Later, rumors on the availability of new faster Macs, powered by the new RISC microprocessor, the PowerPC 601, caused the decline of software and hardware development for this kind of accelerator boards. At that time the list of accelerator board for compact Macs included DatStar, Exterme System, Mobius, Newlife, Novy, Outbound, TechWorks, Total Systems, Trans Warp. In fact all cards running at speed faster than 32 MHz, including TechWorks and DatStar, had some weird behavior. However, also in the case of DayStar products, the high price of their product (more than $1000 with adapter) limited the diffusion and the development of a mature software. In fact, due to some incompatibilities of the software (an INIT that enabled the cards) and the contemporary development of an universal accelerator card produced by DayStar (68030 50 MHz with adapter for the whole Macintosh line) the TechWorks cards didn't obtain the success they deserved. Introduction TechWorks cards (, now redirects to a cloud computing thing) for the Mac Classic have been produced throughout 1993 with a limited success. Original page written in 1995 with Golive, the original. Pictures taken in 1999 with a QuickTake 200. ![]() The Macintosh Classic with TechWorks Classic Accelerator 68030 40 MHz.
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