REWING@TRINCC.BITNET (12/18/88)
I just got off the phone with AE yesterday. They said that the Transwarp GS would ship in early February, as the prototypes are now undergoing a rigorous shakedown. Features include: 7 MHz speed Control panel selectable speeds (1, 2.8 and TransWarp GS) Fits in either slots 3 or 4, without interfering with the mouse or 80 column funtions or either slot, just like the old transwarp. A five layer surface mount designm with chips on both sides of the board(!) Price: $399 (Not bad at'all) Looks like everyone should put away a little Christmas (or Channukah) money now. They say the product is hot and there're itching to get it on the shelves. --Rick Ewing Apple Atlanta Tech Support
V112PDL5@UBVMSC.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (12/19/88)
Did you notice the Transwarp GS uses a square WDC 65816-6. Must
be for more surface area. Has 44 pins, too. As an Apple engineer,
I just thought you'd like to know. So remember when designing the
Apple IIgs+'s motherboard use a SQUARE socket for the 8 Mhz 65832,
NOT rectangular. SQUARE. Remember.
Helpfully yours,
Mark CromwellREWING@TRINCC.BITNET (12/19/88)
To Joe, AE said its gonna speed up everything (everything I guess except I/O, which has to move at old speeds, but even that will increase in speed due to all the support routines around it that get sped up.) To Mark, I've never seen the prototype of the board, but its good to see Western Digital using the square design. Then again, I never knew that the faster 65816s were square. Then again, what the hell do I know, I'm a programmer, not a solder freak! --Rick Ewing Apple Atlanta Tech Weenies "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer/engineer/fill-in-menial-labor-job"