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From: timothym@tekigm2.UUCP (Timothy D Margeson)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: NEC V20 and Compaq DeskPro
Message-ID: <505@tekigm2.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 14:08:26 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 13 14:08:26 1986
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Reply-To: timothym@tekigm2 D Margeson.UUCP (Timothy D Margeson)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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Hi out there..

I too have a Compaq DeskPro and am using the NEC V30 processor in lieu of
the stock 8086. I ran a few before and after benchmarks with the following
results:  Average improvements of 8 to 12% in most programs that are uP
intensive (math functions, sorting, recalcs, the like), but a whopping 30 to
50% in I/O intensive functions (screen dumps, screen updates, e.g., updates
to the screen within an editor, paging through a document, but not buss 
limited DMA transfers).

Anyway, I like the the NEC device and haven't seen any incompatibilities
with any of my software (includeing Ashton-Tate's Framework II with the
superlok copy protection).

Good Luck...

-- 
Tim Margeson (206)253-5240
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