Hi everyone, I have dug out an old A4000 with an IDE hard drive in it and would like to pull some data off it. It boots ok and I was wondering what emulation software would be best for installing it in a Windows PC so I can copy data off it. Would I need something like Amiga Forever? Thanks in advance for your help.
Amiga Forever will work. Since you already own an Amiga, you can also use just WinUAE. Downloading WinUAE is free. Amiga Forever, however, is s very reasonable cost, and comes with the ROM files as well as a pre-configured Amiga OS 3.1 setup. All you have to do is connect your A4000 IDE drive to a free IDE cable in your PC, add it to the existing OS 3.1 set up and boot it up.
Installing Directory OPUS will help facilitate transferring files over to your PC.
Also, you can setup a WinUAE configuration that can actually run your A4000 IDE drive in an emulated A4000 environment, except it will be alot faster. Also, you can set up Picasso Graphic modes to increase display speed as well increase resolution and colors. I've actually set up a 2.5" 60 GB IDE hard drive in a PC with WinUAE, then transferred it to a real A1200 seamlessly.
