At 08:27 PM 3/16/02 -0500, you wrote:
>I had that happed to me once.  I pulled a PLC out of the dumpster and got
>some nice goodies including a 40x4 LCD.  The CPU that ran it was a NEC V40.
>I had never heard of it and their website didn't have any info, so I
>e-mailed them and asked for a data sheet.  2 days later, I got a 530 page
>manual for it.  It's still on the shelf unopened.  I didn't want to use it,
>just find out what it was and get some basic info about it.
>
>Barry


I think the V40 was their equivalent of the Intel 80186. I know the V20 was
their
replacement for the 8088 and was the hot item to have if you wanted over 4hz
in your PC... The V40 and V20's are still being made for plc's.

Dave

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