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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: Effy on August 11, 2004, 07:58:23 AM
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I am the happy owner of a http://www.amiga-hardware.com/x-calibur.html (http://www.amiga-hardware.com/x-calibur.html) and I want to use it to speed up my A4000D with 3640. But instead of removing the 25 Mhz 68040 from the 3640 and putting it on the X-calibur, I prefer to put a 40 Mhz version on it and possibly also tune that one a bit to go faster to maybe 50 Mhz ... problem is that I can only find one 68040/40 on Ebay (worldwide), for 27 euro in the States. Does anyone know a little cheaper solution ???
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Hi
ask to Vesalia.
They has/had the 33 Mhz 040 with the latest Mask (easy OCable).
I've ordered one 1 year ago . . . .never received it ;-)
Ciao
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More than a year ??? That means a year closer to my deatch !!! I would prefer to get it a litte bit faster ...
You say it´s a 33 Mhz that can be overclocked, but how far can you do that ??? Only to 40 Mhz ???
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Hi Effy,
yes no more that 40 Mhz with a good cooling set.
Ciao
EDIT- very cheap indead
68040-33 (http://www.vesalia.de/?V02b0f1557554413735a5c51520b514e01101f095441475205014b181a1e31115579633a223c6373744e03263f2a2a76610539646f6024687c2e347d40190a63754c5a1c5453456046016b4d5f4a455643477b6c500c050d1848230)
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14,99 euro at Vesalia and Olde Mac Milt (http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4604&item=5115352806&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW) sells them at a starting bid of 27 euro ... shipping of course not included but that goes also for Vesalia ...
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With all due respect to Apple but I decided to go for a 68040/33 processor board for an Apple computer and remove the processor from that. This turns out to be cheaper than buying a seperate 68040 ...
How far can you tune such a 33 Mhz 68040 ???
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If you get an apple board make sure the FPU and MMU are working and its not a LC model. I know some of the lower end 68k macs did that back in the day.
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Aren´t there also LC versions built into 3640´s ??? Think I read it in the Big Book ...
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If I buy a 680LC40 instead of a full 68040 then I probably get down to a level of a normal 68030, not ??? But when I look at the 68060/75 that runs without fpu, does this mean that a 680LC40 can be pushed further than the normal limits ???
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Also be warned that some Mac users swap processors, to get the right processor in the right form factor (eg. a "pizza box" with a full 68040). I tend to dispose of equipment when I do that, but I'm not sure everyone has that philosophy.
And the other thing is: please be careful of the machines you pillage. Some Macs are a dime a dozen, but others are quite desirable.