Re: Anyone running faster than 3 Mhz?

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

In article dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes...
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>The ZIP has several options: the cache size can be 8k, 16k, 32k or 64k
>(larger caches and/or split code/data caches are possible with
>modifications to the card, but I don't know the details).  The
>processor speed can be anything from 7 MHz to 10 Mhz as supplied, and
>can usually be upgraded to at least 12 MHz, 14 MHz in many cases, and
>some people are claiming successful operation at 16 MHz.

        Although this is trivial information, fairly early versions of
the AE TransWarp GS came with a 6 MHZ processor (due to lack of 7 MHz
65C816 processors at that time). I happen to have one, the ROM-based
CDA reports it's running at 6.3 MHz. It's utterly slow compared with
my ZipGS 8 MHz/16k board, I suppose cache makes all the difference! :)
Too bad the TWGS only had a 32k cache option available (requiring a
custom daugtherboard card swap) while the ZipGS up to 64k by simply
plugging in Static-RAM. 

>David Empson
>dempson@actrix.gen.nz
>Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand

Mitchell Spector
m_spect@pavo.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca