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A Grove error
How on earth did David Crookes manage to write the otherwise excellent article about Andy Grove (see issue 375, p123) without mentioning the IBM PC with Intel’s 8088 (and optional 8087) inside, which launched the PC revolution? To be fair he’s right that Compaq pioneered the use of the 386, but omitting the 8088 is a bit like writing the history of nuclear power without mentioning the atomic bomb. That said, thanks for an article about one of the all-time greats of our industry!
Nigel Burton
David Crookes replies:
It’s a fair point! This is a glaring omission, so much so that I had to read the article back, convinced I had actually mentioned it. There is, of course, mention of the 8086 (the 8088 being a variant of that) but, yes, the article should have directly referenced IBM’s decision to take on the 8088 as being pivotal to the PC’s success!
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Omission impossible: Intel’s 8088 launched the PC revolution
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loyalists’ club?
I can’t match Brian’s collection of PC Pro magazines (see issue 376, p24) from issue 1 – I think I’d have a divorce on my hands if I had tried – but I have been a subscriber from issue 1 and have read every issue since. I wonder how many of us are out there – maybe you could start a club?