Intel A80286 8

Much like the 10MHz model but 2MHz slower and 2 years younger. Back in 1986 this was a steady performer. Although clocked identical to many 8086/8088 computers the 286 was much faster. In Europe many people bought 8088-based computers even in 1988! Consider that the 286 was released in 1982 and the, even faster, 386 in 1985! Back in the day computers were very expensive; a hard drive or 1MB of RAM was more expensive as a whole (cheap) notebook today!

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