AmigaOS 2.1 updates/patches recomendations

[paul1981]

These days I set up an A500+ that I had, with an A590 installed. Today I managed to make an external SCSI CDRom to work with it just fine, so I have a great way to copy stuff in it.

The AmigaOS v2.1 which is installed in the hard disk works great. The roms of the system are the 2.04. Also, I did all the chip upgrades of the A590 roms and the scsi chip, to the latest available. So it seems to work just great.

Until now I installed the following software:
- AmiCDFS 2.40 from aminet
- HDInstall the latest from aminet
- WHDLoad 16.9
and a few games.

So, I would like to ask, what patches/updates do you recommend to do. I am not talking about hardware upgrades, but only software. Which Filesystem do you recommend, and which FFS update can I perform on that? Also, should I use alternative icons or MagicWB?

Any ideas are more than welcome.

Hello walkero,
The first thing I'd get installed would be MultiCX2.8:
http://aminet.net/package/util/cdity/MCX280

The Fuel Gauge part is disabled unless you're a registered user.
Registering is easy though, just look at a recent EAB thread to find out how.
It's just a matter of adding a particular tool type to the MultiCX icon.

If you feel guilty, there's always the 100% legal version here with all features enabled:
http://aminet.net/package/util/cdity/mcx256
You won't notice any difference between the two versions in reality.

There's always WBGauge, which will add a fuel gauge as well, and do nothing else (incase for some reason you don't want MultiCX):
http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/WBGauge12
Put into startup-sequence with a Run >NIL: WBGauge

I'd say get MUI installed or you'll be missing out on lots of MUI software:
http://aminet.net/package/util/libs/mui38usr
MUI doesn't slow your computer down or anything, it's just a set of libraries basically for which MUI programs require should you decide to use any.

I'd also get Magic Workbench installed as others have said:
http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/MagicWB21p
And use NickPrefs for nice animated pointers and the ability to add a nice picture to the back ground of your Workbench.

Try CycleToMenu which makes the cycle gadgets of Workbench usable:
http://aminet.net/package/util/cdity/CycleToMenu-21

For pretty looking file requesters I use Magic File Requester 1.3b (MFR).  It can be a bit buggy though, as it's a an early version.  I must have it on a floppy or something because this free version is not on aminet.

I also use KingCON:
http://aminet.net/package/util/shell/KingCON_1.3

I'd also have to recommend this in your startup-sequence:
http://aminet.net/package/util/sys/PatchRAM
PatchRAM PORTPATCH

Also try Quantum:
http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/QuantumX
Use a quantum setting of 1.
This can also go in your startup-sequence.

Also make sure you have the latest Setpatch installed in your c:
http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/SetPatch_43.6b

Truth is though with the 7MHz 68000, things start to slow down after running a few programs.
I have all of the above set up on an A600 2MB chip with Internal 2.5" HDD.  It's not the fastest of Amiga's in the world but it's still usable (it's what you get used to using really).

I tried PFS3 on the above setup and found it to be a tad slower than FFS 39.27 (that's what I had on my RDB at the time).  But with your SCSI setup, you may find PFS to be quicker.
:drink: