Re: ZipGS on eBay

["PZ" <skierpaul@yahoo.com>]

aiiadict@gmail.com wrote:
> PZ wrote:
> > a2aviator@gmail.com wrote:
> > > Ok, so the picture has been replaced now- with one that sure looks like
> > > it's missing an oscillator and a CPU, yet it claims that it's been run
> > > and tested at 12MHz, but has the stock cache card in it which can
> > > barely do 9MHz for longer than 2 hours on a cold day in Alaska, outside
> > > on a tundra in a screaming blizzard.
> >
> > Yeah, there is no way that thing can go past 9mhz with the current
> > installed stock cache.
>
> a2aviator@gmail.com wrote:
> > Ok, so the picture has been replaced now- with one that sure looks like
> > it's missing an oscillator and a CPU, yet it claims that it's been run
> > and tested at 12MHz, but has the stock cache card in it which can
> > barely do 9MHz for longer than 2 hours on a cold day in Alaska, outside
> > on a tundra in a screaming blizzard.
>
> That auction would be for a TWGS that I upgraded
> for a friend about 4 years ago...
>
> I've upgraded FOUR (4) TWGS cards to 12.5Mhz
> since 1998.  All had stock cache boards, no mods
> were done besides putting on new cables, 20mhz
> WDC CPU, and a new oscillator.
>
> With a good CPU connector on the motherboard,
> good powersupply, and a fan, ALL of the cards
> ran stable...
>
> I don't know where you guys get your information..
>
> Cache having something to do with Mhz upgradability?
>
> Not in **my** experience.. and I was the one who
> upgraded the card which is up for auction.
>
> Rich

My reference was to to Zip GSX with the 70ns cache ram on ebay, not the
TWGS, sorry if my reply was misreferenced/vague.  TWGS's typically have
45ns cache stock and can often times be upgraded to 12mhz without
changing the cache.

- Paul