If putting this better processor in what was the BEST 68k mac will work, then that mac becomes BETTER than the best 68k mac... bwahaha my Quadra's reign of terror over the 68k macintosh world will soon begin, as it rises over the masses to become the best! (when I can afford the processor)

The only way to run Mac OS on a 68060-based computer is to run a Mac emulator on an Amiga.

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found nothing for "68060"

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try again! there are a bunch of hits.

maceo's right that the simple answer is "no, it won't work", but that answer appears to be somewhat oversimplified.

it'd probably be more accurate to say that it really wouldn't be worth the effort required to build an adapter card/carrier to plug into the 040 socket for a 68060 even though a lot of the info dug up on it suggests that it should work.

jt ™.
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I say Out & out liars.................

A Milan 040 computer was built & I have heard of the 040 cpu being swapped for an 060 which was possible as the 2 cpu's were "pin compatible".

Perhaps there are different 040 cpu's.

I personally think it is worth "having a go".

but I'm not going to blow my Quadra up just to find out.

As for the os that is not so good news as it would probably not use the potential of the 060 which is "definitley not" just a speed upgrade, the 060 although fairly compatible(alledgedly)( I suggest query's should be put to Motorola) with the 040 it has very advanced features. It would be worthwhile chasing this up as even as much as 1 1/2 years ago Motorola were intending to "build" the Milan 060 computer, so if Apple let them they may be interested enough to make an Apple compatible(I would indeed advise a Quadra 860av)

Motorola are a successfull company(sometimes hard to see why) & the 68k cpu's have been used in, aircraft & washing machines,not just Amiga's Apple's & Atari's.

Motorola have a vested interest in making a 68060 computer & I think there main interest will be getting the machine to sell, In which case given the success of MagicMac a 68k Quadra 860av would be awesome.
More so than Apple I get the feeling that there is a great love of 68k & 68k is not "dead " technology.

I am gearing up to buy old 040 macs to run "tests" on them innit!

shaktiman

I have found the product page for the '060
note "Completely User-Code Compatible with the MC68040 "
This should mean that it'll work, if it's electrically compatible, it just won't work with the new features, but at a whopping 75MHz, who needs new features... I'll try to find out if it's electrically compatible

Now, I don't know whether the Mac OS requires a dual supervisor stacks, but this excerpt does show that not everything will work with a 68060 off the bat. Besides, the 68060 is only User-mode compatible with the 040, not fully. Perhaps somebody with more knowledge can tell me if I'm on the right track from my limited experience with CPUs.

Oh, and if you want to try, Interconnect Systems makes an adaptor to stick an 060 on a 040 mainboard, apparently.

Aparently Motorola has been holding out on us!
this story says that I can get an 040 at 1.9GHz.
Which is perfect, completely compatible instructionsets, and architechture, AND massive speed increments.

NOW... All I need is a freezer big enough for the Quadra's motherboard and a way to overclock the bus speed AAAALLLLLLOOOOOOOT

hehehe, 2 GHz iMac runing 8.1

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http://www.lowendmac.com/practical/02/0401.html

Aparently Motorola has been holding out on us!
this story says that I can get an 040 at 1.9GHz.
Which is perfect, completely compatible instructionsets, and architechture, AND massive speed increments.

NOW... All I need is a freezer big enough for the Quadra's motherboard and a way to overclock the bus speed AAAALLLLLLOOOOOOOT

hehehe, 2 GHz iMac runing 8.1

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http://www.lowendmac.com/practical/02/0401.html

Aparently Motorola has been holding out on us!
this story says that I can get an 040 at 1.9GHz.
Which is perfect, completely compatible instructionsets, and architechture, AND massive speed increments.

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Besides, the 68060 is only User-mode compatible with the 040, not fully. Perhaps somebody with more knowledge can tell me if I'm on the right track from my limited experience with CPUs.

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Unless the ppl I know are out & out,

I say Out & out liars.................

A Milan 040 computer was built & I have heard of the 040 cpu being swapped for an 060 which was possible as the 2 cpu's were "pin compatible".

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Um, you do know that that was a joke, right?

~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City v3.0

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68k Macintosh Liberation Army
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It was a pretty good joke then

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Actually, I believe they are physically pin compatible. I'm pretty sure that an 060 would fit into an 040 slot, but there are all these other issues, of course

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If there are different ones than those on motorolas site - our socketed 040's in all the macs I've seen (except the powerbook, which is soldered :D) have 179 pins underneath - the motorola documentation had the 68060 packages at 240 or 304 pins... but they are electrically compatible.

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If there are different ones than those on motorolas site - our socketed 040's in all the macs I've seen (except the powerbook, which is soldered :D) have 179 pins underneath - the motorola documentation had the 68060 packages at 240 or 304 pins... but they are electrically compatible.

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Hmm, I see. Well, I was pretty sure that I saw some that were identical somewhere. We should probably not take these inklings of mine as fact, I guess, given this...

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It is probably just a few 040's that can do this, & as Apple gave up on 68k I think we would need an adapter.

shaktiman

it would, however be fun to have a new OS based lightly on that part of the Mac OS that the computer needs to start up, then, from there, whatever the programmers desire will be there...

I've always wanted an operating system called "portals"...
- full Quadra860av comptibility
- full compatibility with special things like AV and TV/FM tuners
- Multiuser support
- multiple users logged on at one time

What other features does the perfect OS for the 060 have??

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hmm, there seems to be 2 things for me to consider, how much can you overclock (can you overclock) an 840av from the 40MHz . . .

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jt ™.
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162 or 220 MHz... ahh now HOW NICE would THAT be ;) HEHEHEHE

seriously though... that's not for a mac... i would want to try to use it in a mac.. instead... let's all hail the ServerBOX...

ServerBOX is the concept I have of a really little machine, with only 3 plugs on the back, 2 ethernet, and one power... ServerBOX has a Webministration tool. You just plug it into your network (or your 2 computer network into it as it is here) and your off, log onto the webmin site and enjoy all the nice webministration tools.

the 162 model of ServerBox has 64m or RAM, a 30GB HDD, and 10/100 ethernet
the 200 model has 128 RAM, 40GB HDD, gigabit ethernet and even has 802.11 built into it's wonderful unit.

There are some slots and user servicable parts on ServerBOX, for example, a user can add more built in ethernet ports simply by opening the easy open case and sliding a little panel of them into the first open "slot." This is mostly for those home user networks and the really little networks that can get by with 6, 10 or 14 ports on their server... Also, there's a port for an external 802.11 antenna, Called the "AntAnna" it comes in various shapes andsizes, including aimed AntAnnas, designed for 2 way communication to another serverbox or whatever is in the path of the AntAnna (hopefully another aimed antenna)

Of course, workstation computers will be powered by the same processors, managed Desktops will be powrd by slower ColdFires as will be notebooks and other various machines...

it's the Genecomp Product line... featuring the ServerBOX "Serve anything to anyone"

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