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Re: Transwarp IIe speed upgrade



bobryan9@my-deja.com wrote:

> From the GROUND software archive:
>
> ******************************
> PROCESSOR         The Accellerator IIe is based on a CMOS 6502
> microprocessor
> running at 3-1/2 MHZ. This replaces the Apple's 1 MHz 6502
> processor for all computation. The Accellerator's clock is derived
> from the 7M signal on the expansion bus. The frequency is divided
> by 2 for normal operation of the Accelerator. Synchronization of
> off-board cycles is accomplished by cycle stretching.
> ******************************
>
> I'd bet that this is the same way that the Transwarp works too, because
> it operates at the same speed.

According to the docs with my Transwarp, it runs at 4 mhz (but it's only
supposed to be 3.5 times faster, where did those extra 500,000 cycles go
to?) If that's true, where did it get that clock from?

Roy