Author Topic: Viper 1260 finally here! (Read 10808 times)

Piru · « **Reply #14 on:** August 25, 2003, 07:19:13 PM »

About the pictures:

I have to say that HW is not looking very professional. For example that soldering on the board is not looking too good, nor the voltage module.

But, hey, if it works and is cheap, I guess it's ok.

Varthall · « **Reply #15 on:** August 25, 2003, 08:02:18 PM »

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Piru wrote:
About the pictures:

I have to say that HW is not looking very professional. For example that soldering on the board is not looking too good, nor the voltage module.

Also the cpu itself, it clearly shows that it's a recycled one. It looks like it had a fan glued on its surface.

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But, hey, if it works and is cheap, I guess it's ok.

At this price it's a purchase well worth considering

Varthall

amiga1260 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 25, 2003, 08:35:49 PM »

Do you know which company built this Vipers? Maybe DCE?

Varthall · « **Reply #17 on:** August 25, 2003, 09:30:40 PM »

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Piru wrote:
It is. Fast memory is displayed as other memory.
There would be no way to map 64MB as ranger memory ("slow memory") anyway, maximum is 1.75MB.

Ooops sorry I forgot that WB calls fast mem "other mem". It's many years since my toolbar is changed with mcp, it shows the amount of memory as "chip ram" and "fast ram". I prefer this to "graphical" and "other".

Varthall

Framiga · « **Reply #18 on:** August 25, 2003, 11:22:06 PM »

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by Piru on 2003/8/25 20:19:13

About the pictures:

I have to say that HW is not looking very professional. For example that soldering on the board is not looking too good, nor the voltage module.

But, hey, if it works and is cheap, I guess it's ok.

IMHO that boards are reworked Apollo boards.

Never seen in my life, a so bad patches and resolder.

Anyway, is cheaper than a Blizzard . . . .aarghh!! damned DCE!!! they worked so well!

Ciao

Framiga · « **Reply #19 on:** August 26, 2003, 11:27:56 PM »

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by fragment on 2003/8/25 15:12:36
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Framiga wrote:
The 68040.library 392 bytes is a dummy library.

Ah, I copied the 040dummy over the 040 one and now everything works fine:)

Sysspeed says:
73.36 MIPS
29.38 MFLOPS

It also says that the manufacturer is Apollo.

Hi, a friend of mine, has recived the same card from Vesalia today.

He wish to know, which kind of SIMM have you installed.

He tryed a couple that doesn't works (16MB FPM and 32 MB EDO 2K refresh).

The only working SIMM is a FPM 4MB 1K refresh.

Ciao

PS- Pay attention! instal a fun cooler on the overclocked CPU as soon as possible.

fragment · « **Reply #20 on:** August 27, 2003, 09:54:55 AM »

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Hi, a friend of mine, has recived the same card from Vesalia today.

He wish to know, which kind of SIMM have you installed.

He tryed a couple that doesn't works (16MB FPM and 32 MB EDO 2K refresh).

The only working SIMM is a FPM 4MB 1K refresh.

This is the reason I ordered the Viper+64mb SIMM as a bundle.. It has 8x8mb chips. 50ns.

Does he have the hardware patches too?

Brian · « **Reply #21 on:** August 27, 2003, 11:06:27 AM »

As long as the card works it's ok at that price I think, wouldn't swap my B1260 for a Viper though. :-P

BADHead · « **Reply #22 on:** August 27, 2003, 11:39:30 AM »

iam sticking with my Blizzard after seeing the photos
:-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o

Framiga · « **Reply #23 on:** August 27, 2003, 01:47:54 PM »

@BADHead

you should take in consideration, the difference in price!

A Blizzard 1260 costs near twice.

Ciao

PS- i agree with you about better construction.

By the way . . .i have interviewed a guy here in Italy, that own a radio station and has its CyberStormPPC (P5) working from 1998 24/7.
The only component that has replaced, is the original CPU fan cooler!!!

gnarly · « **Reply #24 on:** August 27, 2003, 04:44:51 PM »

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Framiga wrote:
By the way . . .i have interviewed a guy here in Italy, that own a radio station and has its CyberStormPPC (P5) working from 1998 24/7.
The only component that has replaced, is the original CPU fan cooler!!!

Blimey, isn't that close to miraculous?!

oldfab · « **Reply #25 on:** August 27, 2003, 09:35:39 PM »

Hello, I am the one with memory problems with the Viper. Can you tell me the exact numbers on the chips and how many there are on your module?
Is it a parity or non-parity?
Ciao

Framiga · « **Reply #26 on:** August 27, 2003, 10:19:14 PM »

@fragment

The Viper of the friend of mine (oldfab) is worse of yours!

It has the same patches and some capacitors, are bad soldered . . . 100% sure, recycled boards.

Ciao

PS- i don't like the way undertaken from Vesalia lately.
They already has, AOS4 for BlizzardPPC and for CSPPC in theyr price lists . . .and NOT like preordering !!!

fragment · « **Reply #27 on:** August 27, 2003, 10:43:42 PM »

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oldfab wrote:
Hello, I am the one with memory problems with the Viper. Can you tell me the exact numbers on the chips and how many there are on your module?
Is it a parity or non-parity?

Here is a picture of the SIMM. Nothing on the other side.

Wolfe · « **Reply #28 on:** August 28, 2003, 01:06:51 AM »

If ordered direct, the price is really cheap, about half, but if purchased locally here in the US, well $50 more will get you a blizzard. :-?

oldfab · « **Reply #29 from previous page:** August 28, 2003, 01:39:53 PM »

Just to add more infos, I bought Viper 1260 from Vesalia, together with Rom 3.1

Here is my bill:
Viper 1260/56 no ram 162,93
3.1 ROMs for A1200 18,97
Mailing 21,55
German VAT on 203,45 32,55
Total Euro 236,00

Then I found out that I had to pay 10 euro more to the ####ing Italian Poste!

I have to say that Vesalia are a little bit caotic, since I wrote them many times, last one telling them they could send the board to a friend of mine who would have been in Berlin on the second half of september, so I could have saved at least 25 euro.
They answered me 20 days later telling me they had just sent the board!

Ciaio