Sign of life of Apollo FPGA project

[OlafS3]

http://www.apollo-core.com/bringup/index2.htm

[OlafS3]

This looks promising right now, although it would be nice to see some different benchmarks than SysInfo, which is unreliable. The memory bandwidth doesn't look like a problem though :-)

Worth getting an A600 for ... but I will hold on for the A500 version (hopefully mountable in the 68k socket).

I chatted with majsta recently and asked for some news about the project so there they are :-). He is very very excited about the progress of the project so we will see what happens. But at least it looks very promising. Bad news for owners of old accellerators though. If I were them I would sell them before the new cards are available

[OlafS3]

NO, not smart! The old accelerators are more compatible with older software/games. This new FPGA Frankenstein card is all about speed. Nice if you want to play pinball and the balls are shooting like bullits all over the screen..

the same is true for wingcommander and other games... unplayable on fast hardware.

Are these games running slower on a old 060 accellerator?

[OlafS3]

all for A600

gunnar had promised that there will be options for all models. But you have to start somewhere

[OlafS3]

an update:
http://kipper2k.com/vampire/v3003_x15_SysInfo.jpg
ah, seems bringup page has been updated as well:
http://apollo-core.com/bringup/index2.htm
pity we have no backup for detailed comparison, seems the core gets clocked at a higher speed.

update on the apollo core bringup page
 http://www.apollo-core.com/bringup/index2.htm
 VIDEO Showing A600 with FULLHD 1920x1080 video out in Hicolor!