Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!bu-cs!ngeow From: ngeow@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Yee Ngeow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: V20 compatibility with Intel (Was: Re: Is the XT dead?) Message-ID: <39398@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: 3 Oct 89 13:54:59 GMT References: <25281C37.2028@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Reply-To: ngeow@cs.bu.edu (Yee Ngeow) Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc Organization: Boston University Lines: 20 In article <25281C37.2028@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) writes: > The 186 instruction set is a subset of the 286's, so if 286 code works, so >will 186 (and in fact, I'm certian that 186 code works; however, I didn't >realize 286 code did too. But why should I care? I have a 286) > >As far as I know, the V20 and V30 don't have protected mode, so they wouldn't >be able to run OS/2. > Flipping through the pages of PC Resource, Oct issue, I saw a XT laptop compatible using a NEC-V40 Chip. What is this chip? Is it pin compatible with the 8088? Are there anymore NEC V Chips? Like a V-50??? Thanks in advance, Kwong >-- >Stephen M. Dunn cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca >= "\nI'm only an undergraduate!!!\n"; >********************************************************************** >TORONTO BLUE JAYS - 1989 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST CHAMPIONS! GO JAYS GO!!