Re: Western design chip

[stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)]

In article <77476@apple.apple.COM> unknown@Apple.COM (Matt Ackeret) writes:
>In article <1jv04uINNn1t@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cb408@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Reames) writes:
>>I read in the Feb. issue of A+/InCider that Western Design has a chip for the
>>GS, the W65C81PL-E, that will double the speed of the GS.  Is this on the
>>level?  Anyone have one that can confirm it really works?  How about the
>>cost?  Thanks!!

	This chip is nothing more than the 14mhz 65c816 that some of
us have been using since July.  The E stands for experimental.  

>More details please...  How would this theoretically double the speed of 
>the GS?  cut cycle counts of instructions in half? has an online cache??
>
>Anyway, is this counting if you already have a Zip, and/or will this
>hypothetical chip come in 15-20 MHz versions?

	Gee, I sure hope you are asking rhetorical questions...

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