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The 8088 saga is a serial escalation in mindblowing. I'm still working on the Bad Apple!! post (some scope creep happened) but 8088 domination is one of the crowning moments of win within that history as well.
The IBM PC is a neat machine and it's not its fault it has been holding back the IT industry to this day.