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From: omahony@cs.tcd.ie (Donal O'Mahony - OMAHONY@cs.tcd.ie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: replacing a 8086 with V30
Message-ID: <9522@cs.tcd.ie>
Date: 22 Aug 88 16:43:12 GMT
References: <162@bach@kulesat.uucp>
Organization: Computer Science Department, Trinity College Dublin
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In article <162@bach@kulesat.uucp>, lily@kulesat.uucp writes:
> 
> Does anyone out there have any experience in replacing an Intel
> 8086 processor by another in a PC-clone (Schneider in my case).
> 
> At the local computer-store they told me that with the 8086 replaced
> by a V30 (or something..) my computer would run faster, at 100%
> compatibility. I use dBaseIII+ and Clipper a lot, and I am worried
> that the software will have to be updated.

I too am considering using a V30 in an Amstrad PC.  The ads in BYTE for
V20/V30 claim a 10-40% speedup.  I presume that these processors
execute some instructions faster than their Intel counterparts.
Can some knowledgeable person say what the instructions are ?

Are there any serious incompatibilies?

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Donal O'Mahony        omahony@cs.tcd.ie
Computer Science Dept., Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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