Quick Reference

If you are using WinUAE please always keep in mind these three important keyboard shortcuts:

• F12 to access the emulation settings (insert floppy disk images, switch from full screen to window mode, pause the emulation, etc.)
• Alt+Tab to switch to and from the emulation and other Windows applications
• Alt+F4 to exit the emulation (all data is lost)

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Amiga OS 1.3 Environment
• Amiga OS 3.X Environment
• Main Commodities and Add-Ons
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Joystick Emulation

If you don't find an important question answered here, please have a look at the online FAQ section.

Amiga OS 1.3 Environment

The Amiga Forever Amiga OS 1.3 environment consists of two floppy disk images:

• 1.3 Workbench
• First Demos

Because no web browser is available under Amiga OS 1.3, the reference information is included in plain text on each floppy disk, as "ReadMe.txt" files.

When booting into the 1.3 environment both disk images are used (one in floppy drive 0, the other in floppy drive 1). Double-click on each disk icon to access its content and documentation. The text file on the Workbench disk includes an overview of general emulation and OS topics, while the text on the First Demos disk explains how to use the demos which are included on the disk.

The CD Edition of Amiga Forever, as well as the Online Edition Plus Pack, also include a third disk image:

• AF Boot

This disk can be used to boot an Amiga computer (even without monitor), automatically starting Amiga Explorer and the MSH file system. The disk itself contains a text file with instructions.

Amiga OS 3.X Environment

The preinstalled Amiga OS 3.X environment aims to provide a "modern" Classic Amiga experience with a maximum of compatibility with existing 68K Amiga software. The spirit of the 3.X implementation has always been to try to respect as much as possible the original design choices of Commodore-Amiga, clearly separating third party add-ons.

The basic Amiga OS functionality has been extended with several DataTypes, which are used automatically as necessary. The Amiga Shell features not only new functionality provided by KingCON (drag-and-drop, auto-completion, etc.), but also optional Unix-like shell commands (ls, cp, mv, rm, etc.)

In general, the "System" partition was designed to boot without warnings or errors and to be fully functional even without the "Work" partition, where most add-ons are stored. Individual preinstalled application directories can be simply deleted without requiring further maintenance.

For additional information, please refer to the Amiga OS chapter.

Main Commodities and Add-Ons

The software which is preinstalled in the Amiga OS 3.X environment includes a few Commodities and other add-ons which enable features like:

• Mouse wheel (also works on horizontal scroll gadgets, if the pointer is positioned over them)
• Double-click on a window border to bring that window to the front
• Ctrl+Double-Click any part of a window to bring it to the front
• Ctrl+Tab to display or hide the ToolManager dock (e.g. after a change of screen mode)
• Left Alt+Left Click+Drag and Left Alt+Right Click to copy and paste test with PowerSnap (hold Shift down to append multiple selections)

More detailed information is included in the Amiga Applications chapter.

Keyboard Shortcuts

If you are running the default configuration on Windows you can press F12 to open the settings window, from where you can "insert" a floppy disk image file (e.g. ADF, ADZ or FDI files), switch between full screen and window mode, and choose from several other options. F12 is also useful to pause the emulation. Similar options are available in the WinFellow emulation software by pressing F11. Also on Windows, Alt+Tab allows you to switch from one application to the next. Use Alt+F4 to quickly exit the emulation (all data is lost).

Additional shortcuts are listed below.

Amiga OS Keyboard Shortcuts

On a PC keyboard the two Amiga keys (yes, the Amiga too had its own keys to the left and right of the spacebar) are emulated by using either the pair of Windows keys, or the Insert and Home keys. The two Amiga keys are used for different Amiga-specific shortcuts.

The Amiga OS includes several keyboard shortcuts, which are usually activated with a combination of the left or right Amiga keys and one or more other keys. Left Amiga+N brings the Workbench screen to the front. Left Amiga+M brings the Workbench screen to the back. Ctrl+Left Amiga+Right Amiga resets the Amiga. On a PC keyboard use the Windows keys, or Insert and Home, to emulate the two Amiga keys.

Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

Standard Windows shortcuts can be used to cycle and quit applications, and also apply to the Amiga emulation software.

Press Alt+Tab to cycle from one program to the other (hold the Alt key down, and repeatedly press Tab to select a program, and release the Alt key to activate the selected program).

Press Alt+F4 to terminate the emulation session (all data is lost)..

Emulation Software Keyboard Shortcuts

On the Windows version of UAE (WinUAE), as well as in Fellow, you can press F12 to display the settings dialog of the emulation software. This is the most important keyboard shortcut, which is also useful to pause the emulation, to "insert" a floppy disk image file (e.g. ADF, ADZ or FDI files), to switch between full screen and window mode, and to choose from several other options.

Similar options are available in the WinFellow emulation software by pressing F11.

Additional shortcuts are listed below.

Joystick Emulation

An Amiga joystick can also be emulated. Depending on the implementation of the emulator, this may be done not only with an actual joystick connected to the computer, but also with keyboard shortcuts, which may include key arrangements such as:

• Cursor Up, Down, Left, Right
• "T", "B", "F", "H"
• "I", "K", "J", "L"
• "8", "2", "4", "6" (numerical keypad)

The "fire" button is usually emulated with Left Alt, or with the Control key, or with "0" on the numerical keypad.

Note: when the keyboard joystick emulation option is active, the corresponding keys do not generate Amiga keyboard events, and therefore appear to be "dead". This can be corrected by changing or disabling the specific joystick option in the emulation settings.