Re: Which would you keep: ZipGSX or TWGS?

[sporadic <sporadically@gmail.com>]

On Jan 19, 3:33 pm, Warren Ernst <wer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 19, 1:34 am, sporadic <sporadica...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Jan 18, 5:10 pm, Polymorph <mike.a.steph...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Jan 19, 11:42 am, sporadic <sporadica...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > Thanks Drew, I'll check it out this week and post the results.  TWGS
> > > > is has more hardware (10Mhz/32K) than the ZipGS (8MHz/16K) and I'm
> > > > going to see if someone at work can solder a socket on the Zip so I
> > > > can swap the oscillator, put in a new 65816 and take it to 64K cache
> > > > as well.
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> > > My adventures at upgrading my Zip GSX a couple of years ago might be
> > > of some interest to you too:http://apple2.sytes.net/ZIP_GSX_Mod/index.html
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> > > Cheers,
> > > Mike
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> > Hi Mike,
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> > Excellent write up, thank you!  Since I have no soldering skills
> > whatsoever, I took the coward's way out and order a couple of these
> > from Digikey:http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?lang=en&site=US&;...
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> > Now I just gotta order the SRAMs from ReactiveMicro! Woot!
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> > Jimmy
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> I found it was a lot cheaper to get ZIF (zero insertion force) sockets
> for the thinner-ram-in-the-fatter-sockets problem. The ZIF sockets go
> into the .6 inch sockets yet can accommodate both .6 inch and .3 inch
> chips. It makes the card a little thicker, but I haven't found this to
> be a problem.
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> -Warr

Aw, now you tell me!  :)  Already order two of the DIP sockets from
Digikey last night.  Oh well, I'll keep the ZIF in mind for the next
ZipGS I find :)   Speaking of ZIF, I use them on the GS since I'm
terrified of breaking the pins on the CPU cable, and they work really
well on the ZipGS/TWgs.

Jimmy