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From: malpass@VLSI.LL.MIT.EDU (Don Malpass)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith.z100
Subject: NEC chips
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Date: 12 Dec 89 15:07:43 GMT
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[extract from Gern's msg:]
>.... also replace all NEC ICs except the
> keyboard controller (and I don't trust that) with non-NEC brands if there
> are any in your machine.  DO NOT USE a V20 CPU at any rating.   

Aw c'mon Gern, we've all been through this before.  To put it
delicately, this is pure prejudice, and as a lot of us have pointed out
in the past, not based on technical evidence the rest of us accept.  I
wouldn't OWN a Z-100 without changing Intel's cpu to a V20.  I think
NEC has done us all a favor by keeping Intel's feet to the fire, as
well as making available an improved product.  I feel the same way
about Zilog's Z-80 for similar reasons, by the way, and sorry they
couldn't make it stick back in the 8-bit days.
--
Don Malpass   [malpass@LL-vlsi.arpa],  [malpass@gandalf.LL.mit.edu]
 "Why should the TAXPAYERS have to pay for it - let the GOVERNMENT
   pay instead."  [Example of the mentality that got us in this mess.]  12/89