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

[kolla]

First of all there is nothing in vampire remotely emulating anything.

Maybe time to rephrase?

[kolla]

We both are, you more so. For me it's ignorance, for you it's a mis-information and smear campaign.

Maybe if you were less ignorant, you'd realize that this is not a smear campaign and more an attempt to open the eyes of people. As I have mentioned quite a few times, I encourage everyone, as many as possible, to buy vampire cards.

[kolla]

Wow, you're a classic case of obsessive compulsive disorder compounded by paranoia.  Seek some professional help for everyone's sake, including your own.

I am perfectly fine thanks, how about you? And how's it going in your search for my alter egos over at apollo-core forums? How many accounts do I have? Double digits? Maybe ask Gunnar for help.

[Louis Dias]

If you want to bash the Vampire as an accelerator that's fine.
However, the average person jumping in this thread is getting a polluted image of the Apollo core.

The Vampire is using a SUB_SET of the full Apollo core because it is using a smaller FPGA and so features were removed.  As described in a link a page or so ago, some reworking was done to make space for an FPU in the Vampire accelerator board.  No sacrifices will need to be made for future boards with larger FGPAs.

[psxphill]

The Vampire is using a SUB_SET of the full Apollo core because it is using a smaller FPGA and so features were removed.  As described in a link a page or so ago, some reworking was done to make space for an FPU in the Vampire accelerator board.  No sacrifices will need to be made for future boards with larger FGPAs.

Alot of the discussion lately is when I was criticised for wanting to wait for a large FPGA.

you (and obviously kolla) do not understand what the project is about... it is not about a 100% compatible FPGA based excelerator

Why am always being told it is 100% compatible?

Then, Jari came up with the will and the competence to make FEMU.

Because he got tired of the bitching. I still remember the times that Gunnar said we don't need a 68k compatible FPU.

[ferrellsl]

I am perfectly fine thanks, how about you? And how's it going in your search for my alter egos over at apollo-core forums? How many accounts do I have? Double digits? Maybe ask Gunnar for help.

The only person here needing help is you.

[kolla]

The only person here needing help is you.

So please help me - start by finding those accounts you accuse me of having.

[kolla]

If you want to bash the Vampire as an accelerator that's fine.

Not really, the Vampire cards are great piece of hardware.

However, the average person jumping in this thread is getting a polluted image of the Apollo core.

Or "nuanced", an image not glorified with only superlatives and hype.

The Vampire is using a SUB_SET of the full Apollo core because it is using a smaller FPGA and so features were removed.  As described in a link a page or so ago, some reworking was done to make space for an FPU in the Vampire accelerator board.  No sacrifices will need to be made for future boards with larger FGPAs.

Was there ever an FPGA running "the full Apollo core"?
Has anyone seen "the full Apollo core" run?
Does "the full Apollo core" even exist yet?
Will it ever? Or will "the full Apollo core" always be "the next big thing"? Remember, V2 was supposed to support "the full core", and V1 had the "limited edition" (known as Phoenix).

Time will tell.

Oh, did anyone else license Apollo Core yet?

[eliyahu]

@thread

guys, things are getting really personal in this thread, and it needs to stop. here's a pro-tip: if you're accusing someone of mental illness, chances are, you're going too far. if i start seeing these types of insults again, we'll start handing out temporary posting restrictions.

we're all supposed to be friends around here. let's keep it that way.

-- eliyahu

[Djole]

GOLD 2.7 Release
 
Files to be used with USB-Blaster
 
For V500
http://www.apollo-core.com/releases/V500_GOLD2-7.jic  
 
For V600
http://www.apollo-core.com/releases/V600_GOLD2-7.jic  
 
AMIGA Flash-EXE files to allow updating without Blaster will be released in some days.
 
 
Main features:
  * Fast Hardware FPU  (to play some games or Demos)
  * AMMX2 (to highly accelerate Video, Jpeg, Workbench, many games)
  * High performance Memory controller (Making your Vamp even faster now)
  * Workbench Hardware Sprite
  * Countless improvements
 
  Matching AMMX2 accelerated RTG driver
http://apollo-accelerators.com/files/SAGA/SAGADriver.v1.0.lha


Original from:
http://www.apollo-core.com/knowledge.php?b=6¬e=12868

[IanP]

The Amiga flash exe files for Gold 2.7 Release are available now.

Available in a public release for the first time are x12 (>85MHz) core JIC Files. USB blaster, Quartus software and stable Vampire power circuits required (some boards need capacitor mods).

http://wiki.apollo-accelerators.com/doku.php/start#latest_core

[guibrush]

Yes, I posted a new, this morning but apparently it was not validated.

[johnklos]

There's no point in any technical discussion with you or Kolla.  Several people who are much more technically inclined have engaged you both and shown your rants and arguments to be fallacies and slander, yet you persist....so I choose not to feed you trolls nor waste my time with you.  And it wouldn't be the first time that a user created multiple profiles in a particular forum.  It's been done here as well as over at the Vampire forums.  They're generally quite easy to pick out.  And if you are who you say you are, then why are you even getting riled up about it?  Methinks thou dost protest too much.

Ummm... What? You must be confused. Please let me know where this supposed technical discussion can be found.

[ferrellsl]

Ummm... What? You must be confused. Please let me know where this supposed technical discussion can be found.

Over at the Apollo/Vampire forums where he was banned for constant trolling, constant arguments with Gunnar and Vampire team members, and for his relentless misinformation campaign.

[kolla]

I was blocked from posting unless I send copy of an ID card, but why would I trust them with that kind of information. And... what misinformation specifically?

[ferrellsl]

I was blocked from posting unless I send copy of an ID card, but why would I trust them with that kind of information. And... what misinformation specifically?

Because one would assume assume they were trying to determine if certain users had multiple accounts on the same forum....

And what type of misinfo?  The same crap that you're spreading on very thick here at this forum.