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   Single Stage to Orbit to john larkin   
   Re: New Pico2   
   14 Aug 24 22:07:50   
   
   From: alex.buell@munted.eu   
      
   On Wed, 2024-08-14 at 12:07 -0700, john larkin wrote:   
   >> My X86 VMS instance in a VM on modest hardware, takes less than a   
   >> minute to reboot   
      
   > MS-DOS was a lot faster, on a 2 MHz 8088.   
      
   Even quicker with a 8MHz NEC V30 (8086 equivalent)   
      
   One of these chips is sitting on my bookshelf. Maybe I'll put it on a   
   breadboard and do some wirewrapping with some support chips and have a   
   play. :-D   
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