Re: Zip GSX

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

In article John@klatch.demon.co.uk writes...
>
>I just bought a new Zip GSX 7/32 from Alltech.  Looks real nice so far, and
>a lot faster than the stock machine!  Anyway, one of the demos that I 
>downloaded ages ago and was never able to run was the FTA MegaDemo.  
                                                       ^^^
   Actually it was NinjaForce who wrote MegaDemo.

>It always said "your GS is too slow!".  When I tried this with the Zip 
>installed, I still get the same message!
> 
>Anyone know if I'm doing anything wrong - I have checked the ZIP through the
>GS/OS control panel and it says it is running at 100% (7.10MHz)

   I had the same thing happen when I had a ZipGS 8/16 installed. For 
some odd reason, turning Counter Delay OFF (disabled) would allow it
to run. It should really have the opposite affect; my current 15/64
ZipGS runs MegaDemo with it enabled -- which is normal. 

   Another solution is to try and access the Control Panel (OA-CTRL-ESC) 
a second before the "Your GS is too slow!" message appear. You may have to
do it a couple of times, but if you time it just right you'll get it 
working. You also need at least 2MB RAM if I recall correctly.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca