Re: Where to get IIGS Accelerator

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danaeckel@yahoo.com wrote:

>Hi, I'm wondering where I get get an accelerator for my IIGS. The
>faster and better it is, the better.

Snoop around eBay.com and comp.sys.apple2.marketplace.
Sometimes they show up.  Accelerators are premium hardware,
so be prepared to go $100 and up for one (yes, they are MANY
times more rare than the IIGSes they run in).

The trick to getting the best value for your money is to buy a
7Mhz accelerator (considered slow) and upgrade it yourself
for about $25 (assuming your are a student or educator and
can get the discount from WDC).  The upgrade is easy.  It
involves the swapping of a CPU chip and an oscillator.  Once
you do this, the value of your accelerator also goes up a lot.

Either Zip GS or TWGS units would do, as long as they are
functional.  I'd stick with the 7Mhz or up models.  The older
6Mhz models had older chips that are less reliable and more
difficult to update.