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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
  2. Path: presby.edu!astephan
  3. From: astephan@presby.edu (Andrew Stephan)
  4. Subject: Re: A3000T-68030 50Mhz possible? Dave? anyone?
  5. Message-ID: <DMo2nH.1x0@presby.edu>
  6. Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 14:23:41 GMT
  7. References: <4fekio$gk3@ccnet2.ccnet.com>
  8. Organization: Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina USA
  9.  
  10. In article <4fekio$gk3@ccnet2.ccnet.com>,  <slider> wrote:
  11. >Is it possible to install a 40 or 50Mhz 68030 into the A3000T
  12. >and drive it this fast? I know I know the chip already there
  13. >would need to be unsoldered and a socket installed (I know where
  14. >to get this done)
  15. >
  16. >    My main question is, can the hardware around the A3000T's
  17. >68030 handle speeds beyond 25Mhz? I have a 50Mhz 68030 a socket
  18. >and a cystal ocillator to do the swap but need to know definatively if the
  19. >hardware around teh A3000 Tower can support any speed beyond
  20. >25Mhz?
  21.  
  22. The problem is that the custom chips can't really go much beyond 25 mhz - 
  23. they certainly can't take fifty, it will fry them.
  24.  
  25. >                                     Thank you,
  26. >                                                        James Vigliotti
  27. >                                                        slider@ccnet.com
  28. >Please when responding respond by follow up post and E-mail. Thanks
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