On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 07:42 +0100, Lester Caine wrote: > Jon Elson wrote: > >> The IBM move elevated the least capable chip set to dominance and > >> > crippled the superior chip manufactures. > >> > > > Oh, we're talking about almost 30 years ago, now. > > OK, yes, the I86 architecture is an abomination of incomprehensible > > magnitude. > > I have always said that IBM made TWO mistakes when designing the PC. The used > a > processor that no one else would touch simply because the outfit that > designed > it had stock they needed to dump at any price ... and software from a one man > band who did not even own it ... > > It was only ever IBM's name that gave any credibility to the package. > The IBM people at Boca Raton will tell you they ended up fixing a LOT of MS-DOS code so it really worked.
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