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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 2088 Speedups (Partial Summery)
Message-ID: <737@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 91 09:20:55 GMT
References: <910114.17475552.053607@CMR.CP6>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <910114.17475552.053607@CMR.CP6> Dennis_Grant@CMR001.BITNET writes:
>
>     OK, so part of my speedup plan won't work. No NEC V20 for me. Does
>anybody (say, from Commedore Germany) know why?
>
>     So let's try this route. Replace the 8088 with an 8088-2 or faster
>Intel chip. (ie, a 8088 rated at greater than 4.77Mhz) and replace the
>8234(?) timer chip, and the crystal. How fast can I overdrive this system.
>
> Dr. Kittel, are you out there? MathCad is crying for more speed!

Oh, don't ask me! Yes I know a little about hardware, but nearly
nothing about the tricks you have to do on turboing the bridgeboard.
Well, there is a company here that sells such upgrades and I yet
didn't see anyone who did such a project on his own. 
The company is X-Pert Computersysteme
               Weiherwiese 27
               W-6270 Idstein/Ts.
               Tel 0049 / 6126 / 3056
I only saw their solution on photos. There is a small PCB attached
to the bridgeboard carrying a new crystal and two or three normal
ICs. Additionally there are some jumper wires and similar changes
on the rest of the board. Seems not so extremely easy...

-- 
Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk