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On Jun 15th 6:35 pm mark lewis said...
 ML> Zilog, Olivetti and NEC were three more...
 ML> 
 ML> we changed the CPU chip (8mhz 8086) out in one machine (AT&T 6300 IIRC) 
 ML> for a NEC one (NEC V30) and the processing capability increased (2x?) for 
 ML> the same clock speed... i think we also added a math coprocessor (8087) 
 ML> as well as eventually upgrading the BIOS... too bad it wasn't Y1992 
 ML> compliant... something  about ""cheating"" with the clock chip and not 
 ML> using enough bits to represent the year so 1992 was the highest year it 
 ML> could count to...
 ML>

I remember when I first started doing my first upgrades, actually my very
first TWO upgrades to a computer was adding the MathCo and Memory. It was
amazing how noticable the speed boost was! That got me started on a UPWARD
spiral of wanting to pull as much speed as I could! My next upgrade was the
Video Card...  Man.... it was great!




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