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From: wdm@ecn-pc.UUCP (William D Michael)
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Subject: Re: Increasing the speed of IBM-XT.
Message-ID: <515@ecn-pc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-May-86 20:56:06 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 28 20:56:06 1986
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In article <1300@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> rde@ukc.ukc.ac.uk (R.D.Eager) writes:
>In article <6685@utzoo.UUCP> jackson@utzoo.UUCP writes:
>
>The V20 is usually a plug in replacement and very cost effective. I have
>one in a real PC, and a V30  (8086  relative)  in  a  PC  compatible. No
>trouble,  perceived  improvement  of  around  25%;  cost  around  $15. A
>bargain. The occasional system has trouble with disk formatting  but  at
>that price it's worth trying.

    Your perceptions may be faulty - I have measured the difference at 
    5 to 10% on what are for me fairly representative programs.
    Still, that is not too bad for $15 and five minutes work.