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Photon · 15 January 2020, 15:21

Basically what everyone's said.

For A500 games:

The best platform for WHDLoad compatibility (make most slaves work) is actually A1200-030.
You need a faster CPU to handle the overhead in a few tightly coded top hits
You need 1MB chipmem even if you run a game written for 512k chipmem. This means A500+ or modded A500 late revision (soldering required).
You need fastmem to fit WHDLoad and WB and leave 512k fast free for quite a few games.

ACA500Plus does all it can to maximize WHDLoad compatibility however it's still not 100% which is why I don't recommend an A500/+ as a WHDLoad machine.

15 January 2020, 15:21	#21
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,633	Basically what everyone's said. For A500 games: The best platform for WHDLoad compatibility (make most slaves work) is actually A1200-030. You need a faster CPU to handle the overhead in a few tightly coded top hits You need 1MB chipmem even if you run a game written for 512k chipmem. This means A500+ or modded A500 late revision (soldering required). You need fastmem to fit WHDLoad and WB and leave 512k fast free for quite a few games. ACA500Plus does all it can to maximize WHDLoad compatibility however it's still not 100% which is why I don't recommend an A500/+ as a WHDLoad machine.