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Lukas Remis
Posts 4
27 Oct 2020 11:38
| Hello, Is it possible to connect an original Tank mouse using the joystick port?
And also, is it possible to connect Amiga 600 keyboard, if I would like to put the Vampire in A600 case? Thanks,
Lukas
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Andrew Miller
Posts 352
27 Oct 2020 12:11
| AFAIK you can't connect a mouse via the db9 connectors. I think you might be able to use something like the keyrahv2 to connect an a600/a1200 keyboard, but again not sure. Edit: looks like the keyrah v2 works with the v4. If you search the forum for keyrah.
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Ian Parsons
Posts 230
27 Oct 2020 12:53
| I thought I read somewhere that support for Amiga mice was added to a recent core update but I may be imgagining it. Can't find any release notes for V4 core updates so don't take my word for it.
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Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6258
27 Oct 2020 18:41
| Lukas Remis wrote:
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Is it possible to connect an original Tank mouse using the joystick port?
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Yes you can plug the normal Amiga mouse.
You can also plug normal Amiga/C64 Joysticks.
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Lukas Remis
Posts 4
27 Oct 2020 23:15
| Great, thanks very much for information.
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Michael Piano
Posts 39
29 Oct 2020 17:51
| Are any printers compatible with v4? Are there any office productivity suites compatible with v4? It'd be great if there were a way to run a more modern suite like Open Office (or whatever it's called these days).
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Geoff Wells
Posts 43
30 Oct 2020 00:45
| Michael Piano wrote:
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Are any printers compatible with v4?
Are there any office productivity suites compatible with v4? It'd be great if there were a way to run a more modern suite like Open Office (or whatever it's called these days).
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I was wondering something similar although I suspect that it would require some software assistance in addition to the hardware support. If the FPGA could support the classic hardware interface for software to interact with the ports and then, based on control lines, notify a handler the software could bridge to the appropriate device.
In this way, through a simple UI, you could choose which USB device was connected to which port (serial or parallel) and the software bridge would be responsible for picking up the bytes and sending them to the correct device, dealing with any complexities.
This could also enable network printers support or even telnet or ssh connections bridged to the internal hardware. Just point the serial port to a telnet address and then connect with your favorite terminal program. It actually sounds like a fun little project.
Does anyone on the hardware team know if this is currently possible or has been discussed?
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Vojin Vidanovic
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30 Oct 2020 02:18
| Michael Piano wrote:
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Are any printers compatible with v4?
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Turbo Print driver pack is best option,
but I dont know has anyone tested it with V4 USB since
it does not have legacy par/ser ports.
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On Office, latest Amiga Writter and maybe Ignition
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Note that Writter is DOC but not DOCX compatibile. However you can easily convert on PC using Libre Office or real Word save as feature. So nothing modern, but usable sw. I dont have answer on Databases.
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Nick Fellows
Posts 180
30 Oct 2020 12:07
| If we ever get a really up to date web browser - the world of cloud based apps eg google docs or office 365 brings Amiga right bang up to date. Up to a point ;)
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Roy Gillotti
Posts 524
30 Oct 2020 13:45
| nick fellows wrote:
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If we ever get a really up to date web browser - the world of cloud based apps eg google docs or office 365 brings Amiga right bang up to date. Up to a point ;)
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Well honestly in that same context, you could consider a VNC client like TwinVNC to a PC would be in the same vein.
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Ben Rottler
Posts 16
31 Oct 2020 00:41
| Hi all! What about disk drives?
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Ben Rottler
Posts 16
31 Oct 2020 00:51
| Sorry, FLOPPY drive I mean.
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Scott Jacobs
Posts 12
01 Nov 2020 12:25
| Michael Piano wrote:
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Are any printers compatible with v4?
Are there any office productivity suites compatible with v4? It'd be great if there were a way to run a more modern suite like Open Office (or whatever it's called these days).
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You could install an X server onto v4 and connect to a Raspberry Pi or any Linux box and launch Chromium, LibreOffice, Gimp,etc. and configure "remote" printing using any modern printer configured for use by linux
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Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6258
03 Nov 2020 06:33
| Michael Piano wrote:
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Are any printers compatible with v4?
Are there any office productivity suites compatible with v4?
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If you seriously look for a system doing Excel, then you are totally wrong with Amiga.
I think its important to keep in mind that Amiga is a hobby.
Use it for what it can do and enjoy this.
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Michael Piano
Posts 39
03 Nov 2020 14:53
| Definitely not looking seriously. Was just curious.
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Michael Piano
Posts 39
06 Nov 2020 16:31
| Hi, I came up with another question. Since the v4 can support playing .mp3 files, will there a way to add storage space, either through USB or larger CF cards? I have like 700 CDs ripped at 256k compression. thanks!
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Willem Drijver
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 131
06 Nov 2020 20:52
| Hi Michael, V4 supports 128Gb CF-Cards (OS + Data) and 128Gb SD-Cards (Data). Maybe 256Gb would also work, but I haven't heard any reports.
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Michael Piano
Posts 39
10 Nov 2020 19:30
| That's good info, Willem. Thanks. I'm unfamiliar with updating the OS on these. So, if you rewrite
the OS, does it erase the whole CF card and everything on it or will data still be available on the CF card? The reason I ask is that SD cards but be somewhat unreliable. To add to that, are there any games that would save data to the CF or can you choose where it saves? I haven't played in the Amiga environment for quite a few years. I liked to play Earl Weaver Baseball and create my own season disks. Those take many hours to create. I'd hate to lose them when I reinstall the OS.
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Willem Drijver
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 131
10 Nov 2020 20:30
| Hi Michael, Normal Amiga Harddisk setup would be to keep your OS and your data (games, music, video, pictures, etc.) on different partitions on the CF-Card. So if you re-install or upgrade your OS, then data is always untouched. Good practice is to make regular back-up of complete CF-Card. This is done simply by connecting CF-Card to PC/Mac and make mirror-copy (Balena Etcher or Apple Pi-Baker).
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Matthias Gull
Posts 19
25 Nov 2020 20:35
| Hello together! I hope I'm posting in the right place.
I received my vampire v4 today and I'm very happy! Can I use the nunchuk64 with vampire v4?
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The nunchuk64 works perfectly with my Ultimate64 and with original C64. There ist a difference on DB-9 Pin 9 on Port 1 between Amiga an C64:
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Can someone please help me?
I don't want to destroy my new vampire. Best regards
Matze
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