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Re: New Apple GS Computer
- Subject: Re: New Apple GS Computer
- From: "Charles A. Plater" <cplater@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 09:51:21 -0500
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Ford Motor Company
- References: <ooM46.188388$4K4.30518524@typhoon.southeast.rr.com> <978594064.937436@chakotay.ncc74656.org> <prW46.192577$4K4.31290274@typhoon.southeast.rr.com>
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**** **** wrote:
>
> Scott Alfter wrote in message <978594064.937436@chakotay.ncc74656.org>...
>
> >>Slot 4
> >>Transwarp GS board. Motherload. I wanted to dance when I saw this. The
> >>transwarp has a 40 pin connector on it. Is this a IDE controller too? How
> do
> >>I check what mhz I'm running at?
> >
> >Nope...there should be a ribbon cable between the card and the processor
> >socket. If there's an empty 40-pin DIP socket, it's more than likely for
> >storage of the original processor (the ZipGS has such a socket on it).
>
> Nope, toward the bottom of the transwarp is a ribbon cable that connects to
> the cpu socket. On the top edge, there is a standard ide type ribbon cable
> connector. Everything else seems to be in place, so I dunno what it is. Just
> thought they might have stuck an ide controller on there.
>
> Thanks,
> John
That IDE looking cable is a DMA cable. I never saw any documentation on
it, but I'm guessing that you could use a ribbon cable to connect it to
a memory card for DMA.
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