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- Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
- Date: Friday, 28 Aug 1992 11:22:38 EDT
- From: <LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Message-ID: <92241.112238LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 14 MHz hack problem
- References: <1992Aug28.123049.7838@cs.ruu.nl>
- Lines: 60
-
- In article <1992Aug28.123049.7838@cs.ruu.nl>, clldomps@cs.ruu.nl (Louis van
- Dompselaar) says:
- >
- >Hello,
- >
- >I've been trying to install the 14 MHz hack in my Amiga
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Can you be little bit more specific ? There are probably a few
- revisions of the 14MHz hack ranging from getting a 14MHz by dividing
- the 28MHz with a 74F74 to something a little bit more complicated.
- All in all (at least the first couple of revisions I have seen) is
- a poorly designed hack without reconstructing a proper E clock that
- is vital for the proper operations of the CIAs (ie it affects your
- floppy, timer functions etc).
-
- >processor is ok, and runs 14 MHz, and the control to
- >the CIAs is ok).
-
- but can you be sure that the system timer isn't messed up because of
- the hack ? Does your floppy make funny noises ?
-
- >Anyone know what might be going wrong?
-
- The design, the construction work you have done. Without looking at
- either, your word is good as mine.
-
- >
- >I figured that if this isn't going to work (damn! it's
- >a rather expensive chip I've put in there...), then
- >any accelerator I might buy will fail (after all,
- >to the rest of the Amiga they only look as speeded-up
- ^^^^^^^^^^ That's the
- problem. A properly done hack/design would make the 68000 appears
- normal (slowed down) to the rest of the machine and run at whatever
- speed on its own and whatever memory it has onboard.
-
- >68000s. So if e.g. the Agnus can't handle the speed,
-
- then how can you explaing the existance of the large variety of 030,
- 040 accelerators for the A500. Obviously a design done right can make
- the rest of the Amiga see the new processor as a NORMAL speed 68000
- not a 68000 trying to talk too fast as to mutter jubbish. Don't forget
- the rest of the machine cannot understand what the CPU say would reduce
- the speed of your machine to 0.
-
- >it surely doesn't want a 68030 (or does that have
- >a different bus clock?)
- >
- >Louis van Dompselaar ||| Life is short, Life is tiny
- >clldomps@cs.ruu.nl | -- Heart Throbs
-
- BTW I have a Lucas/Frances (18MHz 020) & my friend has a .38 special
- (MMR 38MHz 030) in his A500. There are at least 5 or 6 chips on my
- Lucas board to sync up the 020 CPU to the 68000 speed that the mother-
- board speed. That's the only PD accelerator design that is closest
- to something done right.
-
- K. C. Lee
- Elec. Eng. Grad. Student
-