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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: amiga-penn-wchester on February 04, 2016, 06:05:01 AM
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Hope we get a vamp A1200 at some point. I was looking at some backups of my old A1200T/060/PPC@240 (sold years ago)... and would like to relive the magic.
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I would also love to get my hands on a Vampire 1200.
But reality is that they still have a very big waiting list for the Vampire 600, and just a couple of guys building them, and then there is the Vampire 500 waiting list right after that, so this will take very long :(
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I would also love to get my hands on a Vampire 1200.
But reality is that they still have a very big waiting list for the Vampire 600, and just a couple of guys building them, and then there is the Vampire 500 waiting list right after that, so this will take very long :(
I think the fact of a long waiting list is positive, it shows people are buying it
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I would also love to get my hands on a Vampire 1200.
But reality is that they still have a very big waiting list for the Vampire 600, and just a couple of guys building them, and then there is the Vampire 500 waiting list right after that, so this will take very long :(
id like a vampire 1200 or even a vampire 4000 and i completely dont mind waiting for these become eventually available while 600 users are being served at whatever pace is possible to handle for the developers. you can still use amiga hardware there is in the meantime. you can even prepare a bit better software base in anticipation of returning higher end 68k popularity without needing fpga core at hand just immediately.
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From EAB;
"A500/1000/2000 probably in spring/summer of this year and A1200 perhaps in autumn/winter."
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From EAB;
"A500/1000/2000 probably in spring/summer of this year and A1200 perhaps in autumn/winter."
The problem is that in the world, seasons occur in different times of the year depending on your location, so I havent got the slightest idea in what it translates to where I live or even what the person who told that phrase was referring to, as I dont know where he/she lives.
PS: Right now I am in the middle of the summer season.
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The problem is that in the world, seasons occur in different times of the year depending on your location, so I havent got the slightest idea in what it translates to where I live or even what the person who told that phrase was referring to, as I dont know where he/she lives.
PS: Right now I am in the middle of the summer season.
in european terms autemn/winter is something like Nov-Dez
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I hope there could be Vampire A1200 that works with Mediator and/or A1200 Reloaded...
For A600 and A500 it is not that important IMO.
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cant wait for the a1200 version. count me in.
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I want to be one of the first in line for a Vampire 3000T. I think it should have been the first one made IMO.
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Oh but what about Vampire Walker ? It is most certainly a thousand times more urgent :)
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@OlafS3
Thanks!
@dannyp1
It is good to see you are still here :)
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Minimig was a fan project,picked up by Acube, so perhaps there could be a similar future for Vampire?
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At least don't count on Jens (Individual) to pick this up, he's very open about his FPGA allergy... :)
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Well, Jens could sell good quantity of A1200 if they are compatible with the Vampire.
The old A1200's are prone to die eventually, so a replacement might on peoples mind.
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in european terms autemn/winter is something like Nov-Dez
Autumn starts in September in the UK and the last day of winter is the 20th of March.
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From EAB;
"A500/1000/2000 probably in spring/summer of this year and A1200 perhaps in autumn/winter."
As much as I have bitched about it and I'll still admit I would love to have an A2000 Vampire.
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At least don't count on Jens (Individual) to pick this up, he's very open about his FPGA allergy... :)
The whole point of buying directly is to keep prices down.
Why would I want part of what I'm paying to going to Jens?
After all, he has spent years claiming to have re-engineered Amiga core components with similar parts only to claim that he couldn't release anything without an OS license.
And now he has an OS license.
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As much as I have bitched about it and I'll still admit I would love to have an A2000 Vampire.
Theoretically the A500 version would work in an A2000 Jim.
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Just watched the review.
FPGA is the future of Amiga, not PPC, which along with ColdFire is laughably expensive for the few native programs available for it. This looks to be pretty much plug and play like any other 68K accelerator. :) When the FPU is activated, it will run even faster. *Bravo*, Majsta and the Apollo guys! I can't wait for the 1200 and 4000 Vampires. ^^
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Theoretically the A500 version would work in an A2000 Jim.
An A2000 workstation should have at least 128Mb mem and support many Zorro cards. Don't know that the 500 version will do this. It really should go in the Expansion slot anyway.
I'll be in line for that right away!
PS: reaaly should have a SATA controller with proper DMA also.
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Oh but what about Vampire Walker ? It is most certainly a thousand times more urgent :)
I want a Vampire CD32 .... And I'm being serious! :)
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Theoretically the A500 version would work in an A2000 Jim.
Yeah, I know, but can you imagine the ugly socket adapter for that?
I'll just wait unit they build a similar board with a DIP arrangement.
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An A2000 workstation should have at least 128Mb mem and support many Zorro cards. Don't know that the 500 version will do this. It really should go in the Expansion slot anyway.
I'll be in line for that right away!
PS: reaaly should have a SATA controller with proper DMA also.
DMA SATA via Zorro II?
You need to take a look at the maximum transfer rates of both of those to get an idea of how bad that would be.
How about SATA support via a controller chip connected directly to the FPGA?
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DMA SATA via Zorro II?
You need to take a look at the maximum transfer rates of both of those to get an idea of how bad that would be.
How about SATA support via a controller chip connected directly to the FPGA?
Exactly! Add MMU and FPU functions please, its fast Enough it wont matter if cut down a bit anyway.
The Zorro support is for sound, High speed serial/parallel card and maybe USB.
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Yeah, I know, but can you imagine the ugly socket adapter for that?
I'll just wait unit they build a similar board with a DIP arrangement.
Isn't that the Amiga way though? Hack it and patch it! ;) You should see the monstrosity inside my my A3000 lol (SCSI>IDE>SD>MicroSD)
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Isn't that the Amiga way though? Hack it and patch it! ;) You should see the monstrosity inside my my A3000 lol (SCSI>IDE>SD>MicroSD)
Its not just the Amiga way.
One time, I spent a week slowly modifying the keyboard matrix of a Tandy Model 4P keyboard so I could fit it in a Color Computer 3 case (just to have the numeric pad).
And the mods on my Atari 130XE are ridiculous.
Hacker do some weird sh*t sometimes.
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So from what I have read, the A1200 version will take on the form of a normal CPU slot expansion, not the over-the-chip type like the A600.
Has anyone heard about what other features may be possible with the A1200 version?
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Initially I expect the A1200 to be a standard V600 level Vampire, but there is questions/considerations of a high spec version aswell.
I should probably be careful about making too many claims, because the Apollo Team is constantly developing, so specs might change based on feedback.
Kipper2k did make a thread asking for feedback about specs going forward;
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=82398&highlight=kipper2k
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I understand it is all up the in the air right now, but I enjoy reading speculation anyway. :D
Thanks for the link!
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I want a Vampire CD32 .... And I'm being serious! :)
What I don't understand is that nobody ever build something like a "ACAcd32", an adapter that sits on the CD32 expansion board and that adapts it into a standard A1200 expansion slot... That would open up so many possibilities...
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The A1200 is my all-time favourite Amiga and whatever the Apollo Team makes for the A1200 I will buy.
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Oh but what about Vampire Walker ? It is most certainly a thousand times more urgent :)
So all both Walker owners can run them at 200mhz? Excellent! ;) Put that weird mezzanine connector in the Walker to work.
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What I don't understand is that nobody ever build something like a "ACAcd32", an adapter that sits on the CD32 expansion board and that adapts it into a standard A1200 expansion slot... That would open up so many possibilities...
CD32's a console, man. What doesn't it do that you need the equivalent of a 200-300mhz 68060 for? You're not going to use it as a daily driver.
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So from what I have read, the A1200 version will take on the form of a normal CPU slot expansion, not the over-the-chip type like the A600.
Has anyone heard about what other features may be possible with the A1200 version?
I hope this will be done this way (if ever). People have Zorro/Mediator with many, many expansions already attached to this computers.
I really would be super happy to get "060" with 120 MIPS for my A1200 :) for $300. I think we all would be super happy :) and I really thing this is best solution to use for A1200.
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I wish they'd make a board with just the chip, SD reader and a big I/O block or two and make the pinout for the I/O available. It would allow others to make carrier boards for A4000 and CD32 versions.
It would also be good for the standalone system because already some people want ITX and others want one to fit their existing A1200 case.
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CD32's a console, man. What doesn't it do that you need the equivalent of a 200-300mhz 68060 for? You're not going to use it as a daily driver.
I prefer my CD32/SX32Pro over the A1200, simply because it is a lot smaller.
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I prefer my CD32/SX32Pro over the A1200, simply because it is a lot smaller.
That's a big part of the appeal for me too. I have a mint A4000 keyboard here. I wish I'd got an SX32 Pro when Eyetech were selling them for under £200.
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I hope this will be done this way (if ever). People have Zorro/Mediator with many, many expansions already attached to this computers.
I really would be super happy to get "060" with 120 MIPS for my A1200 :) for $300. I think we all would be super happy :) and I really thing this is best solution to use for A1200.
Yes I really hope the Vampire A1200 will be compatible with the Mediator busboards, but I have some doubts though. This is because the somewhat "creative" solutions Elbox have done with the Mediator.
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I need to dust off my A3000 give me some hope!
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At least don't count on Jens (Individual) to pick this up, he's very open about his FPGA allergy... :)
I have no idea if he would pick up vampire, but I'm pretty sure he's not allergic to fpga's. I'm not going to spoil the surprise (in case it doesn't happen, and it's not amiga related anyway so it's OT).
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vampire is %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@! , %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!ing %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@! stuff with nasty solder quality ,
im lookinf forward too but for ACA 1240/60 , that will be great card new 060 with very fast ram memory , that will be %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!ing monster !!
vampire ?? for me is JOKE
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You might have some stuck keys in your keyboard...
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You might have some stuck keys in your keyboard...
:lol::lol::lol::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::laughing::laughing:
maderfaker vampire heheh
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vampire is %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@! , %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!ing %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@! stuff with nasty solder quality ,
im lookinf forward too but for ACA 1240/60 , that will be great card new 060 with very fast ram memory , that will be %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!ing monster !!
vampire ?? for me is JOKE
Vampire is no joke to me, my v600 is very fast and works like a charm.
It has very fast DDR2 memory and with upcoming gold 2 core memory speed will be even faster.
Solder quality will improve as they are now being made professionally instead of semi hand soldered.
And with the ACA series of cards you do not get RTG gfx, i think this is a killer bonus feature with vampire, i cannot stand looking at ECS or AGA for desktop use.
Once the FPU is implemented on the Apollo core I cannot see any reason why i would want to go back to a 68060.
Will be buying the A1200 Vampire for sure, it will be even faster then the current Vampires.
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I have no idea if he would pick up vampire, but I'm pretty sure he's not allergic to fpga's.
Many of his products use FPGAs since many, many years, he was maybe the one who introduced FPGA to the amiga and cbm communities way back.
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vampire is %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@! , %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!ing %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@! stuff with nasty solder quality ,
im lookinf forward too but for ACA 1240/60 , that will be great card new 060 with very fast ram memory , that will be %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!ing monster !!
vampire ?? for me is JOKE
Sorry to hear this, please return your vampire for full refund so you can buy the ACA
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Sorry to hear this, please return your vampire for full refund so you can buy the ACA
Sorry people have nothing constructive to add besides talking **** about your hard work in online forums. :(
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Hey Kipper, could be the caffeine talking. Look at his profile.
Way too many good things I have heard about Vampire project.
Waiting to get mine.
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Hey Kipper, could be the caffeine talking. Look at his profile.
Way too many good things I have heard about Vampire project.
Waiting to get mine.
That guy is stuck in the past. Hopefully more good things coming from the Vampire project. Looking forward to it!
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vampire is %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@! , %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!ing %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@! stuff with nasty solder quality ,
im lookinf forward too but for ACA 1240/60 , that will be great card new 060 with very fast ram memory , that will be %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!ing monster !!
vampire ?? for me is JOKE
Take a chill pill mate, it's only computers we're talking about here - 30 year old ones at that. Kipper has worked extremely hard, and all the stuff I've bought from him has superb soldering, so I just don't know what you're talking about here, nor will anyone else for a guess.
Thank you Kipper for your wonderful Amiga bits and pieces you have made over the years... It's appreciated. :)
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vampire is %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@! , %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!ing %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@! stuff with nasty solder quality ,
im lookinf forward too but for ACA 1240/60 , that will be great card new 060 with very fast ram memory , that will be %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!ing monster !!
vampire ?? for me is JOKE
Hi Jens!
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love my 1200 ....be waiting too long im considering getting a a600 just for a vampire ...the only amiga i wanted but never got
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Take a chill pill mate, it's only computers we're talking about here - 30 year old ones at that. Kipper has worked extremely hard, and all the stuff I've bought from him has superb soldering, so I just don't know what you're talking about here, nor will anyone else for a guess.
Thank you Kipper for your wonderful Amiga bits and pieces you have made over the years... It's appreciated. :)
The way I look at it is thus.
Haters gotta hate, or they might get bored, and buy a Samsung Note 7 :)
Some people are just not happy.
"Oh my god, the quality of this board is crap, I just dont like the way the board is pointed at the corner".
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Hell, from what the other noise is going on about the Apollo core and the Vampire boards, I may need to at least two. One for one of my Atari STs, and one for my A4000 when that is available. Though it sounds like the standalone ones may be made before either of those?
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Looking forward to getting one of the A500 versions once the prices get stable and its not an ebay sale. They looked great at Amiwest this year.