TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL (02/12/90)
As long as I'm asking questions about the Innovative System's FPE, does anybody else make a floating point accelerator that works with the GS SANE Tools? HOw much does IT speed things up? TMPLee@dockmaster.ncsc.mil
TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL (02/13/90)
In case anybody cares, here's what I seem to have found out about floating point cards. AE's card has essentially no software support, i.e., it comes with macros and does something for Applesoft. It DOES NOT patch into the SANE toolbox. NONE of the shipped Transwarp GS's are compatible with the Innovative Systems'FPE. AE will make the necesary mod, quoting 3-5 weeks. The person I talked also said she was willing to describe what change needed to be done, but since it was in a delicate area and used dental tools etc. the risk of voiding your warranty by letting somebody else do it seemed to me one worth avoiding. Has anyone had good luck in modifying theirs? TMPLee@dockmaster.ncsc.mil
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (02/13/90)
In article <900212195150.286369@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL> TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL writes: >... NONE of the shipped Transwarp GS's are >compatible with the Innovative Systems'FPE. AE will make the necesary >mod, quoting 3-5 weeks. The person I talked also said she was willing >to describe what change needed to be done, but since it was in a >delicate area and used dental tools etc. the risk of voiding your >warranty by letting somebody else do it seemed to me one worth avoiding. >Has anyone had good luck in modifying theirs? I was told by one of the AE customer support people that the mod was simply to lift pin 1 of U22. It definitely is a task for only skilled fingers! Since the pins weren't numbered I assumed that pin 1 was the one at the end near the dot, i.e. on upper left corner of U22 as one views the component side with the board contact fingers pointing down. However, after I lifted the pin (by twisting a jeweler's screwdriver carefully under it), my IS FPE still did not work properly while the TWGS is installed. To their credit, IS staff have exhibited interest in helping get this working, but I have a hard time envisioning giving up use of the equipment and mailing pieces of it around the country. If anybody knows why what I did may not have worked and has better suggestions, I'd appreciate hearing them. A precise description of the conflict between the two boards would also be nice!