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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: NEC equivalent of 8086????
Summary: v30 will work in the at&t 6300
Message-ID: <1691@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jul 89 16:20:51 GMT
References: <2962@uwovax.uwo.ca> <8710@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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The V30 will work in the AT&T 6300 with the exception that the
slight difference in timing makes it incompatible with AT&T's own
16 bit EMS board.  If you use a geneic LIMS memory board, you
shouldn't have any problems.

I have been told that the V30 will not work in the 6300 WGS system,
but I think that was because the person I talked to tried to use an
8 MHz rated V30.

The V30 is a much more potent upgrade than the V20.  The V30 knows
about '186 instructions, which make it more potent if you are
compiling your own programs.  The V30 and V20 also contain virtual
8088 modes that can be used by a couple of public domain programs
to boot CP/M on your DOS system.


Bill