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Re: Apple 3.5 Superdrive Disk Controller



sfahey wrote:
  To: Michael J. Mahon
On 8/26/08 7:31 PM, in article 1OCdnWKEUYrlPSnVnZ2dnUVZ_oPinZ2d@comcast.com,
"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

Why do you consider the TWGS superior to the ZipGS?  I thought that
the Zip ran much cooler and every bit as fast.

Up until recently, the Zip held it's own but the TWGS is now more hackable
for overclocking due to it's over-engineering.

So the gate arrays have more timing margin?

Where does the "typical" ceiling stand now for both cards?

-michael

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