FPGA Accelerator Boards for 600

[XDelusion]

What ever became of those things. I never got contacted to pick up one of the early models. I know they hit Europe about a month or two.
I can't even recall what they were called at this point.

[XDelusion]

Vampire

http://www.majsta.com/

Thanks!

Glad to see they are up for order.


So how are they speed wise? Do they run a lot of games, does OctaMED run?

[XDelusion]

OK I just read that 100Mips is coming. That's about as fast as my 060. Impressive!

[XDelusion]

where? majsta hasnt been active since sime time as far i see and im not certain if anybody else picked up the project.

"Vampire 600: Meets Apollo-core "

Fifth article down on the home page.

[XDelusion]

as you might have noticed i was answering to that post by xdelusion:

you asked me for explanation. im not trying to pick on majstas excellent effort or spoil your fun with it, but i think it is fair to indicate to someone who might not observe the issue as closely that his expectation are a little over the top, just to avoid disappointments. dont you think?

your current core allows for a performance in a range of a middle class 030 afair, its fine but its nowhere around 100mips as yet.

Thanks to both of you. I still want one, hope I can get one, but will not look forward to the Apollo core, just as I don't expect the MorphOS team to resolve the bugs in my Efika.

[XDelusion]

if i still had my 600 id get one myself i guess. i hope majsta returns to this project or rather the so called "apollo" core will once see the light of the day. the best thing would be if some open community gathered around this or similar project to tweak it, alas its hopeless i fear.

No doubt, you'd think he'd be mass producing them and making some money while making the community happy.

The 600 is HIGHLY underated.

[XDelusion]

apparently we are lost in translation. again, my mention of "experience" doesnt apply to majstas himself, but to the usual course of affairs in amiga world. as example i very grateful for aros68k effort by jason and toni, which alas has come almost to halt without getting where i would like it to be, a fully functional replacement and improvement on amiga operating system working well on genuine hardware, that is. thats just an example. i dont complain about it, i just observe and i wish ther would be more interest, current and cooperation to carry on. thats all.

Amen!

[XDelusion]

It's about the sound? It is possible that on the board is defective resistor. The boards Sam460ex/AmigaOne500 was a similar problem http://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=news&id=115

 I doubt it's the board because it seems that ALL Efika users but one that I have spoken to have the same issues with sound.

Edit: They also never included support for the Serial port, therefore NO MIDI. So really, what good was spending that money for?