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On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:09:50 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

> 	I agree with you competely but the x86 machines I started with
> about 20 years ago were quite weak with inadequate memory and disk
> space.   These were much faster than 6502/Z80/68000-68060 and the last
> of those was limited to 50 MHz.  I learned about disk speed slowing
> operations with the 8 bit machines.

The first gen PCs with the 8088 weren't much, if any, improvement on the 
CP/M Z80 boxes. It took me a while to buy a i86 box with a massive 5 MB 
hard drive.