Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Transwarp Apple
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About This Manual This manual tells you all about installing and using the Applied Engineering TransWarp accelerator card. To get the most out of your new TransWarp, please read this manual carefully. Here’s a summary of what is covered: Introduction: A brief overview of the TransWarp card and its features.
Introduction 2 The 6502 microprocessor, or Central Processing Unit (CPU), on an Apple II or //e computer, executes its instructions at a rate of 1 MHz.
TransWarp Getting Started Before the TransWarp card is installed in the computer, some of the switches on the TransWarp card may need to be changed to accommodate the timing needs of the other cards installed in your system.
TransWarp Installation Procedure Don’t ZAP your TransWarp! Some components on the TransWarp card are especially static sensitive. Even a small electro-static discharge could damage one of TransWarp’s integrated circuit “chips”.
Switch 8 on both blocks are used in combination to select the default TransWarp speed. These switches should both be in the OPEN position for Full Warp speed. If switch 8 of block 2 is CLOSED, the setting of switch 8 of block 1 is ignored by the TransWarp circuitry.
Step 5 Plug the TransWarp card in the expansion slot of your choice. If you are installing TransWarp in an Apple //e, slot 3 is recommended. If you have an Apple II or II+, slot 0 is the recommended slot.
Software Control Programmers can also control TransWarp from within their programs by writing a specific value to a certain memory location. This location, expressed in hexadecimal notation, is $C074, and in decimal notation, 49268 (-16268 Integer BASIC complement).
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