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from: Michael J. Mahon
date: 2008-11-05 02:12:52
subject: Re: Various Accelerators

PZ wrote:
> On Nov 3, 2:51 pm, "Michael J. Mahon"  wrote:
>> PZ wrote:
>>> On Sep 3, 10:30 pm, Charlie Springer  wrote:
>>>> Found the manual for the SpeedDemon. It tells how to set
the dip switch for
>>>> fast/slow slots.
>>>> -- Charlie Springer
>>> For more info on some of these:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_ii_accelerators
>> I hadn't looked at this page before--a very nice summary.
>>
>> And thanks to the author who tipped his hat to me regarding
>> overclocking the IIc+ (or as I've labeled my 8MHz machine,
>> a IIc++).  ;-)
>>
>> -michael
>>
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>>
>> NadaNet and AppleCrate II for Apple II parallel computing!
>> Home page:  http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon/
>>
>> "The wastebasket is our most important design
>> tool--and it's seriously underused."
> 
> I had to dig deep into the cobwebs of CSA2 to find that post, but you,
> AFIK were the first to bring it up.  I just cant believe that the idea
> got "lost" for as long as it did.

It did take a few years for anything to come of the idea...

My own IIc+ was packed away in storage, so I didn't try the
experiment myself until a little over a year ago...

-michael

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