Re: It's ROM 1.02; more symptoms; can anyone comment?

["mmmann" <apple@ware4.com>]

> Maybe it's time to look at the cable.

Wow. That would never occur to me. That short cable between the board and 
the CPU socket? It's about an inch long and seems innocent enough. Where 
would I purchase a better cable or the parts to replicate the cable with 
better materials?

More information: The IIgs was crashing a lot with 12ns tag and 20ns RAM. 
I'm now running fairly stably with the 20ns 32x8s in tag and the 70ns 32x8s 
in data...albeit only at 8Mhz.

I'm not ready to give up yet. I'd like 10Mhz or more. If anyone else has 
recommendations, I'm all ears.

Mike

"Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:5JfAf.12366$F_3.1626@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
> mmmann wrote:
>
>> I appreciate the reply. This is a ZipGSX ROM 1.02. Are there later 
>> updates to the ROM than 1.02...and would they make a difference?
>
> 1.02 refers the the board revision - there isn't a ROM to replace on the 
> ZipGS. I think Ed got crossed with the TranswarpGS (which does benefit 
> from a ROM upgrade).
>
> Are you using a factory cable? Reality: there are some ZipGS boards that 
> simply can't be accelerated - but most can do 9-10MHz reliably.
>
> It's either your oscillator, your cable or your RAM. Maybe it's time to 
> look at the cable.