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Offline BozzerBigD

Re: Apollo Team announces the Vampire V4
« on: August 05, 2017, 04:27:20 PM »
Optical Drives are a good and cheap back up solution especially for photos and home movies. The Cloud is the worst solution for photos and movies as when hacked your life is laid bare on the internet! Why people are so happy for this risk is beyond me! Slap the files on a Blu-Ray disc, put them in a drawer and they're good for 20 years. No password or security required unless you want to lock the drawer or put them in a safe! Better still give the photos to a trusted extended family member and even if you have a fire the data will be ok ;-)
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Offline BozzerBigD

Re: Apollo Team announces the Vampire V4
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2017, 12:09:02 AM »
@Hattig

Most of the software that would benefit from a speed up probably needs a FPU; Quake, Lightwave, etc. AlienBreed 3D 2 seems to be the exception but Lightwave would be more fun as would Quake and Quake 2. BOR is fun but limited in longevity. MP3 playing is fun but a Prisma would do the same thing. FPU support would silence the nay-sayers to be honest. It was a good idea to get some AGA functionality and 060 speeds on A600 and A500 machines but for A1200 and Big Box Amigans I'm guessing the Vampire will be a harder sell as most of them have an accelerator already with MMU and FPU support!
"Art challenges technology. Technology inspires the art."

John Lasseter, Co-Founder of Pixar Animation Studios
 

Offline BozzerBigD

Re: Apollo Team announces the Vampire V4
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2017, 10:21:09 AM »
@Rotzloeffel

AGA support, the ability to play AB3D 2 at a decent speed and with FPU support the ability to render faster on Lightwave. These seem to be the good points for me. I already have an 060 & RTG enabled big box Amiga so this isn't primarily aimed at me.
"Art challenges technology. Technology inspires the art."

John Lasseter, Co-Founder of Pixar Animation Studios
 

Offline BozzerBigD

Re: Apollo Team announces the Vampire V4
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2018, 09:35:38 PM »
Why throw your money at Kipper and co. before there is a functioning mass produced board in existence? I mean a Tabor from A-EON would be nice but not without sound chip support or some way of telling if the product is actually finished!
"Art challenges technology. Technology inspires the art."

John Lasseter, Co-Founder of Pixar Animation Studios
 

Offline BozzerBigD

Re: Apollo Team announces the Vampire V4
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2018, 10:24:29 AM »
I am using the Tabor as another example of a product that it would be unwise to invest in prior to it actually being finished!! The Vampire team are operating like a small cottage industry despite the costs and complexity of the product involved. Good will has gotten them a long way with the Amiga community but I like to see things in the flesh (or silicon in this case ;-)) before stumping up any money upfront! Saying that, Tower57 and Brian Bagnall's books definitely deserved my support and I was tempted by the CheckMate case from Stephen Jones. They were cheaper/simpler products however.
« Last Edit: October 19, 2018, 10:26:13 AM by BozzerBigD »
"Art challenges technology. Technology inspires the art."

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Offline BozzerBigD

Re: Apollo Team announces the Vampire V4
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2018, 11:05:47 AM »
Not an issue for me as I have an 060 with Picasso IV system to play with so the speed increases are not as significant for me. For an 030 AGA user I can understand the hussle ;-) Also, life is short and these projects take so long.
« Last Edit: October 19, 2018, 11:16:06 AM by BozzerBigD »
"Art challenges technology. Technology inspires the art."

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Offline BozzerBigD

Re: Apollo Team announces the Vampire V4
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2018, 12:21:28 PM »
Money can be gaining interest in our accounts rather than theirs in the meantime. Holidays can be booked, plans made and even real tangible Amiga hardware bought off the shelf in the meantime. I'm sure the Apollo Team's 'war chest' is deep enough now that they don't need our money up front. Be patient and a constant supply will eventually come. That is if the operate like a normal 'supply and demand' company rather than a Nintendo-like company artificially restricting supply to drive up the demand and price!
"Art challenges technology. Technology inspires the art."

John Lasseter, Co-Founder of Pixar Animation Studios
 

Offline BozzerBigD

Re: Apollo Team announces the Vampire V4
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2018, 08:43:43 PM »
@Lord Aga

All anyone wants to know is when it'll go on general sale. Not who you have to secret handshake or bribe to get up the queue but when the regular man and his dog will get a chance to own one. The Amiga community would happily help drum up hype for the board if there was an official release date but this whole 'queuing at the factory gate' way of doing business really sucks IMHO!
"Art challenges technology. Technology inspires the art."

John Lasseter, Co-Founder of Pixar Animation Studios