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27 August 2016, 15:17
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Interview with Gunnar from Vampire team - news!
Hi guys,
This weeks episode of Retro Hour we talk Vampire with an interview about the plans http://www.theretrohour.com/sinclair...tro-hour-ep34/ Starts at 9.00mins in Areas covered: * Future plans * Nat Ami * A1200 vampires * Feeback needed - poll on frontpage of www.TheRetroHour.com |
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27 August 2016, 15:32
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Nice interview.
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27 August 2016, 15:36
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Awesome stuff! Hopefully they can ramp up production up to speed. I'd love to get my hands on both the A600 and coming A1200 versions.
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28 August 2016, 12:32
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The A500 and A1200 versions of the board use simpler connectors than the A600 version. The A600 version requires sanding an inverted chip socket until it makes connection. Mass production of the A600 version is difficult.
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28 August 2016, 13:02
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I read some time ago that the Vampire A1200 wasn't viable as commodore used a non-standard edge connector on the A1200, is that not the case now?
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28 August 2016, 16:12
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A supplier has been found. The A1200 version may be more expensive than the A500 version though.
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29 August 2016, 18:33
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Due to the cost of the connector or more complex FPGA?
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30 August 2016, 14:06
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@BarryB
Either one or the other or both. It's hard to say at this point due to the fact that the A1200 version is not out yet. I'm basing my information on the fact that the A1200 has a 32-bit data bus while the A600 and A500 both use a 16-bit bus. Remember also, that the A1200 version is expected to have 1 GiB of RAM so that will cost something as well. Last edited by Samurai_Crow; 30 August 2016 at 14:29. Reason: Forgot about memory |
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30 August 2016, 16:08
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Yes, when specs are decided on and development gets started then the cost will become apparent.
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31 August 2016, 19:21
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I hope they keep the costs to under 3 or 400 euros personally. I don't want to pay crazy prices for an accelerator again...
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