Running WHDLoad games directly from PCMCIA

daznic · 07 January 2016, 21:12

Well I am happy to say I now finally have my dream setup - A really nice clean A1200 with 4GB CF hard drive, registered WHDLoad, aca 1221 expansion and an Easy ADF PCMCIA kit. - also a Gotek which is now pretty much redundant.

Now I am enjoying transfering my WHDLoad collection from my Winuae setup on my PC to the real Amiga. I started transfering the WHDLoad games from the CF card in the PCMCIA adaptor to a partition on the Amiga Hard drive, then realised I could just run the games directly from the CF card in the adaptor, no need to transfer to the Amiga hard drive - this makes the games collection easier to manage between PC and Amiga.

So is there any disadvantage or potential issues with doing this ? - thought I could just have a few CF cards with different games collections on & plug & play

Retro-Nerd · 07 January 2016, 21:29

The disadvantage is slow loading times via PCMCIA-CF, especially for bigger WHDLoad games. Though smaller games like Turrican, Hybris, Giana Sisters etc. should work fine.

daznic · 08 January 2016, 08:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

The disadvantage is slow loading times via PCMCIA-CF, especially for bigger WHDLoad games. Though smaller games like Turrican, Hybris, Giana Sisters etc. should work fine.

That's good to know - thanks.
Everything I've tried so far works fine, just playing eye of the beholder now....If anything has slow down issues I'll move to the internal CF hard drive.

Superman · 08 January 2016, 18:17

I have all games on the internal 4gb card and I have the Demos which wont fit on there on a 4gb card in the PCMIA slot.

07 January 2016, 21:12	#1
daznic Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: chester / england Posts: 172	Running WHDLoad games directly from PCMCIA Well I am happy to say I now finally have my dream setup - A really nice clean A1200 with 4GB CF hard drive, registered WHDLoad, aca 1221 expansion and an Easy ADF PCMCIA kit. - also a Gotek which is now pretty much redundant. Now I am enjoying transfering my WHDLoad collection from my Winuae setup on my PC to the real Amiga. I started transfering the WHDLoad games from the CF card in the PCMCIA adaptor to a partition on the Amiga Hard drive, then realised I could just run the games directly from the CF card in the adaptor, no need to transfer to the Amiga hard drive - this makes the games collection easier to manage between PC and Amiga. So is there any disadvantage or potential issues with doing this ? - thought I could just have a few CF cards with different games collections on & plug & play

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07 January 2016, 21:29	#2
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,453	The disadvantage is slow loading times via PCMCIA-CF, especially for bigger WHDLoad games. Though smaller games like Turrican, Hybris, Giana Sisters etc. should work fine.

08 January 2016, 18:17	#4
Superman Super Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Wakefield Age: 48 Posts: 1,334	I have all games on the internal 4gb card and I have the Demos which wont fit on there on a 4gb card in the PCMIA slot.

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