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Re: Flakey ZipChip 8000
To: Steven Hirsch
Steven Hirsch wrote:
a2retro wrote:
Hi Steve, I have the same type of ZIP8000. I too would like to see the
guts. Maybe an some x-ray's would be a good idea?
Are you setup for that? Hmmm. My dentist is a real gearhead and I have
an appointment Thursday. Maybe I'll drag along the Zip and see if he
wouldn't mind shooting a picture of it. That's supposing that a dental
X-Ray is capable of this sort of imaging.
Grant Stockly has been known to x-ray Apple II mobo's
My system functions but I see no increase in speed. All my pins are
intact but some look like they could break by looking at them too hard.
I _think_ the Zip may default to nothing accelerated. It's been a while
since I've mucked with it, but yesterday it seemed like things didn't
get faster until I ran the little setup file on the utility diskette.
Mine came in a used IIc I bought, not sure if there enough space for a
ZIF with the IIc memory card on top. It's also got a DS no slot clock
stuffed under the hood as well.
Nice gift to find in a second-hand computer.
Actually both the seller and I knew it was in there when I bought it ...
got it along with one of the sequential systems IIc external hard drives
plus a lot of other stuff for $150
I only had to drive a hr south of the border 2 pick it up ... nice guy
who used it for years - and wanted to move onto a Mac.
Glenn
I was able to update my Jameco order and have some Aries low-profile
sockets on the way - along with a couple of 55nsec. SRAMs. Maybe I'll
frame the other ones. $40 down the drain...
Don't feel to bad .. I paid $20 each for my 2 srams locally before I
knew about places like digikey.
btw - does Future ship from Canada or do they have a US Wharehouse?
Glenn
Steve