Vampire 600 V2 - Amiga 600 FPGA accelerator Pre-order

[Sardine]

i bit off topic...

have you all been following
http://www.apollo-core.com/knowledge.php

Adoom running 23fps at 640x480x8bits (256 colours) using the SAGA they have implemented

also playing Mpeg files in 16bits and 16bit 800x600 workbench screen modes.

Mac emulator running prince of persia and simcity 2000 in 256colours

P96 drivers out performing a real CV64 by almost 2 times.

I mean,,,,, come on this is amazing stuff that would put many commercial products to shame

the icing on the cake would be standard Amiga game screen modes via HDMI,,, now that would be cool.

 

[Blondak]

Kick 3.1 uploaded ( MD5 checksum E40A5DFB3D017BA8779FABA30CBD1C8E ), is it ok or is any action from my side needed?

I look forward to card, Blondak .

 

[Keir]

Kick 3.1 uploaded ( MD5 checksum E40A5DFB3D017BA8779FABA30CBD1C8E ), is it ok or is any action from my side needed?

That's the correct md5sum.

 

[eXeler0]

i bit off topic...

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I mean,,,,, come on this is amazing stuff that would put many commercial products to shame

Yes, Jens is probably a bit worried atm...

the icing on the cake would be standard Amiga game screen modes via HDMI,,, now that would be cool.

FPGA Arcade / MIST boards have fairly decent AGA implementations.. The other way of doing it i.e. like the IndiVision is not going to happen with the Vampire. But the SAGA you mention is an old (but doable) dream from the Natami days where AGA is implemented to be compatible, the extended without braking compatibility.. Whats in it right now is a Picasso 96 solution (frankly I don't know exactly how its implemented on the hardware side, but P96 drivers work anyway.)

 

[cthulhu]

I saw a post from a beta tester on Google+ that the ROM file is loaded into RAM at startup. Aparently it does not read the actual ROM chip on the motherboard at all. In fact, he had no actual ROM chips installed and it still worked.

That's great, let's hope there will be some tool to replace the pre-flashed kickstart with whatever kickstart we want / need.

 

[CraigsBar]

I saw a post from a beta tester on Google+ that the ROM file is loaded into RAM at startup. Aparently it does not read the actual ROM chip on the motherboard at all. In fact, he had no actual ROM chips installed and it still worked.

That's great, let's hope there will be some tool to replace the pre-flashed kickstart with whatever kickstart we want / need.

As are we all.

 

[MoRetro]

An Amiga reseller was claiming recently that he preferred the Furia over the Vampire 2. One of his arguments was:
"the second one will never be ready before one year (at least) since they only have produced a few prototypes 3 / 4 weeks ago"
To counter these rumours we need a clear statement from the Vampire 2 Team about the progress. That would silence the pessimists:roll:

 

[majsta]

Could it be because at the time we put on hold every reseller?

 

[cthulhu]

Even the Furia had its share of problems / delays: I pre-ordered one from an online reseller, my pre-order was cancelled and no further estimation date for availability was offered at that time. By the way, it's still not available from that reseller.

 

[eXeler0]

Not sure if I´m "required" to report this here, but anyhoo..
My kickROM is now uploaded to Kipper2k's server. ( also ran the gfsw.exe util and the cheksums checked out as far as I can tell ;-) )

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An Amiga reseller was claiming recently that he preferred the Furia over the Vampire 2. One of his arguments was:
"the second one will never be ready before one year (at least) since they only have produced a few prototypes 3 / 4 weeks ago"
To counter these rumours we need a clear statement from the Vampire 2 Team about the progress. That would silence the pessimists:roll:

The Furia brings your 1991 Amiga600 to 1993! The Vampire V2, brings it to 1998
But seriously, I wouldn't even compare those two.

 

[MoRetro]

The Furia brings your 1991 Amiga600 to 1993! The Vampire V2, brings it to 1998
But seriously, I wouldn't even compare those two.

I agree 100%

 

[Amilord]

I sent an e-mail to klipper2k via his website regarding the purchase of a Vampire2 but I had no answer, do you guys have another person to contact or do I have to wait till the orders reopen here ? Thx

Envoyé de mon HAMMER en utilisant Tapatalk

 

[eXeler0]

I sent an e-mail to klipper2k via his website regarding the purchase of a Vampire2 but I had no answer, do you guys have another person to contact or do I have to wait till the orders reopen here ? Thx

Envoyé de mon HAMMER en utilisant Tapatalk

This original thread was for pre-orders for a product that Majsta was doing. He wanted to check what kind of interest there was before doing a new production run. Then the project grew and more ppl got involved. Now, as I understand it, regular ordering is done from Kipper's site. But you should know he is currently a busy man and you need to give him a little time to reply.


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[kipper2k]

Hi,

Just a quick note. As i think you can imagine i am swamped n order requests. I will reply to all when i get aa bit of time. Xmas is now over so i can get back in gear. Everyone will maintain their chronological place n the queue. The core is in process of being adapted to the final 128MB and the timing s being finalized. The P96 has progressed great and we jist need to get the timing done for the extra memory, it needs to be done before release or you will all yell at us

 

[MoRetro]

Hi,

Just a quick note. As i think you can imagine i am swamped n order requests. I will reply to all when i get aa bit of time. Xmas is now over so i can get back in gear. Everyone will maintain their chronological place n the queue. The core is in process of being adapted to the final 128MB and the timing s being finalized. The P96 has progressed great and we jist need to get the timing done for the extra memory, it needs to be done before release or you will all yell at us

Waaaw the master is alive

I hope i get my ordered and payed A508 very soon. Cause Kipper2k should have shipped it before december 24th

A least I know he is giving all his time to the Vampire 2 Project.

 

[CraigsBar]

Hi,

Just a quick note. As i think you can imagine i am swamped n order requests. I will reply to all when i get aa bit of time. Xmas is now over so i can get back in gear. Everyone will maintain their chronological place n the queue. The core is in process of being adapted to the final 128MB and the timing s being finalized. The P96 has progressed great and we jist need to get the timing done for the extra memory, it needs to be done before release or you will all yell at us

Now I am confused. I thought the boards had 64mb fast mem (as detailed in post 1) but now I see mention of 128mb on kipper2k's website and above.

Are the pre order boards 64mb and kippers 128mb. Not that it matters 64mb would seem to be a massive amount in an a600.

Craig.

 

[MoRetro]

Hi,

Just a quick note. As i think you can imagine i am swamped n order requests. I will reply to all when i get aa bit of time. Xmas is now over so i can get back in gear. Everyone will maintain their chronological place n the queue. The core is in process of being adapted to the final 128MB and the timing s being finalized. The P96 has progressed great and we jist need to get the timing done for the extra memory, it needs to be done before release or you will all yell at us

Now I am confused. I thought the boards had 64mb fast mem (as detailed in post 1) but now I see mention of 128mb on kipper2k's website and above.

Are the pre order boards 64mb and kippers 128mb. Not that it matters 64mb would seem to be a massive amount in an a600.

Craig.

All the Vampire 2 boards have 128MB now

 

[CraigsBar]

Hi,

Just a quick note. As i think you can imagine i am swamped n order requests. I will reply to all when i get aa bit of time. Xmas is now over so i can get back in gear. Everyone will maintain their chronological place n the queue. The core is in process of being adapted to the final 128MB and the timing s being finalized. The P96 has progressed great and we jist need to get the timing done for the extra memory, it needs to be done before release or you will all yell at us

Now I am confused. I thought the boards had 64mb fast mem (as detailed in post 1) but now I see mention of 128mb on kipper2k's website and above.

Are the pre order boards 64mb and kippers 128mb. Not that it matters 64mb would seem to be a massive amount in an a600.

Craig.

All the Vampire 2 boards have 128MB now

Even better lol.

 

[eXeler0]

Hi,

Just a quick note. As i think you can imagine i am swamped n order requests. I will reply to all when i get aa bit of time. Xmas is now over so i can get back in gear. Everyone will maintain their chronological place n the queue. The core is in process of being adapted to the final 128MB and the timing s being finalized. The P96 has progressed great and we jist need to get the timing done for the extra memory, it needs to be done before release or you will all yell at us

Now I am confused. I thought the boards had 64mb fast mem (as detailed in post 1) but now I see mention of 128mb on kipper2k's website and above.

Are the pre order boards 64mb and kippers 128mb. Not that it matters 64mb would seem to be a massive amount in an a600.

Craig.

Well the initial idea was actually to have 64MB. And indeed, the first round of boards all have 64MB, but these were only sent to developers and testers. During the design process and all the added features, it was decided that 128MB would give potential devs more headroom. A wise decision IMO, because once you put that Vampire into the A600, it will become something different. In fact, its a whole new platform. So all "retail" boards will come with 128MB RAM. As will future boards for the A500 and probably also the A1200 later this year.. (hope/speculation, because A1200 version will be more of a re-design than the A500 which is similar to the A600 version.)

 

[CraigsBar]

Thanks for the clarification.