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- On 3 Apr 1996, Douglas Little wrote:
-
- > Hey Magnus!
- >
- > Guess what? I got an Afterburner! :)
-
- Congratulations Doug!!!! :-)))
-
- > And the fitting instructions are all in German... :(
-
- Hmmm, haven't you tried fitting one before?
-
- > Since my German doesn't stretch much beyond phrases like 'mein Deutch ist nicht sehr
- > gut', and 'es tut mir leut aber ich kann sie nicht verstehen' and other such useful technical
- > language - the chances of my getting this thing working through sheer guesswork are slim.
- >
- > Maybe I'll speak to Daniel - but I think he got his fitted for him....
- >
- > Aaarrrgghh!!
- >
- > Anyway - some good points:-
- >
- > a) There is no oscillator on the AB - it steals the clock from the motherboard.
- > b) The 68040 is socketed.
- > This means I can boost my system clock to 50Mhz CPU / 25Mhz BUS and assuming the necessary
- > precautions are taken (DMA, Blitter and all that stuff) then I will have a 50Mhz 68040. Even
- > if the processor doesn't go this far (I think the current chip is a 68040RC-25) then I can
- > take it out and replace it with a RC33/RC40 from a dead Mac or something.
-
- You mean upgrades like FX, SpeedRes., BSS accelerator etc. can be used
- together with the AB040 ??
-
- > Maybe I'll need better Simms for that kind of speed (50Mhz ram?) but we will have to see..
-
- Well I think 70ns RAM is enough for 50 Mhz drive.
-
- > Speeeeeedy! :)
-
- Yesssss indeed :-))
-
- > Doug.
-
- Keep Cool and Speedy... :-)
-
- ChainXOR...
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