Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!utrcu1!mi.eltn.utwente.nl!klamer From: klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl (Klamer Schutte -- Universiteit Twente) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: how about an upgrade to 68010 Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 91 08:27:54 GMT References: <9101151859.AA11212@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> Sender: news@utrcu1.UUCP Lines: 26 AAron@sun.soe.clarkson.edu writes: >From article <1991Jan14.060452.878@cs.olemiss.edu>, by tony@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Tony Reynolds): >> In article <1991Jan13.180628.2676@waikato.ac.nz> atc@waikato.ac.nz writes: >>>Why not just take out the 68000 and put in a 68010, most software should run >>>and should run about 10% faster. >> No Go. I desoldered my 68K and put in the 68010. Turn it on, the screen >> clears, everything looks great! The drive light comes on... >> >> Then, bombs, the screen clears, and more bombs! It keeps bombing till you >> turn it off! But please, a 68010 != a faster 68000! There is a different expection/trap format for the both chips. Tos assumes it is a 68000 and thus will fail. Same problem occurs with a 68020 and a 68030. (probably 68040 as well -- haven't seen any spec's about him). Klamer -- Klamer Schutte Faculty of electrical engineering -- University of Twente, The Netherlands klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl {backbone}!mcsun!mi.eltn.utwente.nl!klamer