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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: ZIP GS... HOW FAST?
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Date: 6 Jun 91 04:49:54 GMT
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	I have never used a Zip GS and have not used a Transwarp GS for
more than a total of like 10 minutes.

	From what I have heard and read (from magazines and comp.sys.apple2),
the Zip GS is much more easily user-upgradeable. Buy a faster CPU & clock
chip, plug 'em in, and awaaaaay you go. Same with a larger cache. Buy 'em
yourself from a local store, and install 'em yourself, save tons of money
over sending it in to Zip.

	You can do the same with the Transwarp (for the CPU at least), but
it's a total pain in the butt.. Dealing with the power upgrade necessary
if you want to go above X megahertz that is. (I forget what X is.. 9??)

	I don't even know if you CAN upgrade the cache on the Transwarp.

	It SEEMS that the Zip is still being worked on and upgraded and 
such too.. at least from what I've seen here, the technicians help you more
with your problems.. (and no goddamned $1.50/min 900 #!  I think that when
people need help from TransWarp, they should call their REGULAR support
# and try to get help that way. You may be spending a few bucks in vain on
a phone call, but at least it's not going to AE, and you -may- find a nice
tech person willing to help you)


	-just an amalgamation of info from someone who hasn't used either 
	 product for an appreciable amount of time. (gotta keep putting
	 that disclaimer in!)
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