Altos 586 and V20
Larry Taborek
larry at macom1.UUCP
Thu Aug 10 08:01:20 AEST 1989
Heres kind of a goofy question. I didn't really know where to
post it so I hope you xenix users arn't too miffed seeing this in
your news group.
I have a Altos 586/40. This machine has a 8086 CPU. I have
heard from several people that if you bought a V20 chip and
plugged it in, the Altos would pick up some speed.
Ok, I mail ordered a 10Mz V20 chip and installed it. No go.
Wont boot up. Sure power comes on, but I never get any of the
power up diagnostic messages. I'v tried the reset button, power
on and off, and reseating the chip, all to no avail. I take out
the V20 and re-install the 8086 and it comes right up.
Naturally the question is, whats wrong? Too fast a chip? Need
other chips to help adapt it? Maby the V20 is bad. Anyway, if
anyone out there has any experiece with this, I would appreciate
some mail.
Thanks Guys and Gals
Larry
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