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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: ExtremeWays on September 21, 2005, 03:09:05 PM
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G'day Fellow Amigans,
A couple of years ago I bought an '040 accelerator off ebay. To my suprise, the board is actually marked as a Blizzard 1260, but has a 68040 chip installed.
It even has the extra solder pads that should be on a 68060 chip.
Are these boards common? Does anybody know the history? And more importantly, can I just solder a 68060 in place of the '040 and have myself a real quick miggy?
This is why I love this platform :)
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yes they are common.
They used the same PCB, for both 040 and 060 version.
About the upgrade . . . yes you can do it. The problem is desolder the
040 :-( not an easy task, if your not a tech.
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@ExtremeWays
Are these boards common?
Every Blizzard 1240/1260.
Does anybody know the history?
Why do two board designs when single one does it?
And more importantly, can I just solder a 68060 in place of the '040 and have myself a real quick miggy?
Not quite. You need to lower the voltage (5->3.3) and change some jumpers on the board.
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Framiga wrote:
yes they are common.
They used the same PCB, for both 040 and 060 version.
About the upgrade . . . yes you can do it. The problem is desolder the
040 :-( not an easy task, if your not a tech.
Well, you needn't to be very much of a tech, more importantly, you need a special soldering iron to desolder a chip.