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Nemeski@lemm.ee to Linux@programming.dev · 1 month 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@lemm.ee to Linux@programming.dev · 1 month ago
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Linus Torvalds sees “zero real reason for anybody to waste one second” on them.
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    Afaik some where still used in space probes in the 2000’s.

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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.

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