68060 sources

[viking272]

Thanks Stephen, good to know. 👍

[peters]

I was just trying to find a pdf I downloaded last year describing an airliner avionics system that used a 68060.

[chue]

So I had a go with the heat gun, 450c setting, moving it over the underside on the soldered pins.
My test solder went soft and stuck to the pcb.
I pulled at the chip gently from the main side, nothing.
Went back for another minute. Everything on the board seemed super hot but no movement from the 68060.
Should I keep going or is there another method?

I don't know how well it works on through hole components, but maybe try some low temp solder? Brand name is Chip Quik, but there is no-name stuff as well.

[peters]

I found the article on the 68k used in avionics but it's the 68040

http://www.b737.org.uk/fmc.htm

[Aeberbach]

Possibly a good buy:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/374949257972?e ... R-Lil5XAYw

[alexh]

I'm fairly sure they are not full 060s

[viking272]

Possibly a good buy:

If you look on p.11 of this chat I bought an almost identical one

[cloverskull]

Hey @terriblefire I was just reading through this thread and wanted to ask if you were still looking at doing a 68060 in FPGA? How's that going? With the current prices of legit 68060s and the dodgy scam markets for these things, an FPGA would be perfect.

[terriblefire]

Hey @terriblefire I was just reading through this thread and wanted to ask if you were still looking at doing a 68060 in FPGA? How's that going? With the current prices of legit 68060s and the dodgy scam markets for these things, an FPGA would be perfect.

I've said this before. I dont think FPGAs are the way forward nowadays. Something like PiStorm or Buffee is the more efficient route to a 060 replacement.

But TBH I've too many projects happening to look at CPU replacements at the moment.

[stephen_usher]

Is Buffee actually getting anywhere? The last update I saw was last May.