Now there was some magic. 2.6 Mhz get shot up to a staggering 4 Mhz. It made my little sailors in Ancient Art of War at Sea run around like crackheads.

Then I when I actually read the manual and discovered you can set a jumper to make it permanently Turbo, that was heaven. The count to 640K RAM went twice as fast, and before you knew it, after the grunt of the 5 1/4 drive seeking,.....c:\>

I wish I remembered how long it took to boot. Wonder what progress we've made since 1986?

I don't actually remember computers being able to boot by themselves back in that date that you mentioned and I forgot straight away after I read it..did I read it....no wait I was putting the washing on and making three cups of coffee before that cursor I did see...illuminate