Vampire is getting IDE and it's blazing fast !

TuKo · 12 June 2016, 18:27

Hi guys,

While kipper is busy soldering, development of Vampire continues and V500 is getting an IDE port... and IT'S FAST !!

kolla · 13 June 2016, 00:23

Cool - that makes a world of difference!

Arnie · 13 June 2016, 00:26

Personally I'm not bothered about the speed. Just the Ide port alone is good news.

traal · 13 June 2016, 08:39

What motherboard version(s) does it work with?

Samurai_Crow · 13 June 2016, 09:40

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Originally Posted by traal

What motherboard version(s) does it work with?

Since it's still in testing, it's too soon to say. I don't think that it should be terribly incompatible since most of the workings of the computer are reimplemented on the FPGA.

demolition · 13 June 2016, 11:03

That is some impressive speed already. Will the work done on this also eventually help to increase speed on the sagasd.device speed (for us with the V600) or are the implementations very different?

Zetr0 · 13 June 2016, 11:09

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Originally Posted by demolition

That is some impressive speed already. Will the work done on this also eventually help to increase speed on the sagasd.device speed (for us with the V600) or are the implementations very different?

I suspect that the SD.device (SPI implementation) will eventually catchup (in terms of data transfer) to the IDE implementation currently working on the prototype V2-A500.

I believe the Apollo guys are really pushing the envelope to get as many features as possible working on the CPU side of the processor.

trixster · 13 June 2016, 12:15

Amazing stuff!

kolla · 13 June 2016, 14:14

Oh, I thought this was the SD card interface, implemented as an IDE interface in the FPGA for the Amiga side

alexh · 13 June 2016, 21:36

No kipper2k said it was using a compact flash card

grond · 14 June 2016, 06:45

Since the A500 doesn't have on-board IDE like the A600, the v500 has a standard IDE connector. In order to drive this port, the relevant parts of the A600 chipset are reimplemented in the FPGA such that you get full compatibility with AOS. The major difference is that the v500 IDE is much faster than the original as you can see from the screenshot.

FastRobPlus · 16 June 2016, 23:10

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Originally Posted by grond

Since the A500 doesn't have on-board IDE like the A600, the v500 has a standard IDE connector. In order to drive this port, the relevant parts of the A600 chipset are reimplemented in the FPGA such that you get full compatibility with AOS. The major difference is that the v500 IDE is much faster than the original as you can see from the screenshot.

The screenshot?

demolition · 17 June 2016, 00:07

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Originally Posted by FastRobPlus

The screenshot?

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=1095273&postcount=1
Original speed is around 2MB/s depending on CPU.

FastRobPlus · 17 June 2016, 05:01

Oh I see it now. Wan't showing up on my work PC.

11MB/sec!! Insane. The fastest 'real' I've seen was 6-7MB using a Deneb in ZIII mode,

Zetr0 · 17 June 2016, 10:22

the FASTATA claims to be able to do 14Mbytes per second - even some pictures have been posted - sadly I have not been able to get much more than 8Mbyes per second and thats with an 060@80 pulling it.

daxb · 17 June 2016, 13:44

On what depends the 11MB/sec.? CPU speed? Controller typ? ...?

Or why it is so slow?

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kolla Banned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 1,893	Cool - that makes a world of difference!

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demolition Unregistered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Copenhagen / DK Age: 43 Posts: 4,190	That is some impressive speed already. Will the work done on this also eventually help to increase speed on the sagasd.device speed (for us with the V600) or are the implementations very different?

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trixster Guru Meditating Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: England Posts: 2,337	Amazing stuff!

13 June 2016, 14:14	#9
kolla Banned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 1,893	Oh, I thought this was the SD card interface, implemented as an IDE interface in the FPGA for the Amiga side

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alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	No kipper2k said it was using a compact flash card

14 June 2016, 06:45	#11
grond Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Germany Posts: 1,918	Since the A500 doesn't have on-board IDE like the A600, the v500 has a standard IDE connector. In order to drive this port, the relevant parts of the A600 chipset are reimplemented in the FPGA such that you get full compatibility with AOS. The major difference is that the v500 IDE is much faster than the original as you can see from the screenshot.

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Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	the FASTATA claims to be able to do 14Mbytes per second - even some pictures have been posted - sadly I have not been able to get much more than 8Mbyes per second and thats with an 060@80 pulling it.

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