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Article #6266Re: Re: MS Mouse, V-20 w/8087, Edge Ques
From: john
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1986 02:42
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1986 02:42
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<<<<< < < > Has anyone with a V-20 processor used an 8087 with it? Do they work > together without contention? What kind of speed advantage did you > find? I have become addicted to an 8 Mhz 8088/8087 but like the > idea of CP/M native code with the new patch programs. How well do > THEY work? < One potential problem when running a V20 in 8080 mode is that the 8087 is still watching the instruction stream to see if any floating point instructions are being executed. I haven't checked the opcodes but I think you could probably find some 8080 opcodes that will send an 8087 out to lunch. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!john From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Re: MS Mouse, V-20 w/8087, Edge Ques Message-ID: <13600006@hpcvla.UUCP> Date: Fri, 18-Apr-86 21:42:00 EST Article-I.D.: hpcvla.13600006 Posted: Fri Apr 18 21:42:00 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Apr-86 04:26:50 EST References: <440@mips.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:mips:-44000:hpcvla:13600006:000:635 Nf-From: hpcvla!john Apr 18 18:42:00 1986