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Title: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: AmiKit on June 10, 2014, 09:45:40 PM
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/490828/AmiKit/images/AK7.png)

New AmiKit 7, the high-end emulation package of classic Amiga, is now available for FREE download for every major desktop and mobile platform including Android, Windows, Mac, Linux and real Amiga.

WHAT IS AMIKIT?
AmiKit turns your computer, tablet or phone into legendary Amiga computer. FOR FREE!
This pre-configured software package includes more than 350 of the finest Amiga programs! You can surf web, read emails and documents, listen to or create your own music, burn CD/DVDs, edit images, play games and much more - all in good old Amiga way! We've done all the hard work for you so that your high-end Amiga experience can begin right away.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/490828/AmiKit/images/screenshots/amikit7-small.jpg)

AmiKit works on the following platforms:
- Windows (XP, 7 and 8)
- Mac OS X (Intel or PowerPC)
- Linux (32bit or 64bit)
- Android (v4.2+, ARM7 or x86 CPU)
- real Amiga (68030+AGA)

(http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/490828/AmiKit/images/flashdisk/3-small.png)

Moreover, AmiKit 7 is also available on a BOOTABLE compact and sleek solid metal design flash disk. It easily attaches to your keys and provides a capacity of 8 GB, with AmiKit pre-installed!

FREE DOWNLOADS are available from http://amikit.amiga.sk/ (http://amikit.amiga.sk/)

If you have any questions, suggestions or feedback, please visit our new Support Forum (http://forum.amiga.sk/).

Thank you for your support. Enjoy your AmiKit!
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: Duce on June 11, 2014, 12:13:03 AM
A wonderful program that gets nowhere near the amount of attention and respect that it deserves - thank you for the update!
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: TrevorDick on June 11, 2014, 10:50:57 AM
Totally agree. I received my little present in the post today! :-)

TrevorD
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: nicholas on June 11, 2014, 09:02:33 PM
Why does the OSX version use the old unmaintained E-UAE rather than the far superior FS-UAE?
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: klesterjr on June 11, 2014, 09:35:42 PM
Quote from: nicholas;766248
Why does the OSX version use the old unmaintained E-UAE rather than the far superior FS-UAE?


AmiKit is just a collection of software. Nothing stopping anyone from using FS-UAE with the OSX version.  :)
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: som99 on June 11, 2014, 09:44:02 PM
I have never tried this on a real Amiga but I can imagine it crawls on my ACA1231/43MHz ^^

Nice initiative so Thank you very much :)
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: klx300r on June 12, 2014, 03:11:09 AM
thanks Amikit team! I finally have my Amiga notebook:)


Quote from: som99;766251
I have never tried this on a real Amiga but I can imagine it crawls on my ACA1231/43MHz ^^

Nice initiative so Thank you very much :)

here's the support thread for the Real Amikit thanks to Retrofan http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=67578.  I think some people say it runs fine on their ACA 1231 1200's.
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: Fingers on June 12, 2014, 05:44:19 AM
Quote from: nicholas;766248
Why does the OSX version use the old unmaintained E-UAE rather than the far superior FS-UAE?


http://fs-uae.net/installing-amikit-in-fs-uae ;)

PZ.
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: som99 on June 12, 2014, 06:09:06 AM
Quote from: klx300r;766271
thanks Amikit team! I finally have my Amiga notebook:)




here's the support thread for the Real Amikit thanks to Retrofan http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=67578.  I think some people say it runs fine on their ACA 1231 1200's.


Thanks for the link klx300r :) Ill give it a go just to try it out later :)
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: gertsy on June 12, 2014, 06:24:41 AM
Quote from: klx300r;766271
thanks Amikit team! I finally have my Amiga notebook:)

here's the support thread for the Real Amikit thanks to Retrofan http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=67578.  I think some people say it runs fine on their ACA 1231 1200's.


Looking to make an Amiga Netbook.  eMachines 250 with XP SP3.

@klesterjr : I respect the fact that it's all put together in a package and has some level of support, being time poor.  We can all grow our own wheat and make our own bread, but we don't.

Still excited.
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: J-Golden on June 12, 2014, 06:55:41 AM
Oooooh yes please!!!!!

This is such an amazing product and happier with every update.

Just need to update the USB Amikit drive o mine and I'll be good to go!

Thanks again!
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: AmiKit on June 12, 2014, 06:55:47 AM
Thank you all for your kind words and support. It's amazing!! Such feedback is a big boost for the project! Thank you and I hope you enjoy your AmiKit!

Quote from: gertsy;766285
I respect the fact that it's all put together in a package and has some level of support, being time poor.

Support Forum is here: http://forum.amiga.sk

Quote from: gertsy;766285
We can all grow our own wheat and make our own bread, but we don't

I do and it works. And I offer my "bread" to you for free. Welcome to Amiga utopia :D
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: CritAnime on June 12, 2014, 07:11:24 AM
Just tried to install this on my BlackBerry Z10. I can get the BlackBerry 10 OS to read the .apk but it won't install for some reason. Will look into it further. Think I may have to use the BlackBerry dev environment to jiggle with it.

Gonna dump it on my Nvidia Tegra Note though. :)
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: AmiKit on June 12, 2014, 09:21:35 AM
@CrtiAnime

James, is your BlackBerry Z10 running Android? Anyway, start a thread in http://forum.amiga.sk I am sure our Android guy will help you. Thanks!
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: Fingers on June 12, 2014, 11:50:21 AM
Anyone else having a problem with iBrowse failing when trying to add a fastlink after the upgrade? :(

PZ.
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: Kesa on June 12, 2014, 11:57:04 AM
Quote from: CritAnime;766293
Just tried to install this on my BlackBerry Z10. I can get the BlackBerry 10 OS to read the .apk but it won't install for some reason. Will look into it further. Think I may have to use the BlackBerry dev environment to jiggle with it.

Gonna dump it on my Nvidia Tegra Note though. :)

Wow. Someone actually bought a Blackberry10 :rolleyes:

Meanwhile i'm going to try this out tomorrow. It's lookin' good :)
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: SteveH on June 12, 2014, 12:00:27 PM
I started to install AmiKit on my X1000 but halted when it said it would install onto the SYS: partition. Anyone know if this can be changed? I want to install to DH1:
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: Fingers on June 12, 2014, 12:08:45 PM
Quote from: SteveH;766309
I started to install AmiKit on my X1000 but halted when it said it would install onto the SYS: partition. Anyone know if this can be changed? I want to install to DH1:


Erm?
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: AmiKit on June 12, 2014, 12:10:22 PM
Quote from: Fingers;766306
Anyone else having a problem with iBrowse failing when trying to add a fastlink after the upgrade? :(
Can you start a thread in Support Forum http://forum.amiga.sk and provide more details what "failing" means exactly, please?

Quote from: SteveH;766309
I started to install AmiKit on my X1000 but halted when it said it would install onto the SYS: partition. Anyone know if this can be changed? I want to install to DH1:
Are you installing the "Real" version? It was never tested on X1000.
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: SteveH on June 12, 2014, 12:22:03 PM
Quote from: AmiKit;766312

Are you installing the "Real" version? I think it should work but it was never tested on X1000. Better backup your system first.

It's the free version, RealAK1.0.
What I was getting at was (1) if I  continued with the installation, would I get the option to change the  installation path? the text at the start of the installation process suggests not (2) if I installed to SYS: and then moved the drawer  to DH1: are there any paths I would need to change?
Thanks!
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: AmiKit on June 12, 2014, 12:32:21 PM
Quote from: SteveH;766313
It's the free version, RealAK1.0.

All AmiKit versions are free :)
Quote from: SteveH;766313
What I was getting at was (1) if I  continued with the installation, would I get the option to change the  installation path? the text at the start of the installation process suggests not (2) if I installed to SYS: and then moved the drawer  to DH1: are there any paths I would need to change?
Thanks!

Please note the "Real AmiKit" conversion is unofficial and not created by me. A special support thread can be found at http://real.amiga.sk/
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: klesterjr on June 12, 2014, 12:52:49 PM
Quote from: SteveH;766309
I started to install AmiKit on my X1000 but halted when it said it would install onto the SYS: partition. Anyone know if this can be changed? I want to install to DH1:


An X1000 is an OS4 machine. There is currently no official version of AmiKit for OS4. As Jan mentioned earlier, "stay tuned".
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: CritAnime on June 12, 2014, 10:38:22 PM
No but BlackBerry 10 has the jelly bean runtime in it. It's not 100%, especially if it requires Google play technology. But it runs a lot of stuff. I will call by the forum when I get a chance.
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: CritAnime on June 12, 2014, 10:40:21 PM
Quote from: Kesa;766308
Wow. Someone actually bought a Blackberry10 :rolleyes:


Yup and proud of it ;)
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: SteveH on June 13, 2014, 12:25:17 PM
Quote from: klesterjr;766316
An X1000 is an OS4 machine. There is currently no official version of AmiKit for OS4. As Jan mentioned earlier, "stay tuned".
Ok, that's fine.
Can anyone provide me with a link to the installation guide? The only links I have found so far on Google no longer work.  The link in the ReadMe doesn't work for me, either :confused:
It does say "To install AmiKit on a real Amiga computer please follow this AmiKit on a Real Amiga guide" at this page: http://www.amikit.amiga.sk/forum/index.php?action=vtopic&forum=3&page=2#!info/c11fd   but there doesn't appear to be a link to the guide (unless I just can't see it!).
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: AmiKit on June 13, 2014, 12:41:16 PM
Quote from: SteveH;766434
Ok, that's fine.
Can anyone provide me with a link to the installation guide? The only links I have found so far on Google no longer work.  The link in the ReadMe doesn't work for me, either :confused:
It does say "To install AmiKit on a real Amiga computer please follow this AmiKit on a Real Amiga guide" at this page: http://www.amikit.amiga.sk/forum/index.php?action=vtopic&forum=3&page=2#!info/c11fd   but there doesn't appear to be a link to the guide (unless I just can't see it!).

AmiKit for real Amiga is for 68k based Amiga, not for PPC/OS4 machine. Sorry if this was not mentioned clearly enough before. Also the guide and the link are obsolete. The guide was created long time before the RealAmiKit installation archive was born.
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: SteveH on June 13, 2014, 12:58:36 PM
Quote from: AmiKit;766435
AmiKit for real Amiga is for 68k based Amiga, not for PPC/OS4 machine. Sorry if this was not mentioned clearly enough before.
Oh, OK, that's fine - I just thought it might be fun trying it on my X1000. Seems a great piece of software!
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: carvedeye on June 13, 2014, 04:12:42 PM
How do i install this on my amiga 1200? I have a mediator lt4 with a radeon 9250, Realtek LAN card and an 030 accelerator?
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: Fingers on June 14, 2014, 09:51:44 AM
Quote from: AmiKit;766312
Can you start a thread in Support Forum http://forum.amiga.sk and provide more details what "failing" means exactly, please?


No worries, I'll include a picture to show what happens.

PZ.
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: Fingers on June 14, 2014, 10:34:09 AM
http://forum.amiga.sk/index.php?action=vthread&forum=4&topic=1367
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: LiveForIt on June 14, 2014, 11:02:57 AM
Quote from: SteveH;766309
I started to install AmiKit on my X1000 but halted when it said it would install onto the SYS: partition. Anyone know if this can be changed? I want to install to DH1:

Its a good thing you stoped, if you head continued you might have trashed the AmigaOS4.x installation badly.

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It's the free version, RealAK1.0.
What I was getting at was (1) if I continued with the installation, would I get the option to change the installation path? the text at the start of the installation process suggests not (2) if I installed to SYS: and then moved the drawer to DH1: are there any paths I would need to change?

You setup a EUAE enviroment for it.

There is a JIT version that is fast, but its not yet 100% satable, you might run it in the non JIT version but its going to run slow.

I think you should wait for EUAE JIT to get stable, AmiKIT does not really offer anything for AmigaOS4.1 users, AmiKIT is a unofficial upgrade for AmigaOS 3.5/3.9.
Title: Re: Revolution in Amiga emulation!
Post by: som99 on June 14, 2014, 11:54:15 AM
Due to this, I dug up my old Thinkpad T41 laptop, specced:
CPU: 1.4GHz
Ram:256MB
HDD: 30GB
Screen 14.1"
GPU: Radeon 7500 32MB

So I went trough my storage and found a 2GHz Pentium M 760 and put in it, added 2GB of ram and took a 32GB MLC PATA SSD and a converter for the opticbay so I put a 160GB PATA drive in the CD/DVD slot.

So upgraded a bit with what I had I am now looking for a fitting 9000 or 128MB FIREGL on ebay and planning on upgrading that also.

Then I used nlite to strip down a Windows XP install as much as possible, got it down to just taking 480MB installed and only using about 55MB ram and after that I removed the Windows XP boot screen.

System boots in a few seconds after post when installed on the PATA SSD and shrinked  so quite nice.

Then I tried AmiKITT and hey its nice, gave it all ram possible and had some fun with it.

Now im planning on doing a silent start to AmiKIT ignoring windows shell and then i'm at land :)

So it's a nice bundle of software you put together, this laptop will be used at work beside my workstation, so thanks :)
Not the fastest machine around but seems to work quite ok for this task and it's good to get some use of it, better then throwing it away :)

I will take time and try this out on my A1200 also, but im quite happy with the snappiness and speed of my current 3.1 setup but it's always fun to try :)