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Linux + WinUAE + MIDI works...
« on: October 24, 2016, 01:59:04 AM »
Hi guys,

For many years I used MIDI sequencing software on real Amigas to create music.  Then for many years after that I used the same Amiga software through WinUAE (emulation) and it worked great. MIDI is well supported in WinUAE.

A few years ago I switched to Linux and therefore to FS-UAE, the native Amiga emulator for Linux operating systems. It's pretty good, but it doesn't support MIDI.

Just a few days ago I tried installing WinUAE on Linux using WINE. Much to my surprise, the MIDI support in WinUAE works under Linux! In fact, WinUAE actually performed faster than FS-UAE in many aspects (i.e. graphics rendering). I should have tried this much earlier, but I had always assumed WinUAE would take a performance hit in WINE on Linux. I also thought that if Linux-native Amiga emulators were unable to support MIDI, then surely it would  be unlikely that a Windows app would know how to use MIDI interfaces being run through all those layers of abstraction (AmigaOS ---> WINE ----> Linux).

Anyway, I'm just posting this here for anyone who might not have known that this could work. As I said, I was very surprised....the timing also seems to be reliable in my brief testing (both recording and playing MIDI information).
« Last Edit: October 24, 2016, 11:49:35 AM by ral-clan »
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Re: Linux + WinUAE + MIDI works...
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2017, 09:26:24 PM »
I am a novice using Linux but would like to try FS-UAE or WinUAE.  Where can I find copies of either emulation for the Commodore Amiga.  I own JForth for the Amiga and would like to continue programming in that language if either of these emulations will support it.
 

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Re: Linux + WinUAE + MIDI works...
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2017, 09:29:53 PM »
I am Levi Allen and I just posted for Quick Reply asking where I can obtain a copy of FS-UAE or WinUAE for Linux.  My email address is leviallen@comcast.net.
 

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Re: Linux + WinUAE + MIDI works...
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2017, 10:01:40 PM »
Try Googling "FS-UAE" or "WinUAE".

WinUAE is for Windows.  Hence the name.

FS-UAE is available via the repositories of whatever Linux distribution you choose to install.
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Re: Linux + WinUAE + MIDI works...
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2017, 11:51:30 PM »
@ral-clan

true -- but winuae works well for me under WINE on my fedora and opensuse installations.

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