aman@xroads.UUCP (Chris Minshall) (06/03/90)
I have two questions concerning the A3000 that I would like to know the
answer to. First, is the oscillator for the '882 and '030 on the motherboard
socketed? If so, can it be replaced with, say, a 60 MHZ oscillator to get a
30 MHZ '882 and '030? Second, what kind of real world speed increase is
realized using SCRAMS on the 3000 instead of PAGE MODE DRAMS?? Thanks for
your time.
Chris
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In article <1079@xroads.UUCP> aman@xroads.UUCP (Chris Minshall) writes: >I have two questions concerning the A3000 that I would like to know the >answer to. First, is the oscillator for the '882 and '030 on the motherboard >socketed? No. Neither are the 68030 or 68882. >If so, can it be replaced with, say, a 60 MHZ oscillator to get a 30 MHZ >'882 and '030? Since the rest of the chips in the system aren't likely to run at 30MHz any more than the 25MHz 68030 or 68882, this is Not A Problem. There are no quick and dirty enhancements; if you want a faster system, you'll have to wait until a real, correctly design Coprocessor slot card is available. >Second, what kind of real world speed increase is realized using SCRAMS on >the 3000 instead of PAGE MODE DRAMS?? We estimate about 20% speedup, though of course the increase is software dependent. > Chris -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy "I have been given the freedom to do as I see fit" -REM