Amiga 3000 68040 Prototype Cpu Board
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:7054864 | Brand: Amiga |
| Compatible Brand: For Commodore | Type: CPU/Processor |
A prototype 68040 CPU board for the Amiga 3000, gotten from Dave Haynie in 2002. I will include the certificate of authenticity provided by and signed by Dave Haynie. As shown on the certificate, this board is:
"Amiga '040 Prototype. The pictured motherboard is a genuine Amiga "Original '040 Board" engineering prototype, from the Engineering labs of Commodore Technologies, West Chester, PA. Designed by Scott Schaeffer, this design was not only the first MC680...40 design for any Amiga, but the first board to boot a functioning OS outside of Motorola. Unlike the A3640 board, this design supports a faster, more complex local bus interface, and supports 128k of Level-2 cache.
This design was actually functioning behind-the-scenes at the Amiga 3000 launch, April 22, 1990. Engineers had worked long hours to get the hardware and OS working, while the engineering management worked on Motorola to allow the board to be shown. On The day of the launch, Motorola not only agreed, but air-expressed a "golden" chip for the show. All was right, all was good, so naturally, some Commodore manager got cold feet and cancelled the showing. Laer, the project itself was cancelled, and while others shipped '040 boards, Commodore did not until the Amiga 4000, two and a half years later."
This board has not been used by me and is as-received from Dave, including the certificate.
"Amiga '040 Prototype. The pictured motherboard is a genuine Amiga "Original '040 Board" engineering prototype, from the Engineering labs of Commodore Technologies, West Chester, PA. Designed by Scott Schaeffer, this design was not only the first MC680...40 design for any Amiga, but the first board to boot a functioning OS outside of Motorola. Unlike the A3640 board, this design supports a faster, more complex local bus interface, and supports 128k of Level-2 cache.
This design was actually functioning behind-the-scenes at the Amiga 3000 launch, April 22, 1990. Engineers had worked long hours to get the hardware and OS working, while the engineering management worked on Motorola to allow the board to be shown. On The day of the launch, Motorola not only agreed, but air-expressed a "golden" chip for the show. All was right, all was good, so naturally, some Commodore manager got cold feet and cancelled the showing. Laer, the project itself was cancelled, and while others shipped '040 boards, Commodore did not until the Amiga 4000, two and a half years later."
This board has not been used by me and is as-received from Dave, including the certificate.
