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From: jfy@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (Joseph F. Young S89)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: V20 vs. 8088: Is there any useful difference?
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Date: 15 Jul 89 21:25:37 GMT
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Looking through some magazine advertisements, I found
the NEC V20 chip which was described in the ad as
giving a 10 to 40% increase in performance as compared to
the Intel 8088.  If these claims are indeed true, I will
probably get one for my system.  
Here's my current system configuration:
       XT clone motherboard with 640K ram (Datatek)
       8088 and 8087 running at 4.77/10 MHz
       DTK/Erso Bios
       CGA/monochrome card
       I/O card with joystick port, serial port, clock, and
           floppy controller.
       Seagate 238R with RLL controller.

Now my question is: does anyone have any experience with the
V20 as far as software/hardware compatability is concerned?
Would it be worth my money to install one in my system?
Any comments, suggestions, etc. are welcome.
Please reply by email whereever possible.

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