EGS-28/24 Spectrum

[Matt_H]

One thing you should remember is that the spectrum is not compatible with WHDLOAD.  

Ah, but it does have a pass-through port, so as long as your RTG software is configured correctly to use it, it should be fine with native Amiga video.

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While P96 and CGX are the best options, EGS' one advantage is that it works on Kickstart 2. I've got an EGS Spectrum in a 2.x A3000. Yes, it is kludgy, but I think a lot of that is to work around the complete lack of non-native video support in 2.x. Kickstart 3 made some improvements in these areas, so P96 and CGX can integrate more smoothly.

One other cool thing about EGS is that it has built-in mode promotion support, so there's no need for a utility like ModePro if you're trying to force certain screens to use the Spectrum.

[Matt_H]

If memory serves you will still have to remove the spectrum monitor or make your workbench a native ecs/aga screen before you can run WHDLoad.

Hmmm. That may actually be related to EGS' mode promotion feature. By default, a "Do you want to promote this screen?" requester pops up for every single screen that opens (even Blanker!). I could see how that could cause trouble as WHDLoad is trying to do its thing.

Do you know if this happens on CGX/P96 as well?

[Matt_H]

I'm not sure about EGS and WHDLoad.  But with CGX and P96, I'm almost positive you can't be in a RTG WB screen and run WHDLoad on a spectrum.  This is documented in the WHDLoad manual somewhere, fairly certain it is a hardware issues with the spectrum, so it should show up with any driver...

Oh well. So much for an easy fix.