jdb@sactoh0.UUCP (Jeff D. Behl) (07/25/90)
Has anyone had any experiences with the InnerEXPRESS for the inner/overdrive? It's a chip that takes the place of another chip on the controller card and supposedly makes the drive 200-300% faster! That would make it faster that a vulcan and, I think, even faster that a drive with the RamFast card. If aynyone has any specifics or details, please share the info.
MQUINN%UTCVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU (07/28/90)
>Has anyone had any experience with the InnerEXPRESS
A sysop here in town (Chattanooga) recently got one put in his innerdrive
he uses for his BBS. I havn't noticed any siginificant improvement in the
speed when I call the board. He's using Pro-line? software and the data -
librarian took forever and a day to come up before he got the chip...
now it just takes forever. I think he said, when he got it, that it was only
supposed to increase the speed by about 10% I could be wrong, but I DO remembe
r that I wasn't at all impressed with what it's supposed to be... and anything
more than about 50% would impress me.jschober@gnh-starport.cts.com (Joey Schober) (07/28/90)
If you have an account on America Online, you'll be able to find at LEAST two
files of information about the InnerExpress there; look in the Apple II
Hardware Forum (keyword: AHW), Software Libraries, NEW FILES category, for the
files:
07/22 The Inner Express
07/22 Apple II Hardware Conf Log 07/21/90
The latter file is the transcript of a conference where the IE was discussed in
detail.
You can probably also find yet-more information on the IE in the Let's Discuss
message boards of that same forum on AO.
Good luck! :)
Joseph F. Schober, Sysop, StarPort BBS [703/931-0947 - 3/12/2400 baud]
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I forgot to mention that the poor performance increase of the InnerExpress was on a GS with Ingenuity's InnerDriver (custom GS/OS driver). Evidently the Express rom does about the same as the driver. There might be a sizeable speed increase with a //e, however. I'd be sure to call and ask them. The number of the company is: New Concepts, Inc. 665 West Jackson Street, Suite #2 Woodstock, IL 60098 (815) 338 4227 Express is available mail order for much less (~$89). -- Jawaid Bazyar | Blondes in big black cars look better wearing Senior/Computer Engineering | their dark sunglasses at night. (unk. wierdo) jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu | The gin, the gin, glows in the Dark! Apple II Forever! | (B O'Cult) Comp.Sys.Apple2- Home of the Unofficial Apple II Developer Support Team (DST)
alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER) (10/30/90)
Re: InnerExpress: chip or card?
Well, since it's just a chip for the InnerDrive controller and I don't
have an InnerDrive (or any other HD :-( ), I guess that takes care of
my questions right there.
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