Bassano del Grappa, Italy - 08 April 2025

ACube Systems is pleased to announce a new release of the UBoot firmware for its Sam460 line of motherboards.

For the first time in Amiga history, it is now possible to boot from an NVMe SSD.

This groundbreaking achievement marks a significant milestone in the evolution of the Amiga platform. Thanks to recent advancements, users can now experience dramatically improved boot speeds and data access times by utilizing modern NVMe solid-state drives—bringing the Amiga into a new era of performance and reliability.

This development not only enhances the capabilities of current NG systems but also demonstrates the ongoing innovation and dedication within the Amiga community. Booting from an NVMe SSD was once considered impossible—today, it is a reality.

This update is completely free for all users.

We are excited to announce a new version packed with important features and improvements—available as a free download.

New in this release:

- NVMe SSD driver – For the first time ever, you can boot from an NVMe drive using a standard NVMe-to-PCIe adapter.
- PCIe SATA2 support – Added driver for the Silicon Image 3132 controller, allowing booting from both SATA SSDs and DVD drives.
- DDR2 timing adjustments – Fine-tune DDR2 RAM timings for faster memory access.
- Customizable USB stack – Choose between EHCI (faster for mass storage) or OHCI (greater compatibility with keyboards).
- Enhanced "sata" command – Now displays more detailed information about drivers and connected devices.
- Improved serial console navigation – Navigate menu items using W and S keys.
- General bug fixes and improvements.
- Unified source code – Now streamlined for both 460ex and 440ep platforms.

An updated installation guide is included, covering the standard ISO image method as well as alternative installation methods via TFTP and USB.

Updater tool can be downloaded from:
https://acube-systems.biz/download/Sam460_updater_2015d.zip

If you are not comfortable installing UBoot yourself, we also offer fully updated UBoot chips through our online store.

Additional information:
Please note: UBoot and UBoot updater make use of GPL code and thus are both published under GPL.

Sources can be downloaded from:

UBoot & UBoot updater
https://acube-systems.biz/download/u-boot-2015.d_prod.tar.gz

Parthenope
https://acube-systems.biz/download/ub2lb_0.94.tar.gz

Since today you can read the Amiga Future issue 147 online on our webpage.

In irregular intervals we provide older issues of the Amiga Future for free online.

Waffle Copy Professional is now available for everyone.

You can buy it starting from 3,99€ on my Ko-Fi page

It was released after a long break and is very cool. The only downside is , that it is only in Polish language. Nowadays anyway, this is probably not a problem

At Amigatronics, we continue to bring you closer to the key figures in the world of Commodore Amiga and the Demoscene. This time, we are pleased to share an exclusive interview with Hoffman, a legend in the scene for both his incredible musical talent and his programming contributions.

Mountain View, CA – August 1-2, 2025

The AMIGA/040th Silicon Valley organizing team is excited to announce, in partnership with VCF West, an epic event on August 1st and 2nd, 2025, at the renowned Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA.

The English and German issue 173 (March/April 2025) of our print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed today, and can also be ordered directly from our editorial office at Amiga Future, and from other Amiga dealers that stock it.

Steffen Häuser and Alinea Computer are pleased to present the GemRB RPG package
in version 0.8.8 for AmigaOS 4. Steffen Häuser is responsible for the porting and the easy installation of the package.

MailSender was created to minimizes the effort needed to send files or images by email. It can convert image files to JPG format, resize images on-the-fly and optionally pack them to zip archive or create a pdf document before mail sending.

The following articles have been added to the website of the Amiga magazine Obligement (http://obligement.free.fr) during the last two months: