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also i have ordered

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can you use microsd card at same time or just network or microsd on its own?

The speeds in the video are slower than a plipbox, possibly due to the Internet connection. The thread at EXTERNAL LINK lists much higher speeds.

Another reason concerns MicroSD breakouts. Many of these breakout boards being sold around the net are not suitable for the SD-slot on the Vampire. They're too thick and/or built without tapered edges and will almost certainly destroy the SD-slot. This happened to some people already. Not all of them were able to repair the SD slot on their own.

Especially the breakout you've chosen to buy is a prime example for ill-suited parts. And no, SD-Card and Network won't work at the same time.

Nice. Is boot from SD expected soon?

I have only had my Vampire on the A500 for 1 Week and I am over the moon with it. Thank you so much to ALL the team for all the great work on the Vampire HW and the Apollo core.

I would prefer to keep the SD slot for a second HDD (Especially for Backups)

But great work with SDNet so far.

Are there plans moving ahead to use the other expansion port on the Vampire for a dediated Full Speed Network interface?

I reckon everyone would jump at that 8-) (I know I would. 8-)
Probably needs some Uber smart programmer to write drivers I suppose 8-)

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Yep that would be sweet, but of course it would require Drivers and tools to get it onto a Network etc. There must be some keen Programer out there! 8-)

Its unfortunately not me, sure wish it was 8-(

Note that in user comments, power supply issues have been detected as well as differences in models based on suppliers/modifications
e.g. so it would be best to have one source of component, and best its integrated by Apollo team or dealers, hardwarewise.

"The module is very picky about power. I recommend powering this with a dedicated power supply. I also recommend using a dedicated power supply along with filtering capacitors to ensure that the power is steady. When I finally got the modules to communicate, there were numerous resets. Good jumper wires and good connections to the breadboard along with filtering capacitors solved the problem."

something like that would be ideal with the right drivers. Interesting it uses AT command set. Sounds similar to WiModem for C64, in which case it would be a serial device rather than SANA-II Ethernet directly.

Or am I just stupid?

8-/

I see other options for WiFi might be

Do It Yourself PiplBox
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WiFi232 offering BBBS access and might get tweaked to offer
fake dialup over WiFi
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Demoed by modern Vintage gamer on AtariST, old good BBS days
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Whichever solution brings either Ethernet or WiFi to Classics best and inexpensively, I am good with it, but would like to see one or two standardized solutions.

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Re: Ethernet with Vampire V500 V2+

Post by bax » Mon 6 Feb 2017 21:07

    Drewlio77 wrote:
    I noticed there is a network driver in the SAGA 0.11 archive (SDnet.device). I believe this driver is for an Arduino style piece of hardware. Does this add on exist for the Vampire 500 v2+ ? To me it would make sense if a driver was released then the hardware should be available for it. But then again, things do not necessarily work out that way in the Amiga Universe.
    Drewlio77

Strange things do happen. I wonder what that sdnet.device actually means. Who in a sane state of mind would use an SD slot for networking?
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Seriously, the 10 MBit/s Ethernet adapter works over the SPI of the Vampire SD slot right now. The driver is operational and several people of the team have built their own adapter cable. The next Apollo Core Release will include the ROM part of the software stack I make use of (vampire.resource).

Re: Ethernet with Vampire V500 V2+

Post by guibrush » Wed 8 Feb 2017 09:51
Hi, we are in the early stage of this project, it is to early to say what speed we can achieve at the end. Currently we are runing at 400 KB/s, but the speed can be inproved. It's work well and it's reliable. Bax have done a fantastic work on this, but it's only the begining.

Yeah I have seen those posts, and to be honest they are part of what leads to the confusion.

Its cool stuff for sure, but really I would rather be using the SD Card slot for Well..... and SD Card 8-)

Surely a Similar thing can be done by someone with the right skills to utilise the other Expansion port on the Vampire. Isn't that SPI and hence Arduino capable as as well?

If someone in the team wants to point us to a known GOOD Arduino device that will connect to that port that we can order, then I would buy one today. But from the text it would seem that no-one has built drivers for such a device as yet. 8-(

Yes, I would prefer driver for a devices for that small pin based expansion port once introduced.At least in my mind that means more permanent solution.

But then I imagine having a small team of few people - it cannot be pushed. By order of priority I would imagine SAGA over DIGITAL-VIDEO, Pamela 16-bit sound, Wi-Fi and then V1200 and Standalone as order of priorities, FPU would sadly come last.

Oh yeah absolutely agree. 8-).

Looking fwd to the 4MB chip RAM though as well. Then I might move my Vampire over to the A1000 8-)

Henryk Richter wrote:

Matthew Langtry wrote:   I have ordered the parts just wondered where the driver is for this device?   EXTERNAL LINK    also i have ordered   EXTERNAL LINK    can you use microsd card at same time or just network or microsd on its own?     Neither the driver, nor the schematics are currently released to the public. One of the reasons is missing low-level support in the currently shipped ROM.     Another reason concerns MicroSD breakouts. Many of these breakout boards being sold around the net are not suitable for the SD-slot on the Vampire. They're too thick and/or built without tapered edges and will almost certainly destroy the SD-slot. This happened to some people already. Not all of them were able to repair the SD slot on their own.     Especially the breakout you've chosen to buy is a prime example for ill-suited parts. And no, SD-Card and Network won't work at the same time.

yes i have to sand down my breakout board has microsd section was too think, about an hours of sanding it down.

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