AIAB 2000 r7a (for WinUAE) Assembled by Jaybee - 16/04/00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi there UAE fans! Its Jaybee, an ex-miggy owner bringing you 'Amiga In A Box' ! Whats It All About? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AmigaInABox, is the essential download for all UAE freaks. To be brief, it is a 'snapshot' of my current Workbench setup on UAE. This isnt just any old 'snapshot' however, the archive has been painstakingly setup for immediate use - the main zipfile extracts into the WinUAE path, meaning a Kickstart ROM and a Workbench ADF are all thats needed! For most UAE users the Amiga OS can be pretty daunting (and ugly). There is help on how to get everything working, provided you can be bothered to follow the twenty-odd links looking for it. You could try asking on an #amiga IRC channel, but they'll either ignore you, or say "Get it off Aminet..." which isnt much help, since you probably dont know what Aminet is, let alone the urlfor it! Well, with AmigaInABox (AIAB) you can kiss goodbye to all these knightmares, practically everything you could ever need is here - already pre-configured; MUI, Picasso96, Newicons, MagicMenu - even internet utilities! Prepare to delete all those wierdly named LZX, LHA archives, and make room for just one easy zip; this is *real* Amiga emulation, as good as it gets - this is an AmigaInABox. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation (Note: A more detailed guide with screenshots, can be found on the AIAB site) ~~~~~~~~~~~~ (at the following url: http://www.emuunlim.com/aiab/installing/index.html ) (info on using AIAB with MacUAE can also be found at the same page. ) Win32 installer: Click the 'AIAB-2000.exe' installer, follow the instructions, and make sure you select the correct WinUAE path. When finished AIAB will automatically search for Kickstart ROMs. [Falke Swanke] ZIP archive: Click the 'AIAB-2000.zip' archive, which ought to load a WinZIP style program. Click extract, and set the path to the *PARENT* WinUAE folder. (Eg: WinUAE executable is in C:\WinUAE\WinUAE.exe, so extract the archive to C:\) Next, copy a Kickstart 3.0/3.1 ROM to the WinUAE\Roms\ folder and rename it to "kick.rom". If you are a little uncertain, or just plain lazy, run the "Roms\RomFind.exe" tool. NB: If you have AmigaForever, please read the Docs\AmigaForever-readme.txt file now! ~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Load WinUAE from wherever you installed it (Ie: C:\WinUAE\WinUAE.exe) 2. Click "OK" on the WinUAE gui - thats right, DONT FIDDLE ABOUT! You can edit/load the other configs to your hearts content later! 3. After a short wait, youll see a gray screen, and a requester stating 'No disk present in drive 0'. At this point you'll need to insert your Workbench 3.1/3.0 ADF: [The hardest bit] 3.1 Press F12 to bring up the WinUAE GUI. 3.2 Click the 'Floppies' page tab. 3.3 Click the file-requestor button (...) 3.4 Find and select your Workbench 3.1/3.0 ADF (ie: WB31.adf) 3.5 Click "OK" - the WinUAE GUI will disappear, and wait. NB: If you're using AmigaForever and dont have a Workbench 3.x ADF, please ~~ take a look at the readme in the Docs\ folder for a solution (of sorts). 4. Now you must select the displaymode you wish to use, (Its arguably best to use a screenmode equivalent to that of your Windows desktop). From the Screenmode GUI: 4.1 Select a UAEgfx mode, eg: 800x600 15bit. You may have to scroll the list of displaymodes in order to find a suitable selection. 4.2 Click the "No. of colours" bar, and scroll it to the maximum number. 4.3 Click "Save" The Amiga will pause, and then reboot. You will see a blue patterned desktop containing several icons. 5. Double-click the "Welcome!" file, and have a quick read. Note: If this *still* doesnt work, make sure you let WinUAE detect your graphics card. ~~~~~ If you are unsure about this, simply click the "Detect 16bit GFX modes" button in the WinUAE display config. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thats It! ~~~~~~~~~ Now you have a real Amiga, capable of running practically every Amiga application ever made, from Personal Paint to Lightwave! This system is an ideal starting point for running the hundreds of HD installers available from Aminet - such installers allow non-dos, old games to be installed onto a HD for faster-than-ADF loading and usually better compatibility! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whats New ~~~~~~~~~ Please take a look at the separate 'Notes.txt' file for a list of changes/improvements, since this list is usually pretty big ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credits ~~~~~~~ Massive thanks to the following, without whom AIAB would be...well, of 'less quality': * Brian "Bri" King for continuing to improve the best UAE port around ;) * Amiga INC. for their marvellous OS * Falke Swanke for his brilliant (if large) 'RomFind' tool * Lasse 'Gazoo' Laursen for introducing me to 'InstallMaker' (sorry I forgot you!) * Tiernan Hubble for help with the MacUAE stuff * Hippy2000 for help with parts of the 'copy-files' script * GPsoft for allowing me to use Dopus4.12 [www.gpsoft.com.au] * Jacek Rzeuski for improving the Dopus4.12 code * Henrik Isaksson for his wonderful popupmenu.library * Everyone who let me use their fine Amiga programmes * The WinUAE_beta@egroups.com chaps for answering my questions * Anyone else who has sent me thanks/ideas/CDs/tips/info/help etc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any queries or problems with 'AmigaInABox' please look on the website. There is now an AIAB mailing list for announcements/info etc. at http://www.egroups.com/group/aiab/ Cya! James Maurice Battle - jaybee@aiab.freeserve.co.uk - http://www.emuunlim.com/aiab