Re: Accelerators

[o9938156@unicorn.it.wsu.edu (mark lyon)]

Luigi (luigi@ace.com) wrote:


: I've been seeing quite a bit of talk recently about accelerators for the
: GS and was half considering getting one myself... Can anyone tell me
: where I can get them and about how much they cost?

Here's the address of the manufacturer (formerly Zip technologies)

MCTA
5601 West Slauson Avenue
Suite # 190
Culver City, CA. 90230
310 568-2002

You could try Quality, etc. too.

: I seriously doubt I'll be getting the 14mhz ones, though I'd like to
: know the price anyways. If I get one at all, it'll probably be about a 7
: or 8 mhz ZipChip...

I very much doubt they sell a 14MHz version.  You generally have to
do the mods yourself (getting a 14MHz 65c816, modifying to use skinny
SRAMS, actually finding SRAMS that work, changing crystal...) or
you may find someone to do it for you.  Also, I don't believe they
have a ZipChip for the GS.  (I may be wrong)  The ZipChip is a 4 or
8 MHz chip that directly replaces the 65c02 for the //c or //e and
has the cache memory/controller directly on the chip.
The ZipGSX is a board that plugs into slot 1-4, and has a ribbon
cable running to the processor socket.
As for price, I would guess a 7MHz/16K cache to go for around $150.
I paid about $200 for an 8/16 a couple of years ago.  You could
probably expect to pay another $100-$150 for the mods to go 14MHz.

I would say get one!  The difference is amazing!  You certainly
wouldn't want to go back to 2.6MHz after using one!
Mark.