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From: vicc@unix.cie.rpi.edu (VICC Project (Rose))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Ami Bios and the V20
Keywords: Oh no, here we go again, stupid question time
Message-ID: <1989Nov10.061057.19255@rpi.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 89 06:10:57 GMT
References: <6129@merlin.usc.edu>
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In article <6129@merlin.usc.edu> kristyn@aludra.usc.edu (Kris' better half) writes:
>
>    Stupid Question time: has anyone gotten a V20 to work with the
>                          '88 AMI bios on a vanilla XT?
>
>    Somebody gave me a bios that works with the V20, but it doesnt
>    seem to want to recognize the mono card(Hercules graphic card
>    -the real thing). System boots fine, just no picture. 

Hmm, I've got a Zenith Z161 (portable - luggable) I just popped my V20
in and zingo everything goes. My Norton SI went from 1.0 to 1.8!


Now for my question:

where can I find software that uses the V20 (especially assemblers,
disassemblers and debuggers. I've verified that much of the additional
instructions are in fact the same as the 80186 so using .186 for
Tirbo assembler works fine, but I would like to be able to use the
bit field instructions without defining macros.

Btw: for those who don't know, you can call NEC and have them send a 
users manual with full instruction set description (Free!, and they
were fast - 2 days! - says something about the US-SNAIL these days)




--
Frank Filz
Center For Integrated Electronics
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
vicc@unix.cie.rpi.edu