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- Welcome to the Network PC Companion CD.
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-
- IMPORTANT:- If you are running Network PC on anything other than Windows 95 you will
- struggle with the contents of this CD. Although Network PC will run under a DOS
- environment we have chosen only to support it under Windows 95 as this provides long
- file name support and multitasking, both of of which we consider to be essential to using
- an Amiga with a PC. We make no apologies for this stance as we consider Windows 95,
- (although bloated, slow, resource hungry and prone to crashing,) to be the best available
- PC operating system for the home user. NT, whilst being more stable is far to complex for
- the average home user to run and maintain.
-
- This CD contains the Network PC Set-up Installations for both the Amiga and the PC. The
- Windows 95 version of the Amiga Emulator. Tools and Utilities for the Amiga and PC to
- either aid with the use of Amiga files on the PC and vice versa (these consist of mainly
- conversion tools,) or useful tools for both machines.
-
- This menu system will allow you to install and run both the Network PC Server for the PC
- and the Amiga Emulator. We have created a simple front end menu system for the Amiga
- Emulator called 'WinUAE_Go'.
-
- Network PC.
- ===========
-
- Network PC consists of a simple DOS server on the PC end and an Amiga filesystem. This
- provides the Amiga with the ability to read and write to any of the PC drives. It is not
- possible to access the Amiga from the PC. The transfer of data is completed through the
- cable supplied with Network PC via the parallel ports, providing a fast and stable link.
-
- To install the software use either the disks provided with Network PC or this CD-ROM.
- If you have previously installed on either the Amiga or PC then please re-install using
- this CD as this contains the latest version of the software. On the Amiga side we have
- changed the default setting for packet errors to NOT provide the RETRY requester. Thus
- the Amiga may appear to have stalled during copying a large quantity of files. This will
- be whilst it retries to send lost packets. It will continue when it is satisfied that all
- files have been sent correctly. Previously it would have put up a requester after 3
- retries. This was annoying if you wished to transfer large quantities of data unattended.
- If you wish to re-enable this feature please use the NetPC Config program provided in the
- Network PC drawer on the Amiga.
-
- Amiga Emulator for Windows 95.
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-
- The Amiga Emulator for Windows 95 is a fantastic emulation of the Amiga 500 (no AGA yet.)
- It can be run either full screen or in a window on Windows 95. Our front end menu system
- will allow you to set-up most of the key features of the emulation from a comforting
- Windows 95 interface and then run the emulation.
-
- This version of the emulation allows the setting up of a drawer on the PC drive as an
- Amiga Hard Drive. We have been able to copy our Amiga 4000 HD to the PC with Network PC
- and boot the Amiga Emulation from this drawer as it's boot drive. The PC compact disc can
- be set-up as a read only drive and used to install software such as Personal Paint 7.1 to
- the PC.
-
- One key element of the emulation is however missing from our set-up. The Amiga ROM is
- required for the emulation to work successfully. We have not included this as it is
- inside your Amiga and a copy can be removed with the 'transrom' utility provided. Read the
- text file with the 'transrom' program and transfer the file to the same place as you have
- installed the Amiga Emulator.
-
- The WinUAE_Go program requires very little set-up and will remember your settings between
- sessions. For a quick start set-up the following items.
-
- 1. Filename of the Amiga Emulator, use the browse button to choose 'uae020.exe'
- 2. Filename of the kickstart rom image, again use the browse button.
- 3. Set the video resolution required 640 x 400 is a good start.
- 4. Set the required memory settings for each type of memory.
- 5. Switch to the 'Floppy' tab and select an 'adf' file on the CD.
-
- Press the 'Start' button and the emulator will load and run which ever floppy disk you
- pointed it at from the CD. If you wish to run the emulator from Workbench on a Hard Disk
- then copy you hard disk from the Amiga to a drawer on the PC and point the WinUAE_Go at
- this drawer as 'Workbench' on the hard drive settings tab. Some changes to startup
- sequences and user startups may be required to get this work successfully.
-
- Please ensure you fully read the WinUAE documentation installed with the emulator.
- We have also included on the CD an early version of WinUAE including Picasso 96 support
- and a GUI included in the executable of WinUAE.