Re: Upgrading a IIgs

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) writes...

>In article <pdueck-2209970010590001@dial24.pli.mb.ca>,
>Perry Dueck <pdueck@pli.mb.ca> wrote:
>>> Good luck finding new Zips nowadays... not being produced any more.
> 
>>The last time I visited Alltech Electronics (http://www.allelec.com) web
>>page, they still had the ZipGS listed there for sale. I assume they still
>>have a stock of new boards, otherwise that item would be listed as
>>refurbished or used (which it isn't).
> 
>   Apparently they had one left, and I just bought it for my (new)
>second GS. And they're not being made anymore.

    I feared this would happen when EGO Systems went under (although 
admittedly I figured no ZipGS's had been manufactured for at least a
couple of years now). This is pretty awful news, I personally won't
touch a GS running native software unless it is accelerated.

>>Incidentally, when did the company who made the ZipGS accelerator card
>>stop producing that card? Anyone know? Is the company still around, and if
>>so, what is their name?
> 
>   MCTA was the company that made Zips and might be around, but not sure.

    Actually they changed their name (yet again) to REMcorp in recent
years, but this is all moot if they no longer manufacture or sell the
ZipGS. Does anyone know if they still support the card, doing upgrades
or repairs at least?

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca