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Subject: Re: Upgrade Mephisto Exclusive to Genius 2.0 68030 Modules

Author: Tim Mirabile

Date: 06:42:50 07/26/98

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Have you cracked the case on the board yet?  What is in there?  I think there
are only a few chips on the PC board which the modules plug into.  You may be
able to look those up in a reference book, find out which ones are the octal
latches, find faster versions of the same chips, and replace them.

On July 25, 1998 at 18:35:39, Mark Gaddis wrote:

>I am attempting to upgrade my board
>to be able to run the Genius 2.0 modules.  The Amsterdam module is a 68000/12MHz
>machine.  The Genius 2.0 is a 68030/33MHz machine.  Can anyone give me the
>specifics of doing this upgrade.  As you probably know, the Mephisto company is
>defunct.  I have talked with Bob Marzano who used to do this upgrade for Steve
>at ICD and he said that faster octal latches need to be installed on the
>interface board.  He couldn't remember the specific part numbers.  Does anyone
>know what chips need to be installed?  Also, I don't know what the power supply
>requirements are, ie voltage, current etc.



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