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- From: stuart@lorelei.ece.drexel.edu (Stuart R. Harper)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 68030 -> 68020 Adapter Socket?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.223718.4092@cbis.ece.drexel.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 22:37:18 GMT
- References: <anm.721939668@mcshh.hanse.de> <37117@cbmvax.commodore.com>
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- In article <37117@cbmvax.commodore.com> grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George
- Robbins) writes:
- >In article <anm.721939668@mcshh.hanse.de> anm@mcshh.Hanse.DE (Andreas Mueller)
- writes:
- >> Is it possible to use a 68030 in a 68020 socket.
- >> Do I need some kind of adapter socket?
- >
- >The pinout is different, so you can't plug it into the same
- >socket. Electrically, the '030 signals are a superset of
- >the '020 signals, so you can wire them up nearly 1 for 1,
- >with the addition of pull-up resistors on a few of the
- >'030 signals that aren't present on the '020.
- >
- >I don't know of any commercial adapters that do this, though
- >there might be something available somewhere.
-
- Actually, if you look in the 68030 Hardware Refence manual (Availble from
- Prentice Hall) if give you a socket diagram form sticking a 68030 in 68020. As
- I recall there were about 20-30 bux worth of stuff to add.
-