Altos 586 and V20

[Macy Hallock]

In article <4891 at macom1.UUCP> larry at macom1.UUCP (Larry Taborek) writes:
>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.

This was recently discussed on comp.sys.ibm.pc.
There are several machines using the 8086, most notably the AT&T 6300.
This is a true sixteen bit processor, using a 16 bit bus, as opposed to
the 8 bit bus of the 8088.

The NEC V20 := Intel 8088
The NEC V30 := Intel 8086

I do not know if the V20 chip is damaged by your use of it in an 8086
motherboard.  Give it to somone with a 10 mhz XT clone, let them find
out! :-)
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