WHDLoad on a 68000 a500 - should I go to a 68010?

AB Positive · 12 February 2010, 18:07

a500 - check

2MB FastRAM - check

HDD controller - check

1MB ChipRAM - check

processor - 68000 - uh oh?

With my research on WHDLoad apparently the only real issue per se with a base 68K processor is that quit keys won't work properly unless the slave is coded. The change in opcodes start with a 68010 and up.

Would it then be advisable, if one is to only use WHDLoad, to up an a500 to a 68010 for a processor? Or is the 68010's eccentricities such that even though you'd get quit keys, other things would be glitchy?

I can't find a definitive answer with my google-fu so - I go to the experts. What say ye?

alexh · 12 February 2010, 20:24

Why not just press CTRL+AMIGA+AMIGA as the quit key? Reboot time is not long and I'm sure you can make it shorter if you wanted to.

Fitting a 68010 will just mean loads of floppy disk games stop working.

AB Positive · 12 February 2010, 23:17

Fair enough - just checking. Wanted to hear the pros/cons since I don't see that much 68010 talk, I figured something was up.

Cool, now I just gotta close this deal

mombasajoe · 12 February 2010, 23:22

I have a 68010 inside and it´s nice for WHDLoad (quitting to WB). But I´ve got other A500+/A500 with 68000 inside. I don´t really know if there are many disk-games which won´t run with the 010. I just haven´t tried yet. Perhaps alexh can name some games. I only know that with 1 MB ChipRam some older games won´t run from disk. But those are surely already"wdhloadified" so it doesn´t really matter. A 010 for WHDLoad is IMHO nice but not really necessary. You can live without it. So if that´s your only A500...keep the 68000. Btw: If you solder a cpu-switch I´ll buy one

Wepl · 13 February 2010, 21:18

I think if you want to play only whd games a 68010 would be fine.

12 February 2010, 18:07	#1
AB Positive kachou ON! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New Hampshire, US Posts: 192	WHDLoad on a 68000 a500 - should I go to a 68010? a500 - check 2MB FastRAM - check HDD controller - check 1MB ChipRAM - check processor - 68000 - uh oh? With my research on WHDLoad apparently the only real issue per se with a base 68K processor is that quit keys won't work properly unless the slave is coded. The change in opcodes start with a 68010 and up. Would it then be advisable, if one is to only use WHDLoad, to up an a500 to a 68010 for a processor? Or is the 68010's eccentricities such that even though you'd get quit keys, other things would be glitchy? I can't find a definitive answer with my google-fu so - I go to the experts. What say ye?

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12 February 2010, 20:24	#2
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	Why not just press CTRL+AMIGA+AMIGA as the quit key? Reboot time is not long and I'm sure you can make it shorter if you wanted to. Fitting a 68010 will just mean loads of floppy disk games stop working.

12 February 2010, 23:17	#3
AB Positive kachou ON! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New Hampshire, US Posts: 192	Fair enough - just checking. Wanted to hear the pros/cons since I don't see that much 68010 talk, I figured something was up. Cool, now I just gotta close this deal

12 February 2010, 23:22	#4
mombasajoe Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: D Age: 49 Posts: 528	I have a 68010 inside and it´s nice for WHDLoad (quitting to WB). But I´ve got other A500+/A500 with 68000 inside. I don´t really know if there are many disk-games which won´t run with the 010. I just haven´t tried yet. Perhaps alexh can name some games. I only know that with 1 MB ChipRam some older games won´t run from disk. But those are surely already"wdhloadified" so it doesn´t really matter. A 010 for WHDLoad is IMHO nice but not really necessary. You can live without it. So if that´s your only A500...keep the 68000. Btw: If you solder a cpu-switch I´ll buy one

13 February 2010, 21:18	#5
Wepl Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 866	I think if you want to play only whd games a 68010 would be fine.

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