not logged in.
 
Use fork and exec to launch kickstart helpers. Rather than system and escaping so that any weird filename a will work as expected.

Display the a600gs firmware and image version bottom left on login screen
Fix up logic for displaying available updates when not logged in.

Clean up logging and remove some redundant output
No longer set audio volume when changing sink, let Pulse do the work for us.

Improve handling of duplicate directory names when installing games and apps.
Add a new function to extract a more human readable title from a ADF filename or similar.

Verify file size of downloaded file matches file size returned by file manager.
Discard file and abort update if the above test fails.

SystemV46:
AB-Dock no longer crashes on exit.
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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #52 on: August 28, 2024, 08:24:42 PM »
A new update to Amibench is imminent for the A600GS.   It contains our new Type command and updates to Dir and List commands.  Further commands are being developed.



The new Type command has all standard options including MULTI handle multi-assigns if a patch like TrueMultiAssigns isn’t running.  The WIDTH option if given 0 as a parameter will use the entire width of the console window for hex output.  Our developer has also added the HEADER option to improve the output when printing the contents of multiple files.

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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #53 on: August 30, 2024, 09:55:08 PM »
aThe following software updates for the A600GS have been uploaded today through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users:


46.1.806 (30.08.2024):

A600GS:
* The restore from internal defaults function now works.
* Now avoids deleting / overwriting settings when saving / restoring the installed Games and Apps, (existing backups may contain setting data).

AmiBench:
 
Add latest C commands:
* Type v46.0 added:   has all standard options including MULTI handle multi-assigns
* Dir v46.9 updated
* List v46.20 updated
* AddDataTypes v46.11 was improved quite a bit and can now also give datatype usage information with the “STATS” option.
* AddBuffers v46.7 can set the buffers of multiple DOS devices using special syntax.
* Rename v46.10 is now able to relabel volumes and can also modify file comments.
* Version v46.17 can use wildcard patterns which must be a first for OS3. For example you can use: “Version c:#?”  to display the version number of all commands in C:      CRC64 checksums can also be displayed now.
* WBRun v46.5 can now use wbstart.library in order to function with DOpus Magellan, and also had a missing semaphore added.

* OpenURL v7.18 added

* Directory Opus 4 font sizes increased

Programs:
* Updated HippoPlayer to version 2.61

Games and Apps:

* Super Skid Marks added
« Last Edit: September 01, 2024, 02:00:35 PM by amigakit »
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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #54 on: September 06, 2024, 05:15:18 PM »
The following software updates for the A600GS have been uploaded today through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users:


46.1.815 (06.09.2024):

ArmGfxLibrary:
Implement line drawing functionality accelerating graphics rendering on Amibench and other applications.

ROM:
Patch p96gfx_hidd to use the above accelerated linedrawing


A600GS:
The update confirmation requester could get locked into disabled state after usage in previous session. Now always creates a fresh requester object at the start of each update session

Rename "DB9 Left Joystick" as "DB9 Joystick 1" and "DB9 Right Joystick" as "DB Joystick 2" for greater clarity and consistency with labelling on casing.

Fix some edit window undo bugs.

AmiBerry:
If AmiBerry had not been run the post install script would fail when it attempted to copy to the Amiberry home directory.  Now checks for directory before copying.
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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #55 on: September 19, 2024, 05:55:50 PM »
Our in house developer has spent the last 10 days working on porting YAM email client to the A600GS.

There were some lockup bugs in Zune and YAM itself with timers that took some days to diagnose and fix.  These are now resolved and YAM is working well.

The latest 2.10 version for the A600GS supports AmiSSL 5.17 - which is preinstalled in AmiBench.



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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #56 on: September 24, 2024, 02:17:32 PM »
The following software updates for the A600GS have been uploaded today through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users:

46.1.825  (24/09/2024):

Programs:

* Network drawer (added)
* Yam 2.10 application new build (added)
* Dopus4:  added Download button for retrieving files from the internet
* SnoopDOS 3.11 (added)

SystemV46:

* Picture Datatype 46.15 (updated)
* AMISSL 5.17 (updated)
* DefIcons 46.7 (updated)
* Version 46.18 (updated)
* CLI 46.9 (updated)
* Wget 1.12 (added)
* MultiView: bug fixed where it was always returning 1.  Now returns 0 success and 20 failure
* AB-Dock: Add YAM icon and separator
* MUIMaster Library v19.71 (updated)
* Zune Prefs (added)

A600GS:

Add advance section to the updates area, that allows selective updating / reinstalling of the most recent updates. The default method is preferred for more efficient update, but the extra control will allow fixing problems and reinstalling accidentally deleted component updates

Under some situations the inserted USB sticks and drives might not appear in AmiBench, now we force a refresh of the USB data before each restart of AmiBench.

AmiBerry:

* Ensure the libfloppybridge plugin is installed
* Update 'builtin' AROS roms to latest source on Deadwood branch
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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #57 on: October 03, 2024, 01:37:09 PM »
The following software updates for the A600GS have been uploaded today through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users:


46.1.840  (03/10/2024):


SystemV46:

* Add default tool of Multiview to ENVARC:SYS icons
* AK-ILBM datatype replaces the AROS ILBM datatype

A600GS:

* Add Purchases and Downloads panel to allow downloading of products purchased on AmiStore

* Refactor update progress reporting to a global method in the application class, to allow easy reuse between classes and access by deeeply nested object methods.

* Add network download progress reporting using the new framework

* Add force option behind the scenes to allow skipping the checksum optimisation when updating from the advanced section.

* System / Programs / AppInstalls archives: Update installer scripts to support above force option



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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #58 on: October 10, 2024, 01:46:52 AM »
This week our developer is working on AmiBench enhancements.  The antialiased text will be rendered through the Arm Graphics Library instead of slower 68k code.   We hope to progressively convert more 68k functions across to native ARM code to boost AmiBench graphics performance.
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Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #59 from previous page: October 11, 2024, 12:22:14 PM »
Amiga News have published an interview article about the A600GS computer system:

English

German
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