> Yesterday I managed to run the 030 processor while the AB was still
> present! So far, a switch needs two 74-chips. With such a switch
> you'll get a simple select-line. This line can be connected to a
> turbo-switch or maybe a free port somewhere on the falcon... Imagine
> software controlled 040/030-switch! 100% software compatibility!!!
> As soon as I'm finished, I'll post a guide on this list...
Wheee! How did you do that!
Tell us more! Coool.
> I talked to Jo-Even yesterday and we talked about the possibility to
> let the 040 controll the 030 by disable the 030 when the 040 uses the
> ST-bus, and enable it again when it don't. The 040 can compute using
> the fast-ram, and the 030 can use the st-ram. This can be _VERY_ hard,
> even impossible, to do, but it would be cool! If it's possible to make
> the 030-boot with some other code than the rom, then we could control
> the 030 100%. This would have been sooooooo cool!
Multiprocessing like the BeBox ion your Falcon! I can't see how it could
be done though.
But the info on how to switch to the 030 with the AB040 still fitted is
very much wanted indeed. Not that it's realy needed, but it would be cool
anyway.
//Magnus Kollberg
Received on fr. sep. 12 1997 - 15:53:00 CEST
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