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Amiga Kit Stocks Apollo Team Accelerators

Simo Koivukoski
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 601
28 May 2017 19:53


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Amiga Kit stocks new Vampire v500 v2+ from Apollo Team
28th May 2017

AMIGA KIT Amiga Store is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with the Apollo Team to retail the Vampire branded accelerator cards to our worldwide customer base.

We have already received a limited amount of Vampire v500 v2 EXTERNAL LINK stock and this has been added for sale.  We are hopeful of more stock arriving shortly in the next month.

The new accelerator is powered by the Apollo/68080 Core which is the natural and modern evolution of latest 680x0 processors. It's 100% code compatible, corrects bugs of 680x0 designs and adds on top most of the cool features which were invented the years after.

Apollo core : a game changer
Back in the 80s, Motorola was leading the market with his 680x0 CISC processors range, selling it to big companies like HP, Apple, Atari, Commodore, NeXT, SEGA and others. Today, 680x0 is still used by industrial machines, planes industry, cars vendors and is still used by retrocomputing fans around the world.

When put in an FPGA, the Apollo offers a good combination of moderate FPGA space consumption and excellent performance.

Apollo surpasses the performance of 68060 ASIC by far - even when only using low cost FPGA. 

Performance Amiga-land deserves
Bored of tiresome 68020 performance, or the expense of  68060 accelerators and not feeling the same emotions with emulation? Apollo core resolves all those topics!

The Apollo accelerators are faster than a 68060 at 100MHz, delivering more performance to Amiga than ever before.  It now makes web browsing, listening to MP3 music, watch videos a more enjoyable experience. 

In addition each card can output 32-bit video through RTG and SAGA drivers.

The Apollo core on the FPGA can be upgraded from periodic updates release by the Apollo Team.

In response to the news, AMIGA KIT Managing Director Matthew Leaman said: “We are thrilled to stock and support these exciting and innovative products from the Apollo Team.  In 2017 it is amazing to see the hard work and dedication that has gone into this project.  It will certainly let Amiga users get a lot more from their computer at a great price.”

Gunnar van Boehn of Apollo Team commented: "Lets work together to bring 68K and AMIGA back!”

Igor Majstorovic of Apollo Team also said: “From my perspective I m very excited to work with AmigaKit.  AFAIK we can do all bunch of stuff in the future together.”

For more information, please visit:
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Rob M

Posts 60
28 May 2017 20:25


Great news.  I hope this is the start of a productive relationship between Amigakit and the Apollo Team.

The people who were waiting for a dealer to stock the Vampire don't need to hold on any longer now.


Sebastian Blanco

Posts 148
28 May 2017 20:28


I find funny that purchasing one now on Amikit you can get a vampire faster, than people that pay they orders months ago and are still waiting.


Wawa T

Posts 695
28 May 2017 20:40


i guess you pay some premium. thats justified then.


Sebastian Blanco

Posts 148
28 May 2017 20:42


Cost is equal checked on amikit.


Wawa T

Posts 695
28 May 2017 20:50


Sebastian Blanco wrote:

  Cost is equal checked on amikit.
 

  343eur? i thought it was less directly from igor.


Dusko Kovacic

Posts 21
28 May 2017 21:54


apollo team and majsta

the guys who brought Amiga back to community.

amikit and aros will launch vampire to mainstream

excellent work!




Vojin Vidanovic

Posts 770
28 May 2017 22:22



Check the tagline!

Unfortunately the initial batch quickly sold out within a few hours, please check back here for updates on the next batch to arrive

Great news, but ...

Since I have my own grundges why not buying from AmigaKit, due to "excellent x1000 support", could you please anytime in future
suply Amedia for Europe - they have FPGA category already
EXTERNAL LINK  And maybe, Amiga on Lake, US :-)
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Thank you. More resellers, the marrier.

I hope it will bring profit and more professionalism even to AmigaKit guys.


Vojin Vidanovic

Posts 770
30 May 2017 08:36


Thanks. Amedia France akcnowledged they will get Vampirized in the future!


Michael R

Posts 281
30 May 2017 20:09


It is a good sign of things to come that Amiga resellers are beginning to stock Apollo Accelerators!


Vojin Vidanovic

Posts 770
30 May 2017 22:49


Amedia is likely to stock in month at 379 EUR, VAT included, plus postal fees. But yet Vampire gets its first EU Amiga dealer!
 
    I also see RELEC lists V500 V2+  CHF 347.-  / 321 EUR  indic.
  V600 V2    CHF 290.-  / 271 EUR 
 
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  P.S.
  What about setting a Balkan dealer?
 
  Is Amiga Voodo in Croatia alive?
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Wawa T

Posts 695
30 May 2017 23:40


lotharek may be an option, even though i have no experience with polish dealers (my nation), outside elbox themselves, who were friendly and supporting, contrary to the image they have apparently earned..


Thierry Atheist

Posts 644
31 May 2017 02:13


Ohhhhh, . . . what have we done???


Vojin Vidanovic

Posts 770
31 May 2017 06:31


Yup, Polish scene is nice and I remember at least 3 Amiga shops - AmigaStore.eu, one that has MOS,OS3.9 and OS4 books and didnt know Elbox was Polish at all.

Since its also relatively close by, Polish or Hungarian dealer with websites in ENGLISH PLEASE, could satisfy whola Central and East Europe including my "Southeast". Interest in purchase exists.


Wawa T

Posts 695
31 May 2017 06:51


who knows, maybe central and eastern europe may all be covered directly from former yugoslavia;)


Vojin Vidanovic

Posts 770
31 May 2017 07:57


If Majsta can send cards and standalones in future from Bosnia,
        I am good with that. We have some kind of
        CEFTA, internal EU-emulated market which makes ex-Yugoslavian
        products availiable again (let the children play inna their own yard!) but good side - no custom fees, even companies
      can easily import. No need for other dealer.
   
    A bit rants on past (will end here)
   
    Similar agreement has been signed amongst Czecz/Slovaks/Hungarians
    and Poland in 1992. We are just few decades and few civic wars late :-) Its sad as if SFRY remianed stable entity, it was supposed to be quickly acessed. We already had all EU agreements in 1989, even special trading relationship agrement, but NOOO "we" wanted chaos, new nations, blood and mayhem ("We"-our politicians and a bit of propaganda influence on their small majority in new nations+nice external influences).
   
  Last glimpse of former flory 1989
 
    "Yugoslavia had established special trading relationships with EEC members West Germany and Italy (accounting for 70 percent of Yugoslavia's EEC trade in 1989), as well as most members of the neutralist European Free Trade Association ( EFTA--see Glossary). In 1988 the EEC granted a five-year extension of Yugoslavia's special commercial status. West European experts generally agreed that if it remained politically stable, Yugoslavia would be admitted to the EEC ahead of former Soviet bloc members such as Poland and Hungary."
 
  Some nice influences
 
  The IMF agreed to loan Yugoslavia money, but required a series of reforms which were worsened unemployment, decentralized the Communist party and helped fuel nationalism


Vojin Vidanovic

Posts 770
31 May 2017 20:54


There is already a Spanish dealer.
 
 
  Amiten is first Amiga dealer to stock Vampires - since Nov 2016
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  Basically, since Vampires 600 started to roll out. Sweet.

Amedia, France starts collecting PREORDERS for soon arriving batch of Vampire 500 v2
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