Re: Newbee Questions

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

David Empson wrote:
> Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> > David Empson wrote:
> >
> > > Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Eric Rucker wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > The IIc Plus is the fastest machine without modification. Yes, that
> > > > > counts the IIGS.
> > > >
> > > > Just thought I'd point out that the IIc Plus can be modified just by
> > > > changing a crystal oscillator ($2.00) to run at 8MHz, even faster than
> > > > most *accelerated* IIgs's.  ;-)
> > >
> > > I thought most accelerated IIgses were 8 MHz or faster. There was a 7
> > > MHz version of the Zip GS, but I'm less familiar with the TransWarp.
> >
> > No, I think that the stock versions were all less than 8MHz, and the
> > non-stock versions are still, I'd bet, in the minority.
>
>
> I bought a ZipGS shortly after they were released. Its original version
> was 8 MHz.
>
> I think they had problems getting 8 MHz CPUs (or maybe they weren't
> operating reliably at 8 MHz), so they reduced the standard speed to 7
> MHz.

I was never much into the IIgs, so I was just going on the occasional
ad I saw or report I read.  The only ZipGS's I ever saw were 7MHz.  (But
I was an early buyer of the 8MHz Zip Chip.  ;-)

Still, the point remains that a $2 crystal oscillator replacement puts
the IIc+ at or above the speed of all but expensive "chipped" IIgs
accelerators.

-michael

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