Re: Transwarp or ZipGSX? Which?

[Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com>]

rd to come by, but if presented the choice?
> 
> I have both ZipGSs and a TransWarpGS. I have them running a 15mhz 
> and without opening the computer I couldn't tell which one I'm 
> using. If I lost all my Apple II equipment and was buying another 
> accelerator and only had those two choices and no more information, 
> I'd choose the ZipGS. 
> Mainly because an 8 mhz ZipGS would almost surely come with an 8 mhz 
> 65816. The two 8mhz 65816s I have run fine at 15 mhz in a ZipGS. The 
> TransWarpGS isn't as tolerant that way and I'd likely have to order 
> in a 14mhz 65816. A 16k ache size isn't important since I can get the 
> chips from a local electronics store and bump it to 64k right away. 
> 
> There's also the question of which GALs the TransWarpGS comes with. 
> If you're going to speed it up you want Rev A GALs with the exception 
> of #3 GAL. If #3 is a Rev A, I believe you have a problem using SCSI.
> 
> Another reason in my case is both the ZipGSs and TransWarpGS I have 
> topout at 15mhz. I don't think I'll be able to get any more out of 
> the TransWarpGS but I think that possibly if I acquired 12ns SRAM 
> the ZipGS may go faster. Unfortunately the fastest SRAM I can find 
> locally is 15ns.
> 
> 	Wayne

What is involved in overclocking (or replacing the CPU to run faster) 
the 8MHz ZipGS to get more speed?

Thanks.


bp