Re: How to tell if a IIc has a zipchip

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast DOT net>]

"Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: >
: > Can't recall if the ZIP behaves like a RocketChip,
: > but the easiest way is to plug it in and power it up.
: > If it comes up, hesitates, then has a high pitched
: > beep, it's probably accellerated. Maybe the ZIP has
: > a ZIP logo flash up on the screen for a few seconds?
: >
:
: I had a IIc with a Zip in it.  It would hesitate like
: you said, but it didn't have a startup logo.  Another
: way to tell is to run Sabotage.  How fast do the
: parachuters drop? heeh...

Another good tell-tale for acceleration is Ms. Pacman.
I test accelerator cards with it. The ghosts really
tend to fly at 8 MHz.  :o)

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