WTD: NEC V20 Hardware Manual, IBM PC schematics

From: Hans Franke <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de>
Date: Tue Mar 11 12:16:00 2003

> I'm trying to track down a copy of the NEC V20 Hardware Manual. I've
> managed to find a PDF version of the Software (programming) Manual, but the
> Hardware Manual (which, typically, is filled with the info I need to get
> this thing running) is a pain in the neck to find, especially now the V20 is
> classified as obsolete by NEC.

Wasn't the V20 100% Bus (and thus hardware) compatible
to the 8088 ? AFAIK, the difference was just internal
and softwarewise. The 86 core did in any way reassemble
the 86 core of a 186 (same instruction timeing) plus the
added 8080 mode.

Gruss
H.

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