A600GS Updates

[Rusty Breadbin]

I found trying to download a file to RAM: does not work, it just shows "progress 0" and goes no further.
Files download to hard drives okay.

EDIT sorry did not see that it stated this in the release post.

[amigakit]

The following software updates for the A600GS and  A1200NG have been uploaded today through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users:

46.2.1289:

SystemV46: Update AmiSSL

* Add FetchURL command which allows fast downloading of URLs via the DBUS interface of the A600GS/A1200NG main menu with progress requester.

Updates to AmiBrowser:
 o Add support for the Autentication requester requird fior HTTP_AUTH et al.
 o Add suport for openling local HTML files. Using both file:///VOLUME:path/to/file and file:///volume/path/to/file forms
 o Add handler to allow reading of files from amiga filesystems file:///RAM Disk/test.html will work!
 o Add support for special file URL eg file:///AmiBrowser/about.html
 o Improve file upload support, now supports multifile uploads in dropbox / google cloud etc
 o Ensure initial graphics buffer is initialised to white to avoid apparent gfx corruption for download URLs etc that require no rendering
 o Add splash window on startup
 o Fixes to shutdown and restart of the ArmCEF library during reboot, you can now safely CTRL Right Amiga Left Amiga reset after running AmiBrowser again.

* Introduce ArmScummVMFile library to enable ARM powered ScummVM games intergrated into AmiBench.

* Add ScummVM GUI to download and launch selected freeware ScummVM games.  Thanks to Guillaume Boesel.

A600GS/A1200NG:

* Add support for creating HardDisk files in the Custom Fullsystem edit menu.
* Created Hardisk files are blank but can be formatted using system software.
* Add Export Harddisk menu option to allow backup of individual harddisk files.
* Extension to private DBUS interface to support many of the above features.

[iDLe]

Great to see the ongoing work on this.
Can't wait for 600GS to arrive (currently order is pending being built).

[broadblues]

Anyone having issues with crashing when downloading ScummVM games please try the 46.2.1291 update just pushed. This fixes something that needed fixing but may or may not be the crash as it never crashed for me and the testers....

[DavidF215]

The following software updates for the A600GS and  A1200NG have been uploaded today through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users

Glad to have a usable web browser on AmigaOS 3 now. Posting this from AmiBrowser on my A600GS. Nice work!

Now, anyone know which GCC version is needed for compiling my code that uses SDL2 on an A600GS?

[broadblues]

Now, anyone know which GCC version is needed for compiling my code that uses SDL2 on an A600GS?

The 68k components I've built for the project have used mostly used VBCC but also SASC and GCC 2.93 (ixemul based but with clib2 ) all cross compiling on AmigaOS (under 68k emulation) 68k code which is targeted to AmigaOS or AROS 68k should run, so it really the compiler of your choice.

[mike-taws]

What's new with 46.2.1303?

[broadblues]

46.2.1303 PUBLIC:
Speed up startup times by fetching amisphere server data asynchronously.
Set shorter timeout in case of server error when logging in.

[my_pc_is_amiga]

I'm using 46.2.1312 and hit a few issues (though also saw this on 1303 version).  I'm not sure what to call the A600GS GUI that is available before emulation begins and so will refer that as the "frontend".

1) Frontend pointer pops up when using F12 menu. However, when I leave that menu. There is a single pixel pointer that is left behind and follows the emulated pointer.   

2) I'm using a HDF file and boots okay initially.  I can do multiple reboots and still is okay but at some point the emulation no longer sees the partitions in the HDF as bootable anymore and so I just get to the kickstart insert disk.   Yesterday, I booted from an ADF and used HDToolbox to look at the RDB of the partitions on the HDF and saw that all that I have specified as bootable was still shown as bootable.   But for some reason the emulation still does not see it as bootable.  I have to recopy over the entire HDF again.  This HDF is a 20GB one.   I'm not sure if it is messing with the Frontend  settings changes anything but this time I noticed that after I disabled RTG and disabled network, save and then started it became non-bootable.

3) Frontend Wifi SSID list.  There are multiple entries of same SSIDs in the list that shows up.

4) I was trying to get P96 to work for A600GS.card by using BOARDTYPE=A600GS.  When I enable this, I get a strange error saying that ModeID is same for "A600GS and A600GS"  A600GS text is shown twice in the requester.

5) Only files with extensions *.hdf are recognized.  Would be good to also recognize *.img and *.hda as well as these were how the ones I have were named.   My hard drive file was basically created on exFAT SD card on Windows 11 using this example from the ZuluSCSI site https://github.com/ZuluSCSI/ZuluSCSI-firmware

Windows: fsutil file createnew HD1.img 1073741824 (1 GB) --> I changed this to 20GB

I then used a ZuluSCSI on a real A4000T to do the partitioning and formatting.  I copied everything over on my A4000T to that hard drive file and then copied it over to A600GS.

[F0LLETT]

3) I get this, as it see's all access points on network. In my case, I have a alot of mesh's. About 6, I just pick top one, which is normally the closest.

5) Just rename the file to .hdf. I created a few hdf's for use with Zulu, just renamed the to either .img or .hda to work with Zulu. So it will be the visever for .img/.hda.

[amigakit]

The following software updates for the A600GS and  A1200NG have been uploaded today through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users:

46.2.1312:

A600GS/A1200NG System:

* Add Restart from Saved State option to Pause menu: if saved states are available then a popup chooser with data and time of state allows choosing a state to restart from.

* The side bar menu now has a scoller if the screen mode is not tall enough to display the entire contents.

* Refactor the backup and restore system.  The size of the data to be archived and available space on media is now calculated. If there is isnsuffient temporary storage on the sdcard the option to use the destination media for temporary storage will be offered.

ScummVM:

* Fix problem where toggling fullscreen on an off (via ALT ENTER) would render the ScummVM window unreachable.: Fix problem where toggling fullscreen on an off (via ALT ENTER) would render the ScummVM window unreachable.

* Update to latest build of ScummVMGUI

[Twiggy]

Ah, just noticed 46.2.1367

What's new with this one?

[amigakit]

The following software updates for the A600GS and  A1200NG have been uploaded today through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users:

46.2.1367:

SystemV46:

AmiPDF NG 46.15:

A fast and feature rich PDF viewer for AmiBench / OS 3.x with the following features:
* Zune / MUI 68K GUI (compatible with OS 3.x)
* Fast PDF decoding and rendering via ArmPDFium library.
* Multiwindow support.
* X Y Scrolling with keyboard arrowkeys or scrollbars.
* Simple intuitive page navigation via toolbar / menu and keyboard arrow keys.
* Zoom gadget.
* Fast and simple search via main GUI, with support for backwards and forwards searching via menus and menu keyboard shortcuts (RAmiga F activate search. RAmiga A find next. RAmiga D find previous)
* Clickable internal link support.
* Clickable external URL support via OpenURL library.

DefIcons:

* def_PDF is now associated to PDF documents and opens AmiPDF application

AmiBrowser:
* Internal fix to improve interaction with AmiPDF.

A600GS/A1200NG: Add ArmPDFIum armlibrary to interface with libpdfium.so providing custom callbacks to invoke pdfium functionality from 68k space.

[mike-taws]

What's new with 46.2.1402?
I noticed that AmiBrowser got some more menu items. Nice. What else?

[amigakit]

The following software updates for the A600GS and  A1200NG have been uploaded through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users:

46.2.1402 (13.02.2026):


A600GS/A1200NG System Menu:

* Expand information in System/General Tab

* Add Motherboard memory options to Customise Memory settings, allows up to 64MB extra FAST memory without the conflict with extended amounts of CHIP memory. Useful for customs systems or games that might be more demanding on resources.

* Update built in ROMS to version 51.51 build date 2026-01-28

AmiBench:
 
* Add SYS:Documentation drawer icon.  Put this drawer in browser mode to facilitate descending into sub-drawers without leaving excessive windows open.

* Fix bug with Browser mode updates, that could result in wrong fonts and backgrounds being used when navigating the history.

* The built-in datatype image class now caches images in memory and uses the DTST_MEMORY source type, this avoids  clutter in T: whilst still allowing dynamic update of theme imagery.

SystemV46:

* Update regina.library to latest versions as of  2026-01-29 (no version number changes) fixes by the AROS team enhance compatibility and STDIO handling. SAY now writes to the shell window as do runtime errors.

* Update ASL.library to 50.10 (01/12/2026)

* Update ZUNE muimaster.library and classes.

* Update filesysbox.library to 54.8

* Add example SSHFS mount file in SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers.  Copy this file into DEVS:DIOSDrivers and edit for easy secure file exchange via sftp backend.

* Add EditPad - a rapidly developing simple text editor.

* Add S:InstallLHA  S:Install7z and S:InstallNDK32 helper scripts to assist in installing some useful software via the web.

AmiPDF 46.16: 

* Add Menu->Projects->Iconify and minimal ARexx port (QUIT only supported at present more to come)

AmiBrowser 46.37:

* Add Navigation menu with Back Forward and Home, Projects->Iconify menu.
* Add Privacy->Delete All Cookies menu item to clear all cookies.
* Add ARexx port with support for QUIT, OPEN, GET and GO functions.

GO TARGET/K,N/N,BACK/S,FORWARD/S,HOME/S
OPEN URL/A,TARGET/K,RELOAD/S,POST/K,SMART/S
GET ITEM/A,TARGET/K
TARGET is the ID number of a Window, may later be a frame name too.

GET ITEM supports URL and WINDOWID (which can then be used as target)

RELOAD,POST and SMART are not yet implemented but planned soon.

* When closing AmiBench from the AmiBench menu it will attempt to shutdown any instances of YAM, AmiBrowser and AmiPDF before exiting, to help ensure data security.

Programs:

* Add VBCC distribution by kind permission of the authors.  By default it is setup for compiling std c library programs but by installing ether 3.5 3.9. 3.2 SDKs in Programs:Programming/NDK it will automatically enable compiling for AmigaOS 3.xx

* The provided helper script S:InstallNDK32 will fetch and install the 3.2 NDK from Aminet.