Re: //gs now operational!

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

magnusfalkirk <dean.phares@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:16:10 PM UTC-6, Chuck Morris wrote:
>> Supposedly the ROM1 is better as far as compatibility is concerned, but
>> I don't have any specific examples that come to mind.  I had the same
>> debate, and eventually settled it by acquiring both a ROM1 and a ROM3. 
>> I've got an original CFFA in the ROM1, a CFFA3000 in the ROM3.  Both
>> also have a TransWarp GS, 4 MB ram cards and Drew II stereo cards in
>> them.  I bought a second CFFA3000 that I had intended to put in the
>> ROM3, but after plugging it into my IIe to play with it first, I've
>> decided it stays where it is.  I'll probably buy a 3rd CFFA3000 for the
>> ROM3 at some point assuming that another run is produced.  The more I
>> fiddle with that card (especially since installing the latest firmware
>> update), the more I wonder how I ever got along without it.
> 
> I guess I'll just hang onto the ROM 03 board and if/when the ROM 01 dies
> then I'll replace it. I've got an enhanced IIe and a pair of IIc's, one a
> IIc+. I use the GS more than any of the other three, though the IIc+ is
> nice running at 4MHz.

And you're probably only a 32MHz oscillator away from having an 8MHz IIc+
(or as I like to call mine, a IIc++). ;-)

I'm pretty spoiled by the 8MHz ZipChip in my //e, so the accelerated IIc+
seems just right. 

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