Upgrage 040 to 060?!

[MarkAshley]

Amigakit are selling an Apollo 1240. They claim it can be upgraded to an 060 at a later date. What would be involved in doing this?

Here's a link to the item:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=288&osCsid=3f66fa2271b5dea4a27ca44198fa242b

[Brian]

1. Buy a socket that fits the 060 which is hard, a 060 CPU which is pritty expencive and a 50Mhz crystal (unless you want to run your 060 overclocked to 66Mhz).
2. Desoldering 040 and solder on 060 socket and insert 060 into it.
3. Somehow install a voltage regulator that supply the 060 with 3.3V instread of 5V. Think there where a extra hardware module you installed on the card to do that (but I would think such a thing is impossible to get at so a custom one will be needed).

[MarkAshley]

Thanks Brian. I don't think I'd be able to do all that! I was watching an auction on eBay for a 1260, but sadly it went out of my budget Looks like I'll have to go for a 1240.