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My Vampire V1200V2 Review

Mark Dastmalchi-Round

Posts 3
28 Aug 2020 21:02

Hi all! I've been having a lot of fun with my V1200 and have just finished my review/retrospective of the card on my blog.

Link here: EXTERNAL LINK 
Hope you find it interesting! Many thanks to everyone who helped me with all my queries both here and on Slack.

-Mark


Krzysztof AT

Posts 48
28 Aug 2020 22:58

I have read that with holden breath :-) It was really pleasure.


Igor Majstorovic
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 407
29 Aug 2020 10:30

Thank you for such nice article. I hope you will have fun with the card and very sorry that you had to wait so long to get it.



Mark Dastmalchi-Round

Posts 3
29 Aug 2020 10:41

Igor, there is nothing to apologise for! It wasn't meant as a criticism, I fully understand and appreciate how much work you are doing and also what COVID has done to shipping and supply lines. I will make that clearer in the article :)

Thank you again for everything and for making this old Amigan very, very happy!


Lord Aga
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 119
29 Aug 2020 11:58

That was a great review man! Thanks for taking the time to do it.


Vojin Vidanovic
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29 Aug 2020 16:06

Mark Dastmalchi-Round wrote:

  Hope you find it interesting! Many thanks to everyone who helped me with all my queries both here and on Slack.
  -Mark

Very nice read, a treat to eyes :)

Just for the general record,V2 Vamps do come from city of Banja Luka,  Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is next to Serbia. Both were part of Yugoslavia before 1991. Most of foreigners remember Bosnia for tragic and bloody civic war in Yugoslavia brake-up, one of worse in Europe after WWII, only reminding me in modern times is Ukrainian conflict (while no clear parallels can be made, civic wars are worse).

What is true is that Serbs are also part of population there, including Igor - Banja Luka being beautiful and heart welcoming town. He uses Serbian language too, and its one of strange languages that has both Latin and Cyrillic alphabet (Cyrillic is official and traditional, but both are equal in use).

No nationalist mambo jumbo, just to get that straight :)


Mark Dastmalchi-Round

Posts 3
29 Aug 2020 19:45

Thanks for the information! I've updated the post with those details, important to get such things right :)


Renaud Schweingruber
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 379
29 Aug 2020 21:31

Awesome and very refreshing review !


Robo Kupka

Posts 50
31 Aug 2020 07:36

Great review Mark, thanks a lot.
"I can't wait to start developing for it"  ...that's the spirit :)


Ronnie Beck
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 199
01 Sep 2020 09:08

This is a class review!  Well written and a pleasure to read.  I wish more reviewers would take the time to write this way.

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