A600 Vampire 2 games update

[kipper2k]

Hi All,

We are in the process of finalizing the Vampire 2. Majsta and I have built the Dev board (the release version) and it is time to show it off a bit, so we will be adding posts in this thread very shortly

here is a sample pic of the release boards, i am waiting for some HDMI sockets and SD micro sockets but the boards are functional



More info can be found on the Apollo website which is now online.

http://apollo-core.com/knowledge.php

[retrogamer]

Will there be a A1200 version as well?

[kipper2k]

Originally Posted by retrogamer

Will there be a A1200 version as well?

.

It would be much easier to port over the core to an A1200 version once the coding is complete, there is no reason i can think of that would prevent it. Don't forget the final version of this is expected to have AGA so things are looking good for multi platform release


edit: just to clarify, the AGA is not planned to be on release version it is something that is being planned on implementing after general release

[mjnurney]

Awesome work and well done , not sure if i ordered one on here or Amibay.

but either way my address has changed :-)

[amiman99]

Wait...You can order these already??? Where??

[Retrofan]

Originally Posted by kipper2k

...Don't forget the final version of this is expected to have AGA so things are looking good for multi platform release

That really will be great.

How does OS3.9 go by now? Did you fix the problems with the icons?

[kipper2k]

Originally Posted by amiman99

Wait...You can order these already??? Where??

Hi, Majsta has a preorder list on Amibay (which is pretty long) and once released he will start going through the list.

i will also sell them. I won't do pre orders until they ready to be sold. and then i will accept orders. Your choice


for 3.9, still 1 more instruction to be included to get fblit stable

[Retrofan]

About the possible Vampire 1200. Then do you believe by now -so soon- that it will be possible to use this same V600 board in a future with an A1200?

Offtopic but I've just seen a youtube video showing that you can install a PlayStation 4 OS in an XBox360, so...

Originally Posted by kipper2k

...for 3.9, still 1 more instruction to be included to get fblit stable

That's Epic.

[kipper2k]

Originally Posted by Retrofan

About the possible Vampire 1200. Then do you believe by now -so soon- that it will be possible to use this same V600 board in a future with an A1200?

There would have to be a different pinout for the a1200 and the a1200 will probably have a lot more ram (1GB) so there wll be differences. i was looking at some 512KB SDRAM chips DDR3 @800MHz (so 2 of them would bring it to 1Gigabyte (not bit). Expansion port connectors are not an issue so lets all annoy Majsta and Gunnar to get them busy

[Davka]

Cool!
Will buy both A600 and A1200 version

Is FPGA doing custom chips work or CPU only?
If CPU only, how the HDMI output works?

[alexh]

The same way the Indivision ECS works I imagine? They have re-created the Denise chip inside the FPGA? The source to do so is freely available as part of MiniMig

Or

HDMI is RTG only?

[happymondays]

Glad that it will be out soon, but since I don't have an A600, I will have to wait for an A500 or A1200 version. Keep it up.

[kipper2k]

The Apollo forum is back online, so more info can be found here...

http://apollo-core.com/knowledge.php

[Lord Aga]

Woohoo finaly

[kipper2k]

here's a little video showing me and my helper.

http://www.kipper2k.com/vampire2/buildingvampire2.mp4

[OlafSch]

Originally Posted by kipper2k

There would have to be a different pinout for the a1200 and the a1200 will probably have a lot more ram (1GB) so there wll be differences. i was looking at some 512KB SDRAM chips DDR3 @800MHz (so 2 of them would bring it to 1Gigabyte (not bit). Expansion port connectors are not an issue so lets all annoy Majsta and Gunnar to get them busy

1 GB? Cool

[fryguy]

Great work kitteh!

[OlafSch]

Originally Posted by kipper2k

here's a little video showing me and my helper.

http://www.kipper2k.com/vampire2/buildingvampire2.mp4

I am not sure if your new helper really speeds up the process. But it makes fun

[Chucky]

1GB of ram.. oohh! but.. the cpu bus only handles 256?

[alexh]

Originally Posted by kipper2k

http://apollo-core.com/knowledge.php

Digital Video Out : Supporting up to 24bit truecolor and FULLHD 1920x1080 resolution

It does not say if digital video out is RTG or includes Denise output too.

If there was enough room inside the FPGA they could attempt to include the Denise HDL + Scandoubler + Output Switcher alongside the RTG implementation.