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Amiga Imager v0.95

v0.95 brings full AmigaOS 3.9 support, including CD ISO installs plus Boing Bag updates that now build natively on every target, finishes the move to the fully native in-process build path for standard configurations, and adds FrameThrower prerelease Emu68 builds on the fast native path.

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  • AmigaOS 3.9 + Boing Bags
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Beta - macOS 14+, Apple Silicon and Intel. Current downloadable build: 260622.

What is new in v0.95

v0.94 made the native build engine the default. v0.95 is the release where the remaining standard build gaps are closed. The usual PiStorm, Classic, UAE, Amiberry, and MiSTer workflows now stay on the native in-process path even for the combinations that previously still dropped back to the older script-heavy route.

Full AmigaOS 3.9 support

The biggest visible addition in v0.95 is full AmigaOS 3.9 support from the 3.9 CD ISO plus Boing Bag 1 and Boing Bag 2 across all three target families.

  • 3.9 CD ISO installs now build natively - including Classic, PiStorm, and emulator targets.
  • Boing Bag updates are applied correctly - the nested update payloads are unpacked and installed properly instead of being dropped onto disk wholesale.
  • The old 3.9 + Boing Bag failure is gone - the combination that used to break the build now completes and boots.
  • Classic from CD ISO is supported - no ADF source folder is required for that path.
  • First-boot polish is improved - reboot flow, wallpaper setup, and the full set of CD languages now behave correctly on the first-boot path.

For a 3.9 build, use BoingBag39-1.lha as Boing Bag 1 and BoingBag39-2.lha as Boing Bag 2. A 3.9 build still needs at least one Boing Bag because the base 3.9 install lacks some of the required classes and updates on its own.

Fully native builds for every standard configuration

The other major change in v0.95 is that the normal build path now stays native even for configurations that previously caused a fallback.

  • Optional software packages stay native - including your own custom packages defined in Settings.
  • The full hardware matrix stays native - machine, RTG, network card, accelerator, and network-stack combinations no longer need to drop back to the older path for standard cases.
  • Unused configured inputs no longer force fallback - for example, if a Picasso96 archive or another input is configured but not needed by the current target.
  • Fallback is clearer when it does happen - if a rare unsupported edge case still falls back, the log now states the specific reason.

This is both faster and easier to trust. More of the product now runs inside one consistent native architecture instead of crossing the old seams between scripts, helpers, and app code.

FrameThrower on the native path

PiStorm builds that use FrameThrower still require a prerelease Emu68 firmware, but in v0.95 they now build on the native path as well. The prerelease firmware and the matching VideoCore RTG pieces are staged correctly without forcing a legacy fallback.

Also in this release

  • Build status wording is cleaner - the app now reflects the native engine more directly instead of sounding like it is only dispatching to an external script.
  • An experimental keyboard-layout boot change from v0.94 was reverted - this removes a harmless but confusing first-boot error some images could show.
  • More parity and regression coverage - package combinations, custom packages, the Classic hardware matrix, 3.9 ISO paths, and Boing Bag handling all received additional test coverage.
  • Still signed and notarized - universal build for Apple Silicon and Intel.