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Summary of Contents for Transwarp

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Page 2: ...Getting Started What you need to know and do before installing the Trans Warp card in your system Installation How to configure and install the TransWarp card in your computer Using TransWarp How to activate and control the TransWarp card This manual was written under the assumption that you are at least familiar with the operation of your computer For more information on the basic operation and s...

Page 3: ...ast Random Access Memory RAM Acceleration of programs running in both main and auxiliary memory Totally transparent operation with all Apple software Other than obviously increased speed operation is also transparent to the user Can be installed in an Apple II II IIe or Enhanced e Compatible with virtually all interface and expansion cards for the Apple Three speed settings 1 MHz 1 7 MHz and 3 6 M...

Page 4: ...nual Newer expansion slot memory expansion cards do not use this technique The procedure for configuring the TransWarp card for expansion slot memory card compatibility is explained in the next section Due to the number and variety of expansion and interface cards available it is impassible to list which cards require the 1 MHz clock rate Without a great deal of technical information it is also im...

Page 5: ...the right Use the instructions below and the chart in Figure 1 to determine the appropriate switch settings for the cards installed in your computer An example switch configuration for an Apple lle system is shown in Figure 2 To change a switch setting you would flip the rocker switch by pressing in at the top or bottom of the rocker just like you would a rocker type household light switch Pressin...

Page 6: ...7 MHz CLOSED OPEN Normal Apple 1 MHz OPEN CLOSED Normal Apple 1 MHz CLOSED CLOSED Figure 2 Sample Switch Configuration for Apple e System BLOCK 1 BLOCK 2 System Configuration TransWarp Switch Settings Slot 1 Parrallel Printer Interface Card Block 2 Switch 1 CLOSED Slot 2 Serial Interface Card Block 2 Switch 2 OPEN Slot 3 TransWarp Block 2 Switch 3 CLOSED Slot 4 Clock Card Block 2 Switch 4 OPEN Slo...

Page 7: ...ering up or cold booting the computer Occasionally it may be desirable to run some video demonstration programs games sound synthesis programs or other programsatnormal Apple speed or at a slower accelerated rate This can be accomplished through hardware commands software commands or a combination of both Hardware Control To disable the TransWarp completely immediately after power up press the ESC...

Page 8: ... 1 MHz rate This can cause some video intensive programs to run slightly slower than full TransWarp speed TransWarp does not use the memory cache ing technique to increase processing speed All processing in main and auxiliary memory is accelerated This is a great advantage to users of memory expansion cards which install in the Apple e s Auxiliary Slot such as Applied Engineering s RamWorks and Ra...

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