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From: drcook@hubcap.clemson.edu (david richard cook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: How effective is a V30 on an XT (8086) clone?
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Date: 19 Jan 90 12:40:04 GMT
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From article <19163@netnews.upenn.edu>, by tony@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Anthony Olejnik):
> I have an AT&T 6300 (8086 based XT clone) that I would like to speed up.
> I presently get a performance index of 1.8 (as determined by using
> Norton Utilities' System Information program - si.com).
> 
> I'm thinking about replacing the 8086 with a V30 chip.  The ads that I've
> seen claim an "up to 30%" speed increase.
> 
	Installing a V30 (8 mHz) is well worth the $8.00 it costs.  I
estimate an average speedup of about 15% for the applications I run.
If you should install a V30, NEC has some excellant free documentation
available for this chip.

David R. Cook
Clemson University, SC