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Yep. I remember it for the PCjr but forgot about original PC support for it. PCjr's also supported ROM cartridges.

I think the core problem of the PCjr is it was trying to be all things to all people by being part PC, part low-end computer, and part gaming console.

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As I recall my thinking at the time, the main issue with the PCjr was that it was compatible "enough" with PCs that nobody bothered to make software to take advantage of it specifically, and given that, the white box PC clones on the market got you a lot more computer for a lot less money.

Worse, it was sort-of (in)compatible with the PC just enough to be troublesome. 50 of these were donated to my high school because an elementary school couldn't use them and didn't want them, and my high school didn't want them but couldn't get rid of them because of donation contractual requirements.

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