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From: silver@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Andy Silverman)
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Subject: Re: ???? Has anyone replaced the 80286 with NEC's V40 (6300+) ?????
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Date: 18 Apr 89 03:27:57 GMT
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In article <2103@csd4.milw.wisc.edu> alavi@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Alavi Ronette Salehi) writes:
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>	I Have an AT&T 6300+ and wanted to know if there is anyone out there
>	who has replaced the 80286 CPU with a NEC V40 chip. If so what is
>	the performance improvement?
>	also what about compatibility?
>	and by the way how much is a V40 and where would be a good source
>	for it.

I got flamed out on this topic a few months ago.  It turns out that the
80286 can't be replaced with a V40 because the two aren't completely
pin-compatible.  So sorry.  Am I wrong?  I'm pretty sure that this is
the case.



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