LMC-TRANS@GUNTER-ADAM.ARPA@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (02/24/86)
From: LMC-TRANS@GUNTER-ADAM.ARPA My dealer has received a copy of the latest Transformer program and we've been doing some playing around with it. So far it does "almost exactly" as promised. It even works the comm port and we have been able to at least communicate at 300 baud using Qmodem (PC-TALK III didn't work). Wordstar, db II, and some other major programs also worked, but they all were terribly slow. So here's the question -- By what factor does the hardware speed up improve performance? I think a 200% increase would make the 2 products worth the $300, but anything less than that would be unsatisfactory. 300% would be utopia! Also, how does the speed up work? They aren't putting an 8088 in there are they? And when will it all be available? Any chance of someone from Commodore(Amiga) helping with some of these questions? Vaughn Wasem Montgomery, AL lmc-trans@gunter-adam -------
djz@spice.cs.cmu.edu@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (02/24/86)
From: Daniel.Zigmond@SPICE.CS.CMU.EDU The Transformer Accelerator has been canceled. A product replacing it functionally is supposed to |be available from Commodore over the summer some time. I couldn't get any details. Also, I have the transformer if anyone wants some information on it. Dan