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The "Not Quite Amiga but still computer related category" => Amiga Emulation => Topic started by: ckillerh3 on November 22, 2005, 01:48:25 AM

Title: Amiga Forever UAE - WTF?
Post by: ckillerh3 on November 22, 2005, 01:48:25 AM

Hi -

I just installed Amiga Forever 2005 and can not seem to do a darn thing with it !   Other than loading the default Amiga Forever workbench, I can not figure out how to load any Amiga disk files or programs.  I've got lots of original Amiga disks and used differnt utilities to generate the ADF Amiga Disk files.

When I use the WinUAE Configuration utility I tried loading ADF files using the Disk Drives utility, and also the Disk Swapper utility.  Loading a file there prevents me from booting into the Amiga Forever Workbench.

Is there some vault of knowledge on the Web somewhere where I can find some instructions on how to configure this software emulator?

WTF?

Title: Re: Amiga Forever UAE - WTF?
Post by: Piru on November 22, 2005, 01:59:48 AM

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Is there some vault of knowledge on the Web somewhere where I can find some instructions on how to configure this software emulator?

http://www.amigaforever.com/faq/
http://www.amigaforever.com/troubleshooting/

Title: Re: Amiga Forever UAE - WTF?
Post by: a3000 on November 27, 2005, 11:57:51 PM

Hi the easist way I have found to use Af is to use a existing Amiga hard drive via a USB port connection. When you use WinUae just add a harddrive & it will see your Amiga drive. you can then use opus to copy whatever you need over. hope that helps.

Title: Re: Amiga Forever UAE - WTF?
Post by: a3000 on November 27, 2005, 11:59:05 PM

sorry you must also be running XP. otherwise you stuff things up.

Title: Re: Amiga Forever UAE - WTF?
Post by: DaBest on November 28, 2005, 12:26:16 AM

"Hi the easist way I have found to use Af is to use a existing Amiga hard drive via a USB port connection. When you use WinUae just add a harddrive & it will see your Amiga drive. you can then use opus to copy whatever you need over. hope that helps."

My question is:

How do you get an original Amiga formatted hard drive to plug into a USB port ??????

Title: Re: Amiga Forever UAE - WTF?
Post by: Revener on November 28, 2005, 02:07:20 AM

Put it in an External HD box that plugs into the USB perhaps ?

Title: Re: Amiga Forever UAE - WTF?
Post by: MarkAshley on November 28, 2005, 07:23:30 AM

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ckillerh3 wrote:
When I use the WinUAE Configuration utility I tried loading ADF files using the Disk Drives utility, and also the Disk Swapper utility.  Loading a file there prevents me from booting into the Amiga Forever Workbench.
WTF?

It's functioning like a real Amiga. If you boot with a bootable disk in the drive then it boots from the disk. If there is no disk in the drive, then it boots from hard disk. If you put in a disk after booting from the hard drive, then an icon for the disk will appear on the Workbench (if the disk is readable).