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		zabzonk on Aug 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Getting back into C programming for CP/M I did a lot of C programming on an IBM XT - 8088, 10mb hard disk, WordStar and DeSmet C. All worked very well.

nottorp on Aug 19, 2024 [–]

8088 was a 16 bit machine though. This is about machines with 64 kbytes of ram maximum, two floppy drives and no hard drive.

zabzonk on Aug 19, 2024 | [–]

please see the comment i was replying to:

>but I don't remember the PC being too important in C coding circles until the 386, much later.

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