Xref: utzoo comp.sys.misc:2438 comp.unix.xenix:7186 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!vsi1!wyse!mips!prls!philabs!ttidca!quad1!srhqla!csun!csuna!abcscnge From: abcscnge@csuna.csun.edu (Scott "The Pseudo-Hacker" Neugroschl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc,comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Altos 586 and V20 Keywords: Altos 586, V20 Message-ID: <2138@csuna.csun.edu> Date: 16 Aug 89 06:03:14 GMT References: <4891@macom1.UUCP> Reply-To: abcscnge@csuna.csun.edu (Scott Neugroschl) Distribution: usa Organization: CSU Northridge Lines: 34 In article <4891@macom1.UUCP> larry@macom1.UUCP (Larry Taborek) writes: ]Heres kind of a goofy question. I didn't really know where to ]post it so I hope you xenix users arn't too miffed seeing this in ]your news group. ] ]I have a Altos 586/40. This machine has a 8086 CPU. I have ]heard from several people that if you bought a V20 chip and ]plugged it in, the Altos would pick up some speed. ] ]Ok, I mail ordered a 10Mz V20 chip and installed it. No go. ]Wont boot up. Sure power comes on, but I never get any of the ]power up diagnostic messages. I'v tried the reset button, power ]on and off, and reseating the chip, all to no avail. I take out ]the V20 and re-install the 8086 and it comes right up. ] ]Naturally the question is, whats wrong? Too fast a chip? Need ]other chips to help adapt it? Maby the V20 is bad. Anyway, if ]anyone out there has any experiece with this, I would appreciate ]some mail. Your problem is simple. Someone screwed up by saying V20. They meant V30. V20 is a pin-compatible replacement for the 8088. ^^^^ The V30 is the replacement for the 8086. Try a V30 instead. Scott -- Scott "The Pseudo-Hacker" Neugroschl UUCP: ...!sm.unisys.com!csun!csuna.csun.edu!abcscnge -- Beat me, Whip me, make me code in Ada -- Disclaimers? We don't need no stinking disclaimers!!!