Re: Transwarp //e woes

[DAKIDD <Dakidd@cris.com>]

On Mon, 2 Jan 1995, David E A Wilson wrote:

> In comp.sys.apple2 you write:
> >I've run memory tests on all of it that I can test (everything except the 
> >TW//e's memory) and I get back perfect results just fine -- UNLESS THE 
> >TRANSWARP IS LIVE. Then, ALL of memory tests fail, but don't give me any 
> >kind of indicationg what the problem is. The Self-test, whether with or 
> >without Transwarp active, invariably tells me that all is well.
> 
> Strange - So you have you run the TW self test? Type 8 or 9 while the TW logo
> is displayed. It checks the TW memory I think. I will try my TW out with the
> motherboard self tests and see if it works.

Self test? On the TW itself? Never heard of it before this message. But I 
just finished running it, and everything shows up fine according to the 
display. The only thing that puzzles me is the speed display: It ticks 
back and forth between 3.2 & 3.3. Is this normal?
BTW: 9 shows the copyright info on the test program, then does the tests, 0 
does the same tests (or at least seems to) without bothering to show the
copyright info. Any difference between the two other than the copyright 
info? They both take about the same amount of time (at least as far as I 
am able to measure). 
 
Thanks much... I'd never seen any reference to a self-test. Anything more 
about this card I should know? 

Something else occurred to me after I posted the first message... 
I've thought about it, and then discarded the notion,several times, but 
after doing some reading about memory recently, I'm once again wondering if 
there may be something screwing up between the QRAM and the Transwarp. Is
this possible? The Transwarp memory is faster than the memory on the QRAM. 
Would this make any difference?

> 
> My systems:
> 
> Machine	Apple //e		Apple //e		MPF-III
<snip>
 
And I thought >I< was an Apple //e diehard! :-)