Welcome to the Network PC Companion CD.
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IMPORTANT:- If you are running Network PC on anything other than Windows 95 you will
struggle with the contents of this CD.  Although Network PC will run under a DOS
environment we have chosen only to support it under Windows 95 as this provides long
file name support and multitasking, both of of which we consider to be essential to using
an Amiga with a PC.  We make no apologies for this stance as we consider Windows 95,
(although bloated, slow, resource hungry and prone to crashing,) to be the best available
PC operating system for the home user.  NT, whilst being more stable is far to complex for
the average home user to run and maintain.

This CD contains the Network PC Set-up Installations for both the Amiga and the PC. The
Windows 95 version of the Amiga Emulator.  Tools and Utilities for the Amiga and PC to
either aid with the use of Amiga files on the PC and vice versa (these consist of mainly
conversion tools,) or useful tools for both machines.

This menu system will allow you to install and run both the Network PC Server for the PC
and the Amiga Emulator. We have created a simple front end menu system for the Amiga
Emulator called 'WinUAE_Go'.

Network PC.
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Network PC consists of a simple DOS server on the PC end and an Amiga filesystem.  This
provides the Amiga with the ability to read and write to any of the PC drives.  It is not
possible to access the Amiga from the PC.  The transfer of data is completed through the
cable supplied with Network PC via the parallel ports, providing a fast and stable link.

To install the software use either the disks provided with Network PC or this CD-ROM.
If you have previously installed on either the Amiga or PC then please re-install using
this CD as this contains the latest version of the software.  On the Amiga side we have
changed the default setting for packet errors to NOT provide the RETRY requester.  Thus
the Amiga may appear to have stalled during copying a large quantity of files.  This will
be whilst it retries to send lost packets.  It will continue when it is satisfied that all
files have been sent correctly.  Previously it would have put up a requester after 3
retries.  This was annoying if you wished to transfer large quantities of data unattended.
If you wish to re-enable this feature please use the NetPC Config program provided in the
Network PC drawer on the Amiga.

Amiga Emulator for Windows 95.
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The Amiga Emulator for Windows 95 is a fantastic emulation of the Amiga 500 (no AGA yet.)
It can be run either full screen or in a window on Windows 95.  Our front end menu system
will allow you to set-up most of the key features of the emulation from a comforting
Windows 95 interface and then run the emulation.

This version of the emulation allows the setting up of a drawer on the PC drive as an
Amiga Hard Drive.  We have been able to copy our Amiga 4000 HD to the PC with Network PC
and boot the Amiga Emulation from this drawer as it's boot drive.  The PC compact disc can
be set-up as a read only drive and used to install software such as Personal Paint 7.1 to
the PC.

One key element of the emulation is however missing from our set-up.  The Amiga ROM is
required for the emulation to work successfully.  We have not included this as it is
inside your Amiga and a copy can be removed with the 'transrom' utility provided. Read the
text file with the 'transrom' program and transfer the file to the same place as you have
installed the Amiga Emulator.

The WinUAE_Go program requires very little set-up and will remember your settings between
sessions. For a quick start set-up the following items.

	 1.   Filename of the Amiga Emulator, use the browse button to choose 'uae020.exe'
	 2.   Filename of the kickstart rom image, again use the browse button.
	 3.   Set the video resolution required 640 x 400 is a good start.
	 4.   Set the required memory settings for each type of memory.
	 5.   Switch to the 'Floppy' tab and select an 'adf' file on the CD.

Press the 'Start' button and the emulator will load and run which ever floppy disk you
pointed it at from the CD. If you wish to run the emulator from Workbench on a Hard Disk
then copy you hard disk from the Amiga to a drawer on the PC and point the WinUAE_Go at
this drawer as 'Workbench' on the hard drive settings tab.  Some changes to startup
sequences and user startups may be required to get this work successfully.

Please ensure you fully read the WinUAE documentation installed with the emulator.
We have also included on the CD an early version of WinUAE including Picasso 96 support
and a GUI included in the executable of WinUAE.