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From: dani@ritcsh.UUCP (Dani Kadoch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: v20 chip
Message-ID: <4006@ritcsh.UUCP>
Date: 28 Aug 88 19:55:24 GMT
References: <1821@akgua.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: dani@ritcsh.UUCP (Dani Kadoch)
Organization: Computer Science House @ RIT, Rochester, NY
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In article <1821@akgua.ATT.COM> brb@akgua.ATT.COM (Brian R. Bainter) writes:
>I have been contemplating the possibility of replacing my 8088 in
>my XT clone with a V20 chip. Has anyone had any experience with
>this chip? If so, what is the performance, compatibility, and/or
>problems/good points of this chip? In other words I would like a
>general opinion so I can make an intelligent evaluation.

I worked with an XT clone that had its 8088 replaced with a V20 and
had all sorts of trouble.  Most things worked fine, but every once in
a while I got an "Internal stack failure - system halted" message,
which occurs (presumably) because of the high speed of the CPU.  If
too many interrupts are generated (by the keyboard, serial port, etc.)
at close intervals, the stack just crashed andthe system had to be
re-booted (turned off & on, no CTRL-ALT-DEL).  I also know there are
incompatibilites with programs such as COPYWRIT and COPYIIPC.

>	Brian R. Bainter   KA7TXA
> AT&T Technologies Atlanta Works
> {cbosgd, gatech, ihnp4, moss, mtune, ulysses}akgua!brb


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