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Re: How to upgrade transwarp GS?



Thanks for your experience!

"Wayne Stewart" <waynes@intergate.ca> wrote in message
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> Brendon Woirhaye wrote
> > I've found scattered references here and there, including the FAQ, about
> > upgrading the transwarp, but I want to clarify what the current wisdom
is on
> > the matter.
> >
> > How fast can I go with a new 65c816-14 without changing any other
components
> > (ie: static RAM, cache, GALs, whatnot)?  I'd like to do the minimal
upgrade
> > which I believe should be the processor and oscillator.
>
> I have a TransWarpGS with rev A GALs and a rev 1.5 ROM. It came as
> 7mhz with an 8k cache. It was pretty unstable when I recieved it, so I
> put in a spare 14mhz 65c816 I had which stasblized it. Since I had a
> lot of rectangular oscillators from my ZipGS upgrade experimenting, I
> made up an adaptor so I could use them in the TransWarp. With those
> two changes it's running at 14mhz.
>
> Wayne
>