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- From: jeremyn@nj5.injersey.com (Jeremy )
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Swapping CPUs
- Date: 20 Mar 1996 00:26:56 GMT
- Organization: Asbury Park Press
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- Michael van Elst (mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de) wrote:
- > jeremyn@nj5.injersey.com (Jeremy ) writes:
- > >Michael van Elst (mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de) wrote:
- > >> jeremyn@nj5.injersey.com (Jeremy ) writes:
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- > >> >Clarification? Does this mean I can just pull out my 68030-25 and replace
- > >> >it with an 030-50? (I have a CSA Derringer.)
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- > >> If the 68030-25 you have is in a PGA package, then yes. But it won't do
- > >> any good because it still runs at 25MHz.
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- > >Why is that?
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- > The -25 or -50 is just a rating how fast you _could_ run the chip. How fast
- > it actually runs is determined by the board. If you have a CSA Derringer
- > that runs on 25MHz it will run on 25MHz even with a CPU that could run faster.
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- > It is possible that you could modify the Derringer to run at 50MHz (changing
- > the crystal is the minimum modification but probably not sufficient) but
- > I don't know how to do that. Maybe CSA has an answer ?
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- Hmm...the crystal on my board is already a 50MHz, and the FPU runs at 50.
- I bought the thing used and CSA's tech support isn't everything it could be.
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- Jeremy
- jeremyn@injersey.com
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