Amiga's last operating system is OS3.9 (the development now focus on OS4 which has little to do with the Amiga) with two official boing-bags and two user-contributed boing-bags. OS3.9 can be run on a traditional Amiga with the help of few updates that patch the Kickstart 3.1 ROM. On the other hand, if you have an accelerator with a MAPROM feature, then the ROM can either be patched at boot time dynamically, or you can create a custom ROM image. This tutorial focuses on the later part which involves creating a custom ROM image. To extract the kickstart files we use the ROMsplit utility from Remus. Either click the Grab ROM button which grabs the from from the ROM installed in the Amiga or select a ROM using the file-requester for Load ROM.
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Once the pane has been populated with the contents of the ROM file, you can extract the files to a directory. Next, we need to extract the OS3.9 ROM updates. This can be done by opening the DEVS:AmigaOS ROM Update.BB39-2 file in the ROMsplit utility. If you have OS3.9 installed, you will find the AmigaOS ROM Update.BB39-2 file in DEVS. Otherwise, you will and locate the AmigaOS ROM Update.BB39-2 file. By extracting both the Kickstart 3.1 ROM files and the files from the BoingBag 2 update, you will most likely end up with two directories under Remus/Modules/. These two will be:.
In order to cook the ROM, we use the Remus utility and copy over files from Kickstart 3.1 but update them with the files from BoingBag 2. First, we go to Settings and enter the path where the ROM file will be created (in this case, we entered Ram Disk:kick3.9.rom). Now we go back to ROM contents and use the directory picker to select each files from both ROM directories that we extracted.
This is perhaps the most frustrating part of the experience and you can easily get it wrong. Here are some important guide-lines:. The name of the files is not important. If you look in the 40.68(A1200) directory and the 44.57ROMUpdate(3.9bb2) directory, you will notice that the version numbers are conveniently added to the file-name which will help you add the newest version. You can customise both the required files as well as cook-in some Blizzard modules.
For example, the contains the GFX31.lzx, DOS.lzx and WT31.lzx files which contain updates to the libraries in the list mentioned in the previous sections. When updating, you will need to preserve the order of the files - if you change the order of the files, the Amiga will not be able to boot and most likely will show a yellow screen. You can also add additional modules, for example, BlizzKick modules.
For example, we can append the following list to the end of the previous list, right after wbfind: datatypes.library romfixes2 BBlank MoveVBR patchmath020-ALL NoClick ColdResetCard ChipSaver SpeedyIDE NewAlert AlertFix which contain various fixes and enhancements to the system. In any case, all the fixes should go right after the last line of the previous list.
If you mix them with the previous list, the Amiga will not boot.
WHDLoad Support in Amiga Forever Help Tutorials Web Links KX Light TITLE WHDLoad Support in Amiga Forever TOPIC Q: Does Amiga Forever come with WHDLoad support? DISCUSSION A: WHDLoad is a software package that eases the installation and use of floppy-disk based games and demoscene productions on hard disk-based Amiga computers, including Amiga Forever. WHDLoad also supports the dynamic loading of the most appropriate Amiga system ROM ('kickemu') as part of the application startup process.
Starting from the 2011 version of Amiga Forever, the (unregistered) WHDLoad user package is preinstalled in the Workbench 3.X environment, preconfigured with the required ROM and RTB files. This means that within the Workbench 3.X environment WHDLoad titles can be run in the same way as on a normal Amiga computer. The WHDLoad-compatible file set is created in the Devs:Kickstarts directory of the Workbench 3.X configuration when the Plus Edition of Amiga Forever is installed.
This location reflects the original location of disk-based ROMs on early A3000 models. Additionally, the authoring environment of Amiga Forever makes it possible to easily create a WHDLoad-based RP9 package that does not specifically depend on the Workbench 3.X environment. When you select 'WHDLoad' as the system model for the title configuration, a 'WHDCommon' volume is automatically mounted on playback. This contains the required ROM and RTB files, which are autodetected by WHDLoad.
My wife tells me that I've been overcompensating for my adolescent technolust now that I can actually afford some gadgets. I'm not arguing. Especially with my latest project: an Amiga laptop that gets about 10 hours of battery life. I wanted an Amiga so badly when I was younger. They were expensive though and I made do with my Commodore 64c. I've since owned 4 Amigas (A600, A1200, A2000 w/ Video Toaster and A4000T w/ Video Toaster), and still own 2 of them. When laptops became more attainable, I lusted for one as well.
Finally buying on with my web development earnings in 1997. So, I figured that there must be some way to combine two of my fixations into one sill creation: The Amibian Laptop. WARNING: Always properly shut down your Pi from the command line before powering off. SD Cards tend to corrupt when abruptly powered off while reading/writing. The commands are simple: 'poweroff' (turns off the power) and 'reboot' restarts the Pi. Note: I used Windows to prepare my SD card, the references to software below are based on this platform. Linux, and Mac OS both have solutions that can be found with a little search engine effort.
The Parts. (includes keyboard, 13' display, touchpad, and interface for rpi). I also recommend buying a pi-top speaker. Raspberry Pi 3 (Model 3 has the best performance and can be purchased from pi-top above or separately for less convenience and possibly a lower price). A heatsink for the Pi.
(It gets quite hot when emulating.). A good-sized micro-sd card. I like having a few around to experiment with new versions and make backups. 32-64 gigs will store every WHDLoad game and demo ever made with room to spare for MOD files and Deluxe Paint.
A 1080p hdmi display (might work with other television resolutions, but I used a 1080p monitor. More on this later). An Ethernet cable to copy software, games, music, etc. Once you're set up.
The Software.! So far the most direct, lightweight, and best performing UAE image I've used. A way to extract the Amibian RAR file such as, or just use unrar for Linux. Software to write the image file to your micro sd on a, or system. Kickstart ROMs.
This is the 'bios' (and part of the operating system) for Amiga computers. There are 2 ways to get these legally, both via Cloanto. I used the, which is a great product in and of itself (get the 'plus' version at least to ensure you get all of the kickstart versions for WHDLoad). Alternatively, you can buy the for Android and extract the ROM files for a little less money. I haven't done it, so your mileage may vary. Workbench 3.1 adf files. This is the operating system that we will install.
ADF stands for Amiga Disk File. Workbench 3.0 will work too, but 3.1 has some nice refinements.
Cloanto's Amiga Forever Plus distribution includes Workbench 3.1 adf files. Classic Workbench from Bloodwych.
I recommend the UAE build available. The Process Assembly and Basic Set Up. Assemble your pi-top following the latest instructions provided. Of course, you don't need a pi-top to make a modern Amiga emulation box, but c'mon. IT'S AN AMIGA LAPTOP!!!.
Boot into pi-top os using the provided micro-sd card. Make sure everything works. Read the inside of the pi-top speaker box to install the software for the speaker.
Make sure your audio is working in pi-top os (go to youtube or something) before you try setting it up for Amibian. Knowing your hardware is working beforehand might save you some time later. Using another computer, format your new, larger micro-sd card using SD Card Formatter (see software, above). Extract the Amibian image file downloaded in step 1 of The Software, above, using the unRAR software from step 3, above.
Image your freshly formatted micro-sd card with the extracted image using the software from step 4 above. Note: Windows users will probably not be able to mount the.img file, nor read the micro-sd card once you have imaged it. Windows will likely even tell you that it is corrupt. If you've followed these instructions, I'm 91.675% certain it's not corrupt as you'll see in a few steps. Linux users need not worry, but honestly, you're probably used to doing things the hard way and will have a blast with this.
Insert the new Amibian-imaged micro-sd card into your pi-top (if you use the ethernet method below, connect an ether cable before powering on) and turn it on. You pi-top screen is going to look bad. Like 'OMG, I just cooked this thing' bad. But, Amibian is just configured with a really incompatible screen mode by default. Here's where that 1080p display comes in handy:. Disconnect the pi-top display from the raspberry pi board's hdmi connector and plug in your HDMI 1080p display.
You should now see the uae4arm-rpi menu. Click 'quit'.
(Pro-tip: once you've quit UAE, you can restart from the shell by simply typing 'exit'. Or just type 'reboot' to reboot and UAE will start automatically, again. From the command line/shell prompt, use your favorite (cough-VI-cough) text editor to modify /boot/config.txt. (If you don't know how to use vi, which is built-in to this distribution, install 'nano' with 'apt-get install nano'. Open the file to edit by typing 'nano /boot/config.txt'. Move around the file with the cursor keys.
Save and exit by pressing 'ctrl-k', then 'x'. To cancel (exit without saving), press 'ctrl-c'.). Add 'hdmidrive=2' (without the quotes, of course). Change 'hdmigroup=1' to 'hdmigroup=2'. Change 'hdmimode=16' (or whatever it is by default, I don't remember) to 'hdmimode=81'.
For more information on these settings check out. Save your changes. Type 'reboot'. Your pi-top should reboot and be quite nice to look at now. Follow the instructions on the to get your system set up.
I'll also cover what worked for me in the steps below as of the time of this writing. From the uae4arm-rpi menu, click 'quit' (again) and type 'raspi-config' and press enter. Choose 'Expand Filesystem' to let the Rasbian installation expand to fill your entire micro-sd card. While you're in the config screens, change a few settings that will help later:. Configure your location and keymap in Internationalsation Options.
Enable SSH in Advanced Options - SSH (you'll need this for SFTP/copying files and remote management of your PI, the username is 'root', the password is '1234'. Really.). Enable SPI (Advanced Options - SPI) which will allow you have your laptop automatically poweroff when you poweroff your Pi as well as adjust display brightness. Enable I2C (Advanced Options - I2C) which you will need for your pi-top speaker (pt-speaker) to work. Set your audio to 'auto' (Advanced Options - Audio) so that you can choose your audio output manually later if needed.
'Back' out of the setting menus and click on 'Finish'. You will be prompted to reboot, which you should do. Amibian/uae4arm-rpi Configuration Reality check time: you should have a booting system with a display that is working at native resolution in the shell and use4arm-rpi menu. We've set up your kernel modules for sound and power control. It's time to install Workbench (Amiga OS). You can simply install a vanilla version of Workbench 3.1 using the adf files from Amiga Forever Plus, but I will be detailing the instructions for the beautiful Magic Workbench for UAE from Bloodwych. Either way, you're going to need the Workbench ADF files.
Here are the modified to configure both a Picasso 96 (fancy, hi-res desktop) install as well as a more compatible ADVSP install (that you can switch between):. Unpack the archive by double clicking its icon (do this on your regular computer). Place an uncompressed 3.0 (or 3.1) ROM file into the ROMS directory (on your pi-top), renaming it 'kick3.rom' (I copied amiga-os-310-a1200.rom from the Amiga Forever Plus 'shared' directory to my pi-top's '/root/amiga/kickstarts' directory using sftp, then renames it to 'kick3.rom'. If you have the space, just copy all of the rom files over. You'll be using some of them to set up WHDLoad later.
Then create a directory in /root/amiga called 'hdd'. Copy 'SystemADVSP.hdf' and 'SystemP96.hdf' from the unpacked Classic Workbench folder (ClassicWBUAEv28) to '/root/amiga/hdd' on your pi-top using sftp.
Copy the entire 'Software' directory from Classic Workbench's 'Hard Disk' directory to '/root/amiga/' on your pi-top. Finally, copy the Workbench ADF files from Amiga Forever Plus's 'shared' folder to the '/root/amiga/floppys' directory on your pi-top using the same method.). (Start or restart your pi-top. Remember, if you're already in the UAE menu, click 'quit', then type 'reboot' and press enter.).
(Go 'Configurations' in the left menu and click on 'Run Me First, then Delete' ONCE.). Select 'Paths' from the left hand menu - tick 'Use relative paths' and click 'Reset to defaults' (This step doesn't apply to uae4arm-rpi. Instead, select 'ROM' from the left hand menu. Then click on the '.' Button, navigate to '/root/amiga/kickstarts' and choose kick3.rom.
Click on 'Hard drives' in the left menu and navigate to '/root/amiga/hdd' and choose 'SystemP96.hdf' for DH0:, 'root/amiga/Software' for DH1 and '/root/amiga/PC' for the device named 'PC'. Select 'Configurations' and save. When asked to insert a Workbench 3 disk, hit F12 (use the 'fn' key to get F12 to work), enter the Floppy Drives tab and select an ADF for DF0: (Select 'amiga-os-310-workbench.adf' that you copied to 'floppys' above.
I ran through the entire installation process following the instructions when prompted until it told me to remove the Workbench disk and reboot.). Go to the 'Configurations' section and double-click/load (single click) 'Run Me Second then Delete'. Select 'ROM' from the left hand menu. Then click on the '.' Button, navigate to '/root/amiga/kickstarts' and choose kick3.rom.
Click on 'Hard drives' in the left menu and navigate to '/root/amiga/hdd' and choose 'SystemADVSP.hdf' for DH0: this time, 'root/amiga/Software' for DH1 and '/root/amiga/PC' for the device named 'PC'. Select 'Configurations' and save. Click 'Restart' and follow the on-screen instructions. When asked to instert a Workbench 3 disk, hit F12, enter the Floppy Drives tab and select an ADF for DF0: (Select 'amiga-os-310-workbench.adf' that you copied to 'floppys' above.). In the 'Configuration' menu, select, then 'Load' each of the A1200 and A4000 configurations. Using the information from the steps above, then select the appropriate Kickstart ROM (kick3.rom should work, or you can try the other ROMs available if you like) and fix the paths for the Hard Drives. Pat yourself on the back, grab your favourite bev and enjoy!
That was a lot of work!) Making It Pretty From here on out, you have a working Amiga laptop. Be sure that you 'Quit' UAE from the F12 menu, and 'Shutdown' from the shell/command line before powering off your pi-top! Time for another reality check. You're practically a pro at this stuff now. You should now be able to boot into one of your configurations. I prefer the A4000 Turbo, myself. You probably wish it was a little higher, resolution, right.
Well, here's how we do that:. In your emulated Amiga, open the 'System' hard drive icon on the left. Then open 'Prefs', followed by 'ScreenMode'. In the left-hand menu, scroll down and select 'UAE: 1024x768 32bit RGBA', then click 'Use'.
This doesn't save the setting, so if you reboot, you'll be back at the lower-resolution ScreenMode. If everything looks good, open the 'ScreenMode' Pref again, select 'UAE: 1024x768 32bit RGBA' and click 'Save'. Now it will stick. If you prefer to use every pixel of your display (like I do), you can change the aspect ratio in your UAE settings. Press fn+F12 (which I'll just refer to as F12 from now on) to open the UAE menu.
Make sure you've selected the correct configuration, then select the 'Display' category from the left. Uncheck '4/3 ration shrink'. Return to the 'Configuration' menu and click 'Save'. If you like, you can mess around with the other settings in the 'Display' section, but make sure you either save your settings or write them down beforehand.
If you want a more accurate display, you can re-check '4/3 ratio shrink' any time you feel the need. Optional: Tweaking Your Setup (Sound, Power and Display Brightness) This section is optional, but I believe it really completes the configuration. Without making these changes, you will need to manually power off your pi-top when shutting down, your display won't be as bright as it could be, and you will need to use your headphones instead of the pt-speaker. Display Brightness. The detailed instructions can be found.
I've summarized them for reference with additional notes specific to Amibian. The installation scripts and instructions on github assume you're using the normal Raspberian distribution, which we are not.
Quit UAE (F12, click 'Quit'). From the shell prompt, type 'mkdir Downloads', this creates a Downloads directory. Type 'apt-get install wiringpi git '. 'cd Downloads'. 'clone git://github.com/rricharz/pi-top-install'.
'cd pi-top-install'. 'chmod +x install.' .
'apt-get update'. 'apt-get upgrade'. 'cp brightness /usr/bin'. 'chmod +x /usr/bin/brightness'. You can now adjust your display brightness with 'brightness 0-10' (use a number between 0 and ten to set brightness directly) or just 'brightness increase' and 'brightness decrease'. Auto Poweroff When You Shutdown.
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'cd /root/Downloads/pi-top-install'. 'mkdir /opt/pi-top'. 'cp poweroff /opt/pi-top'.
'chmod 755 /opt/pi-top/poweroff'. 'systemctl disable pt-poweroff.service'. 'cp pt-poweroff.service /lib/systemd/system'. 'cd /lib/systemd/system'. 'systemctl enable pt-poweroff.service'.
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Now, when you quit UAE and execute either a 'shutdown now' or 'poweroff' command, your pi-top will actually turn off! Sound via pt-speaker. This was the most difficult part of the installation. It took a lot of guesswork and I don't know if I recall every step. You may need to refer to the to figure it all out. This is what worked for me in the end.
Check back in a little bit. Tomtom 7 map rapidshare. I may post a summary of the steps needed to get WHDLoad configured to play almost every game and demo ever made for the Amiga. WHDLoad is already installed in Classic Workbench, but there's some more work to do to get it working.
You can read about it, or check out Nostaligia Nerd's quick video overview. It is likely that I missed a step or have a few typos. I completed this project over a few days and documented everything very late at night a few days after I finished.
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