A600GS Updates

[SkulleateR]

Thanks SkulleateR I remember your post re dumb.adf but would still like the option to eject a floppy

Me too 

[broadblues]

Thanks for this most wanted update.
I can now map the USB drive and Global disks, and even there are no custom memory settings I got 2 MB chip/1GB Fastram.

But how is the RTG supposed to work, what RTG card is activated by Amiberry?
uaegfx does not seem to work here.

As mentioned in another post, the A600GS version of the Amiberry executable did not work with uaegfx under Orange Pi Debian Bookworm either, while building Amiberry-Lite from source did made an executable that had uaegfx working.

AmiBench picks up the RTG automatically but more standard picasso installs  will need the monitor driver in DEVS:Monitors editing.

What I did for my AmigaOS3.5 installation was:

copy the original uaegfx to storage
rename the copy in DEVS:Monitors to 'a600gs'
open icon information for the DEVS:Monitors/a600gs filr and chnage the BOARDTYPE tooltype to
BOARDTYPE=a600gs

[amyren]

Nice. Got RTG working by the simple instructuctions.

But why does the custom setups increase boot times so much?
My close to plain WB31 setup previously was up and running in about 10 seconds, but now it takes an additional minute. Most of this time while displaying a black screen.
Warm reboot takes about a minute as well, normal setup was almost instantly.
It cant be allocatiing the memory or initiating the RTG card that slows it down, since Amibench does not suffer from the delay.

EDIT: Just after posting I made another custom setup with my Workbench 3.9 setup, and this setup does not suffer from the same delay as the WB31.

Second Edit: I found the problem with WB31 is the setpatch (v.40.16) command in startup-sequence that takes very long time to finish. As mentioned above, the same setup (same hdf file) in a non-custom setup dows not have this slowdown.
OS3.2 also suffers from a setpatch delay with custom setup, but not as long as 3.1.

[broadblues]

Nice. Got RTG working by the simple instructuctions.

Good to hear.

EDIT: Just after posting I made another custom setup with my Workbench 3.9 setup, and this setup does not suffer from the same delay as the WB31.

Second Edit: I found the problem with WB31 is the setpatch (v.40.16) command in startup-sequence that takes very long time to finish. As mentioned above, the same setup (same hdf file) in a non-custom setup dows not have this slowdown.
OS3.2 also suffers from a setpatch delay with custom setup, but not as long as 3.1.

I have to admit I  don't know what going on here. I'm not sure if I'm experiencing this with my 3.5 install, it's a straight copy of my old a1200 and an utter mess, so I've dismissed any delays as down to that,

What options (if any) is setpatch being called with?

[broadblues]

I have to admit I  don't know what going on here. I'm not sure if I'm experiencing this with my 3.5 install, it's a straight copy of my old a1200 and an utter mess, so I've dismissed any delays as down to that,

I just disabled SetPatch in my 3.5 startup sequence boot and yes it boots very fast without it.  But, of course, it doesn't update the ROM in memory so it not really running 3.5.

Its a long time since I booted this on real hardware so not sure what the time to boot should be in a "real hardware" case.

[edit]
Restoring set patch but removing the quiet option I see that the bulk of the delay occurs after the reboot. Not sure what it is doing at this point.
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[amyren]

WB3.1 setpatch command have the QUIET argument.

As for yor 3.5 setup I guess it's comparable with my 3.9 setup which does not suffer from the delay. OS3.9 also patches the rom and reboots, but it does not take to long.

[amigakit]

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:

46.1.969  (17/01/2025):

A600GS:

Extend the Custom Full System edit panel with ROM - Extended ROM - CPU type - CPU speed choosers and reinstate the Chip and Fast mem choosers JIT and similar options.

All choosers have an automatic setting that selects the correct ROM (if installed) and CPU speed and type for the given machine. Unless custom ROMs are required a typical setup would likely only increase the CPU speed.

Disable RTG and Zorro3 Mem options for CPUs with 24bit addressing (eg 68EC020 or less) make a visible note i the GUI explaining this.

Relayout the GUI of the edit section to be more consistent.

Hide the majority of customisation options in the pre-installed systems and applications.

Add notification system to allow Amiberry to inform the user when a ROM CPU incompatibility is found. Eg 3.1 ROM with 68000 based OCS/ECS machine. Only works for standard ROMs in Amiberry's database.

Add new customise floppy drives section with to  allow config DF0 through DF3 with floppydrawbridge and Greaseweazle options included.

Add new option to start from a specified title, or the last title played or just the normal GUI as usual.

Refactor and improve USB disk refreshing

Add explicit option to add CDRom drive to custom systems.

Improved auto generation of devices names for HDFs and drawer based filesystems. (Add drawer based filesystems at same time).

Improve mouse-wheel scrolling behaviour in the GUI, scrolling through the settings will no longer accidentally change them.

[amigakit]

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:

46.1.972  (21/01/2025):

* Update built in ROMs to work around  problems with Blitz Basic based programs in Blitz mode accessing private keyboard.device data.


Downloads:

* Roketz game added for one click download and install

 

[ernsteiswuerfel]

What I did for my AmigaOS3.5 installation was:

copy the original uaegfx to storage
rename the copy in DEVS:Monitors to 'a600gs'
open icon information for the DEVS:Monitors/a600gs filr and chnage the BOARDTYPE tooltype to
BOARDTYPE=a600gs

Unfortunately this didn't work out for me on my OS 3.2.2.1 installation.

I installed Picasso96 v3.5.0, which copies the uaegfx driver in DEVS:Monitors already. Afterwards I set the boardtype to a600gs and renamed the uaegfx driver to a600gs. But the Screenmode preferences still does not pick it up, so I stuck to PAL/NTSC for the time being...

Anything I might have missed?

The Picasso96-installed uaegfx driver with default settings works fine on my Amiberry v7.0.1 installation on my Linux box.

[Rusty Breadbin]

I just did the update today and afterwards it states

"Firmware update available
Installed 46.1.972 Available 46.1.974"

Clicking on install update after this does nothing....

EDIT: Also is multiple disk drives still not available from A600GS Setup? I'm trying to setup a game with two disks and can see no way to put each disk into a different drive (ie DF0 and DF1)

[F0LLETT]

I just did the update today and afterwards it states

"Firmware update available
Installed 46.1.972 Available 46.1.974"

Clicking on install update after this does nothing....

EDIT: Also is multiple disk drives still not available from A600GS Setup? I'm trying to setup a game with two disks and can see no way to put each disk into a different drive (ie DF0 and DF1)

Update not updating should be fixed now.

In regards to multiple disk, you select all disks you want then select "add selected disks".

[amyren]

Unfortunately this didn't work out for me on my OS 3.2.2.1 installation.

I installed Picasso96 v3.5.0, which copies the uaegfx driver in DEVS:Monitors already. Afterwards I set the boardtype to a600gs and renamed the uaegfx driver to a600gs. But the Screenmode preferences still does not pick it up, so I stuck to PAL/NTSC for the time being...

Anything I might have missed?

The Picasso96-installed uaegfx driver with default settings works fine on my Amiberry v7.0.1 installation on my Linux box.

It works for my OS 3.2 setup.
In case you missed it, the update that enabled RTG will not enable RTG automatictly for setups that you created before the update. You must recreate your OS3.2 setup using the custom full setup option and tick the RTG option.

[Rusty Breadbin]

Update not updating should be fixed now.

In regards to multiple disk, you select all disks you want then select "add selected disks".

Thanks for the update, it's not showing a higher version number now 

With regards to multiple disk, I know how to add mutlple disks, I'm asking about the DRIVES.
I  select all the adfs in the game set, and they appear and I can select which one is the default disk for starting, but is there any way to select which virtual drive they go into, for example Disk 1 in DF0: and disk 2 in DF1: ?

THAT is what I can't see any ability to do here, and selecting "Insert new disk" from the F12 menu shows DF1, DF2 and DF3 all greyed out, unable to select.

In short, all I am asking is, is the ability to have multiple virtual disk DRIVES in use from the A600GS setup when setting up a game?

[amigakit]

The fun multiplayer Blitz Bombers game has been added as a free download for A600GS users.  Go to AmiSphere menu then click Downloads.  The game will easily download and install with a click of the Install button

 

[F0LLETT]

Thanks for the update, it's not showing a higher version number now 

With regards to multiple disk, I know how to add mutlple disks, I'm asking about the DRIVES.
I  select all the adfs in the game set, and they appear and I can select which one is the default disk for starting, but is there any way to select which virtual drive they go into, for example Disk 1 in DF0: and disk 2 in DF1: ?

THAT is what I can't see any ability to do here, and selecting "Insert new disk" from the F12 menu shows DF1, DF2 and DF3 all greyed out, unable to select.

In short, all I am asking is, is the ability to have multiple virtual disk DRIVES in use from the A600GS setup when setting up a game?

Its not possible to do this as yet. However it is planned in future.

[BozzerBigD]

@amigakit

The fun multiplayer Blitz Bombers game has been added as a free download for A600GS users.  Go to AmiSphere menu then click Downloads.  The game will easily download and install with a click of the Install button

Great news! Please confirm that it works for 4-player shenanigans!