Re: Super GS

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

Rubywand wrote:
>      One nice thing about a plug-in processor module on a simple motherboard is
> that you can start at the low end with something simple, like the current
> 65C816. It's the kind of project any number of Apple II clubs and individuals
> might get into. Running at 20MHz with no bus slowdowns and accessing 16MB
> superbanks, it would be a nice improvement over the current GS!
> 
> Rubywand

Well, the real fantasy would be a new motherboard design that, like the
//GS, put the "slow" part logically and electrically to one side, and
kept it's fast side separate. Getting rid of the ][ slots and using the
real estate for on board SCSI and/or IDE and perhaps 3-4 PCI slots on
the fast side would be the ticket. Ditto for removing the memory slot
and using the space for 72 pin simm sockets. Well, if wishes were
fishes, no man would starve.

Roy