New V4 Card: the Manticore Is Coming! | page 1 2
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| | Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo Team Member) Posts 6254 13 Jul 2022 15:04
| The Manticore is coming The Manticore is a V4+ Accelerator for A600 coming soon CPU: Apollo 68080 AMMX with 64-bit support 3D Support: Via the Exclusive Amiga Maggie3D Unit Memory: 512 MB DDR3 With AGA support and you can enable up to 12 MB chipmem! Video: SuperAGA, RTG, Truecolor 32-bit, 1280x720 Audio: 8/16-bit, 56 kHz, 24-bit mixing, 8 Amiga DMA audio voices FastIDE controller (CompactFlash) Idespeed=up to 20 MB/sec 2x USB port for USB joypad support (as CD32 pad) and USB Mouse 100Mbit Ethernet RJ45 port Digital Audio/Video out microSD card port (for data exchange) Please note: The Manticore will allow you to run AGA Amiga games on your Amiga 600.
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| | Michael MiB
Posts 54 13 Jul 2022 19:24
| Take my money !!!!!!
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| | Eddie Cejvan
Posts 28 14 Jul 2022 01:54
| Nice.
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| | Robo Kupka
Posts 51 14 Jul 2022 09:51
| Fantastic news. Common V4 hardware for all legacy Amiga models will greatly expand possible user base and market for new apps, created with SuperAGA and 3D in mind. How will the Manticore be connected to the A600 buses ? Just piggyback over CPU ? As piggyback over existing soldered chips is notoriously unreliable for many users, this needs to be addressed.
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| | Danilo Drago
Posts 44 14 Jul 2022 10:24
| Robo Kupka wrote:
| Fantastic news. Common V4 hardware for all legacy Amiga models will greatly expand possible user base and market for new apps, created with SuperAGA and 3D in mind. How will the Manticore be connected to the A600 buses ? Just piggyback over CPU ? As piggyback over existing soldered chips is notoriously unreliable for many users, this needs to be addressed.
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I think there aren't other possibilities in that case. Little A600 hasn't a CPU or zorro slot.
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| | Jd 64
Posts 41 14 Jul 2022 12:51
| Will there be an IDE port to connect CD-Drives like on the Firebird and Icedrake? Also will Interlace screenmode still have flicker?
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| | Steve Hodson
Posts 33 14 Jul 2022 19:18
| Danilo Drago wrote:
| Robo Kupka wrote:
| Fantastic news. Common V4 hardware for all legacy Amiga models will greatly expand possible user base and market for new apps, created with SuperAGA and 3D in mind. How will the Manticore be connected to the A600 buses ? Just piggyback over CPU ? As piggyback over existing soldered chips is notoriously unreliable for many users, this needs to be addressed. |
I think there aren't other possibilities in that case. Little A600 hasn't a CPU or zorro slot. |
Some enterprising 3rd party could possibly offer a solder on solution... but that's definitely tricky and likely to void warranty too.
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| | Steve Hodson
Posts 33 14 Jul 2022 19:20
| It's great to see a solution across the range, especially on a common platform. How far do you estimate we are from a stable, common target/feature set across V4SA, Firebird and Icedrake? Then how far out to bring Manticore up to same.
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| | Duane Leinninger II
Posts 3 15 Jul 2022 19:53
| V600 user here. Happy with my V600 but will DEFINITELY upgrade to get some AGA love. The A600 has always been my preferred formfactor. I'm looking forward to this.
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| | Bartos Lisowski
Posts 20 16 Jul 2022 11:30
| Good Idea, even if I don't have a A600, this is good News for Owners of this nice Machine
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| | Alexander Gent
Posts 77 17 Jul 2022 12:52
| Hi Gunnar, I am extremely interested. Last time I missed out even after expressed interest numerous times.Any idea on how long the production time & the cost? Thank you...
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| | David FEESER
Posts 1 18 Jul 2022 12:34
| Can wait to put my hands on it! You can count me in day one!
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| | Peter Heginbotham
Posts 214 24 Jul 2022 12:48
| I'm guessing price will be around 600 euro's. Will there be a trade-up program?
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| | Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo Team Member) Posts 6254 24 Jul 2022 13:02
| Peter Heginbotham wrote:
| I'm guessing price will be around 600 euro's. Will there be a trade-up program?
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There is no official trade-up program. But you can always contact the shop directly and discuss your case.
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| | Francesco Paoli
Posts 9 27 Jul 2022 13:35
| when can buy this? how much cost the manticore?
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| | Andy Hearn
Posts 374 28 Jul 2022 11:38
| Michael MiB wrote:
| Take my money !!!!!!
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same here! :D
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| | Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo Team Member) Posts 6254 03 Sep 2022 08:03
| Here preview how the PCB looks. We expect the first soldered cards this month.
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| | Chris H
Posts 65 22 Sep 2022 20:33
| I'm on it, since my V600 isn't working anymore. The A600 was always my favorite machine.
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| | Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo Team Member) Posts 6254 27 Sep 2022 16:19
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| | Alexander Gent
Posts 77 28 Sep 2022 06:41
| HI Gunnar, Any idea when these cards will be publicly available for purchase? Will there be an order page? I noticed that the new Manticore card will have an IDE port. How will this device work in conjunction with the existing A600 motherboard IDE controller? Thank you, Alexander.
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