x56h34 wrote:
Try using a vanilla setup with 2MB Chip / 4MB PCMCIA Fast ram, and you'll see that plenty of games refuse to work as they should, due to the 68000 cpu. It is missing some WHDLoad needed instructions, that only come with 68010+ cpus. Lots of games don't work due to this. :-(
I've found quite the opposite. Out of the 200 or so WHDLoad games I've tested, only about 10 refused to work. Several didn't exit, but they worked perfectly during gameplay.
Besides the reasons already stated (IDE, PCMCIA, small form factor), the A600 is a great portable because it has composite video output. The A500 has mono out, or requires an A520 dongle to do this adding to the bulk.
