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 When you turned the computer on, it was on immediately. You could immediately load and run //anything//. There were no logins. The computer made noises when it loaded a program from disk. Over time, things changed. Some for the better, some for the worse. But what if?
-What if there was "one more try" -- one more great home PC -- Not 8 bit, but 16bit -- maybe 32 -- but with the same classic hobbyist interface? Something that was much, much faster and more capable than a Commodore 64? But at the same time, eschewing many of the mistakes the IBM PC era ushered in?
+What if you had one more chance? "One more try" -- one more great home PC -- Not 8 bit, but 16bit -- yet with the same classic hobbyist interface? Something that was much, much faster and more capable than a TRS-80, an Apple II, a BBC Micro, a Commodore 64? What if it was more modern, but at the same time, didn't make the same mistakes the industry made in the 90s?
 It's a dream -- but sometimes, dreams can become the highest reality.
-I give you the the SD-8516. Comparable to a Sega Dreamcast or Nintendo 64 in terms of raw cpu power, sound, and graphics performance. But no tricks. Just a plain, flat system. Roaring with energon. Waiting for you to explore. Waiting for you to go on just one more //great adventure.//
+**I give you the the SD-8516.**
+Comparable to the Dreamcast or N64 in terms of raw CPU power, sound, and graphics performance. But no tricks. Just a plain, flat system. Roaring with energon. Waiting for you to explore. Waiting for you to go on just one more //great adventure.//
 The SD-8516. What if?