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==History== Bernd Schmidt conceived of an emulator that can run Amiga software when he found that such a task was widely believed to be impossible. Schmidt had written previous programs for Amiga, and was further motivated by the desire to not lose games, demos, and sound modules to switching operating systems.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Amiga_Shopper_Issue_70_1996_Future_Publishing_GB_christmas_edition/page/n13|title=Mission: Impossible?|last=Taylor|first=David|magazine=Amiga Shopper|publisher=[[Future Publishing]]|date=Christmas 1996|access-date=2022-05-15|issue=70|page=14}}</ref> UAE was released in 1995 and was originally called the ''Unusable Amiga Emulator'', due to its inability to boot.<ref name=amigahistory>{{cite web|url=http://www.amigau.com/aig/emulators/uae.html|title=UAE- Ultimate Amiga Emulator|work=Amiga history guide|year=2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/AmigaFormatMagazine_201902/Amiga_Format_Issue_089_1996_10_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n20|title=Emulation: The sincerest form of flattery|last=Goodwin|first=Simon|magazine=[[Amiga Format]]|date=October 1996|access-date=2022-05-15|issue=89|page=21}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/AmigaFormatMagazine_201902/Amiga_Format_Issue_108_1998_03_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n20|title=The Amiga Emulator|last=Goodwin|first=Simon|magazine=[[Amiga Format]]|date=March 1998|access-date=2022-05-15|issue=108|page=21}}</ref> In its early stages, it was known as ''Unix Amiga Emulator'' and later with other names as well. Today the name stands for ''Universal Amiga Emulator''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerWorldMagazine/PCW%20200008%20August%20Created%20From%20PCW%20Cover%20CD/page/n68|title=Past masters|last=Laing|first=Gordon|magazine=[[Personal Computer World]]|date=August 2000|access-date=2022-05-15|volume=23|issue=8|page=144}}</ref>
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