key repeats? is it impossible to run 48 emulator snapshots in external ram?
On 24 October 2011 14:35, Simon Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ian, > > I'm hoping fixed running rates will come 'for free' as part of the switch to > audio-based synchronisation (rather than the current timer method). > > In the meantime, if you don't actually need the key repeats, try this patched > ROM to disable them: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2553707/norepeat.zip > > Extract it somewhere, then select it from Tools -> Options -> System (tab) -> > ROM image. Reset the emulated machine to activate it. > > Cheers, > > Si > > > On 23 Oct 2011, at 10:33, Ian Spencer wrote: > >> Hi Si, >> >> I'm sure you have been asked this hundreds of times before so I'll apologise >> before I start but I've always used SIMCOUPE synchronised to 50Hz with most >> programs and with others unsynchronised where the speed was useful >> (especially with the program which I have used for years to handle my bank >> accounts) and set the keyboard repeat rate to prevent multiple key presses >> being produced. But the modern 3Ghz 4CPU machines I now have are just so >> fast it's impossible to set the repeat rate low enough. They are just too >> fast and as many programs are much more usable when the speed is 200 - 500% >> above the standard it would be really fantastic if this was in some way >> selectable even if at this speed the instruction timings weren't very >> accurately scaled. >> >> Best wishes, >> Ian Spencer >> > >
