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Aksel Andersen
Posts 120
10 Apr 2017 06:32
| Hi. First of all. I am not that angry that it seems, but... Why don't I get answer to simple questions? Will I be able to use more than one expansion module?
Can malicious software brick or destroy my system? Is this forum for hype or knowledge? Cheers
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Claudio Guglielmotti
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 185
10 Apr 2017 07:29
| 1) at this moment, we have no expansions...
So who knows.2) you can flash the vampire from the amiga side, so it is possible that something goes wrong during an upgrade or...
If something bad occurs, you can always overwrite the flashmemory with the "altera usb blaster" (search it on ebay, it costs 4$).
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Aksel Andersen
Posts 120
10 Apr 2017 07:44
| 1) the team know the interface and its possibilities. I asked this regarding the parasite module that was "advertised" by the Apollo team. Just silence. 2) I am talking about malicious software. As in stuff written by people with bad intentions.
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Aksel Andersen
Posts 120
10 Apr 2017 07:55
| Here is another thing I have been thinking about, but wondering if I should post.
Seeing that using higher resolutions in saga modes affects the memory bandwidth. Turning saga off completely gives the best result.
Having this in mind. How will memory bandwidth and other parameters behave when introducing more code to the fpga on top of what we have atm. I'm thinking about FPU and on top of that, chipset implementation.
Cheers
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Nixus Minimax
Posts 416
10 Apr 2017 08:10
| Aksel Andersen wrote:
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2) I am talking about malicious software. As in stuff written by people with bad intentions.
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Well, if you don't read the answers, what can we do? Call you on the phone and read them to you?
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Aksel Andersen
Posts 120
10 Apr 2017 08:13
| I read some vague responses not adressing the issue I'm talking about.
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Mr-Z EdgeOfPanic
Posts 189
10 Apr 2017 08:14
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1) the team know the interface and its possibilities. I asked this regarding the parasite module that was "advertised" by the Apollo team. Just silence.It's still under development, the team members have daytime jobs.
2) I am talking about malicious software. As in stuff written by people with bad intentions. Well i think those chances are really remote, and infinitely small.
I think you'll have better chance winning the lottery then catching something nasty on your vampire :)
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Nixus Minimax
Posts 416
10 Apr 2017 08:14
| Aksel Andersen wrote:
| Having this in mind. How will memory bandwidth and other parameters behave when introducing more code to the fpga on top of what we have atm. I'm thinking about FPU and on top of that, chipset implementation.
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One thing hasn't bot anything to do with the other. A more complex core doesn't imply a higher load on memory.
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Nixus Minimax
Posts 416
10 Apr 2017 08:16
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I read some vague responses not adressing the issue I'm talking about.
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Nixus Minimax wrote:
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Well, there is some protocol to be followed for flashing the board such that flashing it by accident is not possible. However, if the core update exe can flash the board, so could a virus designed to do so. The flash could then be flashed again only via the JTAG interface, i.e. using a USB blaster.
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Aksel Andersen
Posts 120
10 Apr 2017 08:25
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so could a virus designed to do so.
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Ok. You where pretty specific.Now, move along.. nothing to see here. ;)
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Nixus Minimax
Posts 416
10 Apr 2017 09:25
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Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6214
10 Apr 2017 10:43
| Aksel,
I appologize that not all your questions were answered immdediately the same day here.But please try to understand that the APOLLO Team goal is to revive the AMIGA.
The Team works hard on this, developing CPU, AMIGA chipset, developing
Hardware for old AMIGAs like the Vampire Accelerator and the Parasite. The team also designs complete new AMIGAs from ground up.
The team work on expansion cards for old AMIGAas like network cards.
The team works on drivers, on porting games and writing other software like video player.
As you can imagine this is a lot of work.
And the team does this for the goal of reviving AMIGA and not for making money.
The team members try their best to answer support questions on IRC or in this forum.
Pease try to understand that no one is paid for this and people do this support in their free time.
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Thierry Atheist
Posts 644
10 Apr 2017 11:57
| Aksel Andersen wrote:
| | Here is another thing I have been thinking about, but wondering if I should post. Seeing that using higher resolutions in saga modes affects the memory bandwidth. Turning saga off completely gives the best result. |
Hi Askel,Errrr, yeah. So who is using "S-AGA"? No one except for alpha/beta testers have it right now.
Aksel Andersen wrote:
| | Having this in mind. How will memory bandwidth and other parameters behave when introducing more code to the fpga on top of what we have atm. I'm thinking about FPU and on top of that, chipset implementation. |
Weeeellllll. Remember, the Amiga motherboard, the A600/500(+)/1000/2000 is a bottleneck. When the S-AGA, FPU, AMMX are completed, the Amiga motherboard will do nearly ZERO work, and Vampire will FULLY CONTROL DIGITAL-VIDEO output.PROBLEM$="solved" Aksel Andersen wrote:
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If some of your questions aren't answered, I extremely hope that you don't buy an alternative AMIGA acceleration device. :-)
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Aksel Andersen
Posts 120
10 Apr 2017 13:12
| Gunnar von Boehn wrote:
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Aksel,
I appologize that not all your questions were answered immdediately the same day here.
But please try to understand that the APOLLO Team goal is to revive the AMIGA.
The Team works hard on this, developing CPU, AMIGA chipset, developing
Hardware for old AMIGAs like the Vampire Accelerator and the Parasite. The team also designs complete new AMIGAs from ground up.
The team work on expansion cards for old AMIGAas like network cards.
The team works on drivers, on porting games and writing other software like video player.
As you can imagine this is a lot of work.
And the team does this for the goal of reviving AMIGA and not for making money.
The team members try their best to answer support questions on IRC or in this forum.
Pease try to understand that no one is paid for this and people do this support in their free time.
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I fully understand that and appreciate all your effort. Have been following this project from the early Natami days. And it is truly awesome work!
Now that I finally have got my claws in a vamp myself, I finally can "contribute". I mean all of this as constructive "criticism" as I wish this project to succeed in every way. Sorry if I seem pessimistic. I'm really exited these days. :D
Cheers
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