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From: jimd@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US (Jim Drosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: new cpu for a mac plus?
Message-ID: <1991May21.142134.11641@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US>
Date: 21 May 91 14:21:34 GMT
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In article <13762.2837d84f@ecs.umass.edu> hagan@ecs.umass.edu writes:

>Ok, here is one for the hardware hackers:

>I have a mac plus, and would like to buy a 16mhz 68010 (or, if this doesnt
>do, a 16mhz 68000) and get rid of the DIV 2 on my clock, boosting my
>machine to 16mhz. 

>besides the cpu and the clock, what else would i have to change? 
>can the rest of the motherboard logic take 16mhz? will the
>serial ports, and scsi timing be shot to hell, or will the
>chips frazz out?

I have an upgraded 128 with a 68010 chip that the previous owner installed.
The serial port doesn't work because of timing problems.  I'm going to
put a 68000 back in if I can fix some other problems first.
(See my ugly sounds post about those other problems!)

>                                
>craig hagan

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