root42 on Nostr: The NEC V20 and the NEC V30, its bigger brother. The V20 is an (enhanced) 8088 clone ...

The NEC V20 and the NEC V30, its bigger brother. The V20 is an (enhanced) 8088 clone with 8 bit external data bus, and 20 bit address bus, using 16 bit segments. The V30 is a 8086 drop in replacement giving a 16 bit data bus. Both implementations were a bit faster than their Intel counterparts.
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