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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #29 on: February 01, 2016, 01:49:11 PM »
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That accelerator looks awesome! Any reason why it wouldn't work for us ACA500 users? Looking at the layout, might just fit...


The developers would have to answer the details themselves, but regardless;

http://kipper2k.com/accel500.html

"Coming Soon to an A500 near you".

Soon is obvious a relative term in Amigaland, espesially since they are currently working hard to deliver the pre-ordered A600 boards.
 

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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #30 on: February 01, 2016, 02:13:06 PM »
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@tuko

Nice review and impresive card... the "problem" of this is that there are not enought cards for all with this low production =(


i think that its actually favourable for the users and for the project, that this is an "organic" one, even if it needs some more patience. the product being introduced to public gradually allows enough time for feedback, reconsideration of features and the like.

that there is suddenly so much demand and interest is not the fault of the involved.
 

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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #31 on: February 01, 2016, 02:18:15 PM »
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That accelerator looks awesome! Any reason why it wouldn't work for us ACA500 users? Looking at the layout, might just fit...


why would you want to have both vampire and aca500 built in at the same time?
 

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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #32 on: February 01, 2016, 02:55:27 PM »
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why would you want to have both vampire and aca500 built in at the same time?

Because the 68k ACA500 is 14mhz and the Vampire isn't.

Looks like Kipper is working on an A500/A2000 acceleraror board, so that'll be nice. Might plug directly into the 68000 socket or 500 version externally?

Thing is, I'm using an ACA500 and ACA1221 outside my Phoenix equipped A1000. Hell of a combo (28mhz 020 works great!), but a Vampire solution, with AGA and super speed would be even better.  :)
 

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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #33 on: February 01, 2016, 03:05:13 PM »
If you decide to go with a Vampire, you will put other accelerators in storage. My Blizzard 030/50 has served me well, but will be retired once Vampire A1200 version is developed and available for purchase.
 

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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #34 on: February 01, 2016, 03:06:59 PM »
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Because the 68k ACA500 is 14mhz and the Vampire isn't.

Looks like Kipper is working on an A500/A2000 acceleraror board, so that'll be nice. Might plug directly into the 68000 socket or 500 version externally?

Thing is, I'm using an ACA500 and ACA1221 outside my Phoenix equipped A1000. Hell of a combo (28mhz 020 works great!), but a Vampire solution, with AGA and super speed would be even better.  :)

what does 14mhz 68000 or 28mhz clocked 68020 get you, vampire doesnt? i would understand you if you would want to the option to use the genuine onboard 68000/7 cpu for timing/ compatibility reason, but the minor upgrades you mention likely ruin the original timings, some software might rely on, anyway.
 

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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #35 on: February 01, 2016, 03:35:59 PM »
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Accurate chipset cloaning is very time consuming. If they are to make a standalone board without using open source code, then they have a lot of work ahead of them. The downside of using GPL code is then they must release the CPU source as well, which seems unlikely. Perhaps they have already done all this groundwork from the Natami days.

/MikeJ

I recently read that a lot of AGA software did run on the Natami so the groundwork was done already.
 

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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #36 on: February 01, 2016, 04:15:19 PM »
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I recently read that a lot of AGA software did run on the Natami so the groundwork was done already.

Well... Natami was running with speed brakes on, the blitter and the bitplane dma were not running ram bursts at all, making them slower than necessary. The line drawer wasn't implemented either.
 

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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #37 on: February 01, 2016, 04:45:24 PM »
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Drooling for an A500/2000 version


I second that! I'm so jealous for those getting these. Wish I had an a600 right now!
 

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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #38 on: February 01, 2016, 05:05:17 PM »
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I second that! I'm so jealous for those getting these. Wish I had an a600 right now!

i think for those who are doomed to wait things may get even better, while others simply may enjoy them earlier. ;)
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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #39 on: February 01, 2016, 05:07:27 PM »
I received my vampire 600 Saturday, the thing is pretty fast. The board ships limited to the ecs screen modes but that will all change when the gold core is released. The sd slot does not currently work either but is rumored to do about 10MB/s when the new core arrives.

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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #40 on: February 01, 2016, 05:39:14 PM »
Thanks for sharing! It was great reading about the new Vampire card. Looking forward to read more about it in the future. I'm also waiting for the A1200 version. :) (or perhaps I will go bananas and get a 600... there is room for two Amigas... :python:)

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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #41 on: February 01, 2016, 07:57:17 PM »
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There will be enough for everybody. People will just have to accept it'll be slow process (majsta and kipper2k can each solder at best 4-5 card per day).

A600 has been some many years without a such powerful upgrade, I'm sure the community can accept to wait some more weeks ;-)


I can wait to the 1200 version some day i just hope that there will be enough for all.
a1200 060
 

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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #42 on: February 01, 2016, 07:58:32 PM »
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i think that its actually favourable for the users and for the project, that this is an "organic" one, even if it needs some more patience. the product being introduced to public gradually allows enough time for feedback, reconsideration of features and the like.

that there is suddenly so much demand and interest is not the fault of the involved.


I have this patience and now with this kind of reviews, lets see...
a1200 060
 

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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #43 on: February 01, 2016, 08:16:49 PM »
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I can wait to the 1200 version some day i just hope that there will be enough for all.


Same here. I also can't wait for some nice "turbo" :) for A1200..., maybe some day. I just hope that it could be used with Mediator or Zorro... otherwise it will be good only for desktops :(.
Re-A1200inE/BOX/3.2/AmigaOS3.2/TF1260@66Mhz/256Mb/MediatorTX/R9200SE/SpiderUSB/LAN/SB128/16Gb-CF/DVD-ROM/FDD-HD
 

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Re: [UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.
« Reply #44 from previous page: February 01, 2016, 08:46:47 PM »
Did some work on the Vampire socket. According to last majsta's message, I used some sandpaper to get the socket correctly mounted. Now it doesn't move a inch. I took my ACA620 mounting system to secure it ever more.

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