[comp.sys.apple] Post ZipChip Review!

jm7e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Jeremy G. Mereness") (05/11/88)

Donald Tsang wrote....

> a friend of mine (who happens to WORK at Berkeley Softworks, producers
> of GEOS) got his Zip CHip on Thursday ( a week ago). He brought it to
> work and said that the 'Chip seems to work fine with GEOS, even faster
> than a //gs....

and....

> ...I'm just wondering when *MY* Zip Chip will arrive...

> Donald Tsang
> tsang@coryBerkeley.EDU || ...!ucbvax!cory!tsang

Further, four-color ads in June's A+ boldly say that Zips are "shipping."
Any word yet?
Are they for real?
I mean, will anyone get one before the next Applefest (in a few weeks)?


Capt. Albatross
jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu

p.s. Here's a real long-shot. Is a Zip Chip GS (65C816) conceivable
theoretically?
      or would the GS hardware configuration or memery usage make it impossible?
      I want turn loose on GSWorks and thus close the doors on the Mac.

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