Re: Just bursting to share

[Will Smith <wsmith@ordinateur.ctron.com>]

On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Rubywand wrote:

> >      8.25 MB of RAM  (CVTech w/4 MB and a Sequential RAM=GS 4 MB)
> >      ZipGSX v1.02 running at 8 Mhz with 16 kb cache

i'm gonna get JEALOUS, Jeff!  :)

> >      Slot 7: Your Card
> >            : RamFAST rev D SCSI card (I don't know how much cache)
> >              with a Quantum ProDrive 1225S 1 GB hard drive and a TMS
> >              Pro T155 155 MB tape backup attached

i HAVE a RAMFast card, but i haven't had a SCSI HD since i lost my
SyQuest/40....  passively looking around for a SCSI HD, though...  :)  was
it difficult to get the HFS partition done?

>      That was quite an upgrade!

yes, it is...  :)  i'm glad that the stuff is still out there...  maybe
SOMEDAY...  (i've got a Sirius memory card and a Focus 20MB drive right
now....  thinking about getting rid of my PC Transporter....  hmmmm...)

>      It will be hard to match the impact of going from no accel to 8MHz.

i bet.  wouldn't it be nicer, still, to get a StrongARM processor?  ideas
were being thrown around, but i haven't seen anything actually HAPPEN
lately.  <shrug>

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