Oscillator Query

[da9000]

Shameless plug on the 56Mhz crystal:

http://amibay.com/showthread.php?t=1507

PS. Shipping these is dirt cheap, even to the island.
PS. AmigaKit rocks, so buying from them is cool!
PS. Yes you can adapt a DIL-14 to a DIL-8 by just bending the pins "smartly". However I recommend fastening it with some tape or hot glue afterwards because otherwise it can come off and cause short cirtuiting.

[da9000]

I'd say 40Mhz. Past that maybe iffy. (and hot! :-D)