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Searching for 68040/40 processor ... for A4000 upgrade !!!
« on: August 11, 2004, 07:58:23 AM »
I am the happy owner of a 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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Re: Searching for 68040/40 processor ... for A4000 upgrade !!!
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2004, 09:19:21 AM »
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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Re: Searching for 68040/40 processor ... for A4000 upgrade !!!
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2004, 02:03:31 PM »
14,99 euro at Vesalia and Olde Mac Milt sells them at a starting bid of 27 euro ... shipping of course not included but that goes also for Vesalia ...

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Re: Searching for 68040/40 processor ... for A4000 upgrade !!!
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2004, 01:24:45 PM »
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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Re: Searching for 68040/40 processor ... for A4000 upgrade !!!
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2004, 03:24:13 PM »
Aren´t there also LC versions built into 3640´s ??? Think I read it in the Big Book ...

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Re: Searching for 68040/40 processor ... for A4000 upgrade !!!
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2004, 04:35:31 PM »
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 ???