On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:23 , Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk> sent:

>You're right; Oct 1985 for the 386, 1989 for the 486 (and I bought a 486
>the following year).
>
>I misremembered.
>
>Fifteen years is extreme enough.

Actually, the key factor here is when the cpu was put to rest.  For the 386 it was 1990 and the 486 was 1994.  However, there have been several embeded systems that have been running a 486 equivalent (ex. pc104).  This makes it very useful to support 486 in Linux.  Recently this has changed and more and more of the embedded systems are changing to Via Eden chips that are much more modern.

Andy Farnsworth


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