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v2.1.0 FW and Drivers release

ZZ9000 firmware v2.1.0 has been tagged.

Main changes:

- Faster RTG drawing and planar conversion paths

- Improved Ethernet RX and warm reset handling

- USB proxy fixes for the ARM-side EHCI host stack

- FWUP support for pushing BOOT.bin/files from AmigaOS

- NTSC/interlace/videocap fixes

- FSBL bounds checks

- Rebuilt bitstreams and standard/ns-pal release ZIPs

Downloads:

https://github.com/BlitterStudio/zz9000-firmware/releases/tag/v2.1.0

ZZ9000 Drivers v2.1.0 is also now available.

Highlights:

- New ZZFwUpdate tool to copy BOOT.bin to the ZZ9000 microSD card from AmigaOS, without removing the card

- RTG / Picasso96 performance and compatibility improvements

- Improved Poseidon USB root hub, HID idle, unload, and NSD behavior

- Expanded ZZTop diagnostics, including VideoCap/genlock readouts

- zznetstats now shows firmware RX backlog/drop counters

- Updated installer, README, and release packaging docs

Download:

https://github.com/BlitterStudio/zz9000-drivers/releases/tag/v2.1.0

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Directory Opus 5.101 is now available.

This release focuses on portability, networking, filesystem compatibility, documentation, and late-cycle polish:

- SFTP support in the FTP module.

- Improved UTF-8 filename handling for FTP, FTPS, and SFTP when `codesets.library` is available.

- New release packages for AmigaOS 3 plain 68000 systems.

- New AROS i386 ABIv0 and x86_64 ABIv11 packages.

- Long File Names handling improvements, including FastFileSystem version gating and PFS awareness.

- Backdrop/icon-mode sorting and layout fixes.

- GUI controls for previously hidden Environment options.

- Refreshed `DOpus5.guide` and updated package layout.

- OS3 titlebar, About requester, Resize to Fit, and Custom Screen Title fixes.

- `print.module` bounded string handling hardening.

Downloads and full notes:

https://github.com/BlitterStudio/dopus5/releases/tag/5.101

Amiberry v8.1.6 is now available.

This release has quite a lot of platform and stability work compared to v8.1.5, plus a few visible quality-of-life improvements.

Highlights:

- Windows ARM64 support received major work: native release builds, installer/signing support, and several JIT startup/fault recovery fixes.

- Windows x64 builds now use the same llvm-mingw toolchain family as Windows ARM64.

- x86-64 JIT stability was improved, especially around high host memory mappings and 32-bit address wrapping.

- RTG zero-copy is now enabled by default.

- RTG cursor fringe artifacts were fixed, dirty tracking was improved, and truecolor ARGB32 hardware sprite support was added.

- Config files are now cleaned up when re-saved, removing duplicate or obsolete Amiberry-managed path entries.

- Android input/menu handling was improved, including back-to-menu behavior, GUI access fallbacks, better two-finger tracking, and a larger on-screen keyboard.

- The libretro core now isolates its paths and logs from standalone Amiberry installs more reliably.

- Hotkey capture, controller mapping, GUI labels, and several tooltips/help texts were improved.

- Synced with upstream WinUAE updates through 6100b5.

- Packaging and CI were refreshed for Ubuntu 26.04, Fedora 44, newer GitHub Actions, and SDL 3.4.4.

Download:

https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amiberry/releases/tag/v8.1.6

Full comparison:

https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amiberry/compare/v8.1.5...v8.1.6

Feedback and testing reports are welcome, especially for Windows ARM64, libretro path handling, RTG zero-copy, and Android input/menu behavior.