Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 11:04:38 09/02/02
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On September 02, 2002 at 11:36:09, GuyHaworth wrote: > >... what feels like a question about 'pre history' though it only goes back to >March 1989. > >The 'Mephisto MM4 Turbo kit 6502 16 MHz' headed the SSDF list at this time, >rating 2159 by the way. > >What does the 'Turbo kit' refer to: souped-up software, souped-up 6502, or just >a whizzy part of the name? The 16 MHz certainly seems 'top of the range' for >its time. > >g it was a normal MM4 module with Schroeder program, speeded up with a card that rebuilded the 6502 with other electronic parts. it was a complete rebuild. this card was known at this time as the Apple 2E accelerator card ! The german company Schaetzle and Bsteh sold it. It made it possible to clock the old 6502 programs from Mephisto and Saitek or Novag from 4 to 16 and even 19 or 20 mhz. !! For SOME programs this was a breakthrough. Ed schroeders programs at those time on 5 mhz were not so strong, but when given this machine suddenly were as strong or stronger than richard langs 68000 and 68020 machines. for a reason nobody ever understood, maybe marketing reasons or the big companies did not like this or whatever, the ssdf list decided that these machines were not commercial and have not been listed anymore in the ssdf-list. that was the end for these nice machines. but it was shown at this time, that ed schroeder could be as strong or stronger than richard lang, if he would have equal power. when ed schroeder later got the RISC hardware, he won the championship !
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