The article mentions confusion. That's an understatement. Information was much harder to come by at the time, you had to rely on articles in computer magazines.

The article mentions confusion. That's an understatement. Information was much harder to come by at the time, you had to rely on articles in computer magazines. Also many bugs existed in memory drivers, not to mention interoperability problems, due to programmers not understanding the issues. This brings back memories, but not particularly good ones.