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- From: slider
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- Subject: Re: Upgrade 25Mhz GVP G-FORCE 030 to 40 or 50Mhz?
- Date: 8 Feb 1996 15:28:22 GMT
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- -> Andrew Savory <g093@uea.ac.uk> writes:
- -> On 5 Feb 1996, John Darrell Kesling wrote:
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- -> > Does anyone know if the 25Mhz GVP G-FORCE 030 accelerator can be
- -> > upgraded to 40 or 50Mhz by simply replacing the 68030, 68882 and
- -> > the oscillator?
- ->
- -> AFAIK, it *is* possible to upgrade by replacing the CPU (and possibly
- -> other bits too). It can DEFINATELY be upgraded to the full MMU version of
- -> the 030 chip.
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- -> Andrew.
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- It can but absolutely do not install a faster crystal ocillator!!!
- The support hardware around the original 68030 68882 is not
- designed beyond it's specs. I fried a Combo 25Mhz aside from
- GVP's warnings doing jus tthat. SImply the support hardware
- around the 68030 is designed for that speed. You can upgrade
- the 68030 to say get an MMU but do not change the crstal ocillator.
- People have done it at modest increases of say 10Mhz but jumping
- from 25Mhz to 40-50Mhz is asking for problems. Sort of like putting
- a 455 engine in a VW bug..Sure it runs great but you'll be all over the
- road and probably crash!
- James Vigliotti
- slider@ccnet.com
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