Xref: utzoo alt.sources.amiga:121 comp.sys.amiga:64016 comp.sys.amiga.tech:14039 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmger!peterk From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Newsgroups: alt.sources.amiga,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: replacing the 68000 by a 68070 - is it possible Keywords: 68070 68010 processor replacement Message-ID: <305@cbmger.UUCP> Date: 20 Aug 90 17:04:08 GMT References: <453@krabat.marco.UUCP> Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany Lines: 28 In article ceej@pawl.rpi.edu (Chris J Hillery) writes: >helmut@marco.UUCP (Helmut Raiger) writes: >>Hi, >>does anybody know wether the Amiga 500 runs with the 68000 replaced by >>an 68070 (I know, that the 68070 does not have an synchronous bus interface - > ^^^^^ > ????? > >680*7*0?? I think Motorola would be QUITE surprised that you're trying to >plan so far in advance! The 68040 is barely shipping... Yes, there IS a 68070. But it's not made by Motorola but by Valvo (now Philips components or such), a German company which got the license from Motorola. The 68070 is a normal 68000 plus some peripheral chips already integrated into the package, resembling a bit the 80186/8086 case. For that reason I think it CANNOT be pin compatible to the 68000, and when also the bus interface differs as mentioned (I don't know details), then I wouldn't see any possibility to put it into a normal Amiga. Will be fun in some years after 68040, 68050 and 68060 when Motorola will learn that they can't continue this thread, or is it already scheduled that this chip family will be closed then??? BTW, nice topic for a sources newsgroup... -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ rutgers!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk