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From: giovin@medr0.ecs.umass.edu (Rocky J Giovinazzo)
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Subject: Re: Which is better AE or ZIP Chip?
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Date: 2 Jun 91 23:16:26 GMT
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In article <706DEEC2200101B1@MSUS1.MSUS.EDU> PKBRANDON@MSUS1.MSUS.EDU writes:
>I've got a ZIP GS (8/32), my son has a TranswarpGS.  Performance of the 
>base units seems to be roughly equivalent.  I'd vote for the ZIP on the
>basis of:	1) price	2) lower power consumption
>	3) ease of upgrading	4) price.
How about compatability?  Have there been any problems?  Also, I 
thought that TWGS was supposed to be easier to upgrade.  How do you
upgrade the Zip GS without replacing the whole thing?  Do the
ZIP people have a good (cheap) upgrade policy or something?

Thanks for the info,
Rocky Giovinazzo