--- uae/docs/README 2018/04/24 16:59:47 1.1.1.17 +++ uae/docs/README 2018/04/24 17:12:11 1.1.1.24 @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ -This is version 0.8.17 of UAE, the Un*x Amiga Emulator. +This is version 0.8.24 of UAE, the UAE Amiga Emulator. -Versions numbered 0.8.x are beta versions, to be used for development only. -If you are only a user of UAE, you are better off using the latest 0.7.x -version or waiting for 0.9.0. +Versions numbered 0.8.x are considered beta versions, but they generally +tend to work better than the last "stable" release 0.7. License @@ -29,10 +28,10 @@ display, keyboard, harddisk and mouse ta counterparts. UAE was developed for Unixoid systems. Meanwhile, it has been ported to the -Mac, DOS, the BeBox, NextStep, the XFree86/OS2 environment and the Amigas (it -can run itself by now). You should have received several other files along -with this document with details on how to install and use the version for your -operating system. +Mac, DOS, Windows, the BeBox, NextStep, the XFree86/OS2 environment and the +Amigas (it can run itself by now). You should have received several other +files along with this document with details on how to install and use the +version for your operating system. This section is just what it says: an overview. Please read _all_ of this file, especially if you have problems. UAE has many, many features and @@ -163,6 +162,8 @@ floppy0=file [default=df0.adf] The options floppy1, floppy2, and floppy3 also exist. kickstart_rom_file=file [default=kick.rom] Use the specified file instead of kick.rom as Kickstart image. + You can also use an 8k sized A1000 boot ROM. The emulator will detect it + by its small size and behave like an A1000. kickstart_key_file=file [default=none] For some strange licensing reasons, Cloanto had to encrypt the ROM images they ship with the Amiga Forever package. This option lets you select the @@ -183,12 +184,12 @@ joyport0=mode [default=mouse] will stay enabled until you hit the autofire toggle again. joyport1=mode [default=joy0] Like joyport0, but for the Amiga's joystick port 1. -use_gui=bool [default=yes] - Show a user-interface that enables changing these options at run-time. -32bit_blits=bool [default=no] - If enabled, the blitter emulation will use 32 bit operations where that - seems profitable (note that this will cause bus errors on most RISC - machines) +use_gui=state [default=yes] + If enabled, show a user-interface that enables changing these options at + run-time. Possible settings are "no", "yes" and "nowait". If "nowait" is + used, the GUI will be shown at program startup, but the emulator will also + start immediately without waiting for the user to change any of the + settings. immediate_blits=bool [default=no] If enabled, all blits will finish immediately, which can be nice for speed, but may cause incompatibilities. @@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ gfx_height=n [default=300] gfx_lores=bool [default=no] Enable this option if you use a very small window width (320 to 400 pixels) to shrink the display horizontally. -gfx_linemode=type [default=none] +gfx_linemode=type [default=scanlines] The type can be none (every line is drawn once), "double" (every line is drawn twice), and "scanlines" (every line is drawn once, but the image is stretched vertically by inserting a black line every other line to simulate @@ -590,6 +591,16 @@ After that is complete, reboot, and you modes from the ScreenModes program. +AHI sound card emulation +======================== + +In the "amiga" subdirectory of the UAE distribution, you will find a "Devs" +directory that contains the necessary files for AHI sound support. This is +at an early stage and will not work very well in this release. It is +included mainly in the hope that someone with a clue about AHI will pick up +this work and finish it properly. + + Saving and restoring snapshots ============================== @@ -686,20 +697,38 @@ press ^C at any time to enter this debug Each debugger command consists of a single letter and occasionally some parameters. -g: Start execution at the current address. -c: Dump state of the CIA and custom chips. -r: Dump state of the CPU -m
: Memory dump starting at
-d
: Disassembly starting at
-t: Step one instruction -z: Step through one instruction - useful for JSR, DBRA etc. -f
: Step forward until PC ==
-q: Quit the emulator. You don't want to use this command. -M: hunt for sound modules -S
: - save a sound module -C : Search for values like energy or lifes in games -W
: Write into Amiga memory +g [
] Start execution at the current address or
+c Dump state of the CIA, disk drives and custom registers +r Dump state of the CPU +m
[] Memory dump starting at
+d
[] Disassembly starting at
+t [instructions] Step one or more instructions +z Step through one instruction - useful for JSR, DBRA etc +f Step forward until PC in RAM +f
Add/remove breakpoint +fi Step forward until PC points to RTS/RTD or RTE +fi Step forward until PC points to +fl List breakpoints +fd Remove all breakpoints +f Step forward until <= PC <= +e Dump contents of all custom registers +i Dump contents of interrupt and trap vectors +o <1|2|addr> []View memory as Copper instructions +O Display bitplane offsets +O Offset a bitplane +H Show PC history instructions +M Search for *Tracker sound modules +C Search for values like energy or lifes in games +W
Write into Amiga memory +w
[] + Add/remove memory watchpoints +wd Enable illegal access logger +S Save a block of Amiga memory +s / [] [] + Search for string/bytes +T Show exec tasks and their PCs +h,? Show this help page +q Quit the emulator. You don't want to use this command. Sound @@ -750,6 +779,11 @@ generally faster than UAE. The Fellow h http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/5244/ +The homepage of the Disk2FDI project, which allows you to read Amiga floppies +if you have two PC drives, is + + http://fast.emuunlim.com/disk2fdi/ + Thanks & Acknowledgements ========================= @@ -778,10 +812,10 @@ Special thanks to: world... - Jens Schönfeld, inventor of the Catweasel controller, donated one controller card. - - Jürgen Beck, maintainer of the Amiga emulation web site "Back to the - Roots" (http://back2roots.emuunlim.com) and everyone else who spends - time writing to software companies asking for permission to distribute - old Amiga games. + - Jürgen Beck and Ralf Steines, maintainers of the Amiga emulation web + site "Back to the Roots" (http://www.back2roots.org) and everyone else + who spends time writing to software companies asking for permission to + distribute old Amiga games. - all the software companies who allow distribution of their Amiga games on sites like "Back to the Roots". @@ -789,19 +823,19 @@ Special thanks to: Authors/Maintainers =================== -My address is (please read the section "Before you send email" below): +My email address is (please read the section "Before you send email" below): -crux@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de +bernds_cb1@t-online.de or, via snailmail Bernd Schmidt -21 St Stephen's Place -Cambridge CB3 0JE -UK +Toelzer Strasse 27a +81379 Muenchen +Germany Email is more likely to be answered, and will definitely be answered much -faster. Please avoid phonecalls if you can. +faster. I won't distribute software, neither PD or commercial. Don't send me floppy disks without at least asking first, you will not get them back. @@ -892,14 +926,8 @@ and the file FAQ contains about every pi try to help people who have questions, but sometimes it takes too much time. Please don't ask for Kickstart ROM files or other copyrighted software. Don't -_send_ me stuff like this either. If you want to send me something else which -is big (>= 50K), ask me before or put it somewhere in Webspace. -If I get 3MB of screen shots or a core dump ("it doesn't work, it generates -this file"), I'm very likely to get extremely angry, I might complain to your -sysadmin, and you might lose your account. Think twice. - -I'm also going to be extremely annoyed if you send email in HTML format. -Fight this disease! +_send_ me stuff like this either. Don't send large attachments, at least not +without asking first. Oh, and another thing: If I promise to do things (like implement new features), and forget about them, pester me. That happens occasionally, it's