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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: V20 vs. 8088: Is there any useful difference?
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Date: 19 Jul 89 06:45:49 GMT
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The V20 typically gives only around a 5-10% increase in performance.
But in some applications it does a lot better. Considering that a
10 MHz V20 might set you back all of $10-15, I'd say it's worth it.

There are programs that use the V20's 8080 mode to run CP/M, and
other programs use the other "extra" instructions that it has.
(I don't have a manual for it, but I am told that it has most of
the 286 instructions available)

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