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Amiga Imager v0.97b

v0.97b is a focused PiStorm and USB update. It adds board-specific PiStorm handling for A1200 PiStorm32-lite, A600 PiStorm16, and PiStorm Classic, restores the correct A1200 CM4 boot config, and marks the first public release with USB support across both PiStorm and Classic builds.

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  • Board-aware PiStorm booting
  • Safer USB bring-up
  • Trident in WBDock
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Beta - macOS 14+, Apple Silicon and Intel. Current downloadable build: 260701.

Why update

v0.97b is the follow-up to v0.97 for anyone building on PiStorm. The main job here was to stop treating every PiStorm board the same. The app now writes the right boot config for the actual hardware in front of it, and the USB path no longer tries to come online during boot on systems where that causes hangs.

Board-specific PiStorm handling

  • A1200 / PiStorm32-lite now goes back to the known-good Emu68 1.1 boot config. The correct overclock block is restored, which matters on CM4 systems that would otherwise stall at the Emu68 splash and never reach AmigaDOS.
  • A600 / PiStorm16 keeps its proven bus-timing path. That means the PiStorm16-specific cmdline handling stays in place, while avoiding the GPIO block that interferes with FrameThrower camera setups.
  • PiStorm Classic gets its own path again. A500 and A2000-style 40-pin boards now use the GPIO-detection setup plus the classic kernel path instead of being treated like an A1200 or PiStorm16 image.

USB is cleaner now

v0.97b is also the first public release where USB support is available on both PiStorm and Classic build paths. PiStorm USB remains fully available, but the workflow is now more deliberate and easier to control. v0.97b keeps the full USB install in place and moves activation to the point where Workbench is already up, which makes the bring-up path more predictable on real systems.

  • The Poseidon stack and the PiStorm xHCI pieces still install when USB is selected.
  • USB is now started manually via Trident -> Online.
  • Users who explicitly want auto-start can still add the loader line back to S:User-Startup themselves.

Trident is now one click away

Since USB is meant to be brought up manually now, v0.97b also adds Trident to the WBDock with a custom icon. That gives PiStorm users a clean, obvious way to bring USB online after boot without having to dig through drawers.

Also in this release

  • The build log now records which PiStorm board config was selected, which makes support and tester reports much easier to read.
  • Small boot-script hardening fixes landed alongside the USB changes, so the generated overlay scripts stay clean and predictable.