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Have you read the Alt Lens FAQ 'sticky' at the top of the forum list of threads?
The first thing you have to do is determine exactly what mount is on the lens you have. Your Amazon link shows a Minolta adapter, which would not be useful at all if your lens is a Pentax K-mount, which I think it is. You can use mount images in the Oleson link (below) to get a positive ID on your lens mount. I bet two cookies that it's Pentax K.
In order to use a Pentax K-mount lens on an EOS full frame or 1.3x CF camera, you have to remove the aperture control lever, which is the short bar that sticks up at the end of the mount, as well as an aperture lever shield or 'fin' that protects the aperture lever from hard knocks. It looks like your lens doesn't have an aperture shield, which is quite normal for 'third party' K-mount lenses. You also need a Pentax-K to EOS adapter. The aperture removal procedure is known as an aperture leverectomy.
For your 60D 1.6x CF camera, you might find an adapter that'll let you mount it without modifying the lens at all. Some Pentax-K to EOS adapters orient the lens at an angle to the Canon body, so that the aperture lever is in 'air space' in the mirror box. As a result, the aperture and focus index marks on the lens are out of alignment with the camera, when the lens is attached to the camera. Usually, these marks (i.e. the centre mark for the focus range) are at 12 o'clock when you look down over the top of the camera; with this type of adapter, the marks are rotated to the side. The lens still works fine, but it's often not so easy to see the aperture marks.
Here's links to more info. Many of these links are in previous posts, but I just updated it today, so this is the latest version.
General info on using alternatives
Bob Atkins http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/eosfaq/manual_focus_EOS.html
NK Guy http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-manual-lenses
Markerink mounts and registers http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mounts.htm
Oleson's lens mounts http://members.tripod.com/rick_oleson/index-99.html
Harold Merklinger's The INs and OUTs of Focus http://www.trenholm.org/hmmerk/#TIAOOF
Brand-specific info
Pentax to EOS alt lens questions, https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/718836/0&year=2008#6498441
Altering Pentax K Mount to Canon Eos 5D https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic2/574010
Pentax aperture leverectomy https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/937895/0#8881087
M42 telephoto http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00J01o&tag=
Pentax K and M42 http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00ExzY
5D Contax adapter http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00LgIJ
5D and Zeiss lenses https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic2/499803
Non-CPU lenses on 5D https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic2/469342
Tuning Contax-Zeiss adapters to Canon lenses https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/401854/3#lastmessage
Nikon to EOS http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00JBXb
Contax Canon compatibility database http://www.pebbleplace.com/Personal/Contax_db.html
Canon Leica-R Compatibility database http://www.pebbleplace.com/Personal/Leica_db.html
16-9.net 5D compatibility http://www.16-9.net/lens_tests/compatible.html
Zeiss/Oly 5D compatibility https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic2/306575
M42 5D compatibility http://www.panoramaplanet.de/comp/
Pentax K-mount lenses
Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-mount site: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/
Stan's Pentax Photography Site: http://stans-photography.info/
Yoshihiko Takinami's Pentax lens tests: http://www.takinami.com/yoshihiko/photo/
Adam and Ole Oest, Pentax K-Mount Lens Series Explained http://www.mosphotos.com/PentaxLensesExplained.html
Pentax M42 screw mount lenses
Asahi Optical Historical Club (AOHC): http://www.aohc.it/indexe.htm
Pentax M42 Lens pics: http://www.gate.net/%7Ehifisapi/lens1.htm
Praktica-Users.com: http://www.praktica-users.com/lens/mlenses.html
Roland Stauber M42 Lenses: http://freenet-homepage.de/stauber/mamiya-nc/m42_lenses.htm
m-fortytwo info: http://www.m-fortytwo.info/
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