Re: LF: Upgrading the CPU

Subject: Re: LF: Upgrading the CPU
From: Jonas Minnberg <md94-jmi@nada.kth.se>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 03:10:16 +0100 (MET)
In-Reply-To: <199611190006.SAA18011@mailhub.cns.ksu.edu>

On Mon, 18 Nov 1996, Erik Buehler wrote:


> I have surfed the moterolla site and have discovered the god of chips:  The
> 68060.  It can run at 66 mHz, execute 3 instructions per clock cycle, and
> perform over 50 MIPS (I think as high as 100 MIPS).  This is incredible
> compared to the 68000's 10 MIPS.  What are the chances of chip swapping.
> Could this prove fatal?  How about using the 33mHz version of the 68000,
> would this be ok?  I also discovered that the chip is available in forms
> coming with as much as 256k ram and attached eprom.  Is there any way to
> make use of this?  The chips are capable of addressing up to at least 4 gig
> of ram, is it possible to upgrade the ram?  Any one know?  Well thanks.


The 68000 CPU in the TI92 is custommade and not compatible with Motorolas 
other CPU:s so it's impossible to upgrade the CPU like that...


//Sasq (Jonas Minnberg)

References:

LF: Upgrading the CPU

From: Erik Buehler <erikb@ksu.edu>