PC requirements for WinUAE

toples50 · 15 January 2018, 21:03

I have an old PC laptop PIII with XP ser.pack 2 and only 256MB of ram.Can I use WinUAE on this machine or not?
Thanks

Sinphaltimus · 15 January 2018, 21:28

I've got an old Dell D600 with XPSP2 running WinUAE just fine.

toples50 · 15 January 2018, 21:58

The 256MB of ram is enough?Which ver of WinUAE do you use?

honx · 15 January 2018, 22:08

in 1999 i was running winuae on a pentium 200mhz, 32mb ram and windows 98...
for winxp you just need an older version of winuae which still supports winxp...

Sinphaltimus · 16 January 2018, 00:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by toples50

The 256MB of ram is enough?Which ver of WinUAE do you use?

I'm running v3.5 with 1 GB ram

Toni Wilen · 16 January 2018, 09:34

XP is still supported but SP3 may be required. CPU must have at least SSE2.

Tomislav · 16 January 2018, 10:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by honx

for winxp you just need an older version of winuae which still supports winxp...

It's not winxp, it's machine on which you running it. Latest beta WinUAE 3.6.0 b18 runs fine on my winxp. As Tony said, it needs CPU with SSE2. You can use programs like CPU-Z to see if your CPU have SSE2.

mark_k · 16 January 2018, 12:45

Toni, is there any chance you could build a non-SSE2 executable? As a separate download from the main installer would be fine. Then Pentium III and Athlon XP-class machines could continue using the latest WinUAE version. Those machines should be capable of running WinUAE pretty well still, especially for OCS/ECS or with JIT for system-friendly programs. ("Pretty well" meaning probably still faster than my old 68030 A2000 machine.

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Toni Wilen · 16 January 2018, 13:01

No.

rare_j · 17 January 2018, 03:08

SSE2 was required in WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 1.
So just try 3.1.0

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15 January 2018, 21:28	#2
Sinphaltimus Registered User Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Cresco, PA, USA Age: 53 Posts: 1,126	I've got an old Dell D600 with XPSP2 running WinUAE just fine.

15 January 2018, 21:58	#3
toples50 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Greece Posts: 143	The 256MB of ram is enough?Which ver of WinUAE do you use?

15 January 2018, 22:08	#4
honx Registered User Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Klagenfurt / Austria Posts: 1,559	in 1999 i was running winuae on a pentium 200mhz, 32mb ram and windows 98... for winxp you just need an older version of winuae which still supports winxp...

16 January 2018, 09:34	#6
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,502	XP is still supported but SP3 may be required. CPU must have at least SSE2.

16 January 2018, 12:45	#8
mark_k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Posts: 3,333	Toni, is there any chance you could build a non-SSE2 executable? As a separate download from the main installer would be fine. Then Pentium III and Athlon XP-class machines could continue using the latest WinUAE version. Those machines should be capable of running WinUAE pretty well still, especially for OCS/ECS or with JIT for system-friendly programs. ("Pretty well" meaning probably still faster than my old 68030 A2000 machine. )

16 January 2018, 13:01	#9
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,502	No.

17 January 2018, 03:08	#10
rare_j Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,176	SSE2 was required in WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 1. So just try 3.1.0

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