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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: plugging a 680010 on the Amiga 1000
Message-ID: <528@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 31-Mar-87 13:19:15 EST
Article-I.D.: neoucom.528
Posted: Tue Mar 31 13:19:15 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 3-Apr-87 00:52:39 EST
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Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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Keywords: help and warnings needed
Summary: The 68010 isn't worthwhile in the Amiga.


I bought a 68010 last summer for $10 at a flea market at a ham
fest.  Putting it in the Amiga is a nearly trivial task-- the most
difficult is taking out the myriad screws holding the RFI shield
over the circuit board.  Once the cover is off, just swap the
parts.

The performance gain of putting in the 68010 is nearly as trivial
as installing the chip.  It speeds operations up by about 10% on
average.  I guess 10% for $10 would be a good deal, except--

A number of programs do not run correctly with the 68010, most
notably transformer.  Several games I tried worked OK, even though
they had been copy-proofed (Arctic Fox is the only one I remember
by name).  That games still worked is surprising since they operate
in the "take over the whole machine" mode.  The performance boost
was not detectible by users that had not been informed in advance
that the machine had been souped up.

I replaced the original 68K after two days, since I had a project
that absolutely required me to use transformer (ugh!).  I wish I
could have left the 010 in since it was a ceramic rather than
plasic package.

  --Bill

Bill Mayhew
Division of Basic Medical Sciences
Northeastern Ohio Universities' College of Medicine
Rootstown, OH  44272  USA    phone:  216-325-2511
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