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There were cards that had a pot on the back. You could just dial up more speed, until your machine ran poorly, then back off just a little. Kind of crazy to t
by ddingus 5y ago
There were cards that had a pot on the back. You could just dial up more speed, until your machine ran poorly, then back off just a little. Kind of crazy to think about!
The speed on my Apple FastChip is adjustable in real time too. It's neat to just dial a speed appropriate for the application at hand.
- cogburnd02 5y agoI had not heard of the FastChip before today, so thanks for letting me know it exists. :-D for other interested parties: http://www.a2heaven.com/webshop/index.php?rt=product/product&product_id=147 http://www.a2heaven.com/webshop/index.php?rt=product/product...
- ddingus 5y agoIt's a great product! If you are interested in programming your Apple in assembly, you can ask nicely for your FastChip to include a 65816 processor. It's going to act like a 65802, due to hardware limitations, but otherwise yeah. You get the 16 bit instructions to use. I've not had any compatibility trouble with mine, which is a 65816.
- ddingus 5y agoIt also runs at less than 1mhz. That is just as interesting, frankly.