If you think my english is poor. How good is your french ?
Sorry but for Disk space reason the pictures still in french

This page is destinated to PC users and suppose a little knoweldge of PC stuff like WinZip but near no knowledge of the Amiga. (Yes u got it at last : a DosUAE Guide for dummies). 
It's old now so most of the links are broken so go to My Newest WinUAE page (Dec 1999)
There is also a Download Page now with all the shareware listed here

                                              AL/ 

UAE logo by Alain THELLIER, copy free ...

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If you got a useless PC and suffer when trying to install Linux :-P
Then why not try AMIGA OS with UAE the Amiga emulator.


Workbench/DosUAE screen grab
My Pentium screen at office.
Everything on screen work !!!! Yes even Shapeshifter: the Mac emulator.
Visual prefs, MUI & Magic Workbench have been installed on a 3.0 System.
Deluxe Paint IV and Caligari 2 run too, of course .....

 

The Unix Amiga Emulator emulate an Amiga 500 but also a 68020 CPU + FPU and can have up to 2Mo Chip RAM ("Video RAM"), 8 Mo fast RAM and another 1 Mo of RAM.for a whole 11 Mo.
You can install 3.1 System the latest, 1992 old but already 32 bits and prehemptive multitasking.
It give you some kind of Amiga 2500.


WHAT IS
NEEDED ?
UAE gold

A Pentium or Dx PC with an SVGA board and 20 Mo disk free space, Windows is not necessary.

Acces to a real Amiga fot copyning orginal System floppies, it's called "Workbench" ( a true ancestor of Windows) and the ROM (very powerful Bios) and Amiga software (games and apps).
Beware of copyrights.
I recommandate 1.2 ROMS otherwise 1.3 for gaming from Amigas 1000/500/2000 and 3.1 otherwise 3.0 for serious stuffs coming from Amiga 1200/4000

Useless stuffs then cool ones for making your Amiga prettier like Magic Workbench (here) or Visual Prefs(here) or SwazInfo (here) you cand find it on Amiga CD-ROM like those found
on magazines (Amiga Format, Dream, etc..) on the Aminet CDs or on the Aminet Site.
And of course UAE for DOS (Thanx to Gustavo Goedert for such an Excellent Work) version 0.6.9c that is on the main DosUAE site.


HOW TO
BEGIN ?
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On the PC:
Download duae069.zip put it on a dos directory like c:\uae and decompress it with WinZip or what you got, then finish the install by running runme.bat
Put the files from C:\uae\amiga to a 720 Ko DOS floppy (or 1.4 Mo if you got a real Amiga 4000 ,like me ;)


THE 
AMIGA ROM
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You need an Amiga that can read PC floppy like recents Amigas (A600,A1200,A4000) or you need to install the MessyDos shareware (also available on Aminet or CD).
Beware all the PC DOS files haven't Amiga icons so they can't be seen on an Amiga until
you select the "Files / Show / All files" menu. Simply click the "transrom" within the "amiga"
directory of the PC0: floppy. Then when the system propose you to execute "transrom"
simply retype "transrom > pc0:kick.rom"
If you got an hard drive on your Amiga. It's wise to put now transdis in the Amiga Workbench:c/ directory where still all others commands (equivalent of c:\dos)
If you don't see a file on an Amiga just select "Files/Show/ All files" and "Windows/update" menus
On the PC: like other stuff put kick.rom in c:\uae and rename it a convenient way by
version name like kick.12,kick.13......kick.30,kick.31


THE AMIGA
SYSTEM & OS
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Workbench like the ROM is still copyrighted . It came on 6 floppies of 880 Ko, unreadable
by PC floppy controller (The Amiga Guru: Dr Kittel explain that it's cause the tracks are made
from only one physical block and not separated in physical sectors with gaps beetween)

Every Amiga floppy then must be read and save in a file of the .ADF kind that is 901120 bytes long with the transdi command. For curious people: the floppy can be unreadable (a game) by workbench but readable by transdis (it only need to have normals tracks not a file system)

Example: Transferring the first Amiga System v 3.1 floppy simply called "Workbench" in a file
called WB31.ADF.
If you don't got an hard disk proceed the same way that with transrom .... click "transdis"
and retype "transdis > ram:wb31.adf" ( With an hard drive select the "execute a command" and continue the same way) then "wb31.adf" will be in the Ram Disk.

Execute a command

If you got an high density floppy on your Amiga, like me ;), you can then put it directly on the
PC floppy from the Ram Disk

Else the only way is gzip for the Amiga (put this command in Workbench:/c or the Ram Disk)
and execute the command (by clicking or menu........ u got it now) "gzip wb31.adf"

If you got nothing (less RAM, no gzip)

You can do it in two time, by reading only the half of the floppy (80 tracks) 

Example: the disk is foo.adf 
transdisk > RAM:foo1.adf -s 0 -e 39
the get it back to the PC with a 720 Ko floppy and remember to erase it from the Ram Disk. 

transdisk > RAM:foo2.adf -s 40 -e 79
the get it back to the PC with an other 720 Ko floppy 

On the PC type the DOS command 
c:\copy /B foo1.adf+foo2.adf foo.adf

For launching UAE it's recommended to quit Windows (forever ?) :>

GAMERS
SETTINGS
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You need the 1.2 ROMs otherwise 1.3.
run uae.exe and set the settings this way in the Dos UAE interface
Disk settings/Insert df0 your game .ADF file like for example bubble.adf (key "a" to list all files)
DosUAE v.69 - Main Menu
_________________________
RUN UAE!
Disk settings
Video settings 
Memory settings
Hard Disk settings
Sound settings
Other settings
About UAE
_________________________
RUN UAE! 
_________________________
BUILD OPTIONS
CPU 68000 no FPU
Fast version

PC SYSTEM
Physical Mem: 20MB 
Virtual Mem: 21 MB 
OS: DOS

UAE FILESYS VOLUMES

________________________________________________
| DF0:- c:/uae/bubble.adf
| DF0:- 
| DF0:- 
| DF0:-

| VIDEO:320*240 256 colors
| X centered (clever) Y centered (clever) 
| double on drawing every 5 frame.
| Immediate Blits On. 32 bit Blits On
| Copper Cheat disabled
| GFXLIB replacement Off
MEMORY: 512k chip, 0 fast, 512K bogo
ROM IMAGE: c:/uae/kick.12 

| SOUND: 0 (Off)
| 8 bits 11000 Hz
| Buffer: Min 2048 Max 8192
| Dont adjust frequency dynamicly
| JOYSTICK 0 CONFIG: M | JOYSTICK 1 CONFIG: A
| SERIAL: AUX: (inactive) | PARALLEL: PRN: 
| ACCURACY: 0 | 68K SPEED: 3
| HARDDISK: No hard disk file available

All other settings should be off
 
 
 


SERIOUS 
SETTINGS
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If you wanna work with UAE seriously you need a system 3.0 or 3.1. You must first create a directory called c:\uae\amiga.hd.
And this time we really need the six file disks for installing the Worbench
wb31.adf, extra.adf, fonts.adf, install.adf, locale.adf, storage.adf

Run uae020.exe (Itt require a Pentium or a DX ) and set the settings this way in the Dos UAE interface

Disk settings/Insert df0 uour workbench .ADF file like wb31.adf do the same for the 3 others .ADF files
DosUAE v.69 - Main Menu
_______________________________________
RUN UAE!
Disk settings
Video settings 
Memory settings
Hard Disk settings
Sound settings
Other settings
About UAE
_______________________________________
RUN UAE! 
_______________________________________
BUILD OPTIONS
CPU 68020/68881
Fast version

PC SYSTEM
Physical Mem: 20MB 
Virtual Mem: 21 MB 
OS: DOS

UAE FILESYS VOLUMES
DH0: C/UAE/AMIGA.HD - virtual - size 8
PC0: A:

________________________________________________
| DF0:- c:/uae/wb31.adf
| DF0:- c:/uae/extras.adf
| DF0:- c:/uae/locale.adf
| DF0:- c:/uae/storage.adf

| VIDEO: 640*480 32768 colors
| X centered (clever) Y centered (clever) 
| double on drawing every frame.
| Immediate Blits On. 32 bit Blits On
| Copper Cheat disabled
| GFXLIB replacement Off
MEMORY: 2048k chip, 8192 fast, 1024K bogo
ROM IMAGE: c:/uae/kick.30

| SOUND: 0 (Off)
| 8 bits 11000 Hz
| Buffer: Min 2048 Max 8192
| Dont adjust frequency dynamicly
| JOYSTICK 0 CONFIG: M | JOYSTICK 1 CONFIG: A
| SERIAL: AUX: (inactive) | PARALLEL: PRN: 
| ACCURACY: 0 | 68K SPEED: 3
| HARDDISK: No hard disk file available

Hard Disk Settings /add a virtual volume/Name "DH0"/ Path "c:/uae/disque.dur" / Size type Return.
Hard Disk Settings /add a normal volume/Name "PC0"/ Path "a:"

Then you got a false Amiga hard drive called DH0: and a DOS floppy drive called PC0: those are standard Amiga names
Ainsi vous disposez d'un faux disque dur Amiga nommé DH0: et du lecteur de disquette Dos nommé PC0:

All other settings should be off.
 
 

Do RUN UAE! then you should obtain (quickly) a Workbench screen (very ugly) with icons.
It seems that automatic installation fail on UAE so we gonna do it by hand.
Select the menu Workbench/Backdrop. Open your first floppy "Workbench" Select the menu Windows/Show/All files (like often) then the menu Windows/Select Contents and get all those files (Mouse and Shift) to put them on DH0:
Do the same with the contents of the others floppies put it in DH0: When Drawers (=directories) already exists on DH0: then only copy their contents Windows/Select Contents.

Exit UAE with F12 and run it again with the last install floppy useful the one called "Fonts" like this DF0: c:/uae/fonts.adf. Within UAE copy it too on DH0:
Open the DH0: Prefs drawer, click ScreenMode select Pal hi res. interlace , 640 (default) x 480 , 8 coolors, Save it..

You should then have a workbench that act like on a real Amiga


SOFTWARE
TRANSFER
UAE gold

Three simple methods
1) .ADF files already described.



2) If it a simple executable (binary) in a sole file like a command or demo then you can put it to a DOS floppy from a real Amiga or read it from an Amiga CD with a CD-ROM equipped machine (Amiga, PC or Mac)
Remenber to insert PC floppy before launching UAE.
The same transfer method work also with .IFF image or .MOD modules
Beware names will be truncate to 8 characters and the same for icons but we can all rename and fix after being copied to DH0:

So an Amiga file called FoolMegaDemo3 became foolmega and foolmega.inf on a Dos floppy.



3) .LHA archives contains Amiga files and dirs compacted (like GZip) you can transfer them from anywhere too with Dos floppies. Amiga Cds and Aminet sites are full of that kind of files.

You NEED the lha command in DH0:/c (equivalent of c:\dos), You can also look for the gzip,unzip,undms commands on Aminet or old Magazine's flopies or CDs (French people have Dreamex an almost all drag'and'drop decompressor, so bad no shareware).

Example: An archive called foo.lha put it in the Ram disk. Click on it the retype in the "Execute a Command" window "lha x toto.lha "
On a PC, WinZip can do it too with the menu Option/Program location "c:\zip\lha.exe"
but it's not wery smart or useful except for printing Amiga docs and readme files



Amiga software installation is often standardized with an install icon that set up all to your hard drive: the "Installer"
So you should be able to install Magic Workbench, Visual Prefs or SwazInfo like on a real Amiga .

It's wyse to also change the system palette of MagicWB in Pref/Palette to set it more brighter especially the kind of horrible pink. :(


THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT
UAE
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Esc exit the settings menu

F12 exit from emulation

Page Up and Page Down are the two "Amiga" special key

Print Screen dump the current screen to a Targa 24 bits file.

The Dithered, Correct On options slow down a lot : better not to be used.

Use only 256 or 32K colors.

UAE is imcompatible with what need AGA or an MMU.

All Dos floppies MUST be inserted before doing RUN UAE!


THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT
AMIGA
UAE gold


You can drag down Screens with the mouse picking the menu bar or with the left "Amiga" key and the mouse

Keying the two "Amiga" and Ctrl reboot.

There is a "Setup" called "Early startup" obtainable by holding down the two mouse buttons at boot.

Workbench screen can be bigger than your (monitor) display and real time scroll (?) when following the mouse Prefs drawer, click ScreenMode.

Floppy drives are called DF0: DF1: DF2: DF3: (equivalent of A:, B:) When they are Dos format drive they are called PC0: PC1: (for info there are also Mac0:,Mac1: but on real Amigas) often hard drives are called DH0:, DH1:, DH2: (equivalent of C: D: E:) but it's not a duty ...

A file called "foo" has (usually) an icon file called "foo.info" that is invisible.

So files without icons are invisible (Dos ones) so select the menu called "Windows/Show/All Files"

You can drop icons on the Workbench with Icons/leave out and snapshot them here with Icone/Snapshot.

The Amiga hardware display is programmable within some limits (from320*200 2 colors to 368*580 4096 colors to 736*580 in 16 colors) but here it's standardized SVGA so you must adapt the Amiga software display to those limits so the Workbench with ScreenMode select Pal hi res. interlace , 640 (default) x 480

If Amiga apps or game want an other display then you must set UAE the closest of it
Video settings/ Video mode 320X240 256 colors for games.

And 800 X 600 32 K colors for 512 lines PAL apps like Caligari II.

UAE emulate an Amiga that can use any colors within 4096 so it's better to set UAE in 32 K colors if your PC is fast enough.


THE WEB UAE gold


Read and read again this page if you don't success then go to the UAE discussion board where you should better read the FAQ before writing (and look like a dummy), I'm here sometime ...
The reference site for UAE and links for all versions (Linux,Mac,DOS,Win95,OS2,BeBox,Amiga...)
The Amiga page to know if only one : The Amiga Web Directory with a fantastic seeking tool for Amiga software The Agnes page (sound like a french name) (Aminet Amiga File Archive)

MY OPINION UAE gold


Some people don't like UAE, they are fanatics.
I think all kinda system got advantages, even Windows, and only the people that use only one computer will not understand why have an (slow) Amiga system on a PC.
For me i've got a C64, Amigas (500, 4040), a Mac and i work every day on PCs with Windows 3.1,95 or OS/2.
But it's still give me fun to draw with Dpaint so spontaneously and to drag Amiga screens on my PC (when the boss ...) and to play olds games like Bubble Bobble.
NO WAY : DON'T ASK ME FOR ROMS, ADF FILES, GAMES
OR SOFTWARE THAT ARE COPYRIGHTED










© Alain Thellier, Paris, France, 1997/12/15
(for fanatics: this page has been made with Visual Page on ShapeShifter on an Amiga 4040 with little help of PPaint 7.1 and Photoshop 2.51: what an Amiga/Mac cooperation ! )



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