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- From: ellens@bnr.ca (Chris Ellens)
- Subject: Re: NewLife Accelerators?
- Message-ID: <ellens-020992190217@47.220.2.138>
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- References: <15736.2A9EB15B@zeus.ieee.org> <ellens-310892171443@47.220.2.153> <parkyn.715325871@sfu.ca>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 23:11:23 GMT
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- In article <parkyn.715325871@sfu.ca>, parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn)
- wrote:
- >
- > Great! Someone did what I wanted to do. SE with two page monitor. Would
- > you care to elaborate on the problems that required NewLife to 'come over'?
- > Was there any problem with the chassis interfering with card placement?
- > What is your opinion on the speed of screen refreshing with Word and its
- > notorious CELLS being drawn so slowly at normal SE speeds?
-
- The video problem ended up being a loose wire. At the time I ordered the
- NewLife upgrades, they didn't support the Apple 2-page (only the full-page)
- but I insisted and after some delay they delivered. One system came up
- fine,
- a second one didn't. Since I was sort of a guinea pig and NewLife is just
- down the road, they sent over the designer who found the bad connection.
-
- Yes, I had one SE with the old chassis - I had to swap with somebody before
- I
- could install the cards.
-
- Screen refresh speed is great (this is an accellerator, remember), you get
- roughly the speed, including screen refresh, of a IIci.
-
- ...Chris ellens@bnr.ca
-
- Chris Ellens
- ellens@bnr.ca
-