Re: Slotless Transwarp?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

delfs@NOSPAMappple2.com wrote:

>I believe I read somewhere recently that you could run the TWGS without
>placing it in a slot.  Is this true?  I started thinking about this and
>got to thinking about moving the TWGS and freeing up a slot.  The note
>also mentioned that one should attach power leads to the TWGS on the
>edge connector so it doesn't draw too much power form the CPU socket.
>
>Has anyone done this?  Any thoughts on this?

TWGS and Zip GS get the DMA signal through the slots.  That's
why they are DMA compatible while the ZipChip for the IIe is not.
The TWGS will not work outside of a slot.  It will work in slot 3
which is not useful for most cards so you should not lose much.