>> I have had access to a PC for longer than most - 1984, 8088 PC
>> twin floppy, DOS1 (no £ sign)
I had access to similar a year earlier, and had certainly built one by 1984, probably one of the first to build one in the UK.
>> I have seen folk struggle with PCs built from bits, slight incompatibilities that are difficult
>> to track down as to hardware, drivers, OS etc.
Certainly in the old days, anything dos based. PnP OS fixed all that (well when they got PnP fixed that is)
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