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Title: Whdload on A500 ?
Post by: nickoteen on January 20, 2013, 03:04:09 PM

Hi.
 
Is whdload possible on A500 providing one has a hdd and enough ram ? I'm concerned about 68k 7mhz speed ...  cannot try it out yet so I thought i'd ask.

Title: Re: Whdload on A500 ?
Post by: amiga1260 on January 20, 2013, 03:25:49 PM

It's possible. You need at least 2 MB of RAM and Kickstart 2.04.

I have an A600 with only 4 MB of fastram and 2 MB chip and a 2GB CF card HD and works perfectly.

The only issue you can have with a 68000 processor is that in some games the Quit key doesn't work.

You could use my manual at http://www.amigascene.nl/modules/artikelen/docs/igame-AMO-v1_2.pdf learning to install Whdload.

Title: Re: Whdload on A500 ?
Post by: Lord Aga on January 20, 2013, 04:58:07 PM

Hey there buddy :) You got a HDD for your A500... How did you do that ? IDE68K or sidecar expansion ? Kipper2K's boards ? I plan something similar in the future, so I'd like to know my options :)

Anyway, about your concerns, A600 is also 7MHz 68000 and it does just fine. So no worries. On A500 you can also go full 8MB without PCMCIA conflict for even more comfortable work than on A600.

Title: Re: Whdload on A500 ?
Post by: gaula92 on January 20, 2013, 05:23:54 PM

Or you can use JST (version 1.4 or earlier, I believe), wich is compatible with kickstart 1.x. Hmmm... I think it's time to setup an 1.x HDD again with some games!

Title: Re: Whdload on A500 ?
Post by: utri007 on January 20, 2013, 05:27:33 PM

I build A500 systm couple moths ago. It has a GVP HD8+ wich has a 4gb hd and 4mb ram. 1mb chip and 2.05 ks

It works surpisingly well.

Some thoughs

- New icons are too heavy for 68000, need magicwb.

-You will need newicons for games, even if you are okay with 1x1mm black icons. If you have 2.0ks it would be difficult to find working newicons intallation media. New versions of it doen't work with 2.0 ks. You'll need that because several whdload games has a problem with icons, wich corrupts screen when you open a draver, IF you don't have new icons installed. This may be only with ks 2.0

-It is hard to say how many games doesn't have working quit game. My ques is 10%-30%

Title: Re: Whdload on A500 ?
Post by: nickoteen on January 21, 2013, 07:13:12 AM

Quote from: Lord Aga;723331

Hey there buddy :) You got a HDD for your A500... How did you do that ? IDE68K or sidecar expansion ? Kipper2K's boards ? I plan something similar in the future, so I'd like to know my options :)
 
Anyway, about your concerns, A600 is also 7MHz 68000 and it does just fine. So no worries. On A500 you can also go full 8MB without PCMCIA conflict for even more comfortable work than on A600.

Hey Aga. No hdd yet. I plan on installing ide68k, and yes, i do have kipper2ks 8 MB ram board which works great.

Title: Re: Whdload on A500 ?
Post by: Ral-Clan on January 21, 2013, 01:00:46 PM

Quote from: utri007;723337

-It is hard to say how many games doesn't have working quit game. My ques is 10%-30%

If an A500 has a 68010 installed, will the "quit game" function work in WHDLoad?

Title: Re: Whdload on A500 ?
Post by: klx300r on January 21, 2013, 02:32:37 PM

Quote from: ral-clan;723419

If an A500 has a 68010 installed, will the "quit game" function work in WHDLoad?

Yes and you also get a whopping 2% speed increase;)