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Higgy · 25 March 2019, 18:45

I am sure (hope) the team sourced some 060 before this work started. As here is what I have been offered (non-eBay sources):

XC68060RC60A 01G65V - $600 each!!!
MC68060RC60 (no photo or mask ID) - $268.66 each!!
MC68060RC60 (mask ID shows 040, but pins show 060?) - 550 euros each!!!

Are there really enough stockpiled at sensible prices for a real hardware accelerator? You can see why FPGA is so so tempting in these times.

@MartinW - it seems very much WIP. I think they just soldered up their 1st PCB with all components. Now they need to look at 'glue logic' linking all the bits together. The list is just a 'showing interest' list. Specs seem to be a 68060 with RTG/HDMI & 16-bit audio with a nice dollop of RAM.

I am not sure how they are setting the Clock of the board as depending on CPU rev depends on what speed you can run and I think there is just a SMD oscillator not socketed.
CPU was soldered, but it looks like it is socketed now (or maybe that is just because they are developing the PCB).

Price wise - I guess the main variable is the CPU. You would call custom retro hardware such as MiST FPGA (200 euros retail) and a Vampire V2 (380 euros) low run devices so the Warp 1260 PCB could be between those price points (minus CPU). Spectrum Next was £175 (less than 3000 sold) with a keyboard and expensive plastic mouldings. PCB was ~£100.

25 March 2019, 18:45	#13
Higgy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 547	I am sure (hope) the team sourced some 060 before this work started. As here is what I have been offered (non-eBay sources): XC68060RC60A 01G65V - $600 each!!! MC68060RC60 (no photo or mask ID) - $268.66 each!! MC68060RC60 (mask ID shows 040, but pins show 060?) - 550 euros each!!! Are there really enough stockpiled at sensible prices for a real hardware accelerator? You can see why FPGA is so so tempting in these times. @MartinW - it seems very much WIP. I think they just soldered up their 1st PCB with all components. Now they need to look at 'glue logic' linking all the bits together. The list is just a 'showing interest' list. Specs seem to be a 68060 with RTG/HDMI & 16-bit audio with a nice dollop of RAM. I am not sure how they are setting the Clock of the board as depending on CPU rev depends on what speed you can run and I think there is just a SMD oscillator not socketed. CPU was soldered, but it looks like it is socketed now (or maybe that is just because they are developing the PCB). Price wise - I guess the main variable is the CPU. You would call custom retro hardware such as MiST FPGA (200 euros retail) and a Vampire V2 (380 euros) low run devices so the Warp 1260 PCB could be between those price points (minus CPU). Spectrum Next was £175 (less than 3000 sold) with a keyboard and expensive plastic mouldings. PCB was ~£100.