Up-ing the Speed of My A310.

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From: Little SteeeveS
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 12:48

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A few months ago there was a lot of talk in this group of increasing
 the speed of A310's by replacing the RAM and using a faster crystal
 to clock the machine.

Last Christmas I upgraded my machine to 4Megs (by Craddock Ltd ) and so
 I find myself thinking on these lines...
In a 4 meg upgrade I believe the old RAM is discarded and completely replaced. Therefore this 4meg is quite modern RAM. Is it therfore capable of going faster?
i.e. can I whip out my 8MHz crystal and replace it with a 12Mhz one? ( I assume the new Riscos 3 ROMS will survive this but will the new RAM).

Does anybody have any thoughts on this?
Which crystal (exactly) do I have to change and what new crystal should
I put in instead? (ie how exactly do you do it down to where it is on the board)

thanks
Little SteeeveS

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