Need Docs for XT RAM Board...

Sridhar Ayengar ploopster at gmail.com
Fri Nov 10 12:49:06 CST 2006


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


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