dsnow@watdcsu.UUCP (09/29/87)
Has Anyone with a V20 in their PC ever run Nortons SI? ( SYSINFO ).
Would someone post or mail me the response from this. Thanks.
Doug Snow, Arts Computing Office, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario.
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doug@artspcs.watstar.waterloo.EDUsampson@smu (09/30/87)
SI says 1.7, which is misleading. The NEC chip *may* help speed
some, but it is difficult to notice. It is CMOS so it uses less
power and runs 8080/8085 code if that is of any value.
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jaym@nuchat.UUCP (Jay Maynard) (10/02/87)
In article <3894@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>, dsnow@watdcsu.UUCP writes: > Has Anyone with a V20 in their PC ever run Nortons SI? ( SYSINFO ). > Would someone post or mail me the response from this. Thanks. I ran a V20 in my Compaq Plus since it first came out (the V20, not the machine :-) until I sold it several months ago. The original machine posted a 1.0 (not surprising). Addition of a V20 jumped that to 1.7 to 1.8. However, that's a lousy benchmark. I noted only a 7-11 percent improvement in real-world tasks (Turbo Pascal compiles from/to memory, AutoCAD recalcs, etcetera). In short, it's a nice, cheap way to get a few percent more out of your machine for about $10...but don't expect more than that. -- Jay Maynard, K5ZC (@WB5BBW)...>splut!< | temporarily at uunet!nuchat!jaym Never ascribe to malice that which can | while splut is down (@#*(&$% ST4051!!) adequately be explained by stupidity. | GEnie: JAYMAYNARD CI$: 71036,1603 The opinions herein are shared by neither of my cats, much less anyone else.
pre1@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Grant Prellwitz) (10/12/87)
In article <89900002@smu> sampson@smu writes: [...] >some, but it is difficult to notice. It [NEC V-20] is CMOS so it uses less >power and runs 8080/8085 code if that is of any value. > ,. > | > /|\ joel sampson > / | \ ---------------- > / fs | \ Southern Methodist University > / | \ Computer Science & Engineering > ._/________| \ Dallas, Texas 75275 > .___________|_____\__ convex!smu!sampson > .|_________________/ Is it true that the V-20 is CMOS? I have one running in my Zenith Z-148, and will have one in my soon to be acquired Kaypro PC-30, but I would love to be able to put one in my fiancee's Z-171 laptop and not suffer acute degradation of the battery life. I know that the Kaypro 2000+ uses one, but I thought it might be a special version. I'd really appreciate one of the NEC representatives out there confirming this (yes I trust you Joel, I just want to be sure :-) Grant Prellwitz -- =====================Grant Prellwitz========================== !ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!pre1 pre1@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP 76474,2121 (CIS) pre1 (BIX) The DOCTOR didn't need a funny line, why do I?
ignatz@chinet.UUCP (Dave Ihnat) (10/14/87)
Well, I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that yes, the v20 is CMOS. I'm happily running one in my Z-181 with "no worries, mate" (or, more importantly, "no dead batteries, mate".) The bad news is that you probably won't be able to put it in the Z-171. I couldn't. It appears that something isn't exactly kosher with the timing in the Z-171; I know of several people other than myself who tried, and only one got (mostly) reliable performance. As it only costs in the range of $15-20, you can go ahead and try, but don't be depressed when the screen looks *funny*. And don't put a floppy in the drive that you really care about, until you are sure that your machine's tolerances can accept the v20. -- Dave Ihnat ihnp4!homebru!ignatz || ihnp4!chinet!ignatz (w) (312) 882-4673