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From: kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley	)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Can 8086 replace 8088 in Kaypro 16eII
Message-ID: <1990Nov19.195013.6154@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 19 Nov 90 19:50:13 GMT
References: <9605@fy.sei.cmu.edu>
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <9605@fy.sei.cmu.edu> gto@sei.cmu.edu (Gary Odegard) writes:
>My Kaypro cpu checked out.  It is a NEC V20.  I went to Radio shack and they 
>ordered a comperable chip, or thought they did.  Actually, an 8086 chip was 
>deleivered.  My owners manual specifications section, lists the CPU as an 8088.
>
>My question is, will the 8086 work in place of the 8088 chip?  Or is it 
>incompatible?
>

No!  Would you expect an 80286 to work?  8086 and 8088 are two different
beasts.  Take the 8086 back to Radio Schlock and get your money back.
Furthermore, check the back pages of Byte or PC Mag or something and
mail-order a V-20, you'll be glad you did.

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Kaleb Keithley                      Jet Propulsion Labs
kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov

I don't watch Twin Peaks; I just come to work.