E-UAE Mac OS 10.4.3 Tiger

[Macman]

I have posted a request for help on the AIAB forum, but nobody has answered  :cry:

I know I can probably get around the problem by hacking away a bit, but I was hoping that it would be possible to run the startup-sequence as is, as this will allow other Mac users (or users of Lunix EUAE) to use the excellent AIAB.

I know the picasso side is working as it boots Amiga forever with RTG working nicely. Cloanto also had an error, but it wasn't with the script or install process. I will contact Cloanto about the error they have on their CD's.

I am a new returner to the Amiga scene, what is the latest version of Amiga OS that you can buy? 3.9...

Anyway, thanks for the help

[Macman]

After getting a reply from the Amiga Man himself, I have now got it working.

I was fixated, getting the "BleedingEdge" archive working. I admited defeat, and tried the 20050606.zip. That worked fine.

AIAB is several times slower than AF on EUAE, the speed issues could be with EUAE, the SDL library or my EUAE config. With the same config settings AF runs about 10 times faster than AIAB!

I have made two configs of AIAB to test with EUAE, one with all the latest bells and whistles, and one with older software which needs less resources.

EUAE seems generally slow on my G5 1.7Gig iMac. Its not the Mac's fault I am also running virtual PC 7, and can happily run Windows XP on my Mac at very good speed indeed, faster than some real PC's I know!

I have posted an image to 'Misc Amiga Images' of EUAE running Amiga in a box on my iMac G5

Now for lots of testing, unfortunately this might be a bit slow, as I have started a course at the Open University

[Macman]

amigadave wrote:
Is a beginners guide to setting up EUAE on a Mac PPC still being written by someone in this thread?  I hope so, I am waiting on a part to get my Titanium 1gHz G4 Powerbook working again and would like to emulate the Amiga on it, instead of using WinUAE on VirtualPC.

Yup, that was me planning to do an EUAE guide, mainly because when I was looking for one I couldn't find one. I have all the details / downloads / install methods / and how to use with both Amiga forever and Amiga in a box.

I just need some testing time, and time to set up a couple of EUAE configs to make it easy to run Amiga games optimised for a500 and a1200 by double clicking.

The only other thing I might need is somewhere to host it, that would be most beneficial to Amigans looking for said guide.

Watch this space!

[Macman]

jmbattle wrote:
Hey, fancy seeing you here!

Glad you got it all working (albeit slowly...) - may I ask which course you shall be studying with OU?  I am rather considering a pursuing self-study options.

Thanks,
James
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Cheers, I should stop thinking I always need the latest stuff. At least I am using the latest SDL lib and latest EUAE - I'd love to hear from the authors of both about what is planned.

I am studying T224 from the Open University, looks quite easy (famous last words). After a few courses I can turn those into a diploma in IT, which will convert to a degree in IT after adding a few more courses.

This way I can qualify for something very quickly, whilst using the same courses to count towards a degree.

It's just mad enough to work  :-)

[Macman]

Great, I'll be watching and waiting for it.  I am also going to contact the guy who put together AmiKit which works on PC's with a person's copy of Amiga Forever, Amithlon, or WinUAE and AmigaOS3.9.  Maybe he can be persuaded to do an AmiKit install for the Mac.  I have been pretty impressed with AmiKit on my son's PC w/Athlon64 3000+.

Warms the {bleep}les of an old Amigans heart Passing Amiga and computer knowledge down to your Son. Nice one. I've not heard of AmiKit, does it run in WinUAE or replace the OS like Fellow?

My biggest test of EUAE will be a couple of games that hammer the chipset, such as Gloom and the killing grounds. I also have a soft spot for skidmarks that I rediscovered recently, this title has a special place in my memory as it was developed initially where I work! And I was involved in it's testing.

I was wondering if there are plans to host documents and guides to help Amigans on this site? in a similar way to the Images section. Personnaly I would be very interested in reading the Linux guides to using EUAE and distributions on PC's.

Emulators are fab (you can guess I've been a fan for a while) as I can run a spectrum game in a window, while my emulated Amiga renders some video, which then feeds into imovie for some video editing to go to idvd on the Mac to produce pro looking Amiga generated video DVD, all while playing commando on the spectrum.

Emulation is where it is at, I can even run Windows XP on my Mac (if I feel the need)

[Macman]

Steady on!

Anyway, I must say I am impressed with your icons. I particularly like the subtle beachball reflections on both the large and small beachball.

Where can I download them?, I'll certainly include the link in the guide.

[Macman]

Hi all,

I've finsihed my EUAE Mac OSX guide, just a few screen grabs to add. I've had to fit it into lots of other work, so sorry it took so long.

I am also making optimised .EUAERC config files for all the things you can run with Amiga Forever, so that they work well on my Mac, hopefully yours too. I hope to expand on the guide with your input, so that I can add more to it.

I plan to add more detail in getting the most out of EUAE's configuration options.

Anyone fancy hosting the guide (PDF) and the config files? My own website is very out of date, in fact its a complete mess.

I'd be embarrassed to show it to you all

A little bird tells me that EUAE for Mac might soon be openGL based.

[Macman]

Hi there again,

Here it is goto link at the end of this message to download the guide for installing and running EUAE on the Mac.

My webskills are, erm, not that hot anymore. I liked the idea of a blog, but I only realised at the last minute that there seems to be no file upload that isn't a picture  :-?

So there is a slightly messy way of getting to the guide, through a yahoo briefcase, it's in the shared folder.

I'll improve things later when I have some more time.

Sorry it took so long. http://emacdome.blogspot.com

[Macman]

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean. I think you may have got the wrong end of the stick. The guide I have posted, was my first attempt to guide people through installing Richard Drumonds EUAE port for the Mac OS 10.3 to OS 10.4.5.

Actually I would be very interesting in an x86 binary that could be a native OS to a PC allowing it to boot Amiga OS, with no underlying OS at all.

If you have found an error or something that doesn't make sense in the guide, please leave a comment on the blog and I'll make some changes.

The guide was specifically written for Mac owners. Hope that helps.

[Macman]

Is it something I said?

Either my getting EUAE working on your Mac guide is really good or really bad. Nobody has said anything, no comments on it being 'not bad first draft' or 'complete rubbish' I don't mind, some feedback would be good.

I'll post on a couple of more sites, to see if I can get someone to read it. You guys seemed really keen early on, maybe it just took me too long to make, or it's just pants

Cheers all.

emacdome.blogspot.com if you've not gone there already, I'd love someone to leave me a comment

[Macman]

I've set my blog to allow anyone to comment now. I knew I'd missed something, thanks for that. will do a bit of editing re:Hi-Torro config.

The list sounds useful, very interested on what is happening on your intel Mac. Unfortunately I'm not lucky enough to own one. But we have just acquired one of the wonderful beasts at work.

I might be able to do a little testing, as we have both G5 and intel Macs at work! Alternatively, I can think of nothing better than contacting Richard Drummond.

A little bird tells me that it might only be a matter of weeks until a new version of EUAE is released. I suspect SDL lib problems for you on an intel Mac though. Do you have any other software that requires SDL that works ok?

I think it might be SDL on intel OSX. Try another emulator that needs SDL, if it fails when trying to initialise a display then it is SDL / OSx86 at fault.

Thanks very much for the comments, very useful indeed.

[Macman]

You're right, although I separate Workbench and games into different emulator setups. What is good for workbench often isn't good for chipset.

I have been very impressed with Win-UAE running chipset hitting games, when you think about it, it is amazing it works at all. I get very smooth results from Win-UAE. Being able to tripple buffer in hardware helps I'm sure.

EUAE on the Mac goes through a gfx rendering layer (the SDL framework) so is bound to be not as good.

Both emulators are highly accomplished, I hear that EUAE will impliment vsync soon. But you are right, you can notice tearing during some games if you don't customise their settings.

I'm quite picky too, and notice gfx rendering faults. I am making .EUAERC config files for Mac G5 & Hi-Torro. These run demos and games well on the Mac, I am making special config files for Workbench's, and config files for ECS and AGA games.

EUAE&SDL render very much faster when used in full screen.

[Macman]

Forgot to say, I still have my real Amiga. Unfortunatly it is in a cupboard with the Monitor in the loft! ;/

Unfortunatly I don't have enough space to set it up, hence the reason I really like emulators.

Emulator writers are the most talented of all programmers!

There is no way I will ever sell my Amiga, it will be set up one day