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Q:Is the PowerUP-board 100%
compatible with AmigaOS and 68k
programs?
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A:Yes it is. The PowerUP-board
is 100% compatible with all 030-060
compatible programs.
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Q:Can I use my old 040-060 on
the PowerUP-board ?
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A:Yes, you can. Just remove it
from your old accelerator and put it on
the PowerUP-board.
Note: The Blizzard 603e (+) series
is always shipped with an 040 or 060
processor.
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Q:Will all my programs get
PPC-speed ?
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A:No they won't. Only new
programs and games that use the PPC
processor will.
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Q:How do I install the
PowerUP-board?
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A:You simply remove the old
CPU-board (or accelerator in the A1200)
and replace it with the PowerUP-board.
Note: If you are using an Amiga
3000 (T), some work on the motherboard is
needed (more information is available from
phase5)
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Q:Will my hardware work like it
used to do before the upgrade?
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A:Yes it will.
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Q:How big is the L1 cache on the
603e?
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A:The 603e has 32k (16k data +
16k inst)
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Q:What speed does the CPU bus
run at with the CSPPC installed?
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A:50mhz for 060 boards and 40mhz
for 040 boards.
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Q:What speed 72pin SIMMS can I
use with the CSPPC?
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A:70ns and faster.
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Q:Are there programs available
which support the PowerUP-board?
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A:Yes, there are several
programs that use PPC. Check out our
Program-List Page
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Q:Will the PowerUP-board work in
the A500 and the A600?
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A:No, it won't, and there won't
be such a board either. You'll need to
upgrade your Amiga.
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Q:Will the power-board work in
the A2000?
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A:No. The Blizzard 2604e has
been canceled.
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Q:How fast is the
PowerUP-board?
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A:The 604e 200 MHz does about
350 Mips - That's about 5 - 8 times faster
than the 68060 at 50 MHz.
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Q:Can I emulate a Pentium on my
Amiga now?
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A:Both the developers of PcTask
and PCX have developer-boards. It is hoped
that PCx PPC will be released soon.
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Q:Will the CyberVisionPPC work
in an A1200?
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A:No. You will need to wait for
the BVisionPPC (a version of the CVPPC for
BPPC cards).
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