Re: Apple //c+ questions....

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obsbedia2@aol.com (Obsbedia2) wrote:

>>Right.  You need something like the Transwarp IIe or the
>>TransWarp II or TransWarp III cards.  Then you'd need to
>>overclock those cards with new oscillators.  Maybe you'd
>>need faster RAM on the accelerators too.
>>
>>The exception is the IIc Plus.  Because the IIc Plus has
>>a separate oscillator just for the CPU separate from the
>>oscillator that provides timing to the rest of the IIc Plus
>>motherboard, you can accelerate it just by dropping in
>>the 14Mhz unit and changing the oscillator that clocks the
>>CPU.
>
>NOW that is interesting!  Both the part about the IIe and IIc+.  I have both,
>but have thought that the only way that I could accelerate them was with a
>ZIPchip.
>
>I haven't been too please with the ZIPchip (8x).  Several of my favorite
>programs that use/need a mouse don't work with the chip installed on the IIe.

Do you have the ZipChip configuration software?  The ZipChip works
fine with the mouse, but if something IS messing it up, chances are that
it can be fixed if you set slot 4 to slow speed rather than accelerated
speed.

>I've had better luck with the Transwarp (I), but it's still a bit weird from
>time to time when making print outs to the ImageWriter II, so I keep the
>monitor on the monitor shelf and pull the card when using programs that don't
>like being accerated.

The thing about both the TransWarp and the ZipChip is that you don't
have to pull them out if you want to turn them off.  I'm not sure about
the TransWarp, but for the ZipChip, try holding down the Esc key
when you hit control reset or OA-control-reset.  Better yet, hold down
the Esc key while turning on the computer.  This should turn off the
ZipChip for the session until you restart the computer again.

>So, has anyone modified a Transwarp Card to scream on a IIe?

I haven't actually done it, nor do I have a TransWarp IIe card to try,
but I've read posts of such modifications.