Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!hc!lll-winken!uunet!mcvax!ukc!icdoc!tgould!zmacv39 From: zmacv39@doc.ic.ac.uk (A D Hebblewhite) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: PC speeding uping Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 89 17:24:42 GMT References: <37386@vax1.tcd.ie> <1248@igloo.Scum.COM> Sender: news@doc.ic.ac.uk Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, London Lines: 29 In-reply-to: jeffery@igloo.Scum.COM's message of 18 Mar 89 20:04:56 GMT In article <1248@igloo.Scum.COM> jeffery@igloo.Scum.COM (Jeffery E. Sheese) writes: In article <37386@vax1.tcd.ie> ambarry@vax1.tcd.ie writes: > I want to speed up my 8086 based PC. I've heard of certain >chips that one can replace the 8086 with. Can you recommend a good substitute, >and answer a few pertinent questions for me ? Wnat you want to do is purchase a Zilog V20 processor. ^^ If you really do have an 8086 besed machine (as opposed to 8088 for the majority of PC clones) then what you want is the V30, which is a replacement for the 8086. The V20 is intended to replace the 8088. As far as I know these chips are (were) made by NEC, not Zilog, but I may be wrong. Some time ago Intel sued NEC, claiming that their chips ripped off bits of the 8088/8086. Hope this is helpful. -- Adam email: zmacv39@doc.ic.ac.uk snail: Adam Hebblewhite, Department of Computing, Imperial College, London quote: "I'm not a number, i'm a free man!" - The Prisoner disclaimer: This message is mine personally and does not constitute Department : of Computing, policy, opinion etc.