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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: danamania on December 20, 2003, 09:32:54 AM

Title: Dual 68060s
Post by: danamania on December 20, 2003, 09:32:54 AM

I came across this image a couple of years ago on a site that sold 040 and 060 boards. I can't for the life of me remember the place, and haven't been able to find it since (though that's probably just a google away)

Dual 68060s (http://www.danamania.com/temp/bild001.jpg)

Don't dual 68060s just look cool :)

dana

Title: Re: Dual 68060s
Post by: tormedhammaren on December 20, 2003, 10:01:28 AM

This look like a singel board computer (a embedded system). The ports looks like ethernet, vga, serialport and unknowns. And there are a lot of chips (chipset and some kind of ram I suppose).

Title: Re: Dual 68060s
Post by: danamania on December 20, 2003, 10:05:17 AM

It does. I think it's a VMEBus (http://mcg.motorola.com/cfm/templates/ffvmebus.cfm) machine, made by synergymicro (http://www.synergymicro.com/VME/V452.html).

VMEBus stuff is something I've never worked with, but just looked awfully cool :)

Title: Re: Dual 68060s
Post by: poktis on December 20, 2003, 10:14:48 AM

I love your home page :)  And Dpaint images are amazing !

Title: Re: Dual 68060s
Post by: Ferry on December 20, 2003, 11:13:38 AM

You can find more models of this kind of 060 boards here, even mil-spec boards (hi DoomMaster! ;¬) :

http://www.vita.com/vmeprod/processors/68060.shtml

The boards in the image is made by Eltec Electronik AG (www.eltec.de), model Eurocom 27/2

Saluditos,

Ferrán.

Title: Re: Dual 68060s
Post by: shIva on December 20, 2003, 11:50:20 AM

in the company i work for, we use these vme bus systems for electronical test enviroments. they are covered inside a vxi mainframe done by wandel&goltermann.

Title: Re: Dual 68060s
Post by: ikir on December 20, 2003, 11:55:26 AM

@ danamania

Wow! Every amiga classic owners dream: dual 060 :-o

Ps: also nice homepage

Title: Re: Dual 68060s
Post by: danamania on December 20, 2003, 12:18:51 PM

Thanks for the comments on the site =). It's leaning more & more towards just being a place I throw pictures :).

The Quad G4 (http://www.synergymicro.com/VME/DSP_VSS4.html) board looks rather wow too.

dana

Title: Re: Dual 68060s
Post by: Linchpin on December 20, 2003, 12:39:49 PM

Some sort of AMD chipset on there aswell?? (or at least one IC)...

Title: Re: Dual 68060s
Post by: mantisspider on December 20, 2003, 03:35:24 PM

so is this actually possible to get dual 060 processors working for the classic amiga? and what, two 060 66mhz cpus? would that run as fast as a PPC?

With the AmigaOne using replacable CPU slots, are we gonna start getting dual and quad G4 Amigas?
If only we had some software to run on them :-)

Title: Re: Dual 68060s
Post by: bloodline on December 20, 2003, 03:38:34 PM

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mantisspider wrote:
so is this actually possible to get dual 060 processors working for the classic amiga? and what, two 060 66mhz cpus? would that run as fast as a PPC?

With the AmigaOne using replacable CPU slots, are we gonna start getting dual and quad G4 Amigas?
If only we had some software to run on them :-)

AmigaOS 3.x does not support more than one CPU... And it is very tied to the Amiga Chipset.

One could port AROS though, and use OS-legal Amiga binary programs on it  :-D

Title: Re: Dual 68060s
Post by: Kronos on December 20, 2003, 03:39:25 PM

Sure is is possible, but what actual use would it bring ?
Hint AOS is not SMP-ready.


Now if could obtain that special ROMs that where on the Zorro2-based 030
proto-boards Hazydave  sold in his gararge sale ....

Those boards where some sort of A300-on-a-card (without sound/gfx),
with their own memory and their own little OS. :-o

Title: Re: Dual 68060s
Post by: Wolfe on December 20, 2003, 04:09:49 PM

I'd like to tinker with one of those.

Oh, nice sight Dana, a classic Mac heaven.  I always liked the Pizza Box Mac and the Color Classic.

 :pint:

Title: Re: Dual 68060s
Post by: Acill on December 20, 2003, 04:16:09 PM

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so is this actually possible to get dual 060 processors working for the classic amiga?

Well if a CPU card was made it could be done. The problem you run into like on Mac and intel machines is the software needs to be made to take advantage of it. The system wont just apply the 2nd CPU to old legacy software for speed ups.