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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
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Subject: Re: Increasing the speed of IBM-XT.
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Date: Fri, 16-May-86 13:30:31 EDT
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> 
> I would like any help which could be provided on increasing the  speed  of  an
> IBM  PC/XT compatible. It currently has an 8088 and I would like to obtain any
> information on increasing the speed. Is it possible to replace the  8088  with
> an 8088-2? Do any other options require changes?  Does anyone have any experi-
> ence with the 8086 or the V20 (V30?) which they would be willing to  email  to
> me or post? Thanks for the help and sorry for such a simple request.
> 
> --don--
> -- 
> Name:   Don Jackson
> Mail:   Dept. Zoology, Univ. Toronto
>         Toronto, Ontario, Canada    M5S 1A1
> UUCP:   {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!jackson

Get the MicroSpeed kit (they are in Fremont, area code 415).  It retails for
$129.  I installed it in my PC.  There are three speeds (jumper selectable):
6.1 Mhz, 6.7 Mhz, and 7.44 Mhz.  Because of a problem with my DMA controller
chip, I can only run 6.1 Mhz -- I actually get from 24% to 30% improvement,
depending on the application I'm running.  I posted something about this
kit quite recently -- if you can't find a copy on your system, I will send
it E-mail.

Clayton E. Cramer