[comp.sys.amiga] 14Mhz hack on a 500?!?!?!??

faheyr@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Bob Fahey <NECR0SIS>) (09/28/90)

Hi there.

I tried putting in the 14Mhz hack that people are talking about here, but to 
no avail. I tried tapping the 28Mhz clock, & made a div-by-2 out of a D flip-
flop, but I couldn't get the 14Mhz signal to work. The 7Mhz side continued to
work fine, though. (BTW, it was with a 12Mhz 68000).

Where does one tap the 28Mhz signal? Directly from the crystal? And, does the
div-by-2 need to be synchronous or a-sync? If anyone knows the CORRECT way to
peice one of these 14Mhz-er's together, please mail me! (For example, if you 
know how to build the div-by-2, and where to tap the signal)

If this makes any difference, it is on a Rev. 5 motherboard, with (yikes!) 1.2
kickstart. Will this hack work on a rev. 7?


					Tanx in advance,
					Bob Fahey@silver.ucs.indiana.edu


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martijn@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl (Reinalda M.) (09/28/90)

The 28 MHz signal is best tapped on pin 34 of Fat Agnus. If you sit in
front of your computer, then P34 is on the upper row, the second from the
right. The D-flipflop to use is the 74ALS74. Don't use a slower type, just
to be sure. By the way, you should use a 14 or 16 MHz CPU or the 68000 will
experience some serious timing problems.

This are the FF pin connections to use :

p14 -> +5V
P7  -> GND
p13 -> +5V 
p10 -> +5V
p11 -> 28 MHz input
p9  -> 14 MHz output
p8  -> p12

Don't use wires longer then a few centimeters.
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