> > But WinVICE DOES have a warp mode - Alt + W and it runs as fast as your system > > allows, usually around several thousand percent. I load disk stuff in seconds. > > So does MAME - the Insert key skips frames to run at ludicrous speed, while F10 > toggles the speed limiter without dropping frames (F10 can also be used in > conjunction with the F8/F9 frame skip buttons) - Insert is actually faster though as > its code seemingly comes from the days when MAME could actually skip more than 10 > frames in a row (IIRC the frame skip used to go to 11 or 12).
but that only helps when the system is video-bound.
c64 is not video bound, the bad performance comes from the tight sync etc. required between the CPUs, which is at it's worst while loading from disks, so Insert wins you absolutely nothing.
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