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  • Re: IIgs accelerators

    From John@!@! to comp.sys.apple2.marketplace,comp.sys.apple2 on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 12:42:13
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    Best to get and read Rubywand's FAQs first. Accelerators and more are
    covered there.

    Transwarp and Zip are most common, both are good, but hard to find ($$).

    "M. Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:42hRa.11673$kI5.10927@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
    I just bought a IIgs and I want to add an accelerator (2.8 MHz seems a tad slow). I know there are several out there, such as the Transwarp GS.

    Any recommendations? Any horror stories of things to avoid?

    - Mike




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  • From M. Pender@mpender@hotmail.com to comp.sys.apple2.marketplace,comp.sys.apple2 on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 19:44:26
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    John <!@!> wrote in message news:3f15a918@shknews01...
    Best to get and read Rubywand's FAQs first. Accelerators and more are
    covered there.

    Transwarp and Zip are most common, both are good, but hard to find ($$).

    "M. Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:42hRa.11673$kI5.10927@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
    I just bought a IIgs and I want to add an accelerator (2.8 MHz seems a
    tad
    slow). I know there are several out there, such as the Transwarp GS.

    Any recommendations? Any horror stories of things to avoid?

    - Mike






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  • From M. Pender@mpender@hotmail.com to comp.sys.apple2.marketplace,comp.sys.apple2 on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 19:46:09
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    John <!@!> wrote in message news:3f15a918@shknews01...
    Best to get and read Rubywand's FAQs first. Accelerators and more are
    covered there.

    Transwarp and Zip are most common, both are good, but hard to find ($$).

    I know where I can get either one, but I don't know which is better. The TranswarpGS looks over-complicated with lots of DIP switches, a
    daughterboard, etc.

    The Zip looks like a much simpler design, but I have no idea how well either works.

    - Mike


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  • From Liam Busey@buseyl@yahoo.com to comp.sys.apple2.marketplace,comp.sys.apple2 on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 23:48:15
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    M. Pender <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:42hRa.11673$kI5.10927@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
    I just bought a IIgs and I want to add an accelerator (2.8 MHz seems a tad slow). I know there are several out there, such as the Transwarp GS.

    Any recommendations? Any horror stories of things to avoid?

    Hi Mike,

    both the TWGS and ZipGS are great. They're real power leaches (particularly
    the TWGS) so can effect stability on a loaded system. An intermittant ribbon cable between the accelerator and and CPU socket can drive drive you mad so
    you may want to get a new one if you're having problems.

    - Liam


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