[UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.

[Iggy]

Frankly, I'd have to emulate someone who gives a sh*t, to take a position on this one.
If it works, I'm fine with it, no matter what is under the hood.

[Iggy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYxEFUgWe1o

Vampire 600 V2 / GOLD3 bring-up - no more Turtle Mode

GOLD3 does not contain Turtle Mode for the stock a1200 speed. Here are a couple of WHDLoad games that will benefit of it. Audio and video comes through HDMI.

That IS a good trick.
Congradulations.

[Iggy]

Pretty weak. Why not just release the supposedly finished floating point unit?

And that heavily edited 'discussion' is so one dimensional.

[Iggy]

Yes, but suddenly the old "there is a lot of software that will just crash if there is no FPU"-argument is gone. Pretty soon it's only going to be "but an 040/060 is faster at running non-882 FPU code".  And I think getting the rough equivalent of a 50 MHz 68882 in a free software update is pretty nice. The last time I read something about purchasing those chips it seemed like they were pretty expensive and difficult to get...

That IS a valid point, and it IS adequate.
So, I'd revise my comments with a cautious congratulations.

It eliminates a talking point/point of contention.

[Iggy]

So far I have got mine going well and the lack of an FPU isnt as bad as I thought it would be. I have the x-surf 100 and rapidroad working with it very well. Just needed to be sure and select the 68000 device drivers and say no to installing the custom ones when the installer askes. I also have a SCSI card working together with the IDE for a CD-ROM drive. This 2000 has never been better than it currently is.

That is a platform I can see the argument for fpu free operation on.
My own system topped out with an '020 cpu and a 68882 fpu.
The soft fpu should exceed to operation of that and the core is certainly faster than an '020.

So at this point, I may return my A2000 to service.

[Iggy]

Valid point, P96 isn't essential. And a common base would be useful.

[Iggy]

That is SO cool. Legacy Amiga can now handle modern sound standards!
Keep this kind of stuff coming, the capabilities are very useful.

[Iggy]

Hey, kolla's gonna hate, whatcha wanna do?

[Iggy]

Which standards are those?
Or to be more specific - modern sound processing applications do mixing in 32bit or 64bit internally, and ... floating point at that.

I don't quite see what this AGA has to do with any of that?

They CAN, but usually DON'T. In the meanwhile, 24bit vs 8 bit...
BTW - You're a big fan of Jen's hardware, SO what kind of sound improvements do you get when you install one of Individual's accelerators?
Oh yeah...none.

That would be 1 vs 0, in favor of the Vampire! :hammer:

[Iggy]

I DO wholly agree with you that the floating point issue is vexing.
And Gunnar has proven over the years to be a bit 'eccentric'.

But I'm interested in the performance they are getting out of the Apollo core.
It's a real boon to A2000 owners as the options for those machines have traditionally relied on the CPU slot.
For the A500...there are more alternatives.
And I really don't like the method of attachment for the A600.
Then again, outside of IDE, that system doesn't have much to offer that would make it attractive.

And while I have taken a few shots at Jens, his A1200 project has my attention.

Then again, all of this is just a side interest for me, as I moved on to NG a long time ago.

[Iggy]

Gunnar is also really sarcastic at times, especially on IRC.

Unlike Kolla, I'm pretty sure Gunner regularly uses sarcasm.
BUT, around you demanding whiners, can you blame him?:hammer: