A600 68000 to 68010?

[rkauer]

The A600's chips (except the rom chip) are all SMD and not socketed. This makes replacing them very hard and requires excellent soldering skills, in contrast to older models like the A500/1000/2000/3000 in which replacing chips is very easy.

 Depends on what chip you need to replace. The TTL units on mine A2000 are nearly impossible to dessolder.:hammer:

 And for the SMD CPU of A600, not much a problem if you know how to plug a socket backwards .

If you also want to increase the frequency of the cpu: forget it. This way, you will also increase the frequency of all other parts of your A600. There's no chance in hell this will work in any reliable way.

Not true: the same old 14MHz trick of A500 era can be done with the A600, but you need different parts and a little modification to the original hack design due slight differences between A500 & A600.

 Not even need a PCB for this hack! Just a pair of SMD sockets, one 16MHz SMD 68000 (or higher speed), one SPDT switch and knowledge on how to solder and how to tinker with the Amiga.

 One guy on a1k.org made a similar hack, but he keeps the original clock and used a 68010 CPU in the A600.

BTW: the speed gain using a 68010 at the same speed is just meagre 3%

Making your own turbo board would be easier than replacing your A600's cpu and increasing its operating frequency at the same time. Seriously.

Yeah, right.:rolleyes:

Tell me about it.:razz:

The only realistic chance you have on improving your A600's speed, is adding a real turbo board with an 68020 or 68030.

In this I agree: without CPU directly accessible FAST RAM and a slight improvement on CPU (say: humble EC020 ) the A600 will not be comparable even with a naked A2000!