winuae woes....

[Lurch]

Three things cause that error,

1) Graphics card driver issues - Get the latest for your card

2) Directx out of date or corrupted - Install using the directx runtime from MS.

3) SP2 not installed. I highly recommend you install SP3 and all the updates.

[Lurch]

Piru bet me to it, all OS's need updates. Fix security issues, add new features. I'd install the updates the newer version of WinUAE and directx is worth it.

Download them to a flash drive or burn to disc if you want to go old school. :-)

[Lurch]

Don't think it's a problem with the OS at all, just hasn't been updated. As with anything you need to maintain it.

However the thread title is incorrect.

As for the support dropping for XP, XP is too old now. It's been around since 2001 that's a very long time for an OS (let alone computer hardware).

I ditched XP as soon as Windows 7 was released, I know there are MS haters out there but Windows 7 is a huge leap forward. Faster than my XP build and more stable, even self repairing. Of course there are people out there trying to run 6+ year old hardware with it which is crazy.

[Lurch]

WinUAE + Classic WB, which I upgraded with my AmigaOS 3.9 disc. Fantast WHDLoad machine, also replaced the explorer shell with WinUAE and hid the PC box under the desk, non the wiser ;-)

Just about to flash the BIOS to hide the BIOS logo etc so should be good.

Having said that nothing beats sitting in front of my A500+ :-)

[Lurch]

Got to try the latest thanks to MCB/Mike. Very good package all built around WinUAE really tightly.
Systems all listed and configured i.e. A500, Amikit etc.
I'm very impressed, stuck some photos in my gallery on here :-)

[Lurch]

Oh I'm using the older version I think amiga forever 2009. I loaded a big whdload games collection. It keeps asking for different roms on some attempts to load games...

Maybe I can copy the folder from the 2012 install to my older xp install?

Steven

The ROMS are all there it's just looking for a certain name. Happens with any WHDload game even on a real amiga.

Just need to copy the ROM into DHO : Devs/Kickstarts

Then name the ROM the same as the RTB file in that location
So for the Amiga 500 kick 1.2 you would name the ROM file kick33180.a500

Having said that haven't had that issue with Amiga Forever. Just worked straight out of the box, even my copy of 2009 :-)

[Lurch]

If you run Amiga Forever and select Check for Updates from the Help menu, and then install the update that was released today, does it automatically close the Amiga Forever player window?

Yep that works fine, just had that issue during the install :-) Really enjoying the product :-)