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Post #13 by zuiko21
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateTue, 10 Apr 2012 - 18:31
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/iisi-nubus-adapter-in-an-se-30.25088/
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According to the datasheet, the FPU in 68-pin PLCC has not one, but eight VCC leads :'( And twelve Ground leads.

However, I think a less intrusive way to disable the FPU would be applying VCC to the /CS input (Chip Select, pin 29 -- third from the right of the top row if the index dot is at the bottom). Doing that thru a low value (say, 330* ohm?) resistor probably won't harm much the associated logic, at least for a brief testing. Desoldering a single J-shaped lead of a PLCC chip doesn't seem a trivial task to me...

*) I'd put first a reasonably high value (≈ 1 Kohm) and then go down gradually until the FPU stays safely disabled. Haven't actually tried this, though.

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