Amiberry by Bitter Studio has just released version 7.0.0 RC1 of its popular Amiga emulator.

This is a major version update from v6.x, and it brings several changes. Keep in mind, this version is not recommended for slower platforms, you should prefer Amiberry-Lite for those (which will also get an update, after this one is finalized). Some of the most important changes in v7 are:

  • Amiberry is now delivered as a package, instead of just an archive with binaries. This also means that you don’t have to manually install the dependencies before you can run it (the package will take care of that for you automatically). For Debian or Ubuntu based systems there’s a .DEB package, for Fedora there’s RPM and for macOS users, there are DMG images that can be used. You can now install Amiberry by downloading the archive, extracting it, and doing something like sudo apt install ./amiberry-XYZ.deb (for DEB). Upgrading to a newer version becomes as simple as installing it on top again. Uninstalling it is simple as well (sudo apt remove amiberry) and it will clean up the dependencies after it. Check the main README for instructions per platform.
  • The directory structure handling has changed. Amiberry will now install itself into standard locations, placing shared libraries where they are expected in the system, and will use the user’s HOME folder to create an Amiberry directory, if it doesn’t exist. That will contain the user-configurable stuff, like directories for Floppy images, Harddrives, Configurations etc. Meanwhile, internal directories are placed elsewhere, to reduce clutter. Check the Wiki for more details: https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amiberry/wiki/Amiberry-directories
  • The MacOS binaries are finally signed with an Apple-recognized developer certificate, and they are notarized. This means you no longer have to manually bypass the system’s security, to allow it to run. You can just drag and drop it to your Applications and start it up like any other downloaded App. You’ll only get a warning that this was downloaded from the Internet, as expected.
  • Hi-DPI support has been added, so if you’re running this on Linux with scaling enabled, or macOS Retina displays, things should look better now.
  • Integer scaling has been added and improved. Check the wiki for more details on this as well.
  • Serial port support has been fixed, as it was broken for some versions now.
  • GUI Themes have been implemented, so you can now customize the color scheme.
  • The whole list of Expansions from WinUAE has been implemented, including PPC, PCI, DSP, custom graphics cards, network cards, SCSI controllers, etc. The Expansion panel was refactored significantly, but the functionality is trying to match the same one from WinUAE, to make things easier between the two emulators.

New Features

  • Implemented the full functionality of the Expansions GUI panel
  • Implemented SLIRP support
  • implemented SERIAL_ENET functionality
  • added Shared serial option
  • added internal serial options
  • Added PPC support from WinUAE (needs QEmu plugin)
  • Added PCEM support from WinUAE, with fixes for ARM/ARM64 added on top
  • Added PCI support from WinUAE
  • Added MAME (a2410 and TM34010) from WinUAE
  • Added QEMU (various gfx cards, network cards, SCSI, etc) from WinUAE
  • Added DSP emulation (disabled for now)
  • Added SANA2 support (not visible in the GUI yet)
  • Merged the latest updates from WinUAE 5.3.1
  • The directory structure used is now changed, to be more standardized. User-configurable folders are now created on startup under the User’s HOME folder. Shared libraries will be placed in the expected location based on the system used. The old directory structure included in the repository is cleaned up, as empty directories are no longer needed.
  • Implemented GUI Themes. You can now customize the colors of the GUI, and save those in separate theme files.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed various glitches in SelectFile dialog (fixes #1417)
  • Listboxes would not resize in width (fixes #1415)
  • Fixed capitalization in RAM panel (fixes #1422)
  • Fix CPU speed slider scale, when Fastest Possible was selected
  • Fixed navigation in the Sound panel
  • Refresh RTG panel when CPU changes are modified
  • Editing entries in HD GUI panel were broken
  • Fix TekMagic RAM mapping.
  • Custom roms would not show up in GUI, after loading a config (fixes #1450)
  • when doing a Rescan ROMs, restore the originally selected ROM afterward (fixes #1451)
  • don’t associate all .lha files with Amiberry (fixes #1461)
  • Alt-Tab did not release keys properly
  • Fixed register type not allowed in newer C++ standards
  • Interlace screen height fix.
  • Theme font size wasn’t picked up from the text box
  • Fixed returning to GUI triggered a segfault
  • when rotating the display, the mouse input should be rotated as well
  • Fixed mouse motion in different rotation angles
  • Fixed uninitialized path variable (#1502 by DidierMalenfant)
  • Expansion Rom file option would not always get saved (#1501)
  • Expansions panel refresh was buggy (fixes #1501)
  • Fixed Serial port implementation, which was broken for a few versions now. Tested with null-modem cables between instances of Amiberry, and between Amiberry and real Amigas.
  • Fixed AHI implementation, which was broken and could even cause crashes on some systems.

Improvements

  • always show horizontal scrollbar in Selectfile dialog (fixes #1415)
  • guisan: updated to latest version, various fixes and improvements
  • added .bin, .cdtv and .cd32 as valid rom extensions
  • add support for XDG_CONFIG_HOME (fixes #1425)
  • Gracefully handle iconv failures
  • Remove last track being larger than total tracks check. It is allowed by SCSI spec.
  • Added QuikPak and 6500/1 Keyboard MCU ROM (Will be used in future version).
  • updated AROS rom files to latest version
  • check for Plugins in more places
  • Rename Update XML button to better indicate function
  • when updating the WHDBooter files, include JST and AmiQuit
  • if deleting a config fails, show a message
  • scan arcadia roms during a rescan operation
  • improved icon, added svg version (#1463 by midwan)
  • updated WHDLoad to latest version
  • Highdpi aware renderer (#1472 by midwan)
  • improve mime types (fixes #1474)
  • Check interlace mode field type when calculating screenshot height.
  • check for savestates in the savestate dir as well (fixes #1498)
  • apply scaling factor to emulation window also (fixes #1421)
  • use integer scaling in the GUI, if we are running on a Desktop
  • expanded DBus support with new events: Insert Floppy, Insert CD
  • Added option to use JST instead of WHDLoad binary
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