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- Some tips to get more happy with WINUAE
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- suggestions Problems mailto berndroesch1@compuserve.de
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- ** Using uaescsi.device to use IDE/SCSI Hardware for CD Support like real AMiga
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- Enable in WinuaeTAB MIsc->Createlog so you see what amiga UNIT Numbers
- your IDE/SCSI Hardware have
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- For cd support install for ex. amicdfs select as device uaescsi.device
- and insert as UNIT Num the num you see in the log file
- Example: If you have only a IDE Controller
- 0=Primary Master
- 1=Secondary Master
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- Diskchange work correct so uaediskchange is not need anymore
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- Limits: On win98-ME (with adaptec aspi which install many PC-Burn
- Software)you can not read digital audiodata(optycdplayer sampler)
- This only work in win2k.Playing audio cd s with analog out work on both
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- 1. Use hardfiles as your main drive to avoid trouble
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- The filesystem does not support notify(diropus does not update lister
- automatic,Storm C is report that it compile all files instead
- compiling changed files.So you see filesystem is not 100% compatible
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- Also typical Amigadrives have many files my 270MB used HD space
- has 17000 files.This is too much for WIndows because windows need
- to cache the dirs because FAT32 is slow.(Everyone who want delete the Windows from dos
- dir without smartdrive see that this take severel Hours)
- ALso the max of files is limitet on FAT32
- So i use a main 270MB Hardfile and store pictures not important
- programs usw. in filedisks so that not many files/dir exists
- A good choose is make every Hardfile not larger than 500 MB
- because booting on a 1GB Hardfile take longer
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- Also a backup with hardfile is fast 270MB take 1 min with 1 Drive
- 0.5 Min with two drives.
- SO when trying a new prog you can easy make a backup of all
- Of course transfering from / to hardfile can done by copying it
- easy you not need install all Amiga stuff again
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- 2. Get UAE working in every dir/drive without changing configs
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- For example uae is in c:\amiga the uae prog is in c:\amiga\winuae
- and harfile is and dirs are in c:\amiga
- Insert in kickstart path ..\kickstart
- ..\hardfile1.hdf
- You see no c:\amiga exists in the name and it work correct
- So you can easy copy UAE to every drive CD work also you want
- and use it
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- 3. UAE boot not because of picasso96 failure (picasso96 work extreme slow)
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- StartUAE and press both Mousebuttons when the mainwin is show
- immideatly.In The early startup select boot without startupsequence
- Now remove or move in devs:monitors the uaegfx file
- Start UAE now the workbench comes.
- Just select a AmigaMode Save and copy uaegfx to devs/monitors again
- If this fail install picasso96 again
- Dont forget then to copy in Winuaedir Amigaprograms the rtg.library
- to libs:picasso96 if you reinstall picasso96 to remove the mousetrails
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- 4. A chipset Mode that UAE not display fail UAE
- OS 3.1: Boot without startupsequence (from earstartupmenu)
- Type Loadwb press cancel on the env warnings
- start screenmodeselector and select standard pal Mode save It
- Boot and then select your needed Mode
- OS 3.5/3.9: copy a old screenmodeprefs Program from 3.1 to your HD
- because the new work not this way
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- 7. UAE large Boottime (memusage)
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- WINUAE need 60MB+z3+chip+fast+picasso96 Mem
- The 0.8.17r1 use memory dynamic this mean you can select
- 512MB Z3 Mem and see no diffrent in Boot Time
- But if you work longer on UAE it may get very slow
- So its better that you calculate with the above formel
- your ram need and make sure that it is under the pysical Limit
- Windows make many trouble if it get out of ram
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- ALso try activate suspend to disk Mode UAE and
- Windows is then in 30sec ready to use
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- 8. UAE show green Screen on Boot
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- Go to CPU Page and select JIT forcesettings and indirekt Mode
- or disable it complete
- Does it work now ?Mail Brian this
- Wy ?Under some mystic happens jit cannot allocate
- memory between 0x0 and 0x20000000 normaly all WIndows
- have by 0x11000000 the free place
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- 9. I get no picasso Screens larger than 1024 in 32bit
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- Use picasso96fix on startupsequence (before loadwb)
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- 10. For what is the folder displaydrivers ?
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- This are the picasso96 uae drivers.Simple ignore the drawer
- The newest picasso96 Installer have included the displaydrivers
- that work correct
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- Tips for stable PC:
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- 1. If you have a old HD (500MB) install A naked Win for testing use
- Does the program work ?
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- 2. (More)Overclock your PC by 10%. with the bus clock.If it work correct
- your PC seem stable.If it work for 4 Min it seem stable too
- If it work not try downclock it.Less crashes ?
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- A problem on non UDMA HD is that PIO4 or SCSI have no
- transfer error detection.So try to let your PC run on PIO3(DMA still work)
- a month or so.The speed loss is not measurable in praxis
- because windows normally transfer small blocks.Less crashes ?
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- 3. You can install from the windowsinstaller sysmon.
- With this you can see how many kb are transfer/sec
- and how many mem a program use.So you see if the slowness
- of the program is memory dependent.
- Normaly the allocated mem should not more as 30 MB over
- your pysical Mem.If so more mem increase Speed
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- 4. I found out that large drives are better than drives with high UPM
- A 9 GB 10000 Scsi Drive is slower
- than a 40GB 7200 IDE drive if you use the same partitionsize