Benefits of Classic WB

Lorfarius · 28 January 2010, 13:30

Why would people pick CWB over the likes of 3.0 and 3.1? What are the main benefits of it? Had a look through the feedback and this folder but the majority of threads are technical.

I've also watched the demo vid from the site but I'll be honest besides looking very colourful compared to the bland looking 3.1 I don't know what I'm looking at

Keep hearing talk of something called iGame but again doesn't mean a thing to me

TCD · 28 January 2010, 13:33

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Originally Posted by Lorfarius

As per topic title why would people pick CWB over the likes of 3.0 and 3.1? What are the main benefits of it?

It's like an 'all-inclusive' WB

Bloodwych packed a lot of useful tools and apps in this package, so you don't have to search and install them yourself. It's still a 3.x WB, but with a lot of nice tweaks included

Edit : iGame http://igame.amigahellas.gr/ (should be self explanatory

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DH · 28 January 2010, 13:38

As TCD says, It's packed to the hilt of extremely useful tools that you would otherwise be missing in a standard installation.

I really would recommend that you try it to actually find out how awesome it is

Lorfarius · 28 January 2010, 14:43

Going to try a fresh install on my Amiga 1200 tonight. Should be fun.

rare_j · 28 January 2010, 14:59

If Workbench were a small digestive biscuit, then ClassicWB would be a gigantic black forest gateax with jam and cherries, and a risque picture of cheryl cole rendered in icing on the top.

DH · 28 January 2010, 15:03

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Originally Posted by rare_j

If Workbench were a small digestive biscuit, then ClassicWB would be a gigantic black forest gateax with jam and cherries, and a risque picture of cheryl cole rendered in icing on the top.

I couldn't agree more, yum, yum......

Kitty · 28 January 2010, 15:06

Classic Workbench is the best thing since sliced bread!

fitzsteve · 28 January 2010, 15:14

Which version are you going for? As the others say its a great collection of apps and programs put together in a tidy easy to use package. IGame is a WHDLoad games front end with a superb screenshots package. Simply put for me this is what gave my Amiga a new lease me life.

Lorfarius · 28 January 2010, 16:12

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Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Which version are you going for? As the others say its a great collection of apps and programs put together in a tidy easy to use package. IGame is a WHDLoad games front end with a superb screenshots package. Simply put for me this is what gave my Amiga a new lease me life.

Full seems to be the best one for my spec looking at the site. I have 4mb (which will most likely go up to 8mb after all the PCMCIA transfer stuff is sorted) and the site shows: Target system - A1200 with 4MB memory expansion. I'm only using a Scart lead to attach it to the TV.

Just had a quick look at the partition restrictions looks like I need to divide up my 4GB CF card into several smaller ones to hold all the games.

fitzsteve · 28 January 2010, 16:38

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Originally Posted by Lorfarius

Full seems to be the best one for my spec looking at the site. I have 4mb (which will most likely go up to 8mb after all the PCMCIA transfer stuff is sorted) and the site shows: Target system - A1200 with 4MB memory expansion. I'm only using a Scart lead to attach it to the TV.

Just had a quick look at the partition restrictions looks like I need to divide up my 4GB CF card into several smaller ones to hold all the games.

Full is the one to go for. But if you fancy a change in the future you could try ADV it works a treat on my A1200 with 8mb via Scart to LCD TV. (The icon packs are amazing)

I went with a partition of 500mb for the OS 1.5gb for storage and (just under) 2gb for games this is good for around 750-1000 WHDLoad games

If you use a seperate partition for games you'll need to change the assign for A-Games to DH1 or DH2 this is done in the Setting>Startup>Assign menu. This is for the gameslist/Igame scanning.

cosmicfrog · 28 January 2010, 17:36

anything over 4gig and remember to do the scsi patches so it dos`t muck up your HDD

Lorfarius · 28 January 2010, 17:42

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Originally Posted by cosmicfrog

anything over 4gig and remember to do the scsi patches so it dos`t muck up your HDD

I should be fine only have a 4GB Sandisk CF card.

Lorfarius · 28 January 2010, 18:11

How much space should I be providing for the Workbench partition? If I unzip the CWB file it comes to abuot 500MB, do I need that much space on the card?

fitzsteve · 28 January 2010, 18:46

no thats just the size of the winuae hdf file. The total size of the files in cwb is about 80mb

wizard66 · 28 January 2010, 19:13

I have this ClasicWB running on my minimig ;-)
And it works great nice WB for 68k machines
respect for the builder of this pack mr. Bloodwych

28 January 2010, 13:30	#1
Lorfarius Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Glossop/UK Posts: 532	Benefits of Classic WB Why would people pick CWB over the likes of 3.0 and 3.1? What are the main benefits of it? Had a look through the feedback and this folder but the majority of threads are technical. I've also watched the demo vid from the site but I'll be honest besides looking very colourful compared to the bland looking 3.1 I don't know what I'm looking at Keep hearing talk of something called iGame but again doesn't mean a thing to me

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28 January 2010, 13:38	#3
DH Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Might as well be WORK :( Age: 56 Posts: 4,110	As TCD says, It's packed to the hilt of extremely useful tools that you would otherwise be missing in a standard installation. I really would recommend that you try it to actually find out how awesome it is

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rare_j Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,176	If Workbench were a small digestive biscuit, then ClassicWB would be a gigantic black forest gateax with jam and cherries, and a risque picture of cheryl cole rendered in icing on the top.

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Kitty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 1,532	Classic Workbench is the best thing since sliced bread!

28 January 2010, 15:14	#8
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Which version are you going for? As the others say its a great collection of apps and programs put together in a tidy easy to use package. IGame is a WHDLoad games front end with a superb screenshots package. Simply put for me this is what gave my Amiga a new lease me life.

28 January 2010, 17:36	#11
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	anything over 4gig and remember to do the scsi patches so it dos`t muck up your HDD

28 January 2010, 18:11	#13
Lorfarius Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Glossop/UK Posts: 532	How much space should I be providing for the Workbench partition? If I unzip the CWB file it comes to abuot 500MB, do I need that much space on the card?

28 January 2010, 18:46	#14
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	no thats just the size of the winuae hdf file. The total size of the files in cwb is about 80mb

28 January 2010, 19:13	#15
wizard66 FPGA Replay inside A590 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Rotterdam/Netherlands Age: 57 Posts: 294	I have this ClasicWB running on my minimig ;-) And it works great nice WB for 68k machines respect for the builder of this pack mr. Bloodwych

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