Re: New IIgs and TW upgrading

["Bill Garber" <willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net>]

"ToasterKing" <toasterking@SPLATbigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> In article <Zsocb.3314$FH3.1305@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>, Frank Townsend
> <ftownsen@nospam.net> wrote:
>
> > I'm very pleased with my new IIgs!
> >
> > I have it set up with the hard drive, a Sirius RAM card with 8MB and a
stock
> > ROM v1.5 TWGS.
> >
> > It runs with a lot of snap but I was thinking of increasing the cache
RAM on
> > the TWGS to 32k.
> >
> > Apparently , Joachim Lange sells a replacement daughter board with
> > everything mounted but not the required ROM 1.8.
> >
> > Is there a source for replacement ROMS v1.8 for a TranswarpGS or do you
have
> > to burn your own?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Frank
>
> Hi Frank,
>
> I ordered a 32K replacement piggyback daughterboard for TWGS from
> Joachim Lange of ///SHH Systeme a few months ago.  He was able to
> provide me the v1.8 ROM (already burned) himself.  I received the
> daughterboard with the ROM already installed.  To my knowledge, he has
> not posted any mention of the availability of the ROM on his web site.
> I seem to remember him announcing it in csa2 a few years ago, though.
> I placed my order on 3/23/2003, and the prices were:
> TWGS Cache 32K    Option C  ("almost plug-and-play") US $49
> Firmware EPROM v1.8s for TWGS Cache 32K  US $12
> Shipping for 2 items to US:  US $10
>
> It did take about a month to receive the shipment after I sent my
> payment.  Besides the delay of shipping from Germany, he was
> experiencing other delays due to personal reasons.  However, everything
> arrived as promised, and it's worked very well.
>
> (Since the TWGS is already a daughterboard/daughtercard, shouldn't the
> cache board be a  granddaughterboard?)

This confims it. All Apple II people ARE insane. ;-)

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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