Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!jm7e+ From: jm7e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Jeremy G. Mereness") Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: 12 MHz 65816 Message-ID: Date: 11 Jun 88 23:25:31 GMT References: <8806100752.aa01599@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 34 >"Western Design Center of Mesa,Arizona,makes the 65816 chips for the Apple >IIgs.Nobody but Apple buys them,and Apple reportedly has ordered some >newer,faster ones." Well, not quite. According to "Programming the 65816" by Lechty and others, the 65816 is also used a great deal by the Defense Dept. and related organizations. >BTW,What enhancements is the GS+ rumored to have over the GS??? to have fun with this one, check out some old ARPA postings generally under the title, "][gs+ Info", most notoriously one by Greg Provost (gregp@pro-carolina.cts.com) posted 11 May. To summarize (deep breath, don't get too excited...) 4 new Super Hires modes with 640X400, 4 color max between 5.6 and 7.6 Mhz 128K sound RAM built in SCSI port 256K ROM with most tools built in 512K fast RAM and 128K slow RAM (effectively 768K) standard device-independent Smart-Port and Prodos16 a new Prodos 16 that is compatible with Macintosh HFS and much more mouth-watering hope-its-really-true stuff. Capt. Albatross jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu ============ disclaimer: These opinions are mine and will remain so until more intelligent or insightful or informed people are kind enough to show me the error of my ways. Remember: A mind is a terrible thing to baste.