Subject: Re: 68882 FPU?
To: None <eclipse@trellis.net>
From: Erik Winkler <ewinkler@erols.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/24/2000 08:27:21
I used a 68882 FPU I desoldered from a dead IIcx motherboard.  It works
great in my 25 Mhz LCIII running NetBSD.  If you can find a dead IIcx or
SE/30, a FPU pulled from these machines should work fine.  A lot of these
old machines end up in the junk pile when broken anyway.

Erik

Levi Sluder wrote:

> Hey, I have NetBSD totally up and running on my FPU-less LC III. I even
> have ethernet working with an Asante MacCon LC III. Anyway, the FPE is
> too broken on my system, so I need to buy an FPU. I know the one I need
> is the 68882 but I can only find it at 33 mhz. And I think the the LC
> III runs at 25. Now having the hardware and OCing knowledge I have, I
> seem to think you can put a higher rated chip in a slower system. Is
> this the deal, or do I have to find a 25mhz one? Thanks for any help...
> (oh, and where is the cheapest place to get one?)
>
>         -- Levi Sluder