Subj : Re: V20
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : kirkspragg
Date : Tue Jun 24 2025 21:32:22

 pF> This board makes me wistful for the days that popping a NEC V20 chip
 pF> into an XT and hearing the memory test click speed up reminded you of
 pF> how much farther into the SPACE AGE you were.

And we still haven't put a man or woman on the moon since Apollo 17!

The PC/XT era was a bit before my time (I was a toddler when it was released) but it seems the ability to "just" switch the CPU and get speed increase was pretty cool.

How much did it improve performance? Was there anything in particular that went much faster with a V20?

.... Where is Wally in VGA Planets?

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