@mikecios, post #87
@mikecios, post #94
@abcdef, post #91
A ogółem Vampire z ficzerami SAGA, AMMX, 64bit i Maggie jest dla ludzi co wcale swojej Amigi nie kochają tylko chcą jakąś dziwną hybrydę, z jednej strony szybszą, z drugiej wcale nie w ten sposób w jaki ewoluowały komputery tylko dalej asm, rzazanie rejestrów i bitplane. Żeby niby było kompatybilnie z klasykiem, ale de facto na żadnym bez vampira nie mogło uczciwie działać.
@abcdef, post #91
@AmiClassic, post #101
@Don_Adan, post #102
Masz Amigowe porty (A500 i A600 maja tez niektore porty inne), klawiature, stacje dyskow jeszcze.Ups... klawiatury jeszcze używa, moje niedopatrzenie
Nikt na C64 raczej nie twierdzi, ze SuperCPU to jest SuperCPU z zasilaczem, tylko C64 z SuperCPU.Tak jak nikt nie powie Blizzard z Amigą. Porównywanie Vampira do SuperCPU jest raczej nieadekwatne.
Wiec prawidlowo bedzie "Amiga z V4".Szanuję Twój punkt widzenia, ale kompletnie się z nim nie zgadzam.
V4 to jest tylko rozszerzenie.Ja jednak nazwałbym go zamiennikiem.
Trochą nie rozumiem idei tego sprzętu. Skoro zastępuje to RAM, ROM, CPU, całe kości AGA, ma dodać WiFi, i jeszcze slot na kartę SD to ma - to po co podłączać to do płyty A1200, walczyć z timingami, itd.? Nie łatwiej byłoby po prostu dać na płytce gniazda myszy/joysticków/klawiatury/opcjonalnie jeszcze stacji dyskietek?
@patapik, post #103
@AmiClassic, post #104
@AmiClassic, post #104
@Don_Adan, post #105
@juen, post #1
Warning for recent sales of unlicensed Vampire V2 Series accelerators!
Apollo Computer Press Release, Tuesday 22th July 2022,
We regret to inform our community that negotiations with Igor Majstorovic (former Apollo-Team member) were not successful. Unfortunately, Igor Majstorovic broke existing contracts, stopped paying licence fees, refused to communicate with the Apollo-Team and published parts of old conversations out of context.
This neither clears anything, nor helps to revive the Amiga. Therefore, we want to clarify some important facts:
Background Info:
When Igor Majstorovic joined the Apollo-Team in 2013, he had a barly functional TG68 core used with his PCB board design, and asked the Apollo-Team for help. The 68080 CPU had already been developed by the Apollo-Team/Natami-Team. As it was a significant improvement over TG68, it made sense to use it instead. This required significant changes to the 68080 core. Gunnar von Boehn (teamleader of Apollo-Team) had to both decrease the space required by the core as well as make other functional changes to make this a reality for the Cyclone III FPGA used on Igor's boards. So,there is no question Vampire V1+V2 cards benefit from the previous development, expertise and willingness of the Apollo-Team to support these boards.
Since the 68080 CPU core and the SAGA chipset have always been the intellectual property of Gunnar von Boehn, during his time with the Apollo-Team Igor Majstorovic was a licensee of the CPU and Chipset. After Igor Majstorovic left the Apollo-Team in Q2 2021,he violated the agreement with Apollo-Team and sold a significant number of unlicensed cards.
What's the problem?
Resellers and end customers bought the cards in good faith believing that the core was officially licensed and legal. When asked by resellers, Igor Majstorovic also claimed the cards would be legally licensed. Customers/Resellers who bought these cards must now take action, as the unlicensed cards cannot be updated to new core releases since cores starting with version 2.16, slated for release later this year, will not work on the non-licenced cards. Everyone should be aware that the bugfixes and releases are provided by the Apollo-Team. Igor Majstorovicdoes not support any core maintenance.
What’s the Solution?
1. For customers who bought the V2 before Igor left the team:
==> Don’t worry, you will be able to update to any future cores without any issue.
2. For customers who bought the V2 in the last year:
==> Please get in touch with your reseller to check if your card is licensed. If it is not not, we will try to find a solution all together. We are in close contact with the resellers and want to help the customers and the resellers to resolve this situation.
3. For customers wanting to buy a V2 in future:
==> Apollo-Team is working together with Resellers to develop an official Apollo-Core license Sticker. Customers will then be able to identify licensed cards in future.
Apollo Computer and all its Team members apologize for the inconvenience caused to resellers, customers, and friends by the events of the past few days. Our goal is to find solution for everybody.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions or concerns.
With sincere greetings from the whole Apollo-Team,
Miri and Gunnar
P.S. to V4 customers: No worries! Not only do you have the most advanced Apollo Core based cards, they are also licensed. They are not affected by this situation!
@docent, post #108
@juen, post #109
@Don_Adan, post #111
@juen, post #112