A600GS Updates

[AmigaOldskooler]

@IStartedSomething

Hi, and welcome to Amiga.org! Congrats on the A600GS!

Which Kickstart 3.1 are you using? And which version of Workbench does the HDF contain? I think you get a red screen if you combine the wrong Kickstart with the Workbench you are using (for example A500/2000 Kickstart 3.1 with Amiga 1200/4000 Workbench 3.1).

[SkulleateR]

@IStartedSomething
Which Kickstart 3.1 are you using? And which version of Workbench does the HDF contain? I think you get a red screen if you combine the wrong Kickstart with the Workbench you are using (for example A500/2000 Kickstart 3.1 with Amiga 1200/4000 Workbench 3.1).

Don´t think it's the kickstart, it must have something to do with the things that get loaded after boot !

I got these problems also, with all kind of HDFs I throw at the A600GS but it´s weird, because if I install the same OS with the same Kickstart ON the A600GS itself everything works !

Example :

Installed OS3.9 on a 1GB HDF with Kick 3.1 A1200 (40.068) on WinUAE, put it on the A600GS -> Red Screen
Used an EMPTY HDF 1GB with the SAME Kick 3.1 and installed OS 3.9 on the A600GS -> works

I always wanted to deep dive into bug search but I have very minor spare time in the moment

[notel98]

I believe that a hdf containing multiple partitions will also give a red screen

[F0LLETT]

Also depends on filesystem. If its not in rdb or rom, it will give red screen.

[ernsteiswuerfel]

Have tried copying my workbench hdf file to the A600GS as a custom system, sadly when booting I get a red screen. I have copied kick31, just wondered if anyone else had experienced a similar issue and found a fix? 

One thing causing the red screen is if your HDF files got "Full drive/RDB mode" enabled.

I wanted to do a OS 3.2 reinstall anyhow, so I setup the new system on Amiberry with all HDFs "Full drive/RDB mode" not enabled. These worked perfectly well on the A600GS.

If you use OS 3.1 please keep in mind your HDFs need to stay smaller than 4 GB. You may get around that limitation by using a modified custom ROM with suitable scsi.device (needed that on my original A1200 at least) and/or other stuff like the filesystem you want to use but that is rather cumbersome. As you need to stick to "Full drive/RDB mode" putting the filesystem in RDB via HDToolbox won't help.

[ernsteiswuerfel]

Maybe it´s a problem with "newer" P96 drivers ? I just installed OS3.2 with the P96 Archive from Aminet and I can use the 1GB Z3 Mem without a problem (as already stated above) ...

Tried v2.0 from Aminet just now (deleted v3.5.0 and uaegfx first, v2.0 install afterwards + reboot) but for me it doesn't work with 1 GB Z3. Interesting... 

[SkulleateR]

Tried v2.0 from Aminet just now (deleted v3.5.0 and uaegfx first, v2.0 install afterwards + reboot) but for me it doesn't work with 1 GB Z3. Interesting... 

Works for me (see screenshot) ... did you try on a fresh install of OS3.2 yet

[IStartedSomething]

Thank you everyone for your feedback, really appreciated.

[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:


46.1.998  (14/01/2025):

A600GS:

* Add option to map RCTRL as RAMIGA key in Amibench et al

* Add option to set alternate PAUSE MENU key (for keyboard lacking the default  F12 key)

* German language support:  translation contribution thanks to Philipp Lonke

* Spanish language support:  translation contribution thanks to Javier De Las Rivas

SystemV46::

* ARM Native Support:  AK-PNG datatype converted to native ARM from 68K code giving up to double speed when decoding PNG files.

* AmiSSL upgraded to version 5.19

Programs:

* Update version of Final Writer to version 7.2

[Mousey]

Not to be a nag, but any updates on either Blitz Basic or AMOS being added to the A600GS?  This is the forthcoming feature that I'm most looking forward to.

[Stilvoid]

Add explicit option to add CDRom drive to custom systems.

I thought I would get on the bandwagon and try installing 3.2 from scratch on my A600GS. I've set up a custom system with a fresh, blank HD and ticket the box to add a CD-ROM drive but... how do I "insert" a CD ISO? Apologies if there's anything in the forum addressing this already but the search isn't working at the moment.

Edit: Figured it out. Explaining here for anyone as unimaginative as I apparently am.

Insert New Disk, change the drop-down to ISO files.

The UI could definitely be clearer. I was expecting CD0 to appear at the top like DF0 DF1 etc. Also, if you don't have a CD drive attached to your system, inserting an ISO silently fails. Feels like it should either warn you or remove the option from the dropdown.

3.2 up and running now

[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:


46.1.1009  (20/02/2025):

A600GS:

* Update Spanish translation

SystemV46:

* Add ARM based AK-JFIF datatype for 400% speed up on 1080p JPEG image.

OctaMED SoundStudio:

* Add "Projects->Open Recent ..." menu and supporting "Open Recent Projects" window. Save a list of opened and saved projects, limited to 10 and avoiding duplicates.

* Add new ED_NOTEOFF AREXX command and map this to "Left Shift F1" This allows easy editing of midi note off commands (inserts 00FFF in command section of a track line)

[polyp2000]

* Add ARM based AK-JFIF datatype for 400% speed up on 1080p JPEG image.

More of this ...

On a side note - is this being fed back into aros ?

[F0LLETT]

* Add ARM based AK-JFIF datatype for 400% speed up on 1080p JPEG image.

More of this ...

On a side note - is this being fed back into aros ?

Why would it? AK datatypes are owned by Amigakit. Every other improvement/fix for aros is already being fed back.

[amyren]

* Add ARM based AK-JFIF datatype for 400% speed up on 1080p JPEG image.

How does this work, is there some kind of "rabbithole" in amiberry that allows executing arm code within the 68k environment?
And if this is the case, what other opportunities could there be here?

[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:


46.1.1015  (28/02/2025):

A600GS:

* Add Italian language translation thanks to Samir Hawamdeh

* Add test for RDB based HDFs, when RDB found omit altered options to allow correct handling by AmiBerry

* Suppress editing of DEVICE VOLUME and BOOTPRI for RDB based HDFs as these are all in the control of the RDB

* Add option to limit Z3 memory space used to 1Gb, this should allow RTG and Z3 memory to be used on OS variants that inadvertently impose this limit.

YAM:

YAM v2.10 has been rebuilt with important bug fixes implemented.  A new YAM support page has been added to the Wiki for A600GS / A1200NG users: https://wiki.amiga.org/yam

* Regenerate the flex generated C files from HTML2Mail.l and ParseMail.l with flex version 4.6 (run on the A600gs itself 🙂 ) as the OS4 version used for cross compiling was just slightly too old and caused occasional crashes.

* Fix bug in RecipientString GoActive method, custom MUI class that could set the same input handler on the window more than once and cause lock-ups due to queueing a node twice.

* Fix equivalent issue in GoInactive method

The last two fix an issue with the Forward window locking up and also the Edit draft window in some circumstances

AmiBerry:

Minor refactor of Z3mem options parsing to allow setting up of multiple Z3 memory "cards" , the previous parser would overwrite the same memory bank with the subsequant options causing some quirky side effects!  The end result of this is to allow combinations of memory like 512 + 256 (for 768 total)