For just a few dollars more than the cost of adding a separate hard drive to an existing computer you could buy the Kaypro 10.

I’m hearing that I’m Hank’s voice.

Fantastic description!

Z-80 was much the same: djnz uses C as the loop counter (like the 8086 LOOP used CX iirc), H and L combine to make a 16-bit pointer…

Well yes, but… the whole thread is about sending messages!