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Originally Posted by Minuous
Seems it only handles the 68000 instruction set? In which case it is entirely useless as most software that expects a fast Amiga will be built for 68020 or later, and of course AmigaOS 3.5/3.9 itself also requires 68020 or later. A bit like if AMD brought out a CPU that only handles the 80286 instruction set, doesn't matter how fast it is if it doesn't support all the instructions, it won't even run the programs.
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Hold your horses.. Yes, it runs 68000 software but it also handles 68020 or 68040 instructions as well for that matter. The OS dist built specifically for Vampire (coffin) is based on WB3.9 so it obviously runs fine.
In terms of compatibility, many people are focused on plain 68000 compatibility since that is what most games were made for. A regular 68060 accelerator will not run old 68000 code as well as a Vampire.