Re: Western design chip

[meekins@cis.ohio-state.edu (timothy lee meekins)]

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!!
>
>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?

cut cycle counts? online cache? you're thinking too big Matt......

try this one instead...it doesn't get as hot and uses less power, so it
can use faster crystals....ahh, the easy answer's always prevail...
but, hey, it is fun to think big :)

and, yeah, it does require a TWGS/Zip, and it's about 12 MHz, not 15-20.

Tim "Now approaching 44 hours and I'm out of Mtn Dew :(" Meekins