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[Feature] No DMA capability [The Bad] CPU was required to transfer data from floppy disk [The Ugly] The entire machine ground to a complete halt every time the floppy disk was accessed, which made downloading from BBSes an exercise in frustration [The Good] 
Kept the cost down for consumers
2008 November « Oldskooler Ramblings
The Good