Testing ClassicWB GAAE with the ACA500+

[eightbit]

I have been using the ACA500+ with a ACA1233n accelerator and ClassicWB ADVSP (http://classicwb.abime.net/classicweb/advsp.htm) for a few days now and it runs fast. But, as I have been working on a ClassicWB version that will work ok on a stock 68K CPU (http://classicwb.abime.net/classicweb/gaae.htm) I have been thinking about how fast this would run on my accelerated setup. I don't care about eye candy. Purely performance especially when navigating folders and launching WHDLoad titles.

 

From what I have been seeing in WinUAE (adjusting the settings to mimic the actual hardware) it just appears astounding. GAAE is based on WB2.1 (an older version of workbench) but it does everything I need and seems to fly.

 

Has anyone tried this? I plan on giving it a go on the real hardware tomorrow and benching it. I am just curious to see how it feels

 

Funny enough it is not "green" when using it with KS3.1. You only get the green theme with KS 2.04 Still looks fine either way.

Edited March 22, 2017 by eightbit

[+remowilliams]

Hard to beat tinylauncher for WHDload launching performance

[eightbit]

Agreed I'm going to give it a go tonight and I'll update everyone on how it performs

[eightbit]

Well, finally after much copying in Dopus and re-creating my CF card I was right! The sysinfo bench is the same obviously, but the real world performance difference is tremendous! I'll have to put together a video soon.

[eightbit]

I am now also using this on an Amiga 2000 with a 68010 (just for the WHDLoad quit key functionality..still 7MHz) using a SCSI2microSD board connected to a GVP SCSI card. Works just the same, just slower at parsing directories. But, it made the Amiga pretty much have the same WHDLoad experience as my A500 with ACA500+. I just have to get this A2000 to go faster and it will be on par.