From: matthe...@gmail.com   
      
   My IIgs is a rom 1 motherboard. The Squeezer worked on first boot! Came right   
   up. The installation was quite easy. Before getting it, looking at photos, I   
   wondered if such a big chunk would be hard to line up the pins, but no such   
   worries. Looking from    
   the back, just line it up and it snuggles in well. Firm. No worries about   
   bending pins. Acceleration fantastic! It's amazing!   
      
   This may sound like a weird use-case, but the first thing I was really   
   interested to try was using the IIgs in 8-bit mode with the Squeezer   
   installed. Reason being is that my IIe currently has power supply issues. I'll   
   fix that, but in the meantime I    
   wanted to use the IIe image on the IIgs. I did that with a CFFA3000 and a card   
   with my main IIe image as boot. On the IIe, the image launches into A2 Desktop   
   and includes everything IIe as you might imagine.   
      
   Well, on the IIgs Squeezer, A2 Desktop pops right up. It's fast. However, I am   
   not quite certain that it's any faster than just running an 8-bit image with a   
   stock chip 65C816. Also, AppleWorks (8-bit) hangs at the launch screen every   
   time. I used OA-   
   CTRL-ESC to choose slow (normal) IIgs mode and Apple Works still hangs.   
      
   So I tried a test. Pulled the Squeezer and installed a standard 65C816. Booted   
   in "fast" mode and performance seemed pretty similar in A2 Desktop to the   
   Squeezer. Surprisingly, Apple Works still hangs in fast mode. Switched to slow   
   mode and Apple Works    
   now works fine with the stock chip.   
      
   Did a bit of back and forth, and I conclude that the Squeezer really isn't for   
   8-bit mode. That's not any problem at all, since it wasn't advertised that way   
   anyway. The Squeezer (I think) cannot run slow mode for 8-bit usage. Most   
   things are fine, but    
   Apple Works (8-bit) cannot access the drives. Computer hangs.   
      
   None of this is a rip on the Squeezer. It works wonderfully for IIgs things.   
   8-bit compatibility, however, might not quite be there.   
      
   Just a review that no one asked for! Thanks for reading!   
      
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