10 Nov
2006
10 Nov
'06
10:49 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
OTOH, replacing an 8088 with a V20 or an 8086 with a
V30 is
worthwhile--the improvement in chip architecture does give a boost in
speed without risking anything--and gives you access to many of the
186/286 instruction set extensions, as well as a somewhat buggy 8080
emulation in hardware (e.g. JRT Pascal programs will die because of
an emulation bug).
The V33A should be even quicker, no? Was it still pin-compatible with
the 8086?
Peace... Sridhar