Before the hotfix, OS 3.2.2 boasted impressive improvements:
Early adopters rejoiced—until the reports started flooding Amiga forums like English Amiga Board (EAB) and AmigaWorld.
After applying the hotfix, run the following in a shell:
Version ram-handler FULL
Expected output: ram-handler 44.25 (01.12.2024)
Then:
Version serial.device FULL
Expected: serial.device 45.17
If you see 44.24 or 45.16, you are NOT Zap-updated. Download the hotfix immediately.
AmigaOS 3.2.2 just landed, and the updated ZAP editor is one of the standout improvements. Here’s a concise breakdown you can use as a forum post, blog snippet, or social update.
What's new in ZAP (AmigaOS 3.2.2)
Why it matters
Quick tip
Short signature AmigaOS 3.2.2 — small, quality updates like ZAP keep classic workflows smooth and enjoyable.
When using the SER: device at speeds above 19200 baud (for null-modem gaming or connecting a Wi-Fi modem), the system would freeze exactly 2048 bytes into a transfer. Developers dubbed this the "Zap point" because ZModem transfers would fail at the same predictable offset. amiga os 322 update zap updated
Root cause: A buffer overflow in the new serial.device version 45.16, introduced when adding support for 16550 UART clones.
The Amiga filesystem is legendary for its speed, but it has historically been fragile regarding disk validation. The 3.2.2 update patches the disk-validator logic, making it much harder for a single stray write to corrupt a partition. This is critical for those of us using large CF-Cards or SD-Card adapters on our Amigas—we can now swap files between PC and Amiga with significantly less anxiety.
The most severe. Under heavy file operations (e.g., unpacking an LHA archive directly to RAM:), the system would occasionally write data to the wrong memory address. This resulted in:
Root cause: A typo in the ram-handler 44.24 code that mishandled an offset parameter on 68030 CPUs with burst mode enabled. Before the hotfix, OS 3
We tested the Zap-ed OS 3.2.2 on three classic configurations:
The consensus: OS 3.2.2 post-Zap is the most stable 3.x release since Commodore’s 3.1 in 1994.