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Example Configurations

To get you started at emulating Amigas you need to know the configuration of the most popular or frequently used Amigas to get your games or software working. The table below lists likely Models and configurations you could set up:

  A500 A500+ A600 A3000 A1200 CD32 A4000
Processor 68000 68000 68000 68030 68EC020 68EC020 68030/040
Chip RAM 512kB, 1MB 1MB 1MB 1MB 2MB 2MB 2MB
Fast RAM 0 - 8MB 0 - 8MB 0 - 8MB 0 - 8MB 0 - 8MB 0MB 0 - 8MB
Slow RAM 0 - 1MB 0 - 1MB n/a n/a n/a 0MB n/a
Z3-Fast n/a n/a n/a 0 - 256MB 0 - 256MB 0MB 0 - 256MB
RTG RAM n/a n/a n/a 0 - 32MB 0 - 32MB 0MB 0 - 32MB
ROM File 1.2, 1.3, 2, 3.1 2.0, 3.1 2.0, 3.1 2.0, 3.1 3.0, 3.1 3.1 Extended 3.0, 3.1
Hard Drive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Chip Set OCS ECS ECS ECS AGA AGA AGA
Floppies 880kB 880kB 880kB 880kB 880kB None 880kB or 1600kB

All the other settings can be set as you wish, the ammount of RAM can be adjusted up or down to suit the software.
If using Workbench, then I suggest using as much Fast RAM or Z3 RAM as you need - typically, 4-32MB would cover most software applications.
The A500 configuration with a Kickstart 1.3 ROM and 512kB or 1MB Chip RAM would work. For AGA games the A1200 configuration would work, adding some Fast RAM can help a lot.
When saving a configuration, enter the name of the Amiga with a few details of its configuration would help to you to select which configuration is needed.
If using one configuration a lot, save it as default and then WinUAE will use this configuration without you having to Load it everytime, just click OK to start!