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From: tnemeth@dmsadel.dms.oz (Tom Nemeth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Replacing the 80C86 (Toshiba laptops)
Summary: Can it be done?
Keywords: 80C86, V30
Message-ID: <591@dmsadel.dms.oz>
Date: 23 Jul 90 04:02:12 GMT
Reply-To: tnemeth@dmsadel.adl.dms.CSIRO.AU.UUCP (Tom Nemeth)
Organization: CSIRO, Div. Maths and Stats, Adelaide, Australia
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I have heard rumours that it is possible to replace the 80C86 processor
used on many laptops with a V30, and that it has been done on a T1200
(or 1100+) in particular.  Now, this seems worthwhile, as going on my
past experience with V30s I would expect a 60% increase in performance,
but...

The V30 and 80C86 are totally different in packaging.  Can anyone tell
me (or point to an article) on physically how this was done?  Since
there is not a lot of room inside a laptop, it seems to me to be a
non-trivial problem to find a place to mount the larger chip.

Also, any info on side-effects would be appreciated - such as battery
life, clock accuracy, and other possible incompatibilities.
(Better still, is there a commercial upgrade kit?)_

Thanks in advance,
Tom Nemeth