[Gllug] retro computing

[Christian Smith]

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Andrew Farnsworth wrote:

>On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:23 , Nix <nix at 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.


It appears Intel still sell the 386:
http://www.intel.com/design/intarch/prodbref/27270903.htm


Not quite sure why anyone would design a new embedded product around a 386
core, but enough people must do.


>
>Andy Farnsworth
>

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