paranoid new to WinUAE

capa · 03 October 2011, 13:42

Hi new here. I use to have an amiga 500 back inthe day but 3 years ago i frew it and along with 100's of games which i regret badly. The other month i brought an amiga 500 very cheap but no games. I came across this site searching for amiga forums and it looked to be a popular forum. So i signed up. Any way i come here and find that you can download alot of old Amiga games. How safe is WinUAE?. Sorry i just get abit paranoid when it comes to new things like this. I want to play all my old games what i use to have but the main games i use to play where. Operation Stealth, Adavanced fruit machine and all the dizzy games. whizzball and all other great games.

s2325 · 03 October 2011, 13:55

Nothing to worry. Download what you need or want and have some fun.

capa · 03 October 2011, 14:06

Thanks for the reply.

It looks abit complicated setting it up hehe.

DH · 03 October 2011, 14:07

*cough* http://awesome.commodore.me/forum/sh...ghlight=winuae *cough*

Retroplay · 03 October 2011, 14:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by capa

How safe is WinUAE?.

Well I have used WinUAE for a decade now and neither of the PC's I've owned during that time has blown up.

capa · 03 October 2011, 15:45

Thanks for all replies.

My amiga at the moment has 1.3 workbench on it. I havnt got the disc what came with it but if i brought amiga blank disc and downloaded the games such has Alien Breed 2 and then put the ADF files onto the amiga floppy disc from the pc would that work?.

s2325 · 03 October 2011, 16:23

No, it's not so easy http://fellow.abime.net/old_version/.../transfer.html

Dunny · 03 October 2011, 17:55

WinUAE is pretty safe but the games may not be - particularly if you use the TOSEC game sets out there. Some may have bootblock viruses encoded in them (as they're images of real disks) which might infect your WinUAE and ruin it.

D.

s2325 · 03 October 2011, 17:57

? Are you serious?

Retroplay · 03 October 2011, 18:17

That's the funniest thing I've heard all day.

TCD · 03 October 2011, 18:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dunny

WinUAE is pretty safe but the games may not be - particularly if you use the TOSEC game sets out there. Some may have bootblock viruses encoded in them (as they're images of real disks) which might infect your WinUAE and ruin it.

D.

Er... no. Just: no. An Amiga virus can never 'ruin' WinUAE.

Djay · 03 October 2011, 18:58

Used WinUAE for more than 10 years.. never had a problem with it!

03 October 2011, 13:42	#1
capa Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Posts: 17	paranoid new to WinUAE Hi new here. I use to have an amiga 500 back inthe day but 3 years ago i frew it and along with 100's of games which i regret badly. The other month i brought an amiga 500 very cheap but no games. I came across this site searching for amiga forums and it looked to be a popular forum. So i signed up. Any way i come here and find that you can download alot of old Amiga games. How safe is WinUAE?. Sorry i just get abit paranoid when it comes to new things like this. I want to play all my old games what i use to have but the main games i use to play where. Operation Stealth, Adavanced fruit machine and all the dizzy games. whizzball and all other great games.

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03 October 2011, 13:55	#2
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Nothing to worry. Download what you need or want and have some fun.

03 October 2011, 14:06	#3
capa Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Posts: 17	Thanks for the reply. It looks abit complicated setting it up hehe.

03 October 2011, 14:07	#4
DH Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Might as well be WORK :( Age: 56 Posts: 4,110	cough http://awesome.commodore.me/forum/sh...ghlight=winuae cough

03 October 2011, 15:45	#6
capa Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Posts: 17	Thanks for all replies. My amiga at the moment has 1.3 workbench on it. I havnt got the disc what came with it but if i brought amiga blank disc and downloaded the games such has Alien Breed 2 and then put the ADF files onto the amiga floppy disc from the pc would that work?.

03 October 2011, 16:23	#7
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	No, it's not so easy http://fellow.abime.net/old_version/.../transfer.html

03 October 2011, 17:55	#8
Dunny Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Scunthorpe/United Kingdom Posts: 1,980	WinUAE is pretty safe but the games may not be - particularly if you use the TOSEC game sets out there. Some may have bootblock viruses encoded in them (as they're images of real disks) which might infect your WinUAE and ruin it. D.

03 October 2011, 17:57	#9
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	? Are you serious?

03 October 2011, 18:17	#10
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,080	That's the funniest thing I've heard all day.

03 October 2011, 18:58	#12
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	Used WinUAE for more than 10 years.. never had a problem with it!

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