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From: ignatz@chinet.UUCP (Dave Ihnat)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Nec v20 Performance in a PC
Message-ID: <1728@chinet.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Oct-87 12:55:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: chinet.1728
Posted: Wed Oct 14 12:55:59 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Oct-87 05:32:18 EDT
References: <3894@watdcsu.waterloo.edu> <89900002@smu> <2417@sphinx.uchicago.edu>
Reply-To: ignatz@chinet.UUCP (Dave Ihnat)
Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix
Lines: 16
Keywords: NEC V-20, Z-171
Summary: You're not going to like this...

Well, I've got good news and bad news.  The good news is that yes, the
v20 is CMOS.  I'm happily running one in my Z-181 with "no worries, mate"
(or, more importantly, "no dead batteries, mate".)

The bad news is that you probably won't be able to put it in the
Z-171.  I couldn't.  It appears that something isn't exactly kosher
with the timing in the Z-171; I know of several people other than
myself who tried, and only one got (mostly) reliable performance.  As
it only costs in the range of $15-20, you can go ahead and try, but
don't be depressed when the screen looks *funny*.  And don't put a
floppy in the drive that you really care about, until you are sure
that your machine's tolerances can accept the v20.
-- 
			Dave Ihnat
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