New to Winuae

[Thomas]

1) You have to enable the "allow native code" option on the Misc panel. Be aware that this is a potential security breach because it allows to execute x86 code without control of your anti-virus software.

2) I think this is about host resolution versus Amiga resolution. You might have to change the ADoom config file or command line arguments to get a higher resolution. All you can get from WinUAE is small resolution scaled to a big screen, making it all blurry. Anyway to get the scaling active you should check the Filters panel.

3) no idea.

4) there is no trial version. But if netsurf is slow, OS4 will be even slower.

5) no idea.

6) uaegfx gives more direct access to the host gfx card, it automatically clones all available gfx modes of the PC's gfx card. PicassoIV emulates the Picasso hardware with all its restrictions. It's more for the retro feeling than for productivity. Note that uaegfx does not yet work with OS4 unless you use a beta version of WinUAE.

7) if you use uaegfx modes you should see it fly without any patches. Fblit and the like are only needed when using the Amiga's native chipset. And on WinUAE it shouldn't make a difference at all unless you use very strict compatibility settings like cycle-exact, approximate a500 speed and the like.

If you use the "high end" quickstart setting, you should get the fastest Amiga you've ever seen.

[Thomas]

I must have something set wrong

Well, "wrong" is relative.

You have to see WinUAE as a universal program which can do everything. It can be highly accurate on one hand or really fast on the other hand or anything inbetween.

Accuracy also means that the speed is accurate, i.e. as slow as a real Amiga. So if your goal is accuracy and emulation is slow, then the goal is reached.

On the other hand you can increase speed dramatically if you reduce accuracy.

These are the settings used for speed:

CPU:
- 68020 or higher
- JIT
- fastest possible

Chipset:
- generic
- immediate blitter
- *no* cycle exact

Floppy drives:
- turbo

RTG board:
- UAE ZorroIII (a.k.a. uaegfx)

Software-wise you have to install Picasso96 software, otherwise the uaegfx card is not used.