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From: john@hpcvlo.HP.COM (John Eaton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: New IBM - first impression....
Message-ID: <1610009@hpcvlo.HP.COM>
Date: Wed, 15-Apr-87 18:12:13 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 15 18:12:13 1987
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< Hmmm, I wonder if the 8086 could be replaced with a NEC V-30.  I
< replaced the 8086 in my AT&T 6300 with a V-30 and the rperformance
< as reported by Sysinfo was raised from 1.9 to 4.2.  Now, I don't
< really believe that the performance boost was that dramatic in real
< life, but the speed gain due to the V-30 is readily apparent in
< day-to-day operation.
<
I plugged a V-30 into a model 30 and it ran 4.2 in sysinfo. This means that
it runs 4.2 times as fast as a standard PC if the only application that you 
ever run is sysinfo. Otherwise figure 2-2.5 times performance.

Norton also reports that there is an extra 190K of memory that in fact is not
there. It doesn't seem to be able to distinguish between real memory and
bus capacitance very well. 

John Eaton
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