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Indeed, there is a model of Vampire, the Vampire Standalone, which is pretty much just straight up an Amiga on FPGA with lots of advanced goodies that speculate
by bitwize 1y ago
Indeed, there is a model of Vampire, the Vampire Standalone, which is pretty much just straight up an Amiga on FPGA with lots of advanced goodies that speculate on what a mid-late 90s Amiga might look like (CPU ~100MHz, 3D acceleration, 16mil colors, etc.).
https://www.apollo-computer.com/v4standalone.php https://www.apollo-computer.com/v4standalone.php
- krige 1y agoI'd heard Vampire's compatibility can be spotty and you can obviously see why. My own 1200 is kept very barebones by design (just a spot of fast ram and a CF drive) to keep max compatibility with the software I do want to run there instead of trying to convince everyone it can still be a viable do-anything system in 2025. Although a TerribleFire (an actual accelerator, unlike the Vampire) is very tempting at times...
- bitwize 1y agoYeah. I have an A500, and it pleases me very much to keep it at its base configuration, with the exception of a Gotek floppy emulator and maybe, eventually, an IDE card. I have plenty of modern PCs for modern PC tasks. The idea of being inventive with what the capabilities of the original-spec hardware were pleases me more than attempting to turn it into a more modern machine.
- kwanbix 1y ago1486.31 €. Crazy.
- bitwize 1y agoYeesh. At that price point, just get a MiSTer and boot its Minimig core.