Guide: How to make OS3.x faster and more efficient. (Updated)

[AmigaMance]

.
 
 
 
 

Where do I get the most current 68040.Library?

 http://phase5.a1k.org/files/040_060Libs.zip

[cybernoid]

Excelent Article.
I see lots of ppl saying: "Get a 68060! Buy One!"

Facts:
-I have a 4000 040 25mhz (they say actually works at 50mhz) 20mg ram working 3x faster than a non patched. (According to sysspeed)
-My Workbench is nice minimalist-looking (MUI icons and lots of tweaking, according to my needs.)
-All Demos, including 68060 runs smooth (loonies, etc). In fact only those requiring more than 16mg doesnt run. Watching same demo with WinUAE is a bad experience. (Emulation will never reach more than 50% of the experience)

-Ppl say the new Amiga is expensive. I hope they are not the same that tell me to buy a hot'n'burnin 68060. Because the new  Amiga is CHEAPER than a PPC 68060. And its lots faster... with gfx, etc - a new computer, in fact.

About the patches:
-I use most of them. No software crashes - its only a question of configuring fblit and systempatch.
-No BlitzKick. No RomUpdates at all. 3.1 Rom is very good and stable and the chip/rom/fast speed actually are the same on my 4000.

Advise:
-Load a good anti-virus at startup. (Youll see lots of warnings due to patches, but its a question of tweaking them. - I have no warnings.) - NO SPEED LOSS (IF 1=decrease AV priority.)

Question:
I cant use the new workbench.library.patch because the fonts get yellow (!!?)
-Does anybody have the same problem?

Best Regards -from Portugal-

[mr_a500]

Advise:
-Load a good anti-virus at startup. (Youll see lots of warnings due to patches, but its a question of tweaking them. - I have no warnings.) - NO SPEED LOSS (IF 1=decrease AV priority.)

Why? Amiga is not like Windows where you can get a virus just from being online, viewing an image or document. The only way you're likely to get an Amiga virus is if you're testing lots of unknown floppies or downloading Amiga software. If you use Voodoo-X & xad.master to extract archives, it can automatically check for viruses if you've got xvs.library (don't need an anti-virus running).

There's no need to waste RAM running an anti-virus program every time at startup.

[kidkoala]

ofcourse it makes sense to use patches and hacks once in a while on amigas, it's a selfexplaining thing.

great guide amigamance.

[guru-666]

this thread has so much good info and links we should realy make a how to page out of it.  Did somebody already do that?

[stopthegop]

X-Panel is a nice little tool.  

[Donar]

TjLaZer wrote:
I am using FBlit ... I get graphics corruptions on the screen.  Anyone know how to get rid of this?  This is a must have app for AGA users but the garbage on the screen is very annoying...

I had the same problem, its one of the 1000 FBlit options you have to turn on/off Someone i know send me his FBlit Prefs because he couldn't remeber what he had turned off either. His Prefs solved the issue on my AMIGA.

Tomas wrote:

If you are using a 68000 or a 68020 with no fast-ram, please die.

Um why? My a500 works perfectly well with 68000 for the task i use it for "classic gaming"  ;-)

Hummm... I wonder how Gunship 2000 and Grand prix circuit look like on your machine...

You gotta have a fondness for slideshows... :sleep:

[TiredOLife]

Had problems with my system recently and had to revert back to an earlier copy.
Pretty sure this was down to a virus.
Looks like the virus had been there for a while in several copies before it got bad enough fo me to notice.
Anyway, I had to revert to a copy I was using before I had read this guide.
Believe me the drop in speed was very noticable.
I have now installed them again and am much happier with the speed.
I am using a Blizzard 1260 so unless the Shark comes along :-D
I won't be able to upgrade to a better CPU any time soon.
So for all the doubters, I would say give it a try.
Make a backup 1st and you can always revert back if not happy.

[TiredOLife]

Finallly got blizkick to boot 3.9 in a single boot.
Many thanks to Piru for his help.
As I said earlier, these guide makes a big difference to the speed of your OS.
Many thanks to AmigaMance for a top guide.

[AmigaMance]

.

[CannonFodder]

I haven't read the whole of this thread, but here are a few "essentials" that I posted in another thread recently.

FBlit
FText
Executive
Key file for Executive
FScreen
SystemPatch
BlazeWCP

[AmigaMance]

 You don't really need FText and BlazeWCP if you run SystemPatch as they are both intergrated in it.

[TiredOLife]

Did try Executive but wasn't fussed.
Somtimes you need all the grunt you can get.
If you are running a particular intensive task, you probably won't bother trying to do anything else similtaneously.
In this instance, it is more of a hinderance for something to be kept back.

[dannyp1]

I saw two other patches mentioned in another thread and I looked quick and didn't see them here.  They are : NewWPA8 from aminet, and rpp from Stephan Rupprecht's site.  Does anyone know if either of these are worth using or of any real value?   Thanks,

Dan

[balrogsoft]

What happened to this guide? I remember that i have used it before, but all the post of AmigaMance are empty. Anyone have a local copy of this guide?