Re: Re GS 65816

[buggie@ben14.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)]

Trevor Mahan is doing a public service to organize this!

I will order one; add me to the list!

My ZIP-GS is  7/64  (7 megs, 64K cache.).
I bought it new, and have not tinkered with it.  Does anyone know whether 
there are any complications or increased crashes from doing this mod?
Somehow, somewhere, I _think_ I read that there are trace modifications
needed to increase the speed.  II ALIVE (I think) ran an article on
souping up the ZIP-GS.

I have only one ZIP-GS, and they are no longer in production.  I want to
adopt a cautious approach on hacking this jewel...

Regards,   Steve Buggie			buggie@unm.edu




Trevor J. Mahan (tjmahanNOSPAM@earthlink.net) wrote:
: Hello everyone:

: I have received about 12 requests for these cpu's.  As others have mentioned
: on this group and from my research, these cpu's replace those on the Zip GS
: and TranswarpGS which both ran traditionally around 7-8Mhz.  These only
: double the speed to about 16-18Mhz.  With new style ram chips on the
: piggyback cards, it is possible to max out to 20Mhz.  I don't have a source
: for those, nor do I know how to do the hacking.  But this is still a
: significant speed increase for this machine.  Helps with web surfing and
: running GNO very smoothly!

: Western Design will only accept a bulk discount over 100 chips.  I am
: currently a student and am attempting to get the student discount.  If I
: can't they will be $20.00 a piece.  So if any one else is interested, please
: contact me in the next week.  I take my Network+ exam the end of next week,
: then I'm free to play on the IIgs awhile.  That's when I'll go down and get
: the chips--they are only about 15 minutes from my house.  So, just remove
: the NOSPAM and I'll contact you to let you.  Thanks:)

: Trevor J. Mahan