Vampire 500+ Pre-orders now being accepted - Page 12

Starglider 2 · 04 July 2017, 05:35

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Originally Posted by Samurai_Crow

Turtle mode is activated by selecting the disable caches check box in the early startup menu.

Great! I hope they don't remove turtle mode as mentioned. There is a lot to be said for allowing the A500 to revert to normal speed for nostalgia purposes, as well as compatibility.

fstltna · 04 July 2017, 06:02

Nice looking board

demolition · 04 July 2017, 08:04

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Originally Posted by Starglider 2

Great! I hope they don't remove turtle mode as mentioned. There is a lot to be said for allowing the A500 to revert to normal speed for nostalgia purposes, as well as compatibility.

Turtle mode will not be removed completely as far as I understand but it will not be necessary much longer due to some other changes in the next core. Also, turtle mode is not exactly normal A500 speed, but maybe 3x to 4x that of a plain A500. Usually slow enough to eliminate compatibility issues though.

Starglider 2 · 04 July 2017, 08:06

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Originally Posted by demolition

Turtle mode will not be removed completely as far as I understand but it will not be necessary much longer due to some other changes in the next core. Also, turtle mode is not exactly normal A500 speed, but maybe 3x to 4x that of a plain A500. Usually slow enough to eliminate compatibility issues though.

I'm glad to hear turtle mode will stay! 🐢

Mr-Z · 04 July 2017, 09:12

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Originally Posted by Starglider 2

I received my Vampire today! Plugged it in, connected my existing CF card from the kipper2k A508, and it worked immediately!

It booted so fast that I spontaneously blurted out "Holy $hit fuçks"

LOL

That's about the same reaction i had when i booted up my V600 for the first time.

Also be sure to install peterk's icon lib, makes icon loading blazing fast!

grond · 04 July 2017, 10:01

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Originally Posted by Starglider 2

It booted so fast that I spontaneously blurted out Holy $hit fuçks

We had a kick without boot delay and it was like turning on a C=64. Almost instant on...

Starglider 2 · 05 July 2017, 00:52

Team, is there any inherent advantage to using an SD card as a hard disk over using my pre-existing CF card that was in my A508HD? I'm running it with an IDE adapter and it works great.

If SD is somehow better I could transfer the CF contents to SD.

grond · 05 July 2017, 07:46

I use the IDE. I don't think there is any advantage to the SD. You can't even boot from SD.

demolition · 05 July 2017, 08:23

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Originally Posted by grond

I use the IDE. I don't think there is any advantage to the SD. You can't even boot from SD.

You can still use the SD card in the IDE port with an adapter but in my experience the performance is the same as with a CF card.

grond · 05 July 2017, 09:20

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Originally Posted by demolition

You can still use the SD card in the IDE port with an adapter but in my experience the performance is the same as with a CF card.

Yes, that's exactly what I do. You can get SD-cards in any supermarket or drugstore which is why an SD2CF adapter is a very handy thing.

emufan · 05 July 2017, 13:33

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Originally Posted by Starglider 2

Team, is there any inherent advantage to using an SD card as a hard disk over using my pre-existing CF card that was in my A508HD? I'm running it with an IDE adapter and it works great.

If SD is somehow better I could transfer the CF contents to SD.

there is a Vampire Boot project on github:

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Vampire boot is a ready made HDF image to boot a partition from SD card installed in Apollo Vampire accelerator card

someone has to test and verify.

Marlon_ · 05 July 2017, 13:41

Until a proper driver is made for the SD-card slot, I'd suggest to use the IDE interface like before and keep using your CF-card like before. No need to switch.

The SD card drivers at their current state is slow, unreliable/unstable and doesn't allow direct boot. So I believe it's better to wait until the drivers are sorted.

emufan · 05 July 2017, 13:52

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Hi all, Just a quick note to give you update on my status. I took a big hit on bad board production recently which has put a huge dent money wise on what i can and want to do in the future. I am going to exhaust all my supply of different projects that i have sitting about and will then kinda fizzle away and just do a few projects only. I don't intend on continuing with making the Vampire 600 boards and i will be exhausting those items also. Thanks for everyones support.

Brian

thanks for your hard work

http://www.kipper2k.com/

#1) this would explain the v600 not listed a couple days ago.

E-Penguin · 05 July 2017, 14:06

It must have been stressful as hell making all those V600s by hand. Especially when that hand has an injury on it!

emufan · 05 July 2017, 20:17

indeed. and it's especially telling, not to get a comment from the Apollo supporters.
either they have no clue, or simply dont care. *sad*

Overflow · 05 July 2017, 20:47

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Originally Posted by emufan

indeed. and it's especially telling, not to get a comment from the Apollo supporters.
either they have no clue, or simply dont care. *sad*

What do you mean?

Mr.Flibble · 05 July 2017, 21:12

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Originally Posted by emufan

indeed. and it's especially telling, not to get a comment from the Apollo supporters.
either they have no clue, or simply dont care. *sad*

eh?

http://www.apollo-core.com/knowledge...=6991&z=K5H-i8

emufan · 05 July 2017, 21:16

here on eab. but just mention "no fpu" - and u'll get run over.

DamienD · 05 July 2017, 21:18

Come on emufan; please don't start...

emufan · 05 July 2017, 21:20

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Originally Posted by DamienD

Come on emufan; please don't start...

yeah, sorry. already thinking about what i can do in my 2 week vacaion

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04 July 2017, 06:02	#222
fstltna Indie Game Dev Join Date: May 2017 Location: South San Francisco, US Age: 56 Posts: 227	Nice looking board

05 July 2017, 00:52	#227
Starglider 2 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: California Posts: 1,146	Team, is there any inherent advantage to using an SD card as a hard disk over using my pre-existing CF card that was in my A508HD? I'm running it with an IDE adapter and it works great. If SD is somehow better I could transfer the CF contents to SD.

05 July 2017, 07:46	#228
grond Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Germany Posts: 1,918	I use the IDE. I don't think there is any advantage to the SD. You can't even boot from SD.

05 July 2017, 13:41	#232
Marlon_ AmigaDev.com Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Age: 35 Posts: 625	Until a proper driver is made for the SD-card slot, I'd suggest to use the IDE interface like before and keep using your CF-card like before. No need to switch. The SD card drivers at their current state is slow, unreliable/unstable and doesn't allow direct boot. So I believe it's better to wait until the drivers are sorted.

05 July 2017, 14:06	#234
E-Penguin Banana Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Darmstadt Posts: 1,214	It must have been stressful as hell making all those V600s by hand. Especially when that hand has an injury on it!

05 July 2017, 20:17	#235
emufan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: #DrainTheSwamp Posts: 4,545	indeed. and it's especially telling, not to get a comment from the Apollo supporters. either they have no clue, or simply dont care. sad

05 July 2017, 21:16	#238
emufan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: #DrainTheSwamp Posts: 4,545	here on eab. but just mention "no fpu" - and u'll get run over.

05 July 2017, 21:18	#239
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Come on emufan; please don't start...

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