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From: jpd@usl-pc.usl.edu (DugalJP)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: V30 compatibility with 8086-2 ?
Message-ID: <70@usl-pc.usl.edu>
Date: 21 Oct 88 19:05:45 GMT
References: <650@wa3wbu.UUCP>
Reply-To: jpd@usl-pc.UUCP (DugalJP)
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern La., Lafayette
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In article <650@wa3wbu.UUCP> john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman) writes:
>
>       I encountered a strange problem in trying to install a V30 chip
>in a Panasonic Business Partner (FX-600).
...
>but my "Printer" spit out "PIT count test failed"!

John, I believe your machine is telling you it failed the Programmable
Interval Timer test (PIT, the 8253 chip).  This happens because the V30
executes instructions faster than the 8086, leading the self-test firmware
to conclude that the clock was running slow.  If your system continues
to boot, you should just ignore the diagnostic.  If it refuses to go
any further, you'll have to patch the firmware to use the V30.

-- James
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