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| | Das Audiowerk
Posts 5 17 Apr 2017 12:32
| Looking through this place for a while and finally decided to become active after allmost 20 years ;)first question ( to Majsta if possible ) - is there any possible way to give me the answer of how much time will be needed (through the evolution after first finished standalone vampire board) to come on level where the first next one gets the current PCI xpress slot. I wondered that through community and through crowdfinding we can get a decent driver for current GPU acceleration hardware. Through old Amiga os architecture philopsophy it would not be impossible to utilise such GPU for various OS and other pro working enviroment warpups. Such strategy can improve new / current application ports onto this maginificent first real Amiga computer successor. You did a marveuolous job there, keep on and dont look behind! Vampire is bringing Amiga back to life, that is more than obvious now. Thanks in advance. _ dSk
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| | Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo Team Member) Posts 6207 17 Apr 2017 12:37
| Das Audiowerk wrote:
| is there any possible way to give me the answer of how much time will be needed (through the evolution after first finished standalone vampire board) to come on level where the first next one gets the current PCI xpress slot.
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This is not planned yet.
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| | Dezsõ Bodor
Posts 10 17 Apr 2017 15:26
| Why is it pci slot? Then why not, say AMD or Intel Socket?
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| | Michael R
Posts 281 17 Apr 2017 20:37
| Das Audiowerk wrote:
| Looking through this place for a while and finally decided to become active after allmost 20 years ;) _ dSk |
Welcome back! This is an exciting time in Amiga 68k history! There are many new Amiga products just over the horizon, coming soon. Vampire accelerator cards and standalone motherboards are at the top of that list.
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| | Szyk Cech
Posts 191 18 Apr 2017 17:32
| Michael R wrote:
| Vampire accelerator cards and standalone motherboards are at the top of that list.
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Take it easy... It can took years when new products come to the market... I am not intend to broadcast doubt, fear and anxiety, but it is just reality of development...
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| | Michael R
Posts 281 18 Apr 2017 19:57
| I don't mind waiting for these wonderful Vampire accelerator cards! I have plenty of time to imagine the possibilities!I think I'll buy one of each variety and the Apollo standalone board too! I'd like to have something to put in my new re-manufactured A1200 case...
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| | Johannes Schäfer
Posts 47 19 Apr 2017 02:00
| First, welcome back :)Das Audiowerk wrote:
| I wondered that through community and through crowdfinding we can get a decent driver for current GPU acceleration hardware. _ dSk
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Nvida drivers are closed, only ATI Radeon API is available, but doing drivers is not done in a week or two... The other thing is that Amiga is mainly about the graphics chipset. Without it, it´s not an Amiga but an emulation. You can get your wishes "fulfilled" by the AMIGA NG / Amiga OS4.1 section (or not). Das Audiowerk wrote:
| Such strategy can improve new / current application ports onto this maginificent first real Amiga computer successor. |
Where AMIGA NG/PPC failed, Vampire/Apollo will succeed.
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| | M Rickan
Posts 177 19 Apr 2017 21:28
| Johannes Schäfer wrote:
| The other thing is that Amiga is mainly about the graphics chipset. Without it, it´s not an Amiga but an emulation... Where AMIGA NG/PPC failed, Vampire/Apollo will succeed.
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That in itself is a contradiction and far too limiting. Many of us are looking forward to the standalone board and don't need cap replacements and bromine discoloration for an authentic experience. It is possible to have it both ways.
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