Amiga 500 Vampire is alive

[grond]

Originally Posted by Starglider 2

Anything else I'd need to do on the HDD?

Sure, edit the registry to register the HDD with the OS... This is an Amiga, remember?

[Locutus]

More serious comment: check you dont have any binaries requiring an FPU or MMU running.

Examples: Enforcer, MMULib, datatypes, etc.

Edit: oops i missed that OP is using a plain 68k + Fastmem.

In that case you wont have these issues, but its a thing to keep in mind if switching from a 030+68882 for example.

[ShK]

Unpacking Vampire 500 V2+

[eXeler0]

Originally Posted by ShK

Unpacking Vampire 500 V2+
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Oooh nice, I see you get a proper box these days ;-)
And 130 MIPS so "black edition" obviously. And seriously fast transfer speeds


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[majsta]

Ye painted in black :P with bloody ESD bag

[emufan]

@SHK. congrats
@Samurai_Crow: thanks for 68040.library info.

does anyone know where to get one of the angled CF2IDE adapters?
i only find those for use with flat ribbon cable.

[Samurai_Crow]

I got the female 44pin IDE to CF adapter on Amazon from a Chinese company for 2USD+$3 shipping.

[thgill]

Wow @ the A500 Vampire results.

Can't wait to get my hands on one.

[ShK]

Some A500 owners may appreciate this:

[emufan]

Originally Posted by Samurai_Crow

I got the female 44pin IDE to CF adapter on Amazon from a Chinese company for 2USD+$3 shipping.

ah, good. i was looking at ebay, but amazon lists some of these adapters,
much better solution, compared to the flat ribbon cable thing

[Starglider 2]

Originally Posted by ShK

Some A500 owners may appreciate this:

What's that card?

Also can you post a photo of the underneath where the Vampire does its sucking? I'd like to see the piece that clips onto the existing ROM chip.

Thanks!!

[emufan]

Originally Posted by Starglider 2

What's that card?
Thanks!!

wifi card.

Originally Posted by Starglider 2

Also can you post a photo of the underneath where the Vampire does its sucking? I'd like to see the piece that clips onto the existing ROM chip.

it plugs into the cpu socket only.

Originally Posted by ShK

Some A500 owners may appreciate this:

is this already working, driver exists? what is the name of that thing, where to get one?
dont post just teaser, we need details

[kipper2k]

the vampire sits directly into the cpu socket using long pins, the original cpu is not needed as of course the v500 is now the new cpu

The wifi module will need drivers (if you build it, they will come)

[Retrofan]

I only can say a word... Amazing.

I will like to see what can be archieved with a Wifi card there. Transfer rates and so.

[ShK]

Vampires fangs:

[emufan]

Originally Posted by kipper2k

The wifi module will need drivers (if you build it, they will come)

so this wifi module is a prototype done from you / team apollo?

[kipper2k]

Originally Posted by emufan

so this wifi module is a prototype done from you / team apollo?

nope, dirt cheap ebay. if you intend on getting the v500 then this is worth a couple $$


http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ESP8266-Seria...wAAOSwrklVGm~e

[emufan]

Originally Posted by kipper2k

nope, dirt cheap ebay. if you intend on getting the v500 then this is worth a couple $$


http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ESP8266-Seria...wAAOSwrklVGm~e

ah, great. thanks for the link

Originally Posted by Retrofan

I only can say a word... Amazing.
.

I cannot agree more, this is all incredible. almost unbelievable how the whole project evolved.
great work Team Apollo

[Starglider 2]

Originally Posted by Samurai_Crow

If you are not going to use the chipset video, you won't need much Chip RAM either. Once the HDMI audio support is added, you probably won't need Chip RAM at all!

OK, so I have the Rev 5 and have done the board and trace mods to bring it to 1MB chipmem, but I've always suspected something about that 1MB isn't quite right as *some* (not all) 1MB apps and games refuse to run. E.g. Behind The Iron Gate complains that I do not have 1048 KB.

Long story short, when I install the Vampire II, will it *replace* that 1MB mod and provide a new, faultless 1MB (or 2MB) of chipmem to my Rev 5 A500?

(I can't see any specs on the official page mentioning chipmem, only "memory".)

[Starglider 2]

Originally Posted by ShK

Some A500 owners may appreciate this:

I currently own the Plipbox and can email and web from my A500 (see signature ). With that Wi-Fi card, would it be a straight swap for the Plipbox? Could I unplug my ethernet cable and the Plipbox, and use the Wi-Fi card you show instead, or would I need to reinstall and reconfigure all the drivers etc. (which frankly was a pain in the bum)?