roy.park@canremote.uucp (ROY PARK) (07/21/89)
Hello there. I was thinking about replace my ordinary 7.14MHz 68000 with
the new (faster...around 14MHz I think) 68000. But what else do I have
to change? And is it going to work? It has been a known fact that those
68020 (or 68030) boards won't change Amiga into a 100% 32-bit computer.
So I think that if the idea I'm thinking of is possible, it will be
great. And it IS much much cheaper than a accelator card. Isn't it?
Roy
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* Via ProDoor 3.01R kevin@cbmvax.UUCP (Kevin Klop) (07/24/89)
In article <89072212081982@masnet.uucp> roy.park@canremote.uucp (ROY PARK) writes: >Hello there. I was thinking about replace my ordinary 7.14MHz 68000 with >the new (faster...around 14MHz I think) 68000. But what else do I have >to change? And is it going to work? It has been a known fact that those >68020 (or 68030) boards won't change Amiga into a 100% 32-bit computer. >So I think that if the idea I'm thinking of is possible, it will be >great. And it IS much much cheaper than a accelator card. Isn't it? > > Roy >--- > * Via ProDoor 3.01R Roy, It's perfectly acceptable to change the processor to a faster one. However, that's not going to speed the system up any. The reason is that the system clock will STILL be clicking away at 7.14 MHz. So, what you have is the equivalent of a ferrari with a governor on it that won't allow it to go faster than 50 miles an hour. It may look sexy, but any buick will do the same thing. *grin*. And, no, you can't just tweak the system clock to go faster - that will cause a lot of other problems. -- Kevin -- Kevin Klop {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!kevin Commodore-Amiga, Inc. The number, 111-111-1111 has been changed. The new number is: 134-253-2452-243556-678893-3567875645434-4456789432576-385972 Disclaimer: _I_ don't know what I said, much less my employer.