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From: BillW@su-score.arpa (William Chops Westfield)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Has anyone seen the following advertisement?
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Date: Sun, 15-Dec-85 20:55:22 EST
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It sounds like they are selling the NEC V20 chip.

This chip was extensively discussed on the net a short
while ago.  Summary:  Yes, its a compatible, and faster,
with the usual speedup being 10-20% in typical programs
(some instructions are sped up more, but most programs
wont have justthose instructions!).

Other places are selling the chip for considerable under
the $40 price you quote.  For example, JDR microdevices
had it advertised for $29.95 (over a month ago)...

BillW