Subject: Re: 68882 FPU?
To: eclipse@trellis.net, Mac 68k <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Jude Giampaolo <jude@smellycat.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/24/2000 05:58:43
At 2:41 AM -0500 3/24/00, 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?)

You should be able to use either a 68881 or a 68882 at 33MHz or faster.

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