Amiga Emulator FAQ

How to install Magic User Interface 3.8

The Magic User Interface is a new set of libraries to provide richer user interfaces than the ones provided with Workbench and a lot of internet applications will use this.
Download the mui38usr.lha archive from Aminet or SASG and extract the files to a drive. You will need the Installer program installed as well.

1. Run the installer script - Install MUI

2. Select the installation mode to suite your technical experience - here we selected intermediate.

• Novice  User - All actions automatic
• Intermediate User - Limited manual control
• Expert User - Most confirm all actions
• Proceed with Install ( or Abort Install)

3. If you have a key file, select Yes otherwise select No to use it in Demo mode.

• Yes, install keyfile
• No, don't install keyfile

4.Select Proceed to install MUI.

• Welcome to the MUI installation program. Use this tool to install MUI on yor system or to update
  a previously installed MUI release.
• All new versions of MUI are backward compatible, all MUI programs will continue to work
  and automatically benefit from new features.

5. Select the drive where to install MUI, in this case the WB drive (use Show Drives to select a drive).

• Proceed. By default it will use the WB: drive.
• Parent drawer. Move up a level in the directory.
• Show drives. Show all drives and assigned directories
• Make new drawer. Create a new drawer or directory

6. Installation will begin. You may be asked further questions during the installation.

7. Select which image sets you require - in this case all of them.

• Martin 'MagicWB' Huttenlaher
• Andreas 'Goonie' Schildbach
• Christian '~Kochael' Scholz
• Walter Dorwald
• Klaus 'knmel' Melchior

8.Select which languages you want to install. In this case, English only.

• English
• Deutsch
• Francais (n/a)

9. Select whether you want to install the sample programs. Good if you want to try out MUI and make sure it works.

• MUI sample programs demostate some of the possibilities that MUI office of user interfaces. They are not
  required for a working MUI installation. Do you want to install the sample programs (about 250 KB) now?
• Yes - install the sample programs
• No - do not install the sample programs

10. Click Proceed to finish the installation.

• Magic User Interface 3.8
• (C) 1992-97 Stefan Stuntz
• MUI was successfully installed in the drawer
• WB:MUI
• Please reboot your machine before starting any MUI applications.

Reboot the Amiga to ensure MUI is loaded when starting Workbench.

11. Where can I can get the latest MUI version?

The latest verison of Magic User Interface is version 5 from its Github site.

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