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- > Well, I have been always told that the Blitter (which is part of Combel
- > so can't be removed) is not able to run at more than 20 MHz, so there's
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- That is correct.
-
- > no way to speed up the bus at more than 20 MHz.
-
- That is incorrect.
-
- > I have been told that it can handle up to 25MHz, that is absolutly the maximum
- > and I guess that all can't handle that, so 20MHz is the most used and it will
- > work with all falcons.
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- Nope - many Falcons can cope with a bus rate of up to 27Mhz. It's the CPU & it's
- circuitry that trips up around the 40Mhz range.
-
- Because you can't clock the CPU at anything other than an integral multiple of the
- bus rate (without complications) then doubling 27Mhz gives you 54Mhz - which is
- out of the question.
-
- 24Mhz is the range we have picked, because the bus is stable at this rate and some
- CPU's (with our new card) will handle a 48MHz clock. Our prototype is working at
- 25/25 at the moment - and is nice and stable.
-
- > According to some infos there's probably a way, but I can't imagine it.
-
- > Replacing the blitter/combel with your own. ;-)
-
- Nope - there are two ways.
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- 1) disable the blitter
- 2) half-clock the blitter 16->8 / 20->10 / 24->12 / 26->13 etc..
-
- Either way, the problem is solved. It is preferable to disable it in software using
- a simple auto patch.
-
- Doug.
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