Re: ZipGS Split-Cache tests and a Correction

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Mitchell Spector writes ...
> 
> In article rubywand@swbell.net writes...
> .... 
> >     The J6 and J7 jumbers are shown going from point 1 to point 2; the
> >J6 and J7 jumbers should each go from point 1 to point 3. A corrected
> >R005SPLITC.GIF has been uploaded and should soon replace the bad pic. (I
> >did the pic; so, the error is mine, not the author of the Split-Cache
> >Mod article.)
> 
>     Is this the same diagram that appeared in the winter 1996 issue
> of II-Alive?

     Yes.

> Unfortunately, that was the very last issue, so there
> is no chance of publishing the corrected diagram (if indeed it was
> the same one I'm thinking of).
>

     You can still take your issue and draw in the correct jumpers!


> .... 
>     Well then, I guess my Apple IIgs has hit the plateau in terms
> of speed if I take that into consideration. I could of course pop
> in a 64 MHz oscillator to bump up my ZipGS from 15 MHz to 16 MHz,
> but that will hardly make a difference (expect possibly in terms
> of stability ;).
> ....

     Maybe; but, 15MHz is pretty darn fast. If you like I can email a
Platinum Paint benchmark pic. (On a 10MHz/64kB ZipGS it takes 2.35
seconds to fill.)



Rubywand