WinUAE doesn't work

[Holley]

Under UAE having more graphics memory won't help anything as it's on raw 2D performance, your current setup should be able to run at around stock A1200 speeds as it is.

Try leaving the settings, but don't boot to a floppy - does the usual disk picture come up?  If not I'd suspect a video config problem.  Try switching on floppy sound emulation and see if any familiar whirring/clicking sounds if trying to boot from floppy ...

If it makes noises then it's running but you need to tweak the display settings - I use 800x600, full screen, non-centered, and double line mode.

P96 is only needed if you set up a harddisk image under KS2 or above, it doesn't affect the older games at all.

[Holley]

A 200MHz PC with 1Mb of video ram and Win95 should be enough to make for a useable WinUAE setup at A500 speed, and should take no longer than an A500 to boot into Workbench (ie. about 20 - 30 seconds).  I was doing that in about 1998, quite happily!

I have an ATI Rage 128 Mobility in my laptop, it runs everything at 1400x1050 rock solid, including WinUAE (DirectX heavy games run at 1024x768 happily).  Old VIA chipsets generally run fine under Win98, I've certainly never had any problems.

While this chap's setup may be old, it's nice to see some recycling of old equipment.  While it's working it can be useful to someone, all it means you have to choose software to suit the age of the PC - just think back to when 400MHz was rippingly quick - not all that long ago ;-)