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From: brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Transwarp GS
Message-ID: <7556@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 29 Aug 89 23:57:12 GMT
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Reply-To: brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <29363@srcsip.UUCP> shankar@haarlem.UUCP (Subash Shankar) writes:
>
>I got my Transwarp GS card several months back, and was sent a 6.25 MHz
>one with a promise of notification when the 7M ones come in.  Since I have
>yet to be notified, I was wondering if anybody else has received the
>upgrade yet?  Or for that matter, has anybody received any new 7M TWGS
>cards?  If there are any recent purchasers, what speed did you get?
>---
>Subash Shankar             Honeywell Systems & Research Center

Try ordering an 8 MHz W65C816 directly from Western Design, but good luck
actually getting one.  They have a $50 minimum order, call 602/962-4545.
At least you'll know how much of a profit AE is making when the official
upgrade finally arrives.

You probably also need a new crystal to run at 7.12 MHz (or whatever
works), but it would help if anyone actually has a working TransWarp GS
at that speed for parts comparison.  You see, the AE customer support
rep actually told me that a regular TransWarp (which I was ordering for
the Plus) could be speeded up as faster chips came out.  But upon
inspecting the actual circuit, there is no crystal - it uses the Apple
bus clock, and there is no ability for enhanced speed.

Brian Willoughby
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