kishy
Veteran Member
Well, I finally own an NEC V20
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5931/v20boardtop.jpg
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3339/v20boardbottom.jpg
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/6176/8088boardtop.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7193/8088boardbottom.jpg
(the text that is mostly covered by an ISA slot says "NO COPYING PERMITTED")
Is the brown board a real IBM XT mobo? The wire on the back and the sticker at the bottom just scream IBM to me. Plus, it boots to BASIC in ROM. The AMD CPU threw me off though. Perhaps replaced at some point? It has what looks like an FRU number on it and the BIOS chips are IBM, though a highly compatible clone could of course have those swapped on.
Both boards are stocked full of 640K of RAM, compared to my previous (and apparently only intermittently functional) XT clone board which has 512K. I actually got these as RAM donors but I'm seeing more potential functionality with them since they POST very consistently, and consistent is good. The only problem - the old board I've had forever has an integrated floppy controller. Though, it doesn't work with high density drives, so I'm screwed even when I have access to it.
I got them for $5 a piece, which is more than I'd like to pay but I recognize it's a steal compared to, say, ebay (just checked and they're all 90+ CAD on there)
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5931/v20boardtop.jpg
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3339/v20boardbottom.jpg
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/6176/8088boardtop.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7193/8088boardbottom.jpg
(the text that is mostly covered by an ISA slot says "NO COPYING PERMITTED")
Is the brown board a real IBM XT mobo? The wire on the back and the sticker at the bottom just scream IBM to me. Plus, it boots to BASIC in ROM. The AMD CPU threw me off though. Perhaps replaced at some point? It has what looks like an FRU number on it and the BIOS chips are IBM, though a highly compatible clone could of course have those swapped on.
Both boards are stocked full of 640K of RAM, compared to my previous (and apparently only intermittently functional) XT clone board which has 512K. I actually got these as RAM donors but I'm seeing more potential functionality with them since they POST very consistently, and consistent is good. The only problem - the old board I've had forever has an integrated floppy controller. Though, it doesn't work with high density drives, so I'm screwed even when I have access to it.
I got them for $5 a piece, which is more than I'd like to pay but I recognize it's a steal compared to, say, ebay (just checked and they're all 90+ CAD on there)
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