Re: Does the Transwarp GS card have a SCSI interface?

[BryanParkoff@yahoo.com (Bryan Parkoff)]

>On 5 Oct 2004 17:58:08 -0700, BryanParkoff@yahoo.com (Bryan Parkoff)
>wrote:
>
>>An extra connector of Transwarp GS is used for diagnosis tool only
>>directly to the CPU.  It is done by Applied Engineering technician
for
>>designing Transwarp GS card.  It is not used for the customers.
>>    It is always useless otherwise it will be fun to design
additional
>>card to manipulate CPU through Transwarp GS card.
>>    Hopefully, it helps.
>
>
>Oh that makes 100% sense I wonder why it didnt occur to me... well I
>am selling the TWGS and the whole IIgs to make some room, so I am
glad
>I solved the mystery first!
Kevin,

    I am glad that you got my answer to solve your mystery.  I want to
add my comment.  If CPU's socket on Transwarp GS card is heavily
damaged or destroyed for some reasons, you are able to add a new CPU's
socket to the secondary card before it is attached to an extra
connector of Transwarp GS.  Transwarp GS can be able to reroute to CPU
through secondary card rather than route to the damaged primary CPU on
the Transwarp GS card.  I have done already at my experiment when I
had thtree Transwarp GS cards, but one of them was damaged.
    There is a possibility that you can build firmware like ROM chip
to be added so it can disable the original firmware chip.  If you
don't like Transwarp GS' logo screen and author names, you should be
able to reprogram 65816 machine langage in your own from scratch.  It
would allow Transwarp GS to boot secondary firmware or ROM chip that
it will be under your program rather than original Applied
Engineering's program.  Also, you should be able to add options to
Transwarp GS' Control Panel.
    I know that it always remains a big mystery for over years since
Applied Engineering started to sell Transwarp GS around 1986 when it
became available by 1987.
    Hopefully, it helps.

Bryan Parkoff