8087 in PCjr

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8087 in PCjr

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Anyone tried adding a 8087 in a PCjr ?
Based of stuff found on the interwebz, in can be either piggybacked on top of the 8088 with some pins unconnected and one diagonal connection or both 8088 & 8087 installed on a small PCB that plugs into the CPU socket (back in the day Legacy and one more company were selling those as add-ons)
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Re: 8087 in PCjr

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Not sure if it needs bios support also...
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Re: 8087 in PCjr

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Looks like it needs a 1-bit flip BIOS patch:

https://www.vcfed.org/forum/forum/genre ... -it/page3=
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Re: 8087 in PCjr

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wow that would be an nice add, need to ck power consumption and heat dissipation...
But would really like to see this added..
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