Re: IIc+ overclocking

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

Jorge Chamorro Bieling wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I think I read somewhere about overclocking the IIc+. 
>
> Is the oscillator the only thing I have to replace or do I have to
> replace the cpu and/or the memory chips also ?
>
> Are there any (bad) side effects ?
>
> Anyone that has done this and can tell me about it?

I haven't done it myself, but several here have.

It only involves replacing the crystal oscillator.  There
are no downsides, apart from faster game action.  ;-)

Unlike modern overclocking, where thermal effects are significant
and potentially damaging, overclocking a IIc+ is benign.  And it
is the only Apple II model that can be easily overclocked, because
it already isolates the rest of the system from the processor clock.

-michael

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