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- From: gc948374@oersted.gbar.dtu.dk (Rask Lambertsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 68010 in 500
- Date: 21 Jan 1996 18:05:18 GMT
- Organization: DTU
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- On 17 Jan 1996 01:06:18 GMT Brett Eden (brett@jeack.apana.org.au) wrote:
- > Steve Schmidt (goaway@frii.com) wrote:
- > : I read somewhere that people were installing 68010's into A500's. The post
- > : said they are pin for pin compatable. The A500 was just turned on and it
- > : worked fine, only much faster.
-
- > : Is this true?
-
- > : I looked for it in an FAQ but was unable to find it.
-
- > When I owned my A500 a few years ago I tried desperately to look for a
- > cheap way to accelerate it, because after seeing my friends A3000/030 I
- > wanted a faster machine. The 68010 IS pin compatible with the 68000, but
- > you'll have to change the stepping rate on your disk drive (not something
- > for the beginner)
-
- Only with some *very* lousily programmes games or demos. The OS won't have
- any problems what so ever. You should *not* try to change the stepping
- rate or anything else.
-
- > and secondly, you won't find THAT much of a speed
- > increase evident.
-
- In most cases, no.
-
- > I also believe the the calculator program under 1.2/1.3
- > (And possibly 2.0) will not work properly with the 68010.
-
- I thought that was as far back as 1.1. The calculator from Workbench 2.0
- and above has *no* such problems.
-
- > My advice is
- > don't waste your time with putting a '010 in, you'd be better off
- > shelling out a couple hundered bucks for a 020 card that sits on the CPU
- > slot instead.
-
- I agree.
-
- --
- Regards,
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