On 25 Nov 02 at 13:07, Gary Gary wrote: > In a message dated 11/25/02 8:54:16 AM Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << The 8088 was replaced by the NEC V20 and the 8086 could be > replaced by the NEC V30. Not a spectacular increase but in > those days anything was a novelty. I would be doubtful about > the odds of finding the NEC chips now. >> > > In the case of the 8088, if I remember correctly, the V20 processor > would increase your CPU speed from 4.77 Mhz, to 6.0 Mhz. Someone > please confirm or correct. Thanks. Gary >
To increase the CPU speed you have to change cristals and modify the motherboard. The V20 and V30 improved performance by up to 30% by calculating addresses in hardware. My first PC was a 12Mhz V20. The command-line interface is a vestige of an era of macho computing. ---------------------- Ing. Alejandro Lieber Rosario Argentina lima[at]citynet.net.ar ---------------------- To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
