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From: joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: What does a ZIP/TWGS speed up?
Message-ID: <Jun.30.22.15.43.1991.8358@elbereth.rutgers.edu>
Date: 1 Jul 91 02:15:45 GMT
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I disagree strongly with Jawaid.  I have a TransWarp GS and a RamFast
SCSI card.   I normally run both but I have run them seperately and:

The TWGS speeds up everything.   More IIGS than //e programs were too
slow to begin with so they don't seem to go as fast, (also, //e
software is being sped up 7 times faster than normal)  but actually It
seems as if everything is sped up equally.

I also noticed a great improvement in GS/OS performance with the
RAMFast SCSI card, unlike Jawaid's experience.  Loading games like
Keef the Theif and productity stuff like AWGS and Beagle Draw are MUCH
faster with the RAMFast.  I had an Apple card before the RAMFast so I
have seen the difference.  As Mr. Bazyar states, it might have a
bigger impact on ProDOS8 stuff, I don't run much anymore.  I just
wanted to say that, to me, the difference between the two SCSI cards,
even under GS/OS is very significant.

Seymour