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From: JDA@CU.NIH.GOV ("Doug Ashbrook")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re:  Improving my IIgs Platform
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Date: 16 Apr 91 17:27:12 GMT
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> From the Inside cover of this month's incider, it seems that ZIP has had a
> change of heart.  I called the company and asked what happened to the older
> model 1500 and 1525 (the chip replacement cards with the non upgradable caches
> and questionable DMA compatability)?   They claimed to have advertised but
> never produced any significant quantities of these two accelerators for the
> Apple IIGS.  They are focusing their current efforts on selling various
> incarnations of the previous top-of-the-line ZIP GSX.   The 7Mhz version with
a
> small chache is on sale for only $149: a very good price.   If you've got more
> $ to blow they have faster versions (to 10 Mhz) and cache expansion.
>
> Seymour Joseph

When I saw a price of $149, I decided that it was finally time for me
to buy an accelerator.  I called A2-Central and Programs Plus to see
if they had Zip cards at the new low price.  Neither did.  I then
found an 800 number for Zip Technology in the latest GS+ magazine
(March/April 91, volume 2, number 4).  I called this number numerous
times yesterday, but never got an answer.  Today I finally got their
non-800 number and called Zip. They quoted me the following prices:

      8 Mhz,  8K cache $178.95
      8 Mhz, 16K cache $198.90
      8 Mhz, 32K cache $228.??
      8 Mhz, 64K cache $278.25

plus $6.25 shipping and handling.  This still sounded like a
reasonably good price to me.  For anyone who wants to call, their
number (in Culver City, CA) is (213) 337-1313 and they told me that
their correct 800 number is (800) 937-9737 (but I never tried this
number).  I have no connections with any company listed except that I
have been a satisfied customer of both A2-Central and Programs Plus
and hope I will be able to say the same of Zip Technology in the
future.

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