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Build ready-to-run SD cards with pre-configured Workbench installation (+batteries included) for PiStorm-accelerated Amigas.

Runs on macOS, Linux and Windows.

Emu68 Hatcher main window (macOS, light + dark)

  • Bootable Emu68 install for pistorm32-lite, pistorm, pistorm16
  • Workbench install from stock ADFs (3.1 / 3.2 / 3.2.2.1 / 3.2.3) - scanned across as many ROM/ADF directories as you want, identified by hash
  • Customizable package set: MUI, WHDLoad+WHDLoadWrapper, IBrowse, HippoPlayer, ...
  • RTG via Picasso96 (shareware driver)
  • Network support: Roadshow TCP/IP stack (demo bundled; point at your own Roadshow.lha to install the full commercial version), wifipi (wifi) + genet (ethernet) drivers, Network Config tool (WiFi/ethernet connect, DHCP or static IP, DNS, default gateway)
  • Partition layout editor (PFS3 + FFS), optional per-partition "extra content" directory to pre-load Work / Data volumes (WHDLoad games, backups, ...)
  • Build configs as JSON (save / load)
  • Build to .img file (sparse by default), flash to SD card after build, or write straight to SD card

Known issues / limitations

Still in an early stage - Only actively tested on my A1200 + pistorm32-lite + CM4 / on macOS. If you run it on different hardware or OS, let me know on the Discord or open a GitHub issue - even just "it worked" is useful.

  • Workbench 3.9 not supported yet
  • No framethrower / unicam configuration yet
  • mostly tested on 3.2(.3) - expect more potential issues with 3.1

Support + Feedback

For questions, feedback, bug reports, feature requests, and project updates:

Join the Discord

Please don't ask for support on other Amiga Discord servers

I won't be able to keep up with multiple channels, and the Emu68 Hatcher server is a better place for discussions plus I can post updates there more frequently.

Open a GitHub issue

Reporting an error

Attaching the right log file makes debugging way easier. See Troubleshooting for which file to grab depending on whether the build itself failed or something went wrong on the AmigaOS side.

Credits

Thanks to:

  • mja65's fantastic work on the Emu68 Imager project
  • Emu68 and Emu68-tools by Michal Schulz (MPL-2.0) - m68k emulation and the on-Amiga companion tools (EmuControl, VideoCore.card, WiFiPi.device, ...)
  • hst-imager and hst-amiga by Henrik Stengaard (MIT) - disk image + RDB tooling

Bundled / downloaded at build time:

  • WHDLoad
  • Roadshow Demo bundled with permission from A. Magerl (APC&TCP)
  • 7-Zip (GNU LGPL) - downloaded at install time, License.txt copied alongside the binary
  • Aminet packages (MUI, HippoPlayer, IBrowse, akDatatypes, Picasso96, ...) - downloaded from aminet.net at build time; each ships its own readme with license