Indeed. If not for IBM clones, then CP/M would probably control the "clone" business. CP/M-based clones were already expanding rapidly. Sure, they were 8-bit at

Indeed. If not for IBM clones, then CP/M would probably control the "clone" business. CP/M-based clones were already expanding rapidly. Sure, they were 8-bit at the time, but bit-ness changes aren't a clone-market-stopper, as x86 showed.