Get a 68060 at www.68060.com

[AmiDelf]

Due to a recent large quantity purchase, we're making Motorola 68060 CPUs affordable within the Amiga, Atari, and video editing markets -- they're even cheap enough to pick up a spare. Save hundreds by buying directly from them.
So, go on.. if you need a 060 for your Amiga!...

Regards,
Michal Bergseth, editor of Amitopia
url: www.amitopia.tk

[System]

"-Holiday SALE! 68060 @ 50MHz chips are $85 until December 31, 2002
-Now order directly with Visa, Mastercard and Discover through our shopping cart (Paypal not needed)
-Online orders will be shipped and confirmed within 48 hours"

erm........ 2002?

 :-?

[AmiDelf]

I know, but they might have some left so if someone wants to upgrade their amigas, wich everyone should.. then this is a nice thing to do. Even if it maybe sold out,.. if its pressure again.. They will produce more 060 cpus


Regards,
Michal Bergseth, editor of Amitopia
url: www.amitopia.tk

[MarkTime]

This is probably of more interest to CPU upgrade card manufacturers.  There are a few 040 cards out there, if the user swapped the voltage regulator, they could upgrade to 060...but most people get the CPU with the card.

I was very disappointed by my A1200/060.  Though I admit the 060 was a lot faster than the 030 it replaced....its just that the AGA graphics were such a horrible bottleneck....now we have pci busboards...these pci solutions are better than AGA, but, the real advantage, even to these pci buses, is that they accept cheap pci cards...not that they can pump high throughputs of video, as, they are still limited by the pci-to-amiga bridge.....

Long story short, heck ya, I'd buy an 060 if I was still using a classic amiga, but I wouldn't expect it to be anything but a dinky slow 'classic'

I mean, given that any classic amiga is 'retro' computing...isn't any retro year chosen, a valid choice?

Why not pull out whatever acclerator you have, like the 030, and go stock?  Go back a few years more in the quest for nostalgia and that retro feeling....about as valid as buying an 060...

any thoughts?

[mikeymike]

I've got an 040 accelerator, but the thought of soldering that many connections that close together worries me somewhat.  And what's the point in spending much on my current Amiga when the A1 is just around the corner (ie. it running OS4).

And, as someone said already, AGA is the major bottleneck.  And to get around that I'd have to spend loads more.

[carls]

@MarkTime

You can speed up the AGA graphics using the program "FBlit".

My A1200T has an 060/50MHz and I find it fast enough for most "Amiga" things. I'm especially fond of being able to play MP3s and still do other things at the same time.

Of course you can't watch DivX movies or real-time render your Lightwave images but for a classic Amiga the speedup is HUGE, and I'd recommend it to anyone.

[System]

@MarkTime:

I find that a 68060 Amiga is quite different from a 68040 one, I would be disappointed if I had to downgrade like that. I would not be able to do many things then or they'd become irritating. Probably many others think so too, either of that or PPC equipped Amiga. So maybe Amiga is not so retro then. :-?

[BouncingAyatollah]

For AGA (I know, same on my 1200, after building a PC made it seem unbearable, but can't spend >£100 for "some slots") try BlazeWCP too for massive chunky-to-planar speedup.

[theTAO]

I'd consider buying one, but am not sure who I'd get (and trust) to do the surface-mount soldering on my Blizzard 1240/40 card.  And since I expect to go PPC within 6-8 months, it's likely not worth the trouble. :-/

Todd

[Jose]

Hey tell me how to change the voltage and I might even buy an 040 accel. just to try that.  I don' t wanna risk in destroying a card.
But that info is not available at least I never found it(only some stuff for the CBSMKII).

[ikir]

060 rocks! (Also Amitopia)  :-D