Rob wrote:
I bought an 060 from Analogic a while ago and am quite happy with
although the price did manage jump an extra £20 between reading the ad
and making my order but £170 seemed reasonable at the time.
The chip is marked as an XC68EC060RC60 an genuine 60Mhz part.
I ordered a full 68060 from Analogic and was sent what they told me was a 66Mhz model because I'd "been waiting patiently". Turned out that they sent me the CPU you describe; the EC model which lacks both an MMU (memory management unit) and FPU (floating point unit) leaving it largely useless for my system.
When I complained about it, the chap from Analogic tried to convince me that the 68060EC was in fact a full '060 that had been "mis-badged by Motorola". He then went on to question the validity of several benchmarking programs I ran to verify the type of CPU installed.
Moreover they refused point blank to pay for shipping charges - I phoned the receptionist who assured me that the accelerator would be collected, but who later admitted that they wouldn't pay shipping charges - who was unhelpful in the extreme.
With everyone's permission, I suggest that we email Analogic to advise them of this thread and invite their feedback before we go down the Trading Standards route?