Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!fizbin.DEC.COM!binder From: binder@fizbin.DEC.COM ("When you do something well, repeat it often.") Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: // + vs ee c and trans-warp accelerator Message-ID: <8701091325.AA23492@decwrl.dec.com> Date: Fri, 9-Jan-87 11:19:00 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.8701091325.AA23492 Posted: Fri Jan 9 11:19:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Jan-87 02:29:58 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 29 Craig roll asks: > Are there any differences between the //+ instruction set > and the //c intruction set? Yes. The ][+ has a 6502 microprocessor chip. The //c and the enhanced //e have a 65C02, which has something like 20 additional instructions. > If so, is this why certain (non-graphics) software is beeing offered > for the //c and the //e but not the //+? Only partially. There are other hardware features of the later machines, including the full keyboard, that make developers want to shun the ][+. > The AE accelerator card [Transwarp] advertises a "65C02" board. If the //+ > and //c boards are different will this card bring it up to speed? > > Will this card give me double high res graphics? The Transwarp will give you all the new instructions, and it'll make your machine run 3 times as fast. It will not give you double hi-res graphics - for that you need an extended 80-column card. Cheers, Dick Binder (The Stainless Steel Rat) DEC Enet: ASD::BINDER UUCP: { decvax, allegra, ucbvax... }!decwrl!asd.dec.com!binder ARPA: binder%asd.DEC@decwrl.ARPA