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- From: jiang@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Mingchang Jiang)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Thinking about accelerating your 68000-based Macs?
- Keywords: 68000, accelerate, Total Systems
- Message-ID: <Dec.28.19.26.52.1992.24051@andromeda.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 00:26:53 GMT
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
- Lines: 39
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- About half a year ago I decided to upgrade my Classic and asked the NET for
- recommendations. Probably because there were not too many people that had
- done a Compact Mac upgrade, I got few replies.
-
- After that time I have upgraded my Classic and have been running it with a
- Total System's Gemini Classic (50 MHZ) with FPU for about 3 months now.
- I believe a lot of people out there who are not satisfied with the
- performance of their compact Macs will be interested in my experiences. So
- here it goes.
-
- First of all, the performance improvement is great! It is now faster than
- an IIfx. I cannot stand the speed of even an SE/30 anymore. Speedup is
- most noticeable in Math and CPU intensive tasks. The least improved are
- disk accesses.
-
- Secondly, there have been very few compatibility problems. Actually, the only
- one I experienced was not really incompatibility: the machine is now too
- fast for a time-based game (SQIX, if you want to know) to be practical.
- Some software that I downloaded from ftp sites bombs, but, you know, you are
- never sure whose fault it was. At least, what worked before still works now.
- That is good enough for me.
-
- I would also like to say something about Total Systems. I think this is a
- very nice company and pleasant to deal with. I actually had chances taking
- to their sales manager and head of tech support when there were such needs.
-
- Overall I am very happy with the upgrade. If you want to hear more, please
- let me know. I will NOT reply personally but will post subsequent articles
- instead, as I believe this is a subject of general interest. I will be
- happy to answer any questions about my experience with the accelerator and
- its software, the installation, and with the Total Systems, etc.
-
- Happy New Year and have fun with your Mac.
-
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- M\'{\i}ngch\=ang J\={\i}ang
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- %%%%%%%% If it ain't broke, fix it.
-