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From: davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: v20 vs 8087
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Date: 4 Mar 88 14:25:56 GMT
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Reply-To: davidsen@kbsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr)
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In article <2183@saturn.ucsc.edu> banshee@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Wailin Through The Nets) writes:
>
>	What is the difference/similarity with v20 and 8087
>	chips?  Someone made a mention a few articles back

The V20 is a replacement for the 8088 chip. It's a CPU, and highly
compatible with the 8088. The 8087 is a math coprocessor, which does 32
bit integer and 32 or 64 bit float arithmetic.
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