1 Aug
1998
1 Aug
'98
4:27 a.m.
< Also don't forget that NEC was pushing the V20s as cheap replacement
< for the Intel 8088s. So TRS may have switched to the V20s. The V20 is al
< faster and uses less power than the 8088. Big factors in a battery powe
< laptop. Later Intel sued NEC and blocked the sale of V20 and V30s so TR
< may have had to switch back to 8088s.
Intel sued and attempted to block. They would loose and V20 deliveries
were never interrutped to sales to new design ins were slowed.
The original V20 was Nmos like the 8088, though lower power. The cmos
parts were later.
Allison