Re: New GS accel., how much would you pay?

[Dain Neater <dn15236@navix.net>]

I would pick one up, I might even know another guy who would and he hasn't touched
his GS in a while.  I'm still running at stock, and I currently don't have a hard
disk at all.

 Dain Neater

Rubywand wrote:

> Charles Stephens writes ...
> >
> > I am curious.  If there were a new 16MHz GS accelerator availble that
> > combined the accelerator with memory expansion, how many of you would
> > buy one and for how much.
> >
> > I am thinking about the following theoretical features:
> >
> > 12MB of SRAM (assuming there is some additional OS/Toolbox support > > added)
> > 1MB of Flash (for ROM disk and toolbox replacement)
> > 16 MHz 65C816
> >
> > The components should cost around US$100, but I suspect the real cost
> > to produce such a card would be as high as US$500.
> >
>  ....
>
>      A new accelerator board would be of great interest to users who do
> not currently own one. It would make buying a used IIgs more attractive,
> too. And, you might convince a number of current accelerator owners to
> buy and swap in your 20MHz board to obtain the speed increase.
>
>      Placing 12MB of RAM-- enough to move all of motherboard RAM
> contents to the accelerator with several MB left over, will speed things
> a bit vs. regular caching and should simplify design. On the other hand,
> it is not clear what 4MB RAM beyond the max available on the motherboard
> and Mem Expansion Slot will be used for.
>
>      Since you can not supply DMA, Mega (old II), and Video system
> access to the accelerator board RAM, it looks like the best approach is
> to avoid frills. That is: keep the accelerator simple, fast, and cheap.
>
>      Regarding the "how much would you pay?" question: if I did not
> already have a decent accelerator, something around $200 would look
> pretty good.
>
> Rubywand