Re: Replacing the 6502 with a faster chip

["John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.com>]

In article <e639cb5b.0408200916.580e0fa2@posting.google.com>,
 twohandsfree@hotmail.com (John) wrote:

> robsgreenneon@startmail.ca (Rob Jones) wrote in message 
> news:<bc4b97a8.0408192236.54a23e7b@posting.google.com>...
> > While surfing the 'net, I found this adaptor
> > (http://www.6502.org/mini-projects/816conv/conv.html) that replaces
> > the 6502 with a 65C816 processor. I have not done any research on the
> > 65C816, or for that matter the 6502 and its variants, but is there a
> > way to replace the Apple's 1MHz processor with something faster?
> > 
> > Rob J.
> 
> Another way ... a ROM 01 or 03 GS. It's .... 2.8 (?? x faster than a
> plain Apple 2 (I believe). Cheaper than a Zip or Transwarp too.
>  
> A wholesale replacement of the 6502.

I bought a IIgs upgrade for my //e way back when. I seem to 
recall it cost several hundred dollars; how much were Zip or 
Transwarp?

Certainly, the IIgs upgrade was the most _compatible_ speedup 
card I ever bought:-)

John
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