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Re: ZipGS vs TransWarp? (REQ: techie help)



In article <5b43le$344@balsam.unca.edu>,
Rhonda K. Faircloth <RKFAIRCLOTH@unca.edu> wrote:
>My friend has a ZipGS but no software/manuals, so it's still running
>at 2.8 mhz. Can anybody E-mail/post the dip switch settings, soft switch
>accesses, and/or the software that comes with the ZipGS?

   Check the setting of dip switch 1-6. [And flip it with the power off.]

>I have a Transwarp, with 8K cache. Anybody figure out how to "homebrew"
>an update to 32K? I suspect that I'll need to obtain a different version
>of the firmware as well as the usual (de)soldering.

   http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/zip.html    I quote:

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//SHH Systeme, http://users.ids.net/~kerwood/shh.html (Write to: SHH
SYSTEME, Dipl. Ing.  Joachim Lange, Bergstrasse 95, 82131 Stockdorf,
Germany) is now making a 32K cache addon board for TWGS boards. You
may wish to contact them and check on pricing and availability.
---

Nathan Mates
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