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- From: bclark@jupiter.chi.il.us (Brian Clark)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Accelerator Performance
- Message-ID: <bclark.00kz@jupiter.chi.il.us>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 16:40:28 GMT
- References: <1992Sep13.165019.6149@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Organization: Jupiter Systems
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- In article <1992Sep13.165019.6149@nuscc.nus.sg>, isc10327@nusunix3.nus.sg (ONG
- TAT-WEE) writes:
- >[other stuff mid-air exploded]
- > Hmmm.... You've got a point there too. I don't really know if
- >the Zip accelerator does have a special circuitry for detecting cache
- >ram speed. But besides increasing the reliability of the Zip, shouldn't
- >a faster cache ram also produce faster results? Sound quite logical to
- >me.
-
- Todd is telling you the truth. Faster cache ram alone does not/can not
- produce faster results. More than likely, the Zip accelerator does _not_
- have any funky special circuity to adjust its speed because it figures
- out if the cache ram is too slow. And if it does have any of that
- circuity, it certainly doesn't work... just plop some real slow cache
- rams in and watch it crash for yourself. :)
-
- Incidently, whatever other message that was mentioning what rated speed
- parts WDC offeres... they do make a 10 MHz rated part... thats what is
- in the accelerator I have. Its fairly new though, so mabey these are
- parts WDC has been shipping only recently.
-
- --
- Brian Clark bclark@jupiter.chi.il.us
-