WHDLoad ‘ReKick’ possible??

SuperFuryAnimal · 23 January 2021, 00:38

Wondering if a WHDLoad slave could be created for AGA machines that would do similar to what rekick did back in the day, boot to a 1.3 kickstart image.

Then you could attach adf’s or dms’s as drives and boot from.

Got the idea from looking at the size of the demoscene, it’s huge and it’s likely that so many demos will not get the WHDLoad treatment and anything before 92 will prob be better on a non aga Amiga.

Just be cool to go back through the early demo scene from a workbench environment and have a quitkey back to workbench.

I have no programming experience and have no idea if this is possible but thought I’d suggest it.

So many demos, so little time....

jotd · 23 January 2021, 10:28

whdload already rekicks since 2001

problems.are hardware related non software

Stingray fixed a lot of demos already. maybe make a wishlist...

Retro1234 · 23 January 2021, 16:14

I always wanted to create a WinUae style GUi for a kickstart WHDload on Amiga, you could choose different variables for the slaves like different Kickstarts different Disk Images, Memory etc

of-course most software needs proper Slaves and patching but could be cool to work through a load of Amiga Format coverdisks or something.

jotd · 23 January 2021, 16:41

you just need a gui to run the various whdload generic kick slaves that are around.

one thing I wanted was to create a winuae derivate that could read a whdload .slave and run it under emulation with proper memory configuration and all without even needing whdload, using winuae emulation code. Too much work

Retro1234 · 23 January 2021, 17:09

or have it assemble the slave with Barfly and run it, you can add a Hardrive and choose how many disk drives etc

Matt_H · 23 January 2021, 22:02

@ SuperFuryAnimal

This is close to what you're asking for, but there are caveats (see link): http://whdload.de/apps/Workbench13.html

23 January 2021, 00:38	#1
SuperFuryAnimal Registered User Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: UK Posts: 26	WHDLoad ‘ReKick’ possible?? Wondering if a WHDLoad slave could be created for AGA machines that would do similar to what rekick did back in the day, boot to a 1.3 kickstart image. Then you could attach adf’s or dms’s as drives and boot from. Got the idea from looking at the size of the demoscene, it’s huge and it’s likely that so many demos will not get the WHDLoad treatment and anything before 92 will prob be better on a non aga Amiga. Just be cool to go back through the early demo scene from a workbench environment and have a quitkey back to workbench. I have no programming experience and have no idea if this is possible but thought I’d suggest it. So many demos, so little time....

23 January 2021, 10:28	#2
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 49 Posts: 5,100	whdload already rekicks since 2001 problems.are hardware related non software Stingray fixed a lot of demos already. maybe make a wishlist... Last edited by jotd; 23 January 2021 at 13:19.

23 January 2021, 17:09	#5
Retro1234 Boo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 4,764	or have it assemble the slave with Barfly and run it, you can add a Hardrive and choose how many disk drives etc Last edited by Retro1234; 23 January 2021 at 17:15.

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23 January 2021, 16:14	#3
Retro1234 Boo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 4,764	I always wanted to create a WinUae style GUi for a kickstart WHDload on Amiga, you could choose different variables for the slaves like different Kickstarts different Disk Images, Memory etc of-course most software needs proper Slaves and patching but could be cool to work through a load of Amiga Format coverdisks or something.

23 January 2021, 16:41	#4
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 49 Posts: 5,100	you just need a gui to run the various whdload generic kick slaves that are around. one thing I wanted was to create a winuae derivate that could read a whdload .slave and run it under emulation with proper memory configuration and all without even needing whdload, using winuae emulation code. Too much work

23 January 2021, 22:02	#6
Matt_H Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 376	@ SuperFuryAnimal This is close to what you're asking for, but there are caveats (see link): http://whdload.de/apps/Workbench13.html

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