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Post #19 by trag
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateThu, 15 Jul 2010 - 16:47
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/wgs-9150-are-they-rare.19988/
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Adding an ICS9178 is also how one converts the Turbo601/66 into a Turbo601/100 (well more like 90 to 96).
So, You're the one behind the Turbo601/66 chipping project mentioned on Schreier's page? If so, is it enough to just pull respective clock ratio pins on ICS9178 low or high to get the desired effect?
Yes, I did the Turbo601/66 chipping project and the article on Schrier's page. I sold the thing some years ago and bought a refurbished Power Computing Power 120 with the proceeds (and some extra cash).

The Turbo601 is like a dancing bear. It's really cool that it dances at all, but it doesn't dance all that well. I decided that the Turbo040 is as far as I'll ever take my IIci.

That said, I think that the answer to your question is yes, but I did not do a circuit analysis when I performed the modification. That was before my EE degree, and I was a fair hand with a soldering pencil, but not all that knowledgeable.

I just compared the Turbo601/100 to the Turbo601/66 and made the changes in the 66 to make it just like the 100. So I documented which resistors needed changing, but I don't know what those resistors actually did. And it's way too late to find out now.

At the time, I didn't even know that the ICS9178 was a clock buffer, nor what purpose a clock buffer serves in a computer system.

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