Hopefully with the extra graphics ram Ill be able to use the ADVSP version you have made without having to worry about running out of chipram.I have an accelerator but im not sure which one maybe ill give blizkick a crack if it is a blizzard.For a start you Amiga will be faster since access to RAM is faster then ROM.
The only slight minus point is that it will take a few more seconds to boot your miggy from cold since it loads the new KS and resets. I dont know what support is like for other cards than the Blizzard, but I suppose i ntheory they should be okay as long as they have an MMU. It really will do everything you need unless your planning on using your Amiga as a PC replacement. To answer your question, the 3.1 ROM and workbench offers very little over the 3.0 - it provides very basic CD-ROM support (because it was designed for the CD32, where the ROM first appeared) and adds an Animation class to the datatypes system. All of this can be added to 3.0 with ease. There really isnt much benifit to switching to 3.1 ROMS and higher workbench versions with an A1200, unless your going to start using it as a PC replacement. Workbench 3.0 3.0 ROMS Scalos Aminet addons really is a fantastic solution for how the majority of people will use there A1200s. ![]() Even then, youll have to start building it up in order to add all the features of a well configured WB3.0. Youll endup with a better product in the end of course, but only if you use the extra features OS3.9 offers (I personally dont) over a well configured 3.0. The file system size limit can be a genuine excuse, but remember workbench 3.0 users still have the option of SFS,which is better than FFS in many regards. Kickstart 3.1 Rom Upgrade In ComparisonGoing from WB 3.0 to 3.1 really wont benefit you at all in general Amiga use - Scalos is by far the biggest and most useful workbench upgrade in comparison. So my advice is, considering youll probably be using your A1200 like I do, is build a decent WB3.0 setup. For the average user where the Amiga is not the primary computer, the higher ROMS and OS versions dont offer much at all. Then using my WB3.5 CD I installed WB 3.1 then upped it to 3.5 then 3.9 (had to edit startup a few times to put the C:blizzmagic line back in). But I went back to the ClassicWB setup because it does everything I need then more. As they say oop North if it aint broke why fix it I would probably only upgrade to WB4.0 (when it comes out) if I had the machine to go with it. Probably not the answer you are looking for but if you want to spend some more cash on your Miggy get a decent monitor, more ram, bigger hard drive or something. I was wondering about WBKS 3.1 because it had built in cdrom support, just a faster method to transfer files untill either I get my pcmcia network card running or parralel port transfer going. I have no intention of making my a1200 into a main work PC, its just for gaming and transfering images even though its been upgraded a bit for convenience. Probably will just use classic workbench and maybe up the memory to 64mb. If youre really enjoying your Amiga, you might want to build up a workbench yourself and use mine purely as a guide of whats useful to download. Yadster, I thought youd started building your own kick-ass setup using fblit Anyway, thanks for the backup as always. Ive since added a few bits and pieces, edited the startup sequence and it all works luvverly and just how I want it - the ability to play some great games but also very productive for my college work. Vaccination program for gamefowlOn a spare Amiga 1200 I installed your new ClasicWBADVSP and that looks well nice. ![]()
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