E-UAE Mac OS 10.4.3 Tiger

[ebobs]

This is my first (very brief) post on this site.

I  installed E-UAE on a G5, iMac and Powerbook a couple of months ago and have been playing with the various settings etc...    

A E-UAE beginers guide is a great idea as it took me ages to piece the various bits of info together.

If you need a hand with your guide Macman, I'll do my best to help.

[ebobs]

My offer of help seems a bit redundant now, as you've already got farther than I did. I looked at the Mac instructions for AIAB and gave up.

It's amazing how nostalgic a boot up screen can make you feel. I still remember being amazed the first time I used the "Undo" button in Dpaint.

Straying off topic a bit, I agree that Mac OS X is probably the closest spiritual successor to the Amiga, but there is one big difference. In it's day, the Amiga was a top games machine, as well as being a PC. The Mac currently doesn't have the same gaming status.

I was thinking that it might be a good idea, and less daunting to new users, if "E-UAE on Mac OS X" had a more memorable name. Like Winuae. At least something more compact!  X-UAE?  iUAE?  Maciga?

[ebobs]

I completely agree that gaming on PC's is a pain with all the driver issues etc...   The Amiga was, in that way, a lot more like a console. The mac never was, or is.

"Nostalgia  is cool, for those of us of a certain age, cough DPaint! awsome, in the days when EGA was good and VGA was just appearing, I remember making video work that few could work out how it was done, as that level of technology didn't exist on the PC "

Bit before my time! I'm AGA age.

Back on topic, I was thinking some custom OS X icons for the various E-UAE folders would be good. What do you think?

[ebobs]

Macman I must kneel at your feet! You were involved with the skidmarks series! I lost far too many hours to that brillant game. It was the thing that got me interested in 3D work. I remember trying to make my own cars in Imagine using the tutorials. That was a challenge on a stock A1200!

Anyway, the main point of this post is that I have done a few custom OS X icons for E-UAE. I don't know if you're interested in including them with your guide. They're not the most amazinig icons ever, but hopefully better than the generic ones. I've posted a screenshot in the Miscellaneous Amiga Images area.

Gloom runs sloooowly on anthing but lowest settings I've found.

[ebobs]

I'm working on setting up a self promo web site, but that will be a while yet. I think what I'll do is set up a simple temporary one in the mean time, as I've got a couple of other bits, as well as the icons, I'd like to make available. I'll post here when it's up.

Actually, thinking about it, rather than kneeling I should be asking for all those lost hours (days?) back I spent driving a cow round a track!