Apollo Team announces the Vampire V4

[Niding]

@Thomas

Thats a fair attitude to have.

Computers are ultimatly just a tool, and if it cant do what you want/need it to do, then its reasonable to opt out. Thats a objective evaluation noone can fault you for.

Im not going lie, I obviously would want as many as possible to utilize this relativly high performance hardware which brings 100s or 1000+ people up to the specs that only very few had back in the days.
Ofcourse, me only using computers for officework, music and some simple graphics to go with the presentations I make for work; I dont face the same headache as developers like yourself might face. Im not blind to that disparity in userfriendliness based on your workflow and goals.

[ferrellsl]

Exactly. He has always had a hatred for the FPU and MMU compatibility and the fan boys think he's the second coming because he added some opcodes that accelerate some software that doesn't exist yet.

The worst thing you can ever do is have someone with a strong opinion about things and a bunch of enablers.

You need to seek some professional help or at least a few sessions of anger management.  It's obvious that you're not being objective based on your strong emotional responses to anything connected to Gunnar.  Barring that, try a valium....sheesh buddy.

[CodePoet]

+1 for Valium - Really helps take the edge off the fact that there's only single-ply toilet paper in the bathrooms at work

[jj]

They will always find something to complain about.
In fact I want to go on record now complaining because the kitchen sink is missing!

Hoe is your Wii AOS4 port going ?

[kolla]

He has stated that purchase a Vampire only if you feel it has the features you need today.

And I have yet to see a web page or pdf or anything from "the team" that truthfully lists up the features Vampire cards have today, and perhaps more importantly, what features it lacks. It all drowns in hype, questionable benchmarks and listings about what will (may) come, promises of 100% compatibility and other nonsense. How is one supposed to know what the features are when even half the team do not really seem to know?

[Louis Dias]

Hoe is your Wii AOS4 port going ?

Don't call me a hoe!

[kolla]

Could you expand on what you mean about Gunnars plans regarding Apollo in embedded designs?

If you have followed the evolution of the apollo-core website, that should have been rather obvious. Benchmarks against other soft-cores used in embedded, barely mention of Amiga at all. Over time, this has changed a little, probably as he realised that embedded market may not really be that interested after all, commercial 68k soft-cores exists already there. So, why not instead try to become the creator, owner and licenser of the de-facto CPU for good old Amiga?

[kolla]

You need to seek some professional help or at least a few sessions of anger management.  It's obvious that you're not being objective based on your strong emotional responses to anything connected to Gunnar.  Barring that, try a valium....sheesh buddy.

Why is it that this happens to so many who have been in contact with Gunnar, do you think?

[Iggy]

Why is it that this happens to so many who have been in contact with Gunnar, do you think?

Because if Gunnar's psyche (or aura) had a smell, it would probably be a mixture of fried electrical wiring and burnt cat hair. :hammer:

Honestly, I'm amazed they've come this far, considering that oh so Amiga combination of hyperbole and fixation.

[jj]

Because if Gunnar's psyche (or aura) had a smell, it would probably be a mixture of fried electrical wiring and burnt cat hair. .

This is one of the funniest things I have read in awhile.

[Niding]

If you have followed the evolution of the apollo-core website, that should have been rather obvious. Benchmarks against other soft-cores used in embedded, barely mention of Amiga at all. Over time, this has changed a little, probably as he realised that embedded market may not really be that interested after all, commercial 68k soft-cores exists already there. So, why not instead try to become the creator, owner and licenser of the de-facto CPU for good old Amiga?

So Gunnar is guilty of wanting the product he design/produces to be a sucess in Amiga terms. Outragous!

[F0LLETT]

Don't call me a hoe!

Doubt thats what he ment. I would guess he ment "How" but hit "e" instead of "w".

Ontopic:-
Is there actually any solid info and pricing on this?
Seems strange announcing this, while still trying to sell current boards.

[kamelito]

http://www.amigaimpact.org/2017/08/vampire-la-v4-en-photos/ Kamelito

[TribbleSmasher]

Thank you for the link.

[ferrellsl]

Why is it that this happens to so many who have been in contact with Gunnar, do you think?

So far I only see you and psxphill acting that way.  You guys are an army of two.

[Iggy]

So far I only see you and psxphill acting that way.  You guys are an army of two.

Hmm, I don't always agree with kolla, but he and psxphill aren't the only two that Gunnar has rubbed the wrong way.
And as far as anger management goes, neither I myself nor you have been model examples of rational interaction.

But this could lead us back to my point about the eccentricities that seem inherent in our community.

A good friend of mine a few years back pointed out to me just what a high percentage a 'slightly off' personalities our community seems to attract. It made me, to say the least, a bit uncomfortable.