| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THIS NOTES CONFERENCE, I HAVE SEEN REFERENCES
TO SUBSTITUTING A 68010 MICROPROCESSOR FOR THE ORIGINAL 68000 ON
THE AMIGA. I BELIEVE THIS IS A PLUG IN REPLACEMENT, BUT IS THERE
ANY NOTICIBLE INCREASE IN PERFORMANCE FROM THIS UPGRADE? CAN SOMEONE
SUGGEST A SUPPLIER FOR THE 68010? ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED!
REGARDS,
MURRAY STEEVES
FIELD(OOPS, NOW WE'RE CUSTOMER SERVICE)
MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2708.1 | Plug Compatible | WJG::GUINEAU | Fri Jun 30 1989 18:03 | 7 | |
Works fine. I had one in my 500 for a while. Benchmarks (of various kinds) will show an improvement of 10-12% or so. Not really directly noticable. I have one I could sell real cheap if you want it. Send mail. John (who's selling just about everything these days:-) | |||||
| 2708.2 | Naw.. nix the '010 | TRCU09::PINTER | Once ya go VAX, ya never go backs | Fri Jun 30 1989 21:55 | 6 |
Yeah, I blew ~$75. a couple years ago to put a 68010 in my A1000. Sad to say, I haven't noticed any kind of tangible improvement. Indeed, waiting for some products like FALCON to support 680x0 has been a frustration side effect. Save your dough, and go oh-two-oh... | |||||
| 2708.3 | Is it worth it? | MSVAX::BARRETT | My PC does windows | Thu Jan 25 1990 13:49 | 4 |
Does a 1.3 system with a 68010 still have compatibility problems
with any software (including bootable games)? Are there a lot of
these? Are they patchable? Is the general opinion that the 68010
replacement isn't worth it?
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| 2708.4 | Don't blame the OS... | FROCKY::BALZER | Christian Balzer DTN:785-1029 | Mon Jan 29 1990 06:50 | 17 |
Re: .3
It's not the OS, but _braindead_ software from ignorant programmers
that has problem. Period.
Unfortunately there are quite number of such ignorant/plain stupid
folks out there and most of them produce games. There's one patch
program out there that can fix non-custom boot block programs, and
I believe there's even one which survives reboot, read: can be used
to make custom boot block games usable.
*My* opinion is that it's only then worth it if you, a) needed a
new CPU anyway, or b) have one in spare.
Regards,
<CB>
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