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From: dab@whuts.UUCP (Batman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: NEC V30 and V20
Message-ID: <3033@whuts.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Oct-87 13:06:53 EDT
Article-I.D.: whuts.3033
Posted: Mon Oct 19 13:06:53 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 21-Oct-87 06:35:15 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Keywords: How much will it help IBM XT?

I just put in a NEC V30 into my AT&T 6300.

The Norton SI compares as follows:

                       6300 at work                 6300 at home (with V30)

Computing index:          1.9                          4.2
Disk Index (interleave)   0.5 (2)	               1.2 (6)
Performance Index         1.4	                       3.2

I realize I must low-level format my hard disk at work and change the 
interleave.

Anyway, My dad saw this and wanted to know how much it cost me
to "soup it up".

When I told him that it only cost me $13.  He wanted to know if I could do
that to his IBM PC/XT.

I realize that it's an 8088 and requires the V20 instead of the V30.
I seem to recall someone saying that it's not as big of an improvement.

Any one have experiences (compatibility problems, results before and
after, etc...)

Thanks in advance.

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