coleman@sask.UUCP (04/21/87)
> Hmmm, I wonder if the 8086 could be replaced with a NEC V-30. I
Not likely. At the presentation from IBM that I went to
they seemed to be pushing their use of surface mount technology.
Because of this chips on the motherboard would be hard to replace.
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The new IBM model 30 uses a standard _socketed_ 8086, so physically it should be a piece of cake to replace it with a V30. I've looked at some of the ROM BIOS diagnostic code and it also looks like the V30 would not be blasted out of the water for having a few extra instructions and running a bit faster. I haven't tried it, but I would like to hear from someone who has. . . . Does it work? ...
yuan@uhccux.UUCP (05/15/87)
In article <843@killer.UUCP> chasm@killer.UUCP (Charles Marslett) writes: > >The new IBM model 30 uses a standard _socketed_ 8086, so physically it >should be a piece of cake to replace it with a V30. I've looked at some Maybe that's why IBM destignated it Model 30 (for being V-30 compatible/incompatible)? I've tried NEC V-series chips on several computers, and found that all of them work when the program is non-copy- protected. So the V-30 will run on the Model 30 when you're running non-copy-protected programs. -- UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,ucbvax,dcdwest}!sdcsvax!nosc!uhccux!yuan ARPA: uhccux!yuan@nosc.MIL INTERNET: yuan@UHCC.HAWAII.EDU AT&T: (808) 395-1732 "I'm an Amigoid, she's an Amigoid, they're Amigoids, - Yuan Chang - Wouldn't _y_o_u like to be an Amigoid too?"