Re: Transwarp GS 7Mhz/8K upgrade

[sporadic <sporadically@gmail.com>]

On Nov 25, 2:19 am, Drew <goggled...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25 Nov, 04:41, sporadic <sporadica...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I just picked up the ROM1 Pitz was selling on c.s.a.m (yay!) which is
> > actually the 3rd ROM 1 that I've picked up in the past few months.
> > Including my original ROM1, I now have 4!  :)
>
> > The TWGS looks stock, 28MHz crystal, original 8K cache, and I've been
> > to the Reactive Micro site to scope out upgrades.  The first one I'd
> > like to get the the 32K cache, I'm not all that eager to mess with the
> > CPU (I'm terrified of cracking the PLCC socket!) or the crystal yet,
> > so the cache is a good start.
>
> > The crystal is socketed though, so what's the best way to safely pull
> > the old 65816 out of the PLCC socket?
>
> I have upgraded a couple ZIP GSX and a Transwarp and used a v.small
> flathead screwdriver and a paper clip to help. I did buy a PLCC
> extractor but it didn't seem to fit. If your careful/gentle you should
> be fine.
>
> > Gonna pick up a MicroDrive too since my old 80MB Seagate died of
> > "striction" years ago, and the 120MB Quantum isn't responding either.
>
> Worth waiting for the new CFFA card from Richardhttp://dreher.net/?s=projects/CFforAppleII&c=projects/CFforAppleII/ma...
>
> > Man, I've been out of the GS world since the early 90's, and now I
> > really regretted parting out the GS so I can get enough to build the
> > AMD 486DX-40!  Glad to see there's still an active community and new
> > hardware being developed!
>
> Welcome :). I did exactly the same thing and sold my lovely full
> spec'd GS for a 486DX33 at the time...have been re-collecting since
> the late 90's to get back what i had..lol
>
> Drew

Thanks Michael and Drew. I bought a PLCC extractor off eBay, hopefully
it'll fit, otherwise I'll try the screw driver/paper clip trick.

Yeah, I saw the new CFFA Richard is working on, DOS 3.3 support is the
coolest part!  I'm definitely getting one of those when it's out, but
I can't wait and the MicroDrive fits the bill right now (ordered it
last night along with the TWgs 32K cache).  Even though I still have
the Apple Highspeed SCSI, I'm not looking forward to putting together
the big "loaf of bread" SCSI enclosure and finding the old school SCSI
drives.  The CF solution is just so much more elegant!  Also looking
forward the new GS sound card too, I have the MDIdeas SuperSonic (but
sold off the digitizer part), so having another sound card would be
great!

Happy Turkey Day!

Jimmy