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echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
remember a 286

some guys who made one are bringing out an updated processor - the 286 II


imo - godawful idea we have moved past your shitbox company and obsolete hardware

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Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
Cyrix lived on with VIA but apparently Microsoft recently brain drained them

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

git apologist
Jun 4, 2003

my first pc was a 486 dlc-40, op. that’s a cyrix chip

matti
Mar 31, 2019

i'd like to write a hobby unix-like for a 286

it's pretty weird in how it does things like virtual memory and memory protection IIRC

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echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
I thought 386 was a bit of a watershed moment because it introduced protected memory and before then your processor was the wild west and anything could walk all over anything else


which is good. peek and poke are a lost art

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