Re: Spending extra $$ on a ZipGS

[jmk3@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (Jay Krell)]

>Hmmm ... I heard once that there were 14MHz models available directly from
>ZIP where they bypassed the slow portions of the ASIC with some 74F*
>circuitry. True? False?
 
I don't know about the past, but when I recently dealt with Zip for service,
they said that they were no longer selling anything faster than 10 MHz. The
multi-layer board redesign failed to improve the ROM 1 situation. They also
greatly downplayed everything about self-upgrades, that they are easy and esp.
that they are cheap. They still charge a ridiculous price for 10 MHz. I asked
aren't the chips $99. They said there is also SRAM, other things, and you end
up saving like $20 do-it-yourself over their price, if you don't mess it up.

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  --Jay, jay.krell@cornell.edu