Subject: TWGS *answers*
From: brian.hammack@rook.wa.com (Brian Hammack)
Date: Wed, Oct 21, 1998 707(H
Message-id: <912805966-981021070700@rook.wa.com>

 Supertimer@aol.Com chanted zenlike:

 SC(| If it were the cable, then 16 and 8 bit software will fail at
    | the same time.

I've waited long enough to report my results:

As with some other things, the TransWarp doesn't get along with the
RamKeeper -- boots okay, runs some programs okay, crashes under other
programs and slams shut when trying to unpack a forked file.

Remove the RamKeeper, remove the main source of problems.

So add this to the list of problems:  If your new TransWarp is a little
flaky (or a lot flaky), not only are the problems listed in the CSA2
FAQ regarding accellerators something to look into, but these three
things *someone* needs to add to the FAQ also could be the matter:

 1)  Bad ribbon cable to the motherboard chip socket (AE used to
      replace these free, now someone else does it in gold for a price)
 2)  Bad CPU chip
 3)  Despite what the RamFast manual says about operating a TransWarp
      GS in a machine with a RamKeeper card, the RamKeeper is not
      completely stable, merely starts up with the settings described.

The TWGS works great now, now that I've removed the RamKeeper, made
sure the card and cabled plug are in solidly (have not looked to see
if the cable has a dot on it, the mark of a revised issue), and added a
fan to the inside to give some of the touchier chips a Lewinsky.

                                                        << mushroom >>

 * 2qwk! 2.04 * DOS: Doesn't Operate Steadily; chasm where programs are lost.