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Robert Kennedy (rkennedy@perth.DIALix.oz.au) said:

>Some time ago I remember reading how some guy installed a 68030 from a
>Mac into his CD-32, replacing the 68EC020..  I'm not sure if he was for
>real, but maybe if he was, and he is still lurking, maybe some handy
>hints would make a lot of CD-32 owners _very_ happy.

Sounds like crap to me.

First, the 020 in your CD32 is surface mounted (I know because I've looked).
This makes cut-and-swap jobs next to impossible without specialised tools.

Second, the 030 from Macs is, AFAICR, pin-incompatible with the EC020 in the
CD32.

And third, just swapping chips won't increase your speed in any case.  You
need to change your CPU clock crystal, which needs additional hardware.

So no, I don't think he's for real.


>Rob.. Amiga owner since 87 ( and i still have Amy1000 sitting around
>somewhere..  Any one notice if there's have all the signature's from the
>developers under the top cover as well, ie Jay Miner et al..:-)

Yes, Rob, they all do.  Yours isn't in any way special.. :)


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