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ha I remember that chip so well instant speed boost for IBM PC just pop out the 8088 and put in a $20 V20 only problems is some programs ran their clocks too
by ck2 28d ago
ha I remember that chip so well
instant speed boost for IBM PC
just pop out the 8088 and put in a $20 V20
only problems is some programs ran their clocks too fast
wow that article is amazing, I cannot believe people can reverse engineer at that level, brilliant
- tverbeure 28d agoWhat I remember of the V20 was that there was some benchmark (Norton?) that was way faster, but I never saw a difference for any real application that I tested.
- EvanAnderson 28d agoI have a soft spot for the V20. The laptop I carried in high school was V20-based (a NEC Ultralite PC1701). I remember a CGA 3D billiards game I played on both the laptop and an XT clone desktop. The V20 was definitely faster for that game. For most of what I actually used it for (typing notes and playing with QBASIC) I didn't notice a difference.