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From: hounsell@nmerh4.BNR.CA (Rob Hounsell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: '030 Lucas/Frances??
Keywords: Lucas Frances Motorola 68030 speed
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Date: 8 Apr 91 16:59:29 GMT
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In article <3118@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx>, al158305@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx
(Gustavo Cordova Avila) writes:
|> 
|> * Is there a way to install an '030 on the lucas board?

- yes, if you are willing to wire an adaptor. The '020 and '030 are not
  pin-compatible.

|> * Can an '882 be installed in an '881s socket? If my memory
|>   serves me (rarely does :) I think I read that an '882 is a
|>   pin for pin replacement for the '881, only that enhanced.
|>   ?? is it so ??

- yup. That's what I'm running on mine.


|> * Can the frances board be made to have more than 4 megs ram?
 
- Don't know. Certainly not without lots of hacking 8-(

|> * One last question: Why does lucas flake out when running at over
|>   20 mega-hurts? :)

- it depends upon lots of things: your processor's rated speed, your memory
access speed, quality of construction... 

Rob
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