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From: optical@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
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Subject: Re: Re: repost 5032
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Date: 8 Feb 89 17:30:36 GMT
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In article <7774@netnews.upenn.edu>, silver@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Andy Silverman) writes:
> The NEC V20 and V30 are essentially the same chip, except that the V20
> has an 8-bit data path, so it replaces the 8088, and the V30 has a 16
> bit data path, so it replaces the 8086.  Note that the two are not
> interchangeable.  Secondly, there are no other NEC chips (i.e. for 
> upgrading 80286 or 386 machines).  There is no such drive as the ST125,
> it is the ST225, and in case you haven't been reading all the flames here,
> it seems to be a bit of a lemon...

  You must be joking, right?  ST125 is a 20MB 3.5" hard drive made
by Seagate.  It has a faster access time than ST225 does, and it
is much quieter.  ST125 has appeared in computer market for more
than a year, and a number of micro-computer integrators have been
using ST125 in their products.

Qiwu Liu
Academic Computing Service
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
(913)864-0357