Windows 7 Compatibility WinUAE

Overclocked · August 14, 2009, 04:11:53 AM

Does anyone running WinUAE Using Windows 7 ULTIMATE experience any compatibility problems?
I am especially where hardfiles are concerned.

Lonewolf10 · August 14, 2009, 10:39:34 PM

sorry, I don't have Windows 7. I am still running Windows 2K

Regards,
Lonewolf10

Overclocked · August 14, 2009, 11:29:12 PM

Quote from: Lonewolf10 on August 14, 2009, 10:39:34 PM

sorry, I don't have Windows 7. I am still running Windows 2K

Regards,
Lonewolf10

Thats great Lonewolf10 but no help thanks.

Hungry Horace · August 16, 2009, 06:22:44 AM

probably best to ask the author if you think its a WinUAE bug?

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=46133

i dont use either Windows or WinUAE myself so i cant advise any further than that i'm afraid.

skateblind · August 16, 2009, 09:15:19 PM

Winuae was not designed with w7 in mind, and w7 is not even complete/finished, so don't expect much help from the author.

Overclocked · August 17, 2009, 02:23:32 PM

Quote from: skate on August 16, 2009, 09:15:19 PM
Winuae was not designed with w7 in mind, and w7 is not even complete/finished, so don't expect much help from the author.

W7 Has been finished for some time now you just need to know where to look.

Hungry Horace · August 17, 2009, 06:08:16 PM

Quote from: Overclocked on August 17, 2009, 02:23:32 PM
W7 Has been finished for some time now you just need to know where to look.

Retail release date is October 22, 2009 so expecting it to already be 100% supported on a freeware emulator might be expecting a bit much, dont you think?

Mequa · May 09, 2010, 09:06:14 AM

*bump*

In case anyone still has any concerns, the latest version of WinUAE (2.1.0) has no problems with Windows 7 (any edition), 32-bit or 64-bit.
The standard 32-bit build is recommended for both, there is an experimental 64-bit build but due to technical reasons this has no JIT support (only the slower interpreter).

I can also confirm WinUAE runs AMOS Professional 2.0 + Compiler very well even on a cheap Windows 7 netbook with Intel Atom 1.6GHz, although if you want 68040/68060-level performance a faster PC is needed.

WinFellow on the other hand is a mighty bugfest on 7. It hasn't been updated in 5 years, although the source is available to build your own version.

SamuraiCrow · May 10, 2010, 03:52:39 AM

Hello Mequa,

Overclocked is now banned, but this thread may be useful to others. Thanks for posting.

toyamigo · May 14, 2010, 03:37:30 PM

Hello
I run AMOS, AMOS pro and Easy AMOS at home with Amiga Forever in windows 7, at work on my imac with vmware fusion-windows 7-AF :-D
All runs great!

Mequa · May 17, 2010, 10:29:38 PM

Quote from: toyamigo on May 14, 2010, 03:37:30 PM
Hello
I run AMOS, AMOS pro and Easy AMOS at home with Amiga Forever in windows 7, at work on my imac with vmware fusion-windows 7-AF :-D
All runs great!

Hi,

Amiga Forever is not actually an emulator, it's a commercial package and frontend which utilises the freeware WinUAE emulator (and may still use WinFellow too which is also freeware).

For better performance, you can also use the native Mac OS X version of E-UAE, which should also work with the Kickstart ROMs included with Amiga Forever. (You'll need to select the appropriate ROM key file too, as the Amiga Forever Kickstarts are encrypted).

This may well run all 3 versions of AMOS better than by using WinUAE under VMware Fusion on OS X, a method which essentially runs 3 operating systems on top of each other...

toyamigo · May 18, 2010, 01:31:02 PM

Hello!
I tried MaxUAE. It runs AMOS like hell...but my feeling is that the 'Windowised' AMOS (the VMware one) runs a bit faster...Plus I'm used to the configuration on Win and I'm always at war with the mousecursor on the Mac which, after going to far to the edges of the screen, changes back to the Mac-cursor.
Overall I'm just happy I can run Amiga on every platform, computer, os ;-)
Greets!