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Keyboard

Amigas had different keyboard layouts, so WinUAE re-purposes a couple of keys. Some to control emulation, some to emulate keys on Amiga keyboards that other systems do not have. Below is a description of standard mappings, but keys can be configured freely in the Input Configuration.

Shortcut Keys

Key/Combination Description
F12 Show the WinUAE GUI
Shift + F12
End + F12
Bring up the GUI based debugger
Ctrl + F12 Switch to full-screen display
PrintScreen Copy WinUAE's current screen to clipboard
End + PrintScreen Save screenshot to a file
End + F5 Restore a machine snapshot file
Shift + End + F5 Save a machine snapshot file
Pause Halt emulation
End + F1
End + F2
End + F3
End + F4
Select an ADF to be loaded into one of the four emulated disk drives
Shift + End + F1
Shift + End + F2
Shift + End + F3
Shift + End + F4
Eject a disk from one of the four emulated drives
End + J Swap joystick ports
End + Insert Insert text from host clipboard

Amiga Keys

Amiga Key Mapped To Key(s)
Left AMIGA Left Windows
Insert
Right AMIGA Right Windows
App Menu / Context Menu
Home
HELP Page Down on numerical keypad

Action Replay

If an ActionReplay module is configured, the FREEZE button will be mapped to Page Up on the numerical keypad

CDTV

If the host keyboard has multimedia keys, they will be used for their equivalent functions in CDTV emulation:

  • Stop
  • Pause
  • Previous Track
  • Next Track