Re: Question: What other IIgs accelerators existed?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <34DAC87F.189DFF2D@arsenal.com>,
Andrew T. Foster <knight@arsenal.com> wrote:
>I just picked up a Transwarp GS (woo hoo! this things rocks!), but
>I was curious to know what other types of accelerators were
>available in "the days"? Are there any faster accelerators than the
>Transwarp? By the way, this one has 32k.

   [Reposted to comp.sys.apple2 where is more appropriate, and also
reformatted to be 70 characters per line, which should be used rather
than 90+]

   The ZipGS was the only other processor accelerator. [RamFAST sped
up scsi HD transfers] Both were upgradeable to certain amounts of
cache RAM and processor speed (max is anywhere from 12-14+ Mhz
depending on lots of things, including cards in system, phase of the
moon, and lots of other factors preventing a definitive answer). The
TWGS is supposed to have a better cache algorithm, so it's reported to
be slightly faster than a Zip for the same processor & cache
size. [But, they required rarer components to upgrade them; zip is
more likely to be pushed higher without modification or searching for
oddball GALs, etc]

Nathan Mates

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