///SHH Systeme (was: Transwarp GS Questions)

[John Townsend <utownje@lexis-nexis.com>]

Kris Jones wrote:

> Also, is there a program or other method of checking what the cache on the
> Transwarp board is? Anybody know if SHH still sells the 32k upgrades? Their
> website hasn't been updated since '97, which usually isn't a good thing.

I bought some TWGS upgrade stuff along with a bunch of BlueDisk and MicroDrive
cards from them in a group purchase that I coordinated last fall.  It worked out
really well for reducing the per-unit shipping charges and currency exchange
hassles from Germany to the States (Joachim even shipped the relatively small
TWGS cables and cache/ROM upgrades at no extra charge), and I've been
contemplating doing it again since I'd like to get another one of those
MicroDrive IDE controllers.  Last time around, prices looked like this:

   BlueDisk Card                                US $119.00
   MicroDrive/Turbo Card                        US $129.00
   MicroDrive Card                              US $ 69.00
   Alternate ROM for MicroDrives                US $ 18.00
   2.5" Mounting Kit for MicroDrive             US $ 25.00
   Transwarp GS Cache Board (bare)              US $ 20.00
   Transwarp GS Cache Board (populated)         US $ 32.00
   TWGS Firmware ROM v1.8                       US $ 12.00
   TWGS Cable (short or looped)                 US $ 15.00

Shipping and other incidental expenses came to about US $5 per card, plus
whatever it cost me to forward the stuff to the buyers.  If there's enough
interest out there (at least 10 cards), I'd be willing to do this again.  For
more information, see the out-of-date SHH web page (http://www.wbwip.com/shh/),
or send email to Joachim Lange (mailto:lange@tasha.muc.de) or me.

--
John E. Townsend
Sr. Software Engineer          "Machines should work;
LEXIS-NEXIS                     people should think."
Dayton, OH, USA                        -- IBM Pollyanna Principle
utownje@lexis-nexis.com