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From: toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: zip gs
Keywords: zip accelerator
Message-ID: <1991May8.001522.7557@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 8 May 91 00:15:22 GMT
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scotth@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Henderson) writes:

>1)  The manual says that the cable is long enough to allow the card
>    fit in slots 1-4.  My cable ONLY allows the card to be installed
>    in slot 3 (no big deal, slot three is basically the standard slot
>    for such things anyway).

This is a recent change for increased reliability. A lot of people were
having trouble with the Zip crashing if the cable was that long. The new
shorter cable has made things work in a LOT of systems, especially those
that have lots of peripherals.

>2)  Zip stopped including the expansion port (similar to that found
>    on the Transwarp) on the card (at least mine doesn't have it).
>    This means that IF any device needs the expansion port, I'll have
>    to send it in for an upgrade.

Nope, you'll have to find somebody with a rev 1.02 or earlier. The expansion
port was dropped permanently, because (a) it introduces a lot of noise and
is suspected of causing problems on some people's systems, and (b) Zip decided
that nobody was going to take significant advantage of it and therefore no one
would really miss it.

Zip is far more concerned about cutting down on the number of people whose
systems are noisy and accelerator hostile.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu