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Article #7893Re: Using NEC V20 Chip With Microsoft Windows
From: G. P. Wilkin
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1986 22:57
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1986 22:57
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> After I installed it I noticed that most stuff was slightly
>
> Windows, especially Windows Write was a lot faster. It may
> be my imagination, but the scrolling seemed to be much
> faster. Near as I could time it pgdn and pgup in Write were
> about 1.6 to 1.7 seconds, which is no worse than editing on
> my 9600 baud terminal at work.
> Also the screen seems to keep up with my typing much better.
> I suspect that the cause may have something to do with the
> Shift/Rotate/Mult/Div type instructions, which the V20 does
> about 3 times faster than the 8088. If some of the low
>
> Joel Upchurch @ CONCURRENT Computer Corporation (A Perkin-Elmer Company)
> {decvax!ucf-cs, ihnp4!pesnta, vax135!petsd, akgua!codas}!peora!joel
I too have noticed a very large increase in the speed of my terminal emulator.
I am running a AT&T 6300 with an NEC V30 chip instead of a v20. I find this
well worth the 15$ I spent on it.
--
George Wilkin AT&T Network Systems, Naperville, IL
!ihnp4!ihdev!gpw IH 4A-157 work 312-979-4317
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