Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!221.162.fido!Geoffrey_Welsh
From: 221.162.fido!Geoffrey_Welsh@watmath.waterloo.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Nec v20 and simcga/hgcibm and accelerator boards and ...
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Date: 3 Mar 88 14:45:02 GMT
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 > From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg)
 > Message-ID: <266@mccc.UUCP>
 > Date: 1 Mar 88 14:57:27 GMT
 
 > |   The only compatibility problems in the NEC V20 are caused by its
 > |built-in Z80 emulation, which is controlled by a bit in the CPU's FLAGS
 >           ^^^
 >
 > If only that were so!  The V20 executes (NOT emulates) 8080
 > instructions, but not the extended ones that the Z80 has.
 
   My mistake (obviously). The rumour mill suggests that a V-25 is 
in the works with full Z80 instruction set. Any confirmations?
 
   I get all confused. A V-20 is an 8088 replacement. A V-30 is an 
8086 replacement. What's a V-40 (I have it in a turbo-XT clone)?
 
   Geoff ( watmath!fido!221.171!izot )

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