Have you ever made a dedicated UAE machine?

[runequester]

Theres various ways to do it but have you ever set up a dedicated machine just for UAE and little else?

Tell us about it!

[Duce]

Yes.  Stripped down XP install that boots right into WB 3.1.  Runs flawlessly on an Atom/Ion rig, and runs circles around any "real" Amiga I ever owned, heh.  Best of all, it's a mini-itx mobo that uses very little power and is nearly silent.

http://wowohl.de/Amiga_XP_x86.pdf

Was my guide with the boxes I did up.

[Darrin]

Nope, UAE is always something I've run ontop of Windows as a curiosity although I've made a lot more use of it lately as a way of setting up custom Workbench installs for FPGA Amigas and my A4000.  I do have a WinUAE box though with a PCI Catweasle installed, but it rarely gets used.  I'm thinking about putting it in one of the PCI slots in my Mediator A4000 system.

[commodorejohn]

Nah. I've run it on my existing Windows boxes, but if I'm gonna be spending money on an Amiga setup, I basically just want an actual, physical Amiga.

[Thorham]

Although I'm probably going to buy a netbook for, amongst other things, WinUae, so I can do some outdoor Amiga programming (on a nice summer day, in a nice place , I won't be making it boot into WinUae, because I want to use it for other things as well. Mobile internet using Opera is essential, for example (and I'm not going to bother with Amiga browsers).

[runequester]

Nope, UAE is always something I've run ontop of Windows as a curiosity although I've made a lot more use of it lately as a way of setting up custom Workbench installs for FPGA Amigas and my A4000. I do have a WinUAE box though with a PCI Catweasle installed, but it rarely gets used. I'm thinking about putting it in one of the PCI slots in my Mediator A4000 system.

This might be a stupid question, but what benefits would the catweasel add to an actual amiga?

[Darrin]

This might be a stupid question, but what benefits would the catweasel add to an actual amiga?

In my case, I was planning on using it to write D64 files back to a 5.25" drive to use on my C64/C128, but my Chameleon cartridge might have made that pointless.  

Other uses would be to read non-standard disk types from your Amiga by connecting different drives.

[runequester]

In my case, I was planning on using it to write D64 files back to a 5.25" drive to use on my C64/C128, but my Chameleon cartridge might have made that pointless.
 
Other uses would be to read non-standard disk types from your Amiga by connecting different drives.

Gotcha. Thanks!

[Darrin]

Gotcha. Thanks!

There is always a reason to my madness.  

[Digiman]

Not really, would only do that if I put an x86 motherboard in a case from a dead Amiga though.

[motrucker]

Nope - I use Windows and Amiga programs on many of the same projects, so its really handy to have both systems on the same machine. I have to add a Catweazel PCI card so I read/write Amiga disks soon.

[whabang]

I had a laptop which launched UAE and AmigaOS automatically. Worked like a charm, but I ditched that setup when I realised I shut UAE down to boot a games directly from ADF's instead.

[haywirepc]

I have a machine that is a dedicated amiga emulation machine.
 
I removed windows shell and replaced it with winuae/amiga os3.9
 
You never even know windows is underneath, unless something breaks and I have to fix it. I have a competition usb joystick but most everything else is just a stock 2ghz pc with a decent video card.
 
Feels alot like my old 1200 but much much faster and no flaky hardware problems ever... I have a backup of the entire system on 2 usb thumb drives, so it I ever have any problems its very easy to restart a new install.

When I get some extra money, I plan on buying a boing ball mouse and keyboard from amigakit for it, along with a catweasel so I can make floppies for my real amiga machines.
 
Steven

[runequester]

Doesn't the newest catweasel allow the use of amiga joystick and keyboard?
 
The thought is really tempting I must admit

[haywirepc]

Yes it does, which is another reason why I'd like one on this machine. I don't like this competition pro, its too clicky or something. I prefer to use a sega genesis controller or one of the others I had for amiga back in the day.
 
You can actually use an amiga keyboard/mouse and joystick with the new catweasel. Thats pretty awesome.
 
Steven