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From: jim@coplex.UUCP (Jim Sewell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Speed-up question
Summary: 68000: a porche in a VW body.
Message-ID: <386@coplex.UUCP>
Date: 10 Mar 88 07:25:10 GMT
References: <8803090654.AA04873@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: jim@coplex.UUCP (Jim Sewell)
Organization: Copper Electronics Inc. Louisville, KY
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Here is a technical question to follow the purpose of this group.  I and a 
friend have decided that my 68000 is not working hard enough.  Our goal is to
make it run at a higher clock speed.  The method of attack is to pull the
clock signal pin out of the socket, route that thru a separate, faster crystal,
and let it run independently of the system speed.  We have only tried a 13 mhz
crystal which we thought would surely be too fast.  It didn't work, but we can
not decide if it is our method or just that it is too doggone fast.  
	Questions: Is it possible to speed up the cpu?
		   Will it affect overall system performance (in particular 
			video sync signals and all.)
		   Will our method work?
		   Do you have any suggestions for alternate methods?

Any help would be appreciated.  Experiments are so much fun!  Besides, our
Amiga club would be VERY interested in any positive results we would have.

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