Re: Newbee Questions

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Jan 15, 8:14 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> David Empson wrote:
> > Michael J. Mahon <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >>David Empson wrote:
>
> >>>Michael J. Mahon <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>Eric Rucker wrote:
>
> >>>>>The IIc Plus is the fastest machine without modification. Yes, that
> >>>>>counts the IIGS.
>
> >>>>Just thought I'd point out that the IIc Plus can be modified just by
> >>>>changing a crystal oscillator ($2.00) to run at 8MHz, even faster than
> >>>>most *accelerated* IIgs's.  ;-)
>
> >>>I thought most accelerated IIgses were 8 MHz or faster. There was a 7
> >>>MHz version of the Zip GS, but I'm less familiar with the TransWarp.
>
> >>No, I think that the stock versions were all less than 8MHz, and the
> >>non-stock versions are still, I'd bet, in the minority.
>
> > I bought a ZipGS shortly after they were released. Its original version
> > was 8 MHz.
>
> > I think they had problems getting 8 MHz CPUs (or maybe they weren't
> > operating reliably at 8 MHz), so they reduced the standard speed to 7
> > MHz.
>
> I was never much into the IIgs, so I was just going on the occasional
> ad I saw or report I read.  The only ZipGS's I ever saw were 7MHz.  (But
> I was an early buyer of the 8MHz Zip Chip.  ;-)
>
> Still, the point remains that a $2 crystal oscillator replacement puts
> the IIc+ at or above the speed of all but expensive "chipped" IIgs
> accelerators.


Although I'm only a relative newcomer to the IIgs, from all the
reading I've done I was under the impression that the ZipGS came in
three flavours - 7MHz, 8MHz and 10Mhz (the 10Mhz variety was
introduced well after the initial introduction of the card I believe).
The Transwarp GS also ran at 7MHz.

Of course the speeds listed are the original speed ratings prior to
any after-market modification.

Please correct me if I'm wrong (I'm sure you will anyway).   :-)

cheers,
Mike