Vampire 600

[kipper2k]

Hi all,

I think by now most if not all of you know what the Vampire 600 is. For those that don't, it is an accelerator that is based on FPGA technology for the Amiga 600. Rather than me give you all the stats check out this page, there is also a link on EAB .

http://www.majsta.com/

basic specs are...

CPU: FPGA emulated MC68000 or MC68010 or partially emulated MC68020(your choice)
Performance: More than 6Mips
Memory: 64MB of FastRam (Zorro III space)
Autoconfig: 32MB( for now) ... now 64mb
PCMCIA friendly: Yes

Because it is open source, it means that performance and abilities will increase and speeds will be available to this board of up to 100MIPS (yes, 100). There really is nothing else to compare this with. Majsta has released the schematics so everything will be available to the general public.

So, what does this mean to me, Majsta has given me permission to build these and sell them for his price of 90 euros. ($125 Cad).

At the moment the speed will be about 6.5 - 7.5 mips and work is ongoing to increase it by using new cores to ~100mips. (simply by reprogramming the board).

I have already ordered the boards and waiting for an invoice for the components. so i am almost ready to sell (Almost). I have also managed to get some excellent sockets which stick to the CPU without popping off so all is looking good. the power consumption is much lower than traditional accelerators so your PSU's will thank you

more later...

 

[croupier]

Can we already place an order?

 

[KhaineGB]

Awesome! Nice to see some cheap accelerators turning up!

 

[BrooksterMax]

Exciting project and at a price I can afford!

I enjoyed your 4mb RAM boards, so will be watching this closely.

Good luck kipper2k

 

[majsta]

Hi
Just to mention one thing kipper2k forget to tell but important. There is no need to create new order or pre-order list since we will split list we already have created here or on my site. Crucial things we agree is that we will keep price low as promised. Why all of this is done just because I need to focus on the new core I m working on and there will be no much time for me to do soldering. If I m lucky I will solder about 50 boards and since we have now more than 150 pre-order it is impossible for me to do all that job. Also if all goes well we will continue this cooperation on other Amiga models.

 

[CrazyC]

Fantastic stuff - looking forward to seeing if you get round to an a1200 version in due course.

 

[Sardine]

This is indeed good news, ill be looking forward to an A1200 product.

 

[kipper2k]

I am currently finalizing a purchase order to obtain the A1200 edge connectors. It has gone through the design process so i am just waiting for the cost estimate.

 

[cgugl]

I am currently finalizing a purchase order to obtain the A1200 edge connectors. It has gone through the design process so i am just waiting for the cost estimate.

ask for the a4000 cpu connector also,
the Amiga 4000 can't be left out!

 

[NovaCoder]

Fantastic stuff - looking forward to seeing if you get round to an a1200 version in due course.

Same here

If people can buy fast A1200 accelerators again it will be very cool

Well done guys.

 

[pkersey]

I placed a pre-order request in the site, but thought I should as well ask it here.

 

[FLOPS]

Great news, well done! Looking forward for A4000 turbos :-D

 

[kipper2k]

I placed a pre-order request in the site, but thought I should as well ask it here.

Its simpler to use the one list that Majsta is upkeeping, saves a lot of confusion.

 

[johnim]

great news guys and would be great for a 1200 version too

 

[sanjyuubi]

I am currently finalizing a purchase order to obtain the A1200 edge connectors. It has gone through the design process so i am just waiting for the cost estimate.

Thats interesting, will you be able to sell just those edge connectors?

 

[kipper2k]

I am currently finalizing a purchase order to obtain the A1200 edge connectors. It has gone through the design process so i am just waiting for the cost estimate.

Thats interesting, will you be able to sell just those edge connectors?

Yup,

I will sell to whoever wants them, If people want quite a few of them you will need to let me know so i can increase my order as i can't afford to buy too many and have them sit around. I am thinking about 2 weeks before i commit, i will canvas the forums before i do to see what the demand would be like. The good thing is i can always submit new orders after this as the design is on file.

 

[ShK]

Because it is open source, it means that performance and abilities will increase and speeds will be available to this board of up to 100MIPS (yes, 100).

Is 100mips possible by the current Vampire 600 or only of the future FPGA boards?

What is the Vampire's clock speed?

 

[kipper2k]

Because it is open source, it means that performance and abilities will increase and speeds will be available to this board of up to 100MIPS (yes, 100).

Is 100mips possible by the current Vampire 600 or only of the future FPGA boards?

What is the Vampire's clock speed?

the 100mips will be possible using this design, it is simply the core that controls the speed. The core is programmable by the end user. The Apollo core in this board can achieve up to 100mips, the A1200 could be 300mips. Majsta's homepage has a lot of good technical reading and is worth a visit.

www.majsta.com

 

[jcarvalho]

great news guys and would be great for a 1200 version too

I know someone that would be very very mad if it happens!!!!

 

[CrazyC]

great news guys and would be great for a 1200 version too

I know someone that would be very very mad if it happens!!!!

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.......