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From: jallen@netxcom.UUCP (John Allen)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: NEC V20 How to How to USE?
Message-ID: <110@netxcom.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 30-Sep-86 09:50:30 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 30 09:50:30 1986
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Reply-To: jallen@netxcom.UUCP (John Allen)
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In article <208@csustan.UUCP> guest@csustan.UUCP (Chris Rhodes) writes:
>In article <1091@kontron.UUCP> cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
>>
>>DISKCOPY and FORMAT both require that the processor run at 4.77 MHz.
>>(Timing dependencies involving the disk controller.)  The FAST88 kit
>>I have gives you a switch to go back to 4.77 MHz for this exact reason.
>>
>>Clayton E. Cramer
>
>Gee, my pclone, which supposedly runs at 8mhz (norton says 1.6 relative
>speed, haven't done the math yet) runs diskcopy and format perfectly
>fine....in fact, all my utilities (and all my software for that matter)
>work fine.  Good thing, too, because I'd have to move a jumper on my
>motherboard if I wanted to take it down to 4.77.  Has anybody had
>a problem with diskcopy and format not working at 8mhz?
>
>/*  Chris Rhodes / Shooting Shark

I've got a FAST88 too, which "Norton's in" at a big 1.7 at 7.14 MHz.
How's this?  Your clone probably has two clocks, one for the processor,
one for the rest of the system, hence FORMAT & DISKCOPY run fine.
(It's also possible your clone isn't sensitive to clock speed the way
a PC is.) The FAST-88 on the other hand runs the whole system at the
higher clock speed.

John Allen
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