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- Karl Frederick <frederik@teleport.com>
- wrote about Re: Warp Engine:
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- >> It would problely be better to go with a Warp Engine, They got already
- >> have proven and effective hardware with SCSI-2 on their 040 boards which
- >> are 68060 upgradable [as said in their ads]
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- >Unless the adds say different, interpret '060' upgradable to mean
- >complete board exchange. It's just not that easy.
- >-K
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- >corrections appreciated.
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- According to the 060 docs someone sent me from the
- motorola FAQ, the 060 is pin compatible with the 040.
- The difference is the power supply. The 060 is a
- 3.3V chip. I don't know about the 040, but I *think*
- most 040s are 5V devices.
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- So, unless a board is designed to work with differnt
- voltage levels for the CPU, an 'upgrade' would probably
- mean a board swap. (Or, maybe not.) How is the
- 040 mounted on the Warp Engine? If it's on a
- daugterboard, it might just require a daughterboard
- swap.
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- Who knows, maybe the Warp does work at 3.3V and 5V.
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- Kenneth 'stabbing in the dark' Jennings -- kenneth@daffy.aatech.com
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