Around 1981-, As a student, I mailed Intel to receive an 8085 CRT monitor reference design. I was sent all the parts, I believe it was an 8085 CPU, an EPROM , a CRT controller and all the required parts., It was all free. I wire wrapped it, and it worked perfectly. I have been an Intel fan ever since. Outside of embedded CPUs, I tend to stick with intel CPUs. Have also been an investor only since the early 90s though (didn't have any money to invest earlier).