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68060 processor on 68040 board ???
« on: August 11, 2004, 08:08:21 AM »
I bought on Ebay a 1260 turboboard with a 68040 processor on it, click here for more details. Haven´t received it yet but I assume it will work. Probably another voltage regulator.
Now the question is, can you do it vice versa ??? Can you plug a 68060 processor on a 68040 board, let´s say a 3640 ??? If you replace the voltage regulator by one that will work for the 68060, can you run it then without problems at the speed that is set by the board ??? Can you use a modified 3640 board to run a 68060 at 25 Mhz ??? Price on Ebay is not so expensive for a 68060 ...

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Re: 68060 processor on 68040 board ???
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2004, 09:30:44 AM »
Interesting comments but still a bit confusing due to my lack of technical knowlegde ...
http://www.amiga-hardware.com/a3640.html says that the 68040 can be 040@25Mhz or LC040@25Mhz but both with MMU appearantly, so that an XC68EC060RC66E without FPU and MMU is not possible as you guys just said. True ???
Orjan : thanks for the idea tbat the 3640 has got a 50 Mhz clock speed  :-)
Framiga : I can not get the page translated, I get an error "the adress is not avaliable from this machine"

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Re: 68060 processor on 68040 board ???
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2004, 10:12:50 AM »
FrAmiga : I know there is a 68040 processor on it (but didn´t know it is a 40Mhz) but on this picture you can see the board is a 1260 ... that is the reason why I thought to upgrade another board that is built for 68040 and to try to put a 68060 on it ... didn´t know you can only do this with a Blizzard ...

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Re: 68060 processor on 68040 board ???
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2004, 10:57:23 AM »
That makes sense why the link that FrAmiga gives only talks about Blizzards ... pitty ...
So this also means that the board I have bought with the 1260 label and 68040 processor is completely normal  :-?

"Even if you could upgrade an A3640 to an 060 you will not be happy with it, as the 040 is allready hampered by the lack of own fast-RAM."
Lemmink : remember that I have got a X-calibur for that  :-D

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Re: 68060 processor on 68040 board ???
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2004, 11:05:28 AM »
True, it doesn´t, unless someone with a technical knowledge can repair a broken 1260 by using a spare 68040 ...

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Re: 68060 processor on 68040 board ???
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2004, 11:20:11 AM »
Then the only option I have for my A4000 is to find a fast 68040/40 processor to plug into the X-calibur and to add loads of Fast Ram  :-)

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Re: 68060 processor on 68040 board ???
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2004, 01:57:54 PM »
FrAmiga : yes, I have bought the 1260 with 68040 on Ebay but haven´t received it yet. But I also have got an A4000 with 3640 and a X-calibur that I haven´t used yet. So I was wondering if I could place a 68060 instead of the 68040 on the X-calibur, but it turns out not to be possible ...