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What limitations can I expect from using WinUAE?

April 26, 2017expect limitations WinUAE

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What limitations can I expect from using WinUAE?

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An emulator can not fully emulate everything on the Amiga as it has to emulate the CPU and the Custom Chipset and all other special hardware. The latest versions of WinUAE will try to use buffers for sound to improve output and JIT for extra CPU speed, chipset graphics is improving but 256 colours can be very slow due to the Amiga’s bitmap system of using multiple layers. Using Picasso96 emulation can improve graphics a lot, use that wherever possible. Emulators are improved all the time, so keep an eye out for new versions. Sound emulation can depend on your processor as well, turning it off will improve emulation speed though. It can not use the MMU on higher 680×0 processors. This means that programs that require Memory Management such as Linux or Virtual Memory will not work in WinUAE.