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
>>
>
>

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