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.

AmiPDF-NG is a new modern PDF reader for AmiBench on the A600 GS and the A1200 NG.

The reader utility renders PDF douments accurately and rapidly.

It will be available to download in the next free system update.

We hope that this modern PDF tool, along with AmiBrowser and UnArchiver released in 2025 will push AmiBench towards being a useful desktop for daily computing tasks.

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.

The A1200 NG and A600 GS will be demonstrated at Amiga 40 Germany this weekend.

We will be demonstrating the latest AmiBench running AmiBrowser web browser, ScummVM with it's new ScummVM GUI, the new video player and UnArchiver.

Play the new Outrun port on the A600GS.

SCUMMVM has be added to AmiBench on the A600GS and the A1200 NG. The free update is coming very soon.

A video of it in action playing Curse of Monkey Island and Beneath a Steel Sky:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qeu2f42mdw

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:


46.2.1224 (12/09/2025):


AmiBrowser 46.20 (Pre Release 2):

* Add support for downloading files: currently supports downloading to drawer based and true disks only. RAM: and hardfile based disks will not work, but will fail silently. Hopefully this will be resolved at the next prerelease stage.

*Adds a simple downloads manager window: files downloaded in any given AmiBrowser session are listed, along with full file path and current status. Double click on file entry will open the AmiBench window containing the download.

* Update UnArchiver to 46.6

AmiBrowser is a modern browser for the A1200 NG and A600 GS. Today our developer added downloading functions:

https://youtu.be/ubdD60O36AA


A user update will be coming later this week

@Maijestro

Yes it is the same code base. AmiBench's MakeDir command has already been updated recently.

Today the following public releases have been made available to download on Updater utility:

MakeDir v54.14

Quote:

Your reply suggests that we do not update our software. We have consistently updated and fixed any bugs for over a decade. Our developers work hard to ensure fixes are implemented in a timely way.

MakeDir v54.14 is available from Updater tool which should resolve the issue from the older v54.11 release.

@marcian

Can you add Nivrig Games as a nominee for his excellent Amiga games.

OSNews publishes article about the new AmiBrowser for the A1200 NG and A600 GS:

https://www.osnews.com/story/143070/am ... -a-68k-amiga-application/

First impressions of AmiBrowser by Proteque CBN on his A600GS:

https://youtu.be/j4YyEZAIj64

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:


46.2.1212 (07/08/2025):

A600GS / A1200NG:
* Add ArmDBUS library
* Add ArmCEF library
* Add infrastructure to allow login to AmiSphere from 68k user space via DBUS (preparation for future AmiStore functionailty)
* Add selected config options to WHDBoot games, the options added should be those that are not overriden by the built in database,
* Fix possible crash in GUI when games was deleted by one of its settings panels still referenced.

System V46:

* Add pre-release version of AmiBrowser to Sys:Utilities
* Add AmiBrowser icon to AB-Dock
* Update UnArchiver to 46.5
* Add GetHostVar command to retrieve host environment variables.
* Add AmiSphereFetch command

Amiberry:

* Add extensions to uaenative.library


Notes:

Please be patient while the AmiBrowser data files are downloaded and installed (2GB size).

AmiBrowser is at pre-release status. File downloading and ASL Requesters have not yet been added.

@eliyahu

This is not an AROS program. It is a 68K / 3.x MUI application.

A bit more detail:

- the browser is tightly integrated to AmiBench
- Layout engine is handled by ARM library
- Input is handled by the 68K app - it is responding to real intuition events and no kind of overlay
- File Downloads are to be added- the 68K app functions need to be written
- Bookmarks are to be added too (68K app functions)
- Some speed enhancements have been rewritten in ARM assembly language such as BGRA to RGBA conversion.

Initial preview release will be in August. There are many more updates to the 68K application side to be done in September and pushed out to users. This will be a larger project to complement AmiBench.

INTRODUCING AMIBROWSER MODERN WEB BROWSING FOR THE A1200 NG & A600 GS

Read the News Release here

Cardiff, 6th August 2025

After many user requests, a new modern web browser has been developed by Amiga Kit. This new browser runs on AmiBench and offers the most advanced Classic browsing experience to date.

AmiBrowser is an HTML 5 capable web browser built for 68K with Zune/MUI. It uses ARM libraries to power the native rendering of the web pages.

Matthew Leaman, Managing Director of AmigaKit Ltd remarked: “We are pleased that after many weeks of development work we can shortly offer this ground breaking application for the A600 GS and the A1200 NG user base. This has been the most requested application and we are excited to continue our commitment to delivering regular product updates.”

The A600 GS and the A1200 NG computer systems are now available to purchase from AmigaKit.com

Additional Information about the A600 GS and the A1200 NG can be found on these websites:

A600GS: www.a600gs.com
The A1200 NG: www.a1200.com/ng

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:

This updates brings a new feature of Video Playback to the A600GS and A1200NG. It also updates UnArchiver and PlayMP3 with more functionality.

46.1.1131 (20/06/2025):

SystemV46:

* Add PlayVideo version 46.4
* Update PlayMP3 to version 46.6
* Update UnArchiver to version 46.3
* Update smb2fs to version 53.10
* Update FileSysBox to version 54.6
* regina.library updated to 4.0 along with associated RexxMast

Programs:

* Add Viva_Amiga_trailer.mp4
* PPaint updated to better support regina based REXX . Work in progress


A600GS/A1200NG:

* Add ArmMPGFile backend for playing avcodec supported video formats.
* Updates to installation system to enable remote install of avcodec and dependencies

The A1200 NG and A600GS will have the new PlayVideo utility in the next free update.



With this new tool, MPEG videos can be easily played on AmiBench through either using the CLI, clicking DefIcons or selection of the video files in an ASL requester. Videos can be optionally played on the AmiBench screen or full screen.

CLI usage: Click the YouTube link to view a demonstration

ASL Requester: Click the YouTube link to view a demonstration

A new blog on unboxing and installing The A1200 NG written by AmigaOldSkooler

https://oldschoolgameblog.com/2025/05/ ... g-installation-and-usage/

@eliyahu

Quote:

To assume our future actions, we must first consider our past actions over the last two years:

* Amiberry project: AmigaKit developer made several significant improvements and bug fixes to Amiberry have been contributed back to the project. They have been put back into the mainstream Amiberry code and made it into public releases.

* AROS: AmigaKit developer identified two bug fixes to AROS which were sent back to the developers and one at least was confirmed as mainlined

* YAM: Timer bug was identified by AmigaKit developer and code change was fed back on the main YAM bug report Two further bugs and source code fixes were already queued up to be fed back.

When you look at this evidence it doesn’t really fit the narrative that is trying to be portrayed about AmigaKit.

@kas1e

Many people use Updater as their only and preferred way of getting updates. They are grafeful that they can conveniently download packages such as AmiSSL. It is no different to a website such as OS4Depot offering AmiSSL as a download. The entire unaltered package is distributed.