ROM ("Kickstart") files are stored in the "Shared/rom"
subdirectory of the emulation-specific directory of the Amiga Forever distribution or installation.
The same "Shared" directory also contains other Amiga
operating system files, such as boot floppy disk images (which
are in "Shared/adf").
On a current (Amiga Forever 2005 and higher) Windows installation, "Shared/rom" is in "Amiga Files".
To open the Amiga Files folder from
within Amiga Forever select Open Amiga Files
from the Tools menu.
Access by Amiga Forever Users
In general, it should be considered that within the emulation
environment as it comes preconfigured in Amiga Forever on
Windows it is normally not necessary to manually locate system ROM and other files,
as these are automatically referenced from the Amiga Forever configuration
editor (right-click a title and select Edit). If an emulation site mentions that ROM and
operating system files can be found in Amiga Forever, then this is
certainly true, however it is also true that the emulation
itself has been preconfigured so that no additional adjustments
or copying of files are required. Emulation applications such as
WinUAE and WinFellow can automatically detect
these Amiga Forever files too. If there is a problem involving this detection, or
with the installation, then that specific issue (e.g. two
instances of WinUAE installed on the same system) should
probably be addressed first.
Technical Reference
The exact location of the emulation directory depends on
whether the files have been installed or not:
- After installation of Amiga Forever 2005 or higher on a
Windows system, the directory (inside the "Amiga Files" folder) is referenced by the %AMIGAFOREVERDATA%
environment variable
- On an Amiga Forever CD (i.e. before installation) and in non-Windows
installations, the "Shared" directory is located inside "Emulation", at the root of
the medium, installation directory, or distribution archive
For example, the full path (starting with an environment
variable) of a 1.3 ROM of a
current Amiga Forever installation on a Windows system is "%AMIGAFOREVERDATA%\Shared\rom\amiga-os-130.rom".
Expanded to an absolute path, on a Windows Vista or Windows 7 system this would be something
like "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Amiga Files\Shared\rom\amiga-os-130.rom".
Older Versions of Amiga Forever
Amiga Forever versions 1.0 to 6.0 differed from newer (2005 and higher) versions
in that there was no "Amiga Files"
architecture. The
"Emulation" data directory was installed in "Program Files"
(e.g. inside "C:\Program
Files\Cloanto\Amiga Forever").
Additional Information
This article provides more specific information about ROMs in
relation to the WHDLoad package:
The following article explains where other files, including
floppy disk image files, are located:
The following article explains how to programmatically find
the "Amiga Files" directory on Windows, independently of an
Amiga Forever installation:
The following article explains how to programmatically find
the Amiga Forever installation directories on Windows:
This article contains additional information about the ROM
and operating system versions included in Amiga Forever:
When content is exported to an SD card,
FAT file system or similar, a simplified
structure may be used:
