Ray McKinney said:

>>This sounds like FPE problems.  Do you have the 68040 or 68LC040?  I
>>suspect that you have the LC040 and a buggy one, at that.
>
>>Perhaps someone else can clarify this for sure...
>
>As far as I know, All Quadra 610 Dos machines shipped with 68LC040's. (to 
>keep cost down)
>
Bingo - I can see the chip from here... XC68LC040RC25B - so what's this 
about doing a brain transplant to a real '040?? I'm in Australia so any 
localised advice would be much appreciated.

>I know mine did, but I replaced it with a full '040 -- easy to do since 
>the CPU sits in a socket.
>
Yes, it's in a socket. So maybe a brain transplant wouldn't be too hard 
even for a beginner like me.
>Ray
>ray-m@tamu.edu
>ray.mckinney@telops.gte.com
>
>
Regards,

Ed Cox.