Okay, I GREATLY appreciate the work going into the Vampires. I have a 500+v2 or v2+ of my own and it's been pretty damn awesome. HOWEVER, why are we still sticking with IDE and not going SATA? Or both? Am I in the minority for my desire to use SSDs instead of CFs or even IDE DoM?
In any case, a Vampire for the 1200 will be sweet!
I imagine implementing SATA is more than just adding the right socket to the board. IDE is a much simpler design and consequently a quick win.
Im with you on this though , SATA does make sense since thats the protocol everything uses now.
As for SSD , will the Vampire make the Amiga go fast enough to keep up with one ,and are the sorts of file sizes most people will transfer large enough for it to be of benefit? Also you need to think about support for them on AmigaOS . AFAIK theres no support for TRIM . Im thinking hybrid drive would probably be a better (and cheaper).
I wouldnt be suprised if SATA comes in a future iteration - but already this is better than anything we could have ever imagined !
Thanks
Nick
