A: WHDLoad (www.whdload.de)
is a free software package that eases the installation and use
of floppy-disk based games and demoscene productions on hard
disk-based Amiga computers, including Amiga Forever. WHDLoad
also supports the dynamic loading of the most appropriate Amiga
system ROM ("kickemu") as part of the application startup
process.
A WHDLoad-compatible file set is created in the
Devs:Kickstarts directory of the Workbench 3.X configuration
when the Plus Edition of Amiga Forever is installed. This
location reflects the original location of disk-based ROMs on
early A3000 models.
The files installed by Amiga Forever include:
- kick33180.A500, kick33180.A500.RTB (Amiga 500/2000 1.2
ROM)
- kick34005.A500, kick34005.A500.RTB (Amiga 500/2000 1.3
ROM)
- kick37175.A500, kick37175.A500.RTB (Amiga 500/600/2000
2.04 ROM)
- kick39106.A1200, kick39106.A1200.RTB (Amiga 1200 3.0
ROM)
- kick40068.A1200, kick40068.A1200.RTB (Amiga 1200 3.1
ROM)
- kick40068.A4000, kick40068.A4000.RTB (Amiga 4000 3.1
ROM)
Some online resources also reference a "kick33192.A500" file,
which however was confirmed to be a typo (it should read
"kick33180.A500" - as of 2008, no 33.192 Amiga ROM is known to
have ever been released).
Additional web pages mention other ROM files, such as
kick40063.A600, which is just one of a multitude of available
3.1 ROMs (of which Amiga Forever already includes different
variations). The ROMs provided in Amiga Forever have been tested
over time to be sufficient to run all Amiga games, demoscene
productions, and other applications. Whenever this was verified
to not be the case, ROMs were added.
Amiga Forever includes the ROMs and RTB files as required by
WHDLoad. Still, the free WHDLoad user package must be downloaded
from www.whdload.de.
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