Could use some tips

[Jagabot]

This might be a strange question(s), or for all I know some of it might be against the rules of the forum (if so sorry about that, delete this if it's required).

Let me preface this by saying I own around 60 Amigas, ~100 ROM chips of various flavours, dozens of OS packages, piles of Amiga software etc. I also own a purchased copy of Cloanto's Amiga emulator package on CD, and I have the most recent versions of everything including WinUAE.


Now, here are the questions

#1 What are the best ROM files to use with WinUAE? Where can I get them? As far as I am concerned I already own over a hundred ROMS, and I can't see why me having other software versions of those ROMS could be against any laws/rules -- now I'd like the very best sets for my emulator thank you very much.

#2 What configuration would you say is the most stable and functional to use?

#2b What hardware setup is thought to be the be the "best" for stablity?  I intend to use this on a P4 3.2GHz 1GB 800MHz RAM, GeForce 3Ti500 machine currently running XP Pro - should I change the video card or OS or anything? Any tips here (I don't care about the cost, I have a pile of PC hardware to try swapping around if there is some optimal setup to be had...). I'm mainly after a stable games playing environment all running on one box (it already runs MAME with ~3000 roms for example).

#3 Are there any good sources for ADFs other than back2roots.org?


Thanks for any tips or advice!   :-D

glen@go_graphical.com (remove the _ )

[Jagabot]

Thanks for the quick reply mike.

So the 1.3 and 3.1 ROMs included with the Cloanto package are just as good as any other versions of those ROMs?

I realise google is my friend, how you think I have 3000+ MAME roms?  Was just curious if there were a couple other great sources like back2roots was all.

[Jagabot]

Thanks for all the tips guys. I eventually ended up ripping my own 3.1, 3.0, 2.05, 2.04, 1.3 ROMS because the ones included with the Cloanto distribution are "locked" (and I didn't want to spend too much time trying to find out how to get around that when it was just as easy to go rip them myself from some machines here). I suppose in hindsight had I installed the newer version of WinUAE in the same dir as Amiga Forever instead of a new one (specially for AIAB) it probably would have worked.

I now have everything set up with a nice modified AIAB configuration (actually 5 different configs) and the only thing I can't get to work is Voyager. Everything else, including sound, works perfectly.

Any clues on how the heck I can get Voyager working in WinUAE? I've even tried installing a fresh version (tried both the newest beta and the newest release versions) and both fail to complete the installation. They get 1/2 way through then sit there with the mouse Zzz'd out.

Any help with V would be appreciated!