Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!jm7e+ From: jm7e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Jeremy G. Mereness") Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: 10 mhz chips Message-ID: <4ZLOCwa00XcAA1UbRs@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: 12 Nov 89 17:09:16 GMT References: <2473.cortland.info-apple@pro-houston> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 24 Joe Abernathy writes: > > Six or 7 mhz would be totally sufficient. I'd like to see this speed as > > standard on the IIGS. > > I agree that six mhz would be an ideal speed for the IIGS, but it needs two > things more: faster I/O, and faster video, both of which are stuck at the old > 1 MHz of the ][+. Personally, I sold my last ][+ several years ago and I'm > kind of tired of being hobbled today by its limitations. Could it be possible to develop a video emulator for the GS? I/O is tuck where it is to support the original hardware hack that makes the Hires screen what it is. But since most people have RGB monitors anyway, couldn't NCSA support be pitched and a single VLSI chip developed to handle the video signals at whatever speed the processor is running? It's how every other machine handles it, and a few twists could mimic the odl hardware for compatiability. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | Jeremy Mereness | Support | Disclaimer: | | jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (internet) | Free | The above represent my | | r746jm7e@cmccvb (Vax... bitnet) | Software | opinions, alone. | | a student at Carnegie Mellon U. | | Void where prohibited. | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------