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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: mr_yeahman on March 29, 2006, 09:06:43 PM
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Im new here, but I have a Amiga 500 sinces my childhood.
I really love that computer, I used to played on it everyday, but nowdays I play it sometimes.
I also like to build custombuild computers...
the questions is: Can I build a pc-hardwarebased computer that act like a amiga ( run amiga apps & games ), read disks and cds for amigas. I have a huge collection of games for my amiga 500, is it possible to use them for a pchardwarebased computer? If it work, how can a do it?
I will know how far I can make a pc work like a amiga, and what things who is impossible to make the pc do that amiga can do..
The powwa from amigagames are with u...
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amiga for ever (http://www.amigaforever.com/)
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For many months now I have been thinking about building a machine like that too. WinUAE can emulate the NumLock LED on the keyboard to blink like the original power on LED and diskdrive activity. It can also as probably everybody knows emulate the sound of a disk being read.
Catweasel PCI so you can read Amiga floppy discs.
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I have AUEemulator and some roms ( the roms are same as my orginal games on my amiga, so this may not be illegal then I have licens for them ).
But its not fun like real stuff, but I think it will be more fun if I using a homemade Amigaclone instead a emulator on my windows-pc..
How Can I get more info about that PCI-amigadisk-for-pc-thing. ;-)
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catweasel (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=51&products_id=206&osCsid=e7232cdbcaba559fc6445ec1c90b5205)
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Some game consoles used rom cartridges for games. Amiga used floppies. Amiga game images are not ROMs.
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Piru wrote:
Some game consoles used rom cartridges for games. Amiga used floppies. Amiga game images are not ROMs.
So true. try to save your game in a ROM :-) (for those images having space for savegames)
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my yeahman,
posibble but not yet possible due lack of software like a dosuae version supporting variety of resoluutions and the catweasel mk4 in a good way
so if u wanna run in a pc a descent emulation you need to start windows first and then winuae
when anyone makes and advanced uae version like advanced mame everybody can built your own fake amiga using pc hardware and software but now it's not possible
bye, Laser
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at least amiga for ever 6 can boot from cd with a linux kerner and i think that if this thing can be transfered to the hard disk of a pc can be an uae quiet direct bootable as the cd.
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I understand that with AUE, its need windows to boot up, and thats very boring and not so amiga-likeit.
But is it possible to install AmigaOS into a pc, then run software who are for amiga?
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where is the token AROS fan when you need one? Personally its not worth building a clone.. just get a decent PC and run Amiga Forever.
edit: I just took a look at Amikit.. it looks pretty good.. its in the news on AO's main page.
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I have some old pc-computers under my bed, and even it will take a year to make it smell more like a amiga, it worth it!
That AROS-os, can I install that on a ordinary pc and just use what amiga-app and games I want in it?
If so, I wanna know How I get this AROS. And what hardware it support.
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You can install AROS on to a PC's hard disk and boot it directly, but you can't play any of your old Amiga games on AROS. You can install UAE inside AROS and use that to play your old games, but to be honest you would be better off using WinUAE as it will probably be faster and better supported than the version of UAE which is available for AROS.
You should look at the KXLight version of Amiga Forever. It's a bootable CD which basically contains Knoppix (a small version of Linux) which then immediately loads Amiga Forever. This way you can boot directly in to an emulated AmigaOS which will be capable of playing your old games. There is no reason why this could not be installed to a hard disk, but it may be a bit complicated.
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moto
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Does the DosAUE work good? I can easly create a startup in dos yea.
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DOSUAE hasn't been updated in years. Big improvements have been made in WinUAE since then. You would be better off installing a minimal install of Windows 98 (which will boot very quickly anyway), and replace explorer.exe with the WinUAE executable. That way when Windows loads it will immediately start WinUAE.
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moto
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mr_yeahman wrote:
I have AUEemulator and some roms ( the roms are same as my orginal games on my amiga, so this may not be illegal then I have licens for them ).
But its not fun like real stuff, but I think it will be more fun if I using a homemade Amigaclone instead a emulator on my windows-pc..
How Can I get more info about that PCI-amigadisk-for-pc-thing. ;-)
Unfortunately, your best bet will be a Windows based 'PC'. WinUAE is the best Amiga emulator available ATM; although the multi-platform E-UAE may be equally attractive, depending on what you want to do. To that end, this (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14263) thread may be of some assitance toward minimizing your interaction with Windows. It discusses changing the Windows shell from Explorer to WinUAE.
I'm still trying to find a decent Amiga theme for Windows that includes startup screen, color scheme, and gadgets. For those instances when you absolutely have to use Windows (OS maintenance). So far, those I have found fall short of imparting the Amiga 'feel'. If I do find one however, I'll tack it on to the thread I mentioned.
Anybody here know of a decent Windows theme that does a half way decent of making Windows look like an Amiga?
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Is there any instructions, like a tutorial how to make a amigafeel who run amiga-app and games easy...
What is the minimum to run winAUE on pc, how old can the computer is? i have old 200mhz-computers :-D
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just install linux and then EUAE.. works perfect on my laptop.
I'm not a AROS dude so I couldnt tell you anything about it.. but I've used WinUAE/EUAE for a while..and also Amiga Forever.
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I have a idea, maybe sounds bad for some of u.
How cool would it be to build a amigacomputer as it could be a futureamiga, from old amigapart or/and maybe som pcparts, Running latest version av AmigaOS or AROS, can run all amiga-games&apps. But even design the hardware nice.
I being thinking about a new cool version of Amiga 500, but a dvdslim-drive instaid of a diskdrive, a hardisk, USBports and so on.
:idea:
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I also think to build the fakeamiga so it can run other games from example Snes, nes, sega, c64 and so on...
Can I have both windows and AROS on same system?
I gonna soon show a prototypepicture of the computer I gonna build.
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What about the AmigaOS XL / Amithlon ?
That should work like that, booting into an Amiga environment directly.
I'm not sure though if it supports catweasel for amiga disks.
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AmigaOS XL? Does it work with pchardware?
I have a Amiga500, but I can´t hit it when I lose on a game, and the left mousebutton is damage, the soundport are also in good shape. The disks giving up one after one... It´s easly to run everything on a pc..
A pc is more cheep easy to get spareparts, I have lots of old pc who I dont know I do with them..