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Nemeski to Linux@programming.dev • 10 days ago

Linux kernel is leaving 486 CPUs behind, only 18 years after the last one made

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Linux kernel is leaving 486 CPUs behind, only 18 years after the last one made

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Nemeski to Linux@programming.dev • 10 days ago
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Linus Torvalds sees “zero real reason for anybody to waste one second” on them.
  • Bezier
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    Discontinued 2007‽

    • @GenosseFlosse@feddit.org
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      Afaik some where still used in space probes in the 2000’s.

      • @khannie@lemmy.world
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        I remember reading forever ago that NASA was hunting for old 8086 processors from 1978 for the space shuttle when it was still flying.

        Found this article from 2002.

    • @LeFantome@programming.dev
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      You can kind of still buy them:

      https://www.vortex86.com/products/Vortex86DX3

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