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- Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UV6.EGLIN.AF.MIL!FORDE
- From: FORDE@UV6.EGLIN.AF.MIL ("ERIC S FORD")
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Accelerator performance
- Message-ID: <9209122103.AA10783@apple.com>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 21:57:00 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
- Distribution: world
- Organization: The Internet
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- > I bought a 8mhz Zip GS around a year ago and only recently
- >upgraded it to a 9mhz thru a friend. What he did was to change the
- >crystal and soldered a couple of resistors on board (mine was the
- >older
- >design) and added faster cache ram chips. And it works! All it costs
- >me was only S$50 (US$75) compared to what Zip was charging for an
- >upgrade (not to mention the freight charges too!). Anyway, both my
- >friend and I pushed our Zip GS's to 9mhz and both cards have been
- >functioning perfectly ever since.
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- Can we get more specifics on how you did this?
-
- When I first started reading this newfeed (roughly 1985) articles like this
- one were common and perhaps the best reason for subscribing. The only
- things missing here are the specifics on how to make such a mod (including
- even a crude diagram) and the usual caveat -> this will violate your
- warranty!
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- Teach us, Guru, that we may go on to greater speed!!!
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- Eric S. Ford
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