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Darren.Johnson wrote:
>Hi, I figure I may as well finally get an accelerator for my IIgs. I already
>have everything else on it and I decided to keep it for the long haul.
>Even if a web browser never does come out, at least I'll always have the
>best program ever made, Proterm 3.1, and the accelerator will lessen the
>amount of time it atkes to look at JPGs.

Darren, you may be surprised to know that a web browser for the GS
is now being sold!  Check out the Spectrum Internet Suite (SIS) from
Seven Hills' (web site is http://www.sevenhills.com/).


>I guess now's the time to get the accelerator
[snip]
>Have an accelerator, let me know. I can trade for it or offer money.
>
>Thanks.
>d a r r e n
>Response Manufactured by D.Johnson, Inc.
>Rocket Literary Quarterly, POB 672, Water Mill, NY 11976

Darren, the Zip GS accelerator is still in demand and still being
manufactured.  You may have a hard time finding it used.  Take a
look at the Alltech Electronics web site where you will find it
listed.  They sell the 7MHz model, but it can easily be upgraded to
13-15MHz.

(However, if your intention is to speed up JPG decoding, you may
want to look for a math coprocessor card.  Some guy in Germany is
building these, requesting that 10 orders be placed at one time by
a group of people.  It uses the 68881 or 68882 FPU chip.  For anything
else, a Zip GS will speed up the GS such that a 13.75MHz model will
run word processors and page layout programs faster than a 25MHz '486,
but it won't do as much as a math coprocessor for _math intensive_
applications like graphics and spreadsheets.)

-Scott G.