Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!MRCNEXT.CSO.UIUC.EDU!alfter From: alfter@MRCNEXT.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Scott Alfter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: TransWarp III Message-ID: <9004121815.AA18119@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 12 Apr 90 18:15:22 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 40 mojo!cyliao@mimsy.umd.edu (Chun-Yao Liao) writes: ------------------------------------start------------------------------------ But why don't they put the 20/28 MHz 65816 instead? and selling at $200 is a resonable price then. -------------------------------------end------------------------------------- Who knows? Maybe they are. I don't see anything in the picture of the card that looks like a 65C02--or a 65C816 of the type (40-pin DIP) used in the GS, so maybe the TransWarp III is AE's first product to use the ASIC '816. I suppose someone will just have to order one and tell us what it's like. BTW, I guessed that the mail-order houses would have it for somewhere around $150 in my last post. Maybe I should've checked other ads in Nibble because Preferred Computing has them for $149. Not a bad guess, if I do say so myself. :-) On the subject of Applied Engineering in general, it seems that the mail-order companies like Preferred Computing and Quality Computers usually stock AE stuff and sell it for around 75% of list. When I was looking for the best price on a DataLink 2400 a few months ago, I was a bit surprised to find that most of the companies have prices that vary by no more than a few dollars one way or the other. If you've ever ordered from one of these companies and they've given you good-enough service, you're probably better off getting all your AE stuff from them in the future--just to be nice to them. (If they jerked you around, though, that's another matter. BTW, Quality Computers gave me no grief--I don't know if I mentioned that to the guy doing the AE survey.) Finally, let me know what you think of the new .sig. You should see a missile approaching MS-DOS from the left and blowing it up. If it doesn't work, let me know and I'll get rid of it if enough people complain. (In any case, it's the thought that counts, right? :-) ) Scott Alfter------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: alfter@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu _/_ Apple II: the power to be your best! cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu / v \ saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu ( ( A keyboard--how quaint! Bitnet: free0066@uiucvmd.bitnet \_^_/ --M. Scott, STIV New "Animated .sig" (TM) (Note: Works best at 2400 baud or less.) MS-DOS                                          ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==> ==>BOOM