Re: 68000 versus 8086
ULAs weren't available in the early 1980s hence the IBM's use of lots of TTL to get it to work at all.
So the ZX81 and BBC B were built with technology that didn't exist? Interesting.
Now if IBM decided to just use standard components, that's another matter. But ULAs and other MSI-level custom chips were definitely available at the time the PC was designed.
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