Cody's WHDLoad FAQ

[Dust90]

Any chance of getting a detailed guide for getting WHDLoad running in Winuae??

Thanks

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Dust90

Any chance of getting a detailed guide for getting WHDLoad running in Winuae??

Thanks

Quick and dirty answer

First you will need to install Workbench to a directory or HDF. Follow Paul's excellent guide "Install Workbench in WinUAE" which is found here: THE GREEN AMIGA ALIEN GUIDES

Alternatively you could give Bloodwych's awesome Classic Workbench a try.

Afterwards follow Cody's guide to install WHDLoad.

Finally, download the pre-installed games / demos from either killergorilla's or Magix's website

[EvilCensor]

Is there any chance of convincing this (WHDLoad) to work on a A2000, 8Mb, HDD with (cough!) Kickstart 1.3?

[Hungry Horace]

WHD requires kick 2.x or above.

[Retro-Nerd]

Sorry, no.

Requirements

... to run installed programs

• CPU 68000 (68010+ is recommended because some installs require the VBR for the 'quit by a key' feature)
• Kickstart 2.0 (version 37+)
• a minimum of 1.0 MB RAM (sometimes more, it depends on the installed program)

[EvilCensor]

Yes I did read that - I just wondered if there was a workaround by using something like that bootable Kickstart 2 floppy, I only have KS2 on a A500 but would like to get it to work on my A2000 (KS1.3).

[Retroplay]

How about booting a relokick (2.0+) floppy first ?
In theory that should do the trick, right ?

[EvilCensor]

I did try but the system crashed, will try some more just wanted to know if it was do-able.. in theory yes - but I'm probably missing some facts

[Konrad]

Hm. Strange. I always thought that the A2000 was shipped with Kick2.04 ?! This was the case with my A2000. Thought about upgrading ?

Funny, for my Amigas it was the other way around: A500=Kick1.3, A2000=Kick2.04

[daxb]

When I read the answer to "What is WHDLoad?" I totally miss Demos mentioned! Why?

Complete requirements are missing. One or more detailed links to WHDLoad help page should be usefull instead of writing the same here in other words. Some example tooltypes like preload (default), nocache and others should be explained or linked.

[e5frog]

I've had KS1.3 in my A2000 from the start, I currently have KS3.1 installed also with a KS-switch. I guess you need to get a proper KS-chip to be able to run WHDLoad on your machine... I have 8MB fastmem on my A2000 but I'm currently running WHDLoad from my A600 as it's easy to move back and forth from the livingroom tv, it only has 2MB.

The harddrive installations will probably not work though so you need to re-install.


I guess I should install WHDLoad on the A2000 as well, but moving the data will be a pain, probably via nullmodem cable... I don't have that many options with that one. Perhaps I should look into getting a faster cable solution.

[EvilCensor]

Well I tried softbooting - which I kinda figured was at best a very optimistic effort and it failed (A 1.3 Amiga pretending to be a 2.04 Amiga running a soft 1.3.. is a little convoluted ).

I find it ironic how a platform such as the Amiga should find its earlier models and accompanying OS's all but abandoned in the way of support and software.. c'mon people "Amiga lives" and all that kind of rhetoric shouldn't simply relate to AGA, PPC and other PC-wannabe fail models.

That said WHDLoad ran very nicely on my A4000

[BullyDog]

Hi, will Workbench V3.0 work (1992)?

[Paulee_Bow]

Originally Posted by BullyDog

Hi, will Workbench V3.0 work (1992)?

I got it working fine on Workbench 2.1, so we can assume that 3.0, which is newer and has more features, will work fine too

[BullyDog]

Thanks mate. I'm a bit confused, is this only meant to run on a Amiga; not an emulator like winUAE?

[Retroplay]

No, you can use it in UAE the same way as on real hardware.

[BullyDog]

Thanks again mate.

[Predseda]

First post needs to be updated, regarding WHDLoad price.

[CodyJarrett]

Thanks, updated!

[malko]

Originally Posted by Konrad

Hm. Strange. I always thought that the A2000 was shipped with Kick2.04 ?! This was the case with my A2000. Thought about upgrading ?

Funny, for my Amigas it was the other way around: A500=Kick1.3, A2000=Kick2.04

It all depend when you bought it . A2000 went out in 1987, KS 2.0 was released in 1990.

Originally Posted by EvilCensor

Is there any chance of convincing this (WHDLoad) to work on a A2000, 8Mb, HDD with (cough!) Kickstart 1.3?

The "real" config I most used before I packed it was like yours.
Regarding your question, you can give a try with JST. JOTD improved it recently and you can have some success in playing games under 1.3. Still not perfect but...