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David Suter
Posts 102
28 Apr 2023 14:35
| I purchased 2 cards from ebay, I will not name the seller.
They acquired the cards from Apollo and flashed their own license or serial.
I have tried to contact Apollo and they say my serial is not on the system.
The cards however were made at Apollo computers and contains a original FPGA chip.
I want to contact the seller and get my licence, the seller was a member of the team.
I am unable to update my card with the latest cores and the card is unsellable.
Can someone on the team help ?
Thanks
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Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6263
29 Apr 2023 09:31
| Please contact me on Discord and we will help you. Your cards were not made by Apollo-Computers.
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David Suter
Posts 102
29 Apr 2023 09:55
| I dont have discord, I sent you a privet email Igor that worked for you had them made, so they are Apollo !
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Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6263
29 Apr 2023 10:09
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I dont have discord, I sent you a privet email
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You can use Discord with a PC webbrowser.
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David Suter
Posts 102
29 Apr 2023 10:11
| I dont want to pay $200 AUS to register my cards, the are fully functional and have done many hours
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Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6263
29 Apr 2023 10:37
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I dont want to pay $200 AUS to register my cards, the are fully functional and have done many hours
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But this the amount that was stolen from the team.
I'm sure you agree that theft should not be supported.
And that the robbed one needs to be supported.
This has to be done right again.
Please come to Discord then we can easier talk.
Or just give me a phone call now.
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David Suter
Posts 102
29 Apr 2023 10:43
| I will talk to you tomorrow, now is not a good time. Thanks
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David Suter
Posts 102
30 Apr 2023 09:29
| Does Core 216 work in colour ? or has that got the serial check ? Thanks
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Richard Gatineau
Posts 60
30 Apr 2023 21:05
| Hello Gunnar! Does this one "legal" for you?
EXTERNAL LINK
I can see it is the same Rev. 1.3 and it is sold into an "Apollo Vampire" box.
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David Suter
Posts 102
01 May 2023 03:30
| I purchased 2 A600 V2 vampires from this guy on ebay.
He has a website:
EXTERNAL LINK
I am very happy with the cards, for some reason I cant get a license for them.
If the core is an end product, what are the updates for ?
I'm running an older core with no problems and it does not have the License check that turns everything into B&W.
Maybe the card is from him too, I dont know.
Thanks
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Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6263
01 May 2023 08:20
| David Suter wrote:
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for some reason I cant get a license for them.
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What you mean by "you cant get a license"?
Did you purchase a license?
You can buy a license at the shop EXTERNAL LINK
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David Suter
Posts 102
01 May 2023 08:28
| Gunnar, I purchased 2 cards from this manufacture trusting it was the real deal.
A license should be provided with the product.
$1200 AUD for 2 cards, I have a right to have the license.
It was in good faith.
I'm sorry if something bad happened with Igor and Apollo but its not my fault.
I purchased the cards from an Apollo team member at the time.
Maybe things have changed there, however I have 2 cards that need licensing.
I am at a loss.
I'm not going to push this anymore, I am happy with the cores that work on my card.
I do support Apollo thats why I purchased the cards.
Thanks for your replies.
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Peter Persson
Posts 12
01 May 2023 08:52
| So if I buy a car in unknown shape from some random dodgy person, I'm entitled to free service from the original manufacturer?
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Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6263
01 May 2023 08:57
| David Suter wrote:
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Gunnar, I purchased 2 cards from this manufacture trusting it was the real deal.
A license should be provided with the product.
$1200 AUD for 2 cards, I have a right to have the license.
It was in good faith.
I'm sorry if something bad happened with the manufacturer and Apollo but its not my fault.
I purchased the cards from an Apollo team member at the time.
Maybe things have changed there, however I have 2 cards that need licensing.
I am at a loss.
I'm not going to push this anymore, I am happy with the cores that work on my card.
I do support Apollo thats why I purchased the cards.
Thanks for your replies.
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Dear David,
Let us clear this misunderstanding up:
Did you do an official purchase from apollo-computer.com ?
No you did not.
I think what you did was a private purchasing from at that time already an ex-member of the team. And this ex-member did rip you up. He sold you an unlicensed card.
He knew that this will give you problems.I'm very sorry that this happened to you.
This topic of unlicensed cards is not knew.
It was warned and discussed long time before
EXTERNAL LINK
I think you are also aware of the topic since long.
And is is not correct that you know that your cards are not licenced since long? Please understand that Apollo-Computer is not responsible for Ebay sales or other private purchases.
I think you should ask the person from which you bought and asked for refund.
Apollo-Computer did offer support for all ripped of customer.
And you could get a license for a greatly reduced price.
This special offer was 1 year ago.
Why did you not take this?
I did also offer to help you and
I asked you to chat in Discord or Call me.
You did not take this offer from me. :( I can give you a special offer to help you.
If you purchase now one Core license in the shop.
I will make sure you get a 2nd for free.
I hope this helps you.
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David Suter
Posts 102
01 May 2023 09:08
| He was NOT random, dodgy, He was a Vampire Accelerator manufacturer who was part of the team, please let me know if I'm wrong.
I understand Gunnar's side and Igor's side, Gunnar said to contact the seller and demand a license.
I dont know the story and I am sick to death with it.
Don't have a go at me, I have done nothing wrong.
All I did was buy 2 brand NEW accelerators from someone who manufactured them.
Original box, card with all the members photos on it and a Vampire v2 sticker.
What I might do is Flash latest working core and sell the bloody things and use the funds to purchase Manicore.I have always been a fan of the accelerators and thought I was buying something legit. I just dont want to have trouble with the buyer asking me why everything is in B&W when they update their core. eg. Coffin.
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David Suter
Posts 102
01 May 2023 09:13
| Thanks Gunnar, I did want to talk to you thats why I sent you an email.
I dont want to sign up with discord for a 1 off use.
Do you think offloading the cards and buying Manicore a good option ?
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David Suter
Posts 102
01 May 2023 09:17
| Peter you have a point and I understand
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David Suter
Posts 102
01 May 2023 09:28
| Thanks for clearing things up.
No bad feelings here.
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Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6263
01 May 2023 09:49
| David Suter wrote:
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Thanks Gunnar, I did want to talk to you thats why I sent you an email.
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I'm very sorry but I not received any email from you.David Suter wrote:
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I dont want to sign up with discord for a 1 off use.
Do you think offloading the cards and buying Manicore a good option ?
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The Manticore is new and state of the art.
The Manticore offers you a lot more features. Apollo 68080 CPU
Performance is application dependent:
up to ~ 1000MHz 68030 / 500MHz 68040 / 250MHz 68060
512 MB DDR3 Memory
Video: SuperAGA, RTG, Truecolor 32-bit, 1920x1080 / 1280x1024 / 1280x720
Audio: 8/16-bit, 56 kHz, 24-bit mixing, 16 Amiga DMA voices
Maggie 3D unit, truecolor hardware texturing with Zbuffer and Shading
FastKick
FastIDE/CompactFlash Controller up to 20 MB/sec
SDcard for Data exchange
2 USB ports (mouse/Joypad with CD32 emulation)
RJ45 100BaseTX Ethernet 100MBit with DMA
plug for RTC module
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David Suter
Posts 102
01 May 2023 09:55
| Can I use some of the info you provided about the situation to ebay and try and get my money back so I can buy the Manticore ?
I am a bit nervous about selling unlicensed cards.
Could you do a special deal one 1 license ?
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Documentation about the Vampire hardware