"NEC #V20 vs Intel 80186"

Also covers the #V30. #Psion moved the SIBO architecture from the 8086 in the MC range to the #V30H in the later models, such as the Series 3. (#MAME development of the SIBO emulator has shown that EPOC16 does use the extra V20/V30 instructions in later versions.)

With EPOC32, Psion moved to #ARMv4 in the Series 5.

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #x86 #cpu #16bit

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NEC V20 vs Intel 80186

The Intel 80186 was bad for making a PC clone, yet its compatible NEC V20 wasn't. In this blog post, we explore NEC V20 vs Intel 186.

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