Re: TransWarp ][: any info?

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Tom Zuchowski wrote:

> As I recall, the TWII only has an 8K high-speed cache. I'm guessing that
> your program plus document is large enough to force the TW to fairly
> constantly use motherboard 1 Mhz RAM. That results in a dramatic speed hit.
>
> I generally found that, on the whole, the 8 Mhz TransWarp II with its 8K
> cache was effectively no faster than the 3.6 Mhz TransWarp I that had 128K
> of 3.6 Mhz RAM.

My Transwarp has 256K of 3.6 mhz RAM, some of which has the Apple ROM loaded
into it, and some of which is used by the Transwarp, with 128K used as the main
and aux banks of a 128K II.

Roy

>
>
> Tom Zuchowski
>
> "Obsbedia2" <obsbedia2@aol.com> wrote in message
> 20010225122411.16996.00002534@ng-mj1.aol.com">news:20010225122411.16996.00002534@ng-mj1.aol.com...
> >   First, I love it!  Unlike a ZipChip, the TransWarp ][ works with ALL my
> DHR
> > programs (PublishIt!, Tutor-Tech, BeagleWrite, ...).  The TW][ also works
> as
> > seemlessly as the TW, and the control panel is a lot easier to use than
> dip
> > switches.  IBM and Macintosh can eat their hearts out.  A IIe operating at
> 8MHz
> > screams!  "Instantaneous" now has a new definition.
> >
> >   I have the card, but no docs.  Not a problem, I thought.  Using the
> TW][ and
> > PublishIt!4, I put together a newsletter to teachers.  The TW][ refreshed
> the
> > screen instantly, but now that I'm going back to do some touch-ups,
> PublishIt!
> > is now working at 1MHz or slower.
> >
> >   Other applications seem to still be working at 8MHz, so what gives?
> > Jay Edwards
> >