Re: Apple II GS Question

[mportune@telerama.lm.com (Matt Portune)]

In article <18MAR199717000087@vax2.concordia.ca>, spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) wrote:
>    When I added an 8 MHz/16K cache ZipGS to my system, it suddenly became 
>bearable. A few years later, when I replaced that Zip with a 15 MHz/64K 
>cache board, the system became pleasure to use, to the point it even felt
>_fast_ (somewhat of a rariety with the IIgs ;-). 

Agreed.  Using the GS with a beefy accelerator is actually NICE.  It's not 
just "fast for a GS", it's *fast* PERIOD!  When I switch back and forth from 
my PC to my GS, I can't sense a speed difference while navigating desktops.  
And yes, especially with a meg of cache on the RamFAST and the slot set to 
"fast" on the Zip, hard drive performance is SCARY.  What was our shift boot 
speed, Mitch?  I know mine is about 3.5 seconds from splash-screen to desktop, 
and yours was a hair faster if I remember correctly.  (I'm still running at 
14.33 MHz)   :)

- Matt Portune