A2080 i.e. Vampire 500 V2 on an Amiga 2000

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I've heard of the v500 being used with network cards.

The way the v600 was designed, the bus master signals were used to shut down the old CPU it was clipped onto, so even if you could add Zorro slots to the 600, it couldn't allow them on the bus.

Maybe some early v500 boards had this limitation as well.

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If you loose the use of Zorro slots this does not sound very desirable. I need to use some of those for other things.

That's not correct. People are using them with A500's with attachments on the side and with A2000's with zorro network cards.

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That's not USB, you're probably seeing the JTAG port.

This isn't the hardware that will be for sale, only for development until the hardware is final.

This one has HDMI, IDE and an SD card but it will probably change before they go out for sale to the public. I've heard of onboard ethernet for example, but not with this early development board.

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I believe very strongly that making a fast 68k compatible CPU is the right way to go for the majority of Amigans whether it is FPGA or emulation.

The majority of us have never had the opportunity to use a PPC due to cost, availability or simply a lack of interest. Most PPC software could be recompiled for 68k since assembly isn't as common.

I'll never understand why the copyright holders have abandoned the majority of their user base, the 68k users, but perhaps Apollo will give them a reason to notice us again rather than pushing platforms most of us don't own.

If not, at least we'll finally have the potential for faster 68k CPUs as FPGA technology advances and the core improves.

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Can we just lock or split this thread so we can discuss the original topic somewhere?

It's embarrassing how badly Amigans fit their angry, argumentative pseudo-religious stereotype.

This is why we can't get anywhere while the Atari guys can replace their whole OS and hardware from scratch. We'd rather argue over pointless details of which is the one true CPU (newsflash: they all have pros and cons) than to be pragmatic and work together.