[rescue] Some days ....

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

Dave McGuire wrote:

>    I think they did a very good job for a cheap "throwaway" design done 
> by junior engineers.  The production cost of the PC was almost nothing; 
> there are exactly *zero* components on the original PC motherboard 
> design that were more than a few dollars apiece.

That's why it had an 8088. IBM considered a 68000 for it and Motorola wanted
$10 each.

Geoff.


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